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text: lkfn8-k.htm
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  Current Report
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  December 15, 2009
  Lakeland Financial Corporation
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Commission File Number:  000-11487
  Indiana
  35-1559596
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  202 East Center Street
  Warsaw, Indiana  46581-1387
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  (574) 267-6144
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  N/A
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
  see
  General Instruction A.2 below):
  [  ]
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  [  ]
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [  ]
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  [  ]
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 7.01.                      Regulation FD Disclosure.
  On December 15, 2009, Lakeland Financial Corporation issued a press release announcing the closing of the sale of 125,431 shares of common stock pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of the over-allotment option, which the Company granted in connection with its previously announced underwritten public stock offering.  A copy
  of the press release relating to the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
  The information furnished under Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
  reference in such filing.
  Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits
  .  The following exhibits are filed herewith:
  99.1
  Press release issued by the Company on December 15, 2009
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  Lakeland Financial Corporation
  Dated:  December 15, 2009
  By:
  /s/ David M. Findlay
  David M. Findlay
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer