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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 20pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 20pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>59-2260678</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>815 Colorado Avenue<BR>
Stuart, Florida 34994</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA 2008 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Dennis S. Hudson, III<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida<BR>
815 Colorado Avenue<BR>
Stuart, Florida 34994<BR>
(772)&nbsp;287-4000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><I>WITH A COPY TO:</I><BR>
<B>Ralph F. McDonald III, Esq.<BR>
Jones Day<BR>
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053<BR>
(404)&nbsp;581-3939</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $.10 par value per share
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    <TD>In addition to the shares set forth in the table, the amount to be registered includes an
indeterminate number of shares issuable upon adjustment due to stock splits, stock dividends
and anti-dilution provisions, and other adjustment provisions as provided in the Seacoast
Banking Corporation of Florida 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h)
and (c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933. The offering price of the shares is based on
$8.055, the average of the high and low prices of a share of Seacoast Banking Corporation of
Florida&#146;s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
August&nbsp;6, 2008, a date within
five business days of the date of this registration statement.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of Form
S-8 has been omitted from this registration statement for offers of shares of the common stock of
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (the &#147;Company&#148;) under the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company (file no. 000-13660) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration
statement and made a part hereof:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2007, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarters ended March
31, 2008 and June 30, 2008, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;9,
2008 and August&nbsp;11, 2008, respectively;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q/A for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;11, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;28, 2008, February&nbsp;6, 2008, March&nbsp;26, 2008,
May&nbsp;1, 2008, May&nbsp;12, 2008, and July 29, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K/A, filed with the Commission
on January&nbsp;31, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock set forth in the
Company&#146;s registration statement filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act,
including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Florida Business Corporation Act, as amended (the &#147;Florida Act&#148;), permits, under certain
circumstances, the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation
with respect to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, to which such person was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party, by reason of his or her being an officer, director, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of, such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including appeals thereof; provided,
however, that the officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner that he
or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the best interests of the corporation, or that he or she reasonably believed was not unlawful.
In the case of proceedings by or in the right of the corporation, the Florida Act provides for
indemnification of any person by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of, such corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including appeals
thereof; provided, however, that the officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and
in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation, or that he or she reasonably believed was not unlawful, except that no
indemnification is made where such person is adjudged liable, unless a court of competent
jurisdiction determines otherwise.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent that such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defending against
any such proceeding, Florida law provides that he or she shall be indemnified against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Amended and Restated Bylaws contain indemnification provisions similar to the Florida Act,
and further provide that we may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of directors, officers,
employees and agents in their capacities as such, or serving at the request of the corporation,
against any liabilities asserted against such persons whether or not we would have the power to
indemnify such persons against such liability under our Amended and Restated Bylaws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida 2008 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the
proxy statement in connection with the Company&#146;s 2008 annual
meeting of stockholders, filed with the Commission in
definitive form on March&nbsp;18, 2008).</DIV></TD>
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Williamson, Chartered regarding validity.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Beres, Elder &#038;
Williamson, Chartered (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD>to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
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    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement;</DIV>


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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1934, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Stuart, State of Florida,
on this 11th day of August, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Dennis S. Hudson, III&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dennis S. Hudson III as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to cause the
same to be filed, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to
be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney-in-fact and agent,
or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as
of August 11, 2008.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="55%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dennis S. Hudson, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dale M. Hudson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dale M. Hudson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice-Chairman of the Board and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ A. Douglas Gilbert
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
A. Douglas Gilbert</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Operating &#038; Credit Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William R. Hahl
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Hahl</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen E. Bohner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen E. Bohner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey C. Bruner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey C. Bruner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John H. Crane
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John H. Crane</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ T. Michael Crook
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
T. Michael Crook</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="55%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Christopher E. Fogal
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christopher E. Fogal</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey S. Furst
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey S. Furst</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dennis S. Hudson, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas E. Rossin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas E. Rossin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John R. Santarsiero, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John R. Santarsiero, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas H. Thurlow, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas H. Thurlow, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Edwin E. Walpole, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edwin E. Walpole, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>EXHIBIT NO.</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Beres, Elder &#038;
Williamson, Chartered regarding validity.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
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Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
FLORIDA
59-2260678
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
815 Colorado Avenue
Stuart, Florida 34994
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA 2008 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Dennis S. Hudson, III
Chief Executive Officer
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
815 Colorado Avenue
Stuart, Florida 34994
(772) 287-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
WITH A COPY TO:
Ralph F. McDonald III, Esq.
