Business Description

Shore Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of Maryland on March 15, 1996 and is the bank holding company for Shore United Bank, N.A,. Throughout this report, references to the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us,” and similar terms refer to the consolidated entity consisting of Shore Bancshares, Inc. and its subsidiaries. “Shore Bancshares” refers solely to the parent holding company, and the “Bank” refers solely to Shore Bancshares’ subsidiary bank, Shore United Bank, N.A. Shore Bancshares is registered as a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHC Act”). The Company is the largest independent financial holding company headquartered on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Company conducts business primarily through the Bank. The Bank provides consumer and commercial banking products and services and secondary mortgage lending, trust, wealth management and financial planning services. The Company offered title services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mid-Maryland Title Company, Inc. (the “Title Company”), which engaged in residential and commercial real estate settlement activities and offered title insurance policies, title search and lien satisfaction services. The Title Company ceased conducting real estate closings effective March 31, 2025. The Company and the Bank are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employers. Banking Products and Services The Bank, which traces its origin to 1876, is a national banking association chartered under the laws of the United States. The Bank currently operates 40 full-service branches and 10 loan production and administration offices, and provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking products and services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. The Bank’s deposits are insured up to applicable legal limits by the FDIC. Services provided to businesses include commercial checking, savings, certificates of deposit and overnight investment sweep accounts. The Bank offers all forms of commercial lending, including secured and unsecured loans, working capital loans, lines of credit, term loans, accounts receivable financing, real estate acquisition and development loans, construction loans and letters of credit. Treasury management services are also available, such as merchant card processing services, remote deposit capture, ACH origination, digital banking and telephone banking services. Services provided to individuals include checking accounts, various savings programs, mortgage loans, home improvement loans, installment and other personal loans, credit cards, personal lines of credit, automobile and other consumer financing, trust administration, wealth management, safe deposit boxes, debit cards, 24-hour telephone banking, internet banking, mobile banking and 24-hour ATM services. Additionally, the Bank has Saturday hours and extended hours on certain evenings during the week for added customer convenience. Business Strategy The Company’s business strategy is to establish a leading community banking franchise that delivers exceptional financial services to the communities we serve. This strategy has been implemented over the past several years through a combination of organic and strategic growth, both within and contiguous to our existing footprint. On July 1, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of The Community Financial Corporation (“TCFC”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Community Bank of the Chesapeake (“CBTC”). The transaction expanded the Bank’s footprint into the Southern Maryland Counties of Charles, St. Mary’s and Calvert and the greater Fredericksburg area in Virginia, which includes Fredericksburg City as well as Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties. At the time of the acquisition, TCFC had $2.4 billion in assets, $454.5 million in investments, $1.8 billion in loans, $2.1 billion in deposits, $150.6 million in brokered deposits, $69.0 million in Federal Home Loan Bank (the “FHLB”) advances and $32.0 million in subordinated debt and trust preferred debentures. The excess of the fair value of net TCFC assets acquired over the merger consideration resulted in an $8.8 million bargain purchase gain. Lending Activities The Bank originates loans including commercial real estate, residential real estate, construction, commercial and consumer. • Commercial Real Estate (“CRE”) and Other Non-Residential Real Estate Loans.…