Acquisition

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisition

NOTE 2 – ACQUISITION

On May 31, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary. Under the terms of the acquisition the Company acquired 100% of the shares of CommerceFirst common stock for a combination of 50% Sandy Spring Bancorp common stock and 50% cash. The results of operations acquired in this transaction have been included in the Company’s financial results from the date of the acquisition. Stock consideration was exchanged at a ratio of 0.8043 of the Company’s shares for each CommerceFirst share resulting in the issuance of 732,054 of the Company’s common stock. Total cash consideration amounted to $12.4 million or $13.60 per share.