Jones Day
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053
(404) 581-3939
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
be registered
per share
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, $.10 par value per share
1,500,000 shares(1)
$8.055(2)
$12,082,500(2)
$474.84(2)
(1)
In addition to the shares set forth in the table, the amount to be registered includes an
indeterminate number of shares issuable upon adjustment due to stock splits, stock dividends
and anti-dilution provisions, and other adjustment provisions as provided in the Seacoast
Banking Corporation of Florida 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h)
and (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The offering price of the shares is based on
$8.055, the average of the high and low prices of a share of Seacoast Banking Corporation of
Florida's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
August 6, 2008, a date within
five business days of the date of this registration statement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information specified by Part I of Form
S-8 has been omitted from this registration statement for offers of shares of the common stock of
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (the "Company") under the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company (file no. 000-13660) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration
statement and made a part hereof:
(a)
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2007, filed with the Commission on March 17, 2008;
(b)
The Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarters ended March
31, 2008 and June 30, 2008, filed with the Commission on May 9,
2008 and August 11, 2008, respectively;
(c)
The Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, filed with the Commission on August 11, 2008;
(d)
The Company's current reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
January 28, 2008, February 6, 2008, March 26, 2008,
May 1, 2008, May 12, 2008, and July 29, 2008;
(e)
The Company's current report on Form 8-K/A, filed with the Commission
on January 31, 2008; and
(f)
The description of the Company's common stock set forth in the
Company's registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Inapplicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Inapplicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Florida Business Corporation Act, as amended (the "Florida Act"), permits, under certain
circumstances, the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation
with respect to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, to which such person was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party, by reason of his or her being an officer, director, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of, such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including appeals thereof; provided,
however, that the officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner that he
or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
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the best interests of the corporation, or that he or she reasonably believed was not unlawful.
In the case of proceedings by or in the right of the corporation, the Florida Act provides for
indemnification of any person by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of, such corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including appeals
thereof; provided, however, that the officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and
in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation, or that he or she reasonably believed was not unlawful, except that no
indemnification is made where such person is adjudged liable, unless a court of competent
jurisdiction determines otherwise.
To the extent that such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defending against
any such proceeding, Florida law provides that he or she shall be indemnified against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
Our Amended and Restated Bylaws contain indemnification provisions similar to the Florida Act,
and further provide that we may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of directors, officers,
employees and agents in their capacities as such, or serving at the request of the corporation,
against any liabilities asserted against such persons whether or not we would have the power to
indemnify such persons against such liability under our Amended and Restated Bylaws.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida 2008 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the
proxy statement in connection with the Company's 2008 annual
meeting of stockholders, filed with the Commission in
definitive form on March 18, 2008).
*5
Opinion of Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Beres, Elder &
Williamson, Chartered regarding validity.
23.1
Consent of Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Beres, Elder &
Williamson, Chartered (included in Exhibit 5).
*23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
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Powers of Attorney (included as part of signature page).
*
filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
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(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement;
(2)
that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3)
to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1934, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Stuart, State of Florida,
on this 11th day of August, 2008.
SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
By:
/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III
Name:
Dennis S. Hudson, III
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dennis S. Hudson III as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to cause the
same to be filed, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to
be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney-in-fact and agent,
or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as
of August 11, 2008.
Signature
Capacity
/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III
Dennis S. Hudson, III
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Dale M. Hudson
Dale M. Hudson
Vice-Chairman of the Board and Director
/s/ A. Douglas Gilbert
A. Douglas Gilbert
President, Chief Operating & Credit Officer and Director
/s/ William R. Hahl
William R. Hahl
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Stephen E. Bohner
Stephen E. Bohner
Director
/s/ Jeffrey C. Bruner
Jeffrey C. Bruner
Director
/s/ John H. Crane
John H. Crane
Director
/s/ T. Michael Crook
T. Michael Crook
Director
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Signature
Capacity
/s/ Christopher E. Fogal
Christopher E. Fogal
Director
/s/ Jeffrey S. Furst
Jeffrey S. Furst
Director
/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, Jr.
Dennis S. Hudson, Jr.
Director
/s/ Thomas E. Rossin
Thomas E. Rossin
Director
/s/ John R. Santarsiero, Jr.
John R. Santarsiero, Jr.
Director
/s/ Thomas H. Thurlow, Jr.
Thomas H. Thurlow, Jr.
Director
/s/ Edwin E. Walpole, III
Edwin E. Walpole, III
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION
5
Opinion of Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Beres, Elder &
Williamson, Chartered regarding validity.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
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