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) each of the  Quarterly  Report of Shore
Bancshares,  Inc.  on Form  10-Q for the  quarter  ended  June 30,  2004 and the
Amendment to Quarterly Report of Shore  Bancshares,  Inc. on Form 10-Q/A for the
quarter  ended  June  30,  2004,  as  filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission on August 9, 2004 and the date hereof, respectively (the "Reports"),
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 Reports  fairly
presents,  in all material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of
operations of Shore Bancshares, Inc.


Date:    October 26, 2004                 /s/ W. Moorhead Vermilye
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                                          W. Moorhead Vermilye
                                          President/Chief Executive Officer



Date     October 26, 2004                 /s/ Susan E. Leaverton
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                                          Susan E. Leaverton
                                          Treasurer/Principal Accounting Officer