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OMB
APPROVAL
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OMB
Number:
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3235-0101
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Expires:
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December
31, 2009
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Estimated
average burden
hours
per response
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2.0
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SEC
USE ONLY
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DOCUMENT
SEQUENCE NO.
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CUSIP
NUMBER
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WORK
LOCATION
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ATTENTION:
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Transmit for filing 3 copies
of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to
execute sale or
executing a sale directly with a market
maker
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1
(a) NAME OF
ISSUER (Please type or
print)
Sandy
Spring Bancorp, Inc.
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(b) IRS IDENT.
NO.
52-15332952
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(c) S.E.C. FILE
NO.
0-19065
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1
(d) ADDRESS OF
ISSUER STREET CITY
STATE ZIP CODE
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(e) TELEPHONE
NO.
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17801
Georgia Avenue, Olney Maryland 20832
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AREA
CODE
301
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NUMBER
774-6400
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2
(a) NAME OF
PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
Frank
H. Small
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(b) RELATIONSHIP TO
ISSUER
Executive
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(c) ADDRESS,
STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
17801
Georgia Avenue, Olney,
MD 20832
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3
(a)
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(b)
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SEC
USE ONLY
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(c)
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(d)
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
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Title
of the
Class
of
Securities
To
Be Sold
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Name
and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
Securities
are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
who
is Acquiring the Securities
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Broker-Dealer
File
Number
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Number
of Shares
or
Other Units
To
Be Sold
(See
instr. 3(c))
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Aggregate
Market
Value
(See
instr. 3(d))
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Number
of Shares
or
Other Units
Outstanding
(See
instr. 3(e))
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Approximate
Date
of Sale
(See
instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)
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Name
of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See
instr. 3(g))
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Common
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Various
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9,329
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$150,000
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16,464,014
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8-5-2009
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NASDAQ
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1.
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(a)
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Name
of issuer
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3.
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(a)
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Title
of the class of securities to be sold
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(b)
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Issuer's
I.R.S. Identification Number
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(b)
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Name
and Address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be
sold
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(c)
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Issuer's
S.E.C. file number, if any
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(c)
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Number
of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
aggregate face amount)
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(d)
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Issuer's
address, including zip code
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(d)
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Aggregate
market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10
days prior to the filing of this notice
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(e)
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Issuer's
telephone number, including area code
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(e)
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Number
of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities
the face amount thereof outstanding, asshown by the most recent report or
statement published by the issuer
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(f)
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Approximate
date on which the securities are to be sold
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2.
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(a)
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Name
of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
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(g)
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Name
of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended
to be sold
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(b)
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Such
person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an
entity
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(c)
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Such
person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director,
10%stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the
foregoing)
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(d)
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Such
person's address, including zip code
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Title
of
the
Class
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Date
you
Acquired
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Nature
of Acquisition Transaction
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Name
of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor
acquired)
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Amount
of
Securities
Acquired
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Date
of
Payment
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Nature
of
Payment
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Common
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Various
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401(k)
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Open
Market
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5,452
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Various
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Cash
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| Common | Various | Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Open Market | 777 | Various | Cash |
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Common
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Various
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Vested equity grants | Issuer | 3,100 | Various |
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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If
the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto
the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of
any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments
describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was
discharged in full or the last installment
paid.
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Name
and Address of Seller
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Title
of Securities Sold
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Date
of Sale
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Amount
of
Securities
Sold
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Gross
Proceeds
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N/A
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N/A
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INSTRUCTIONS:
See
the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to
be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In
addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
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ATTENTION:
The
person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know
any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written
trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under
the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the
plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such
representation as of the plan adoption or instruction
date.
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August
5, 2009
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/s/
Frank Small by Janet VA Replogle, atty-in-fact for Mr.
Small
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DATE
OF NOTICE
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SIGNATURE)
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DATE
OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION
IF
RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
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The
notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually
signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed
signatures.
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ATTENTION: Intentional
misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
(See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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