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    <periodOfReport>2026-02-17</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001035092</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SHORE BANCSHARES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SHBI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>STEVENS DONNA J.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>18 E DOVER STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EASTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>21601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>1868</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>By IRA</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>By Children</value>
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                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
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                <value>2026-02-17</value>
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                    <value>3423</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 1,762 shares acquired under the Shore Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of February 19, 2026.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reflects an increase in beneficial ownership resulting from an exempt acquisition of common stock under Shore Bancshares Dividend Reinvestment Plan pursuant to Rule 16a-11.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of SHBI common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents restricted stock units that vest in 3 installments beginning on February 17, 2027, the first anniversary of the date of the award.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The restricted stock units vest as follows: 1,362 units on March 7, 2026, 1,362 units on March 7, 2027, 1,470 units on February 27, 2026, 1,471 units on February 27, 2027, 1,471 units on February 27, 2028, 1,141 units on February 17, 2027, 1,141 units on February 17, 2028 and 1,141 units on February 17, 2029.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Christy Lombardi, Attorney in Fact for Donna J. Stevens</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-02-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
