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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><u><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2006</font></u><font size=1></font><u><font size=2>Registration No. 333-48402</font></u></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Under</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>The Securities Act of 1933</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>__________________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Indiana</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>incorporation or organization)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>35-1559596</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Identification No.)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>__________________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>202 East Center Street, P.O. Box 1387</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1387</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>__________________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION 401(k) PLAN</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>__________________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Michael L. Kubacki</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>President and Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Lakeland Financial Corporation</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>202 East Center Street, P.O. Box 1387</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1387</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Name and address of agent for service)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(574) 267-6144</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Title of Securities</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>to be Registered</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Amount to be</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Registered(1)(2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Proposed Maximum</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Offering Price</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>per Share(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Proposed Maximum</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Aggregate</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Offering Price(2)(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Amount of Registration</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Fee(3)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:4.0pt;margin-bottom:4.0pt'><font size=1>Common Stock, No Par Value</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:4.0pt;margin-bottom:4.0pt'><font size=1>300,000 shares</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:4.0pt;margin-bottom:4.0pt'><font size=1>$22.80</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:4.0pt;margin-bottom:4.0pt'><font size=1>$6,840,000</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:4.0pt;margin-bottom:4.0pt'><font size=1>$732.00</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>(1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>(2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also registers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable under the Plan in connection with share splits, share dividends or similar transactions.  Preferred stock purchase rights will be distributed without charge with respect to each share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock registered hereby.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 18, 2006.</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-1</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Lakeland Financial Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering shares of its common stock, no par value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), and related participation interests to be issued pursuant to the Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).  This Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 is filed by the Company for the purpose of increasing the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 of the Company relating to the Plan is effective.  This Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 relates to 300,000 shares of Common Stock, issuable pursuant to the Plan.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates by reference the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, including exhibits, previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;23, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-48402), in connection with the Plan.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>PART II</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</font></b></u><b><font size=2>.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The following documents previously or concurrently filed by Lakeland Financial Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.81in; text-indent:-0.31in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the last fiscal year;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; and</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.81in; text-indent:-0.31in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, no par value, contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-14 and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the prospectus which is a part hereof (the &#147;Prospectus&#148;) to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated
by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Description of Securities</font></b></u><b><font size=2>.</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Item 5.</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></b></u><b><font size=2>.</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> </tr>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-2</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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        <td width="263" valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></b></u><b><font size=2>.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In accordance with the Indiana Business Corporation Law (Indiana Code 23-1-37-1 et seq.), Section&nbsp;9 of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation provide as follows:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>SECTION 9. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Every person who is or was a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or of any other corporation for which he is or was serving in any capacity at the request of this Corporation shall be indemnified by this Corporation against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by him in connection with or resulting from or arising out of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person is wholly successful with respect thereto or acted in good faith in what he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of this Corporation or such other corporation, as the case may be, and, in addition, in any criminal action or proceeding in which he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. As used herein, &#147;claim, action, suit or
proceeding&#148; shall include any claim, action, suit or proceeding (whether brought by or in the right of this Corporation or such other corporation or otherwise), civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether actual or threatened or in connection with an appeal relating thereto, in which a director, officer or employee of this Corporation may become involved, as a party or otherwise, (i)  by reason of his being or having been a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or such other corporation or arising out of his status as such or (ii) by reason of any past or future action taken or not taken by him in any such capacity, whether or not he continues to be such at the time such liability or expense is incurred.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The terms &#147;liability&#148; and &#147;expense&#148; shall include, but shall not be limited to, attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements, amounts of judgments, fines or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of a director, officer or employee, but shall not in any event include any liability or expenses on account of profits realized by him in the purchase or sale of securities of the Corporation in violation of the law. The termination of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, by judgment, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction or upon a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that a director, officer or employee did not meet the standards of conduct as forth in this paragraph.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Any such director, officer or employee who has been wholly successful with respect to any such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be entitled to indemnification as a matter of right. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, any indemnification hereunder shall be made only if (i) the Board of Directors acting by a quorum consisting of Directors who are not parties to or who have been wholly successful with respect to such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall find that the director, officer or employee has met the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding paragraph; or (ii) independent legal counsel shall deliver to the Corporation their written opinion that such director, officer or employee has met such standards of conduct.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>If several claims, issues or matters of action are involved, any such person may be entitled to indemnification as to some matters even though he is not entitled as to other matters.