Exhibit 32.1

                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
                         Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350

         Pursuant to, and for purposes only of, 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, each of the
undersigned  hereby certifies that (i) the Quarterly Report of Shore Bancshares,
Inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed with the  Securities
and Exchange  Commission (the "Report") fully complies with the  requirements of
Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  and (ii)
information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of Shore Bancshares, Inc.


Date:    August 9, 2004                 /s/ W. Moorhead Vermilye
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                                        W. Moorhead Vermilye
                                        President/Chief Executive Officer



Date     August 9, 2004                 /s/ Susan E. Leaverton
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                                        Susan E. Leaverton
                                        Treasurer/Principal Accounting Officer