---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001035092-26-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHBI"
cik: "0001035092"
company_name: "SHORE BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:00:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:01:29.972136+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shore Bancshares shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor

## Summary
- Five directors elected for three-year terms: Adams (23.4M for), Burke (24.2M), Jenkins (23.2M), Jones (22.3M), Willey (23.2M); 3.9M broker non-votes.
- Say-on-pay advisory resolution approved with 23.8M for, 593,669 against, 80,475 abstain.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as auditor for FY2026 passed with 28.3M for, 10,230 against, 48,666 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001035092-26-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHBI
- cik: 0001035092
- company_name: SHORE BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:00:31+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035092/000103509226000032/0001035092-26-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035092/000103509226000032/shbi-20260520.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001035092-26-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SHORE BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the named executive officers at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: The stockholders voted in favor of the non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035092/000103509226000032/0001035092-26-000032-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SHORE BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: The stockholders elected the following individuals as directors, each for a three-year term, by the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035092/000103509226000032/0001035092-26-000032-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SHORE BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035092/000103509226000032/0001035092-26-000032-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.