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The Corporation may advance expenses to or, where appropriate, may at its expense undertake the defense of any such director, officer or employee upon receipt of an undertaking, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors, by or on behalf of such person to repay such expenses if it should ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to claims, actions, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions to act during, before or after the adoption hereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall be in addition to any rights to which any person concerned may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any such person.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-3</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section or otherwise.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Further, Article VII of the Company&#146;s Restated Bylaws states the following:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.  Every person who is or was a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or of any other corporation for which he is or was serving in any capacity at the request of this Corporation shall be indemnified by this Corporation against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by him in connection with or resulting from or arising out of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person is wholly successful with respect thereto or acted in good faith in what he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of this Corporation or such other corporation, as the case may be, and, in addition, in any criminal action or proceeding in which he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. As used herein, &#147;claim, action, suit or proceeding&#148;
shall include any claim, action, suit or proceeding (whether brought by or in the right of this Corporation or such other corporation or otherwise), civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether actual or threatened or in connection with an appeal relating thereto, in which a director, officer or employee of this Corporation may become involved, as a party or otherwise, (i) by reason of his being or having been a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or such other corporation or arising out of his status as such or (ii) by reason of any past or future action taken or not taken by him in any such capacity, whether or not he continues to be such at the time such liability or expense is incurred.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The terms &#147;liability&#148; and &#147;expense&#148; shall include, but shall not be limited to, attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements, amounts of judgments, fines or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of a director, officer or employee, but shall not in any event include any liability or expenses on account of profits realized by him in the purchase or sale of securities of the Corporation in violation of the law. The termination of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, by judgment, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction or upon a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that a director,  officer or employee did not meet the standards of conduct set forth in this  paragraph.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Any such director, officer or employee who has been wholly successful with respect to any such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be entitled to indemnification as a matter of right. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, any indemnification hereunder shall be made only if (i) the Board of Directors acting by a quorum consisting of Directors who are not parties to or who have been wholly successful with respect to such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall find that the director, officer or employee has met the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding paragraph; or (ii) independent legal counsel shall deliver to the Corporation their written opinion that such director, officer or employee has met such standards of conduct.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>If several claims, issues or matters of action are involved, any such person may be entitled to indemnification as to some matters even though he is not entitled as to other matters.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The Corporation may advance expenses to or, where appropriate, may at its expense undertake the defense of any such director, officer or employee upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such expenses if it should ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to claims, actions, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions to act during, before or after the adoption hereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-4</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<pAGE>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall be in addition to any rights to which any person concerned may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any such person.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.25in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section or otherwise.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Exemption from Registration Claimed</font></b></u><b><font size=2>.</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Not Applicable.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Item 8.</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Exhibits</font></b></u><b><font size=2>.</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> </tr>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>See the Exhibit Index following the signature page in this Registration Statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The Company has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that the Plan is qualified pursuant to Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Item 9.</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Undertakings</font></b></u><b><font size=2>.</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(1)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.5in; text-indent:-1.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement; and</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><i><font size=2>provided, however,</font></i><font size=2> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(2)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(3)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>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.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-5</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-6</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<pAGE>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements of filing on Form S-8 and have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Warsaw, State of Indiana, on July 19, 2006.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font SIZE=2>LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:_/s/Michael L. Kubacki</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Michael L. Kubacki</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:/s/David M. Findlay</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>David M. Findlay</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Executive Vice President and Chief</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Financial Officer</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font SIZE=2>LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION 401(K)</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font SIZE=2>PLAN</font></b></p>
<p
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:   </font><b><font SIZE=2>LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION,</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font SIZE=2>AS TRUSTEE OF THE PLAN</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:/s/Jill A. DeBatty</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>&nbsp;</b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-7</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael L. Kubacki and David M. Findlay, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.7in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 19, 2006.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Signature</font></b></u><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><b><font size=2>Title</font></b></u></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Michael L. Kubacki</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Michael L. Kubacki</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>President, Principal Executive Officer and Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Robert E. Bartels, Jr.</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Robert E. Bartels, Jr.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/L. Craig Fulmer</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>L. Craig Fulmer</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/George B. Huber</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>George B. Huber</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Allan J. Ludwig</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Allan J. Ludwig</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Charles E. Niemier</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Charles E. Niemier</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Emily E. Pichon</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Emily E. Pichon</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Richard L. Pletcher</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Richard L. Pletcher</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Steven D. Ross</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Steven D. Ross</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Donald B. Steininger</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Donald B. Steininger</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/Terry L. Tucker</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Terry L. Tucker</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/M. Scott Welch</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>M. Scott Welch</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-8</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>TO</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.0pt'><font size=2>Exhibit No.</font></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Description</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Incorporated</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Herein by </font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Reference to</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Filed</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Herewith</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="96" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:4.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.1</font></p> </td>
