Item 5. Other Information
Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, no officer or director of the Company adopted or terminated any contract, instruction, or written plan for the purchase or sale of securities of the Company’s common stock that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Securities Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1(c) or any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement as defined in 17 CFR § 229.408(c).
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Item 6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number Description
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2022, between Shore Bancshares, Inc. and The Community Financial Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2022)
3.1(i) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2000).
3.1(ii) Articles of the Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 3, 2023).
3.2 Second Amended and Restated By-Laws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2024).
4.1 Description of Registrant’s Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed March 15, 2024).
4.2 Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Form S-3 filed on June 25, 2010).
10.1 Shore Bancshares, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan (filed herewith).
31.1 Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (filed herewith).
31.2 Certifications of the Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (filed herewith).
32 Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (furnished herewith).
101 Inline Interactive Data File.
101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema (filed herewith).
101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase (filed herewith).
101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase (filed herewith).
101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase (filed herewith).
101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase (filed herewith).
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
SHORE BANCSHARES, INC.
Date: November 4, 2025
By: /s/ James M. Burke
James M. Burke
President & Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 4, 2025
By: /s/ Charles S. Cullum
Charles S. Cullum
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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