        <td width="177" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Lakeland Financial Corporation</font></p> </td>
        <td width="162" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 15, 1998</font></p> </td>
        <td width="118" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="96" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>4.2</font></p> </td>
        <td width="177" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Bylaws of Lakeland Financial Corporation</font></p> </td>
        <td width="162" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996</font></p> </td>
        <td width="118" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="96" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>5.1</font></p> </td>
        <td width="177" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman &amp; Nagelberg LLP</font></p> </td>
        <td width="162" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="118" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font SIZE=2>X</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="96" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>10.1</font></p> </td>
        <td width="177" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan</font></p> </td>
        <td width="162" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Form S-8 filed on October 23, 2000  </font></p> </td>
        <td width="118" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="96" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>23.1</font></p> </td>
        <td width="177" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Crowe Chizek and Company LLC</font></p> </td>
        <td width="162" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="118" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font SIZE=2>X</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="96" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>23.2</font></p> </td>
        <td width="177" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman &amp; Nagelberg LLP</font></p> </td>
        <td width="162" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="118" valign=top style='padding:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Included in Exhibit 5.1</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>24.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Power of Attorney</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Included on the Signature Page to this Registration Statement</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2006
Registration No. 333-48402
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
__________________
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
35-1559596
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
__________________
202 East Center Street, P.O. Box 1387
Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1387
(Address of principal executive offices)
__________________
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION 401(k) PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
__________________
Michael L. Kubacki
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lakeland Financial Corporation
202 East Center Street, P.O. Box 1387
Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1387
(Name and address of agent for service)
(574) 267-6144
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
per Share(3)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)(3)
Amount of Registration
Fee(3)
Common Stock, No Par Value
300,000 shares
$22.80
$6,840,000
$732.00
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also registers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable under the Plan in connection with share splits, share dividends or similar transactions.  Preferred stock purchase rights will be distributed without charge with respect to each share of the Registrant's Common Stock registered hereby.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 18, 2006.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Lakeland Financial Corporation (the "Company") previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering shares of its common stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), and related participation interests to be issued pursuant to the Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").  This Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Company for the purpose of increasing the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company relating to the Plan is effective.  This Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to 300,000 shares of Common Stock, issuable pursuant to the Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates by reference the Registration Statement on Form S-8, including exhibits, previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 2000 (File No. 333-48402), in connection with the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously or concurrently filed by Lakeland Financial Corporation (the "Company") with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005;
(b)    All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the last fiscal year;
(c)
The Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; and
(d)    The description of the Company's common stock, no par value, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-14 and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the prospectus which is a part hereof (the "Prospectus") to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated
by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
In accordance with the Indiana Business Corporation Law (Indiana Code 23-1-37-1 et seq.), Section 9 of the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation provide as follows:
SECTION 9. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Every person who is or was a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or of any other corporation for which he is or was serving in any capacity at the request of this Corporation shall be indemnified by this Corporation against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by him in connection with or resulting from or arising out of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person is wholly successful with respect thereto or acted in good faith in what he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of this Corporation or such other corporation, as the case may be, and, in addition, in any criminal action or proceeding in which he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. As used herein, "claim, action, suit or
proceeding" shall include any claim, action, suit or proceeding (whether brought by or in the right of this Corporation or such other corporation or otherwise), civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether actual or threatened or in connection with an appeal relating thereto, in which a director, officer or employee of this Corporation may become involved, as a party or otherwise, (i)  by reason of his being or having been a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or such other corporation or arising out of his status as such or (ii) by reason of any past or future action taken or not taken by him in any such capacity, whether or not he continues to be such at the time such liability or expense is incurred.
The terms "liability" and "expense" shall include, but shall not be limited to, attorneys' fees and disbursements, amounts of judgments, fines or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of a director, officer or employee, but shall not in any event include any liability or expenses on account of profits realized by him in the purchase or sale of securities of the Corporation in violation of the law. The termination of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, by judgment, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction or upon a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that a director, officer or employee did not meet the standards of conduct as forth in this paragraph.
Any such director, officer or employee who has been wholly successful with respect to any such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be entitled to indemnification as a matter of right. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, any indemnification hereunder shall be made only if (i) the Board of Directors acting by a quorum consisting of Directors who are not parties to or who have been wholly successful with respect to such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall find that the director, officer or employee has met the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding paragraph; or (ii) independent legal counsel shall deliver to the Corporation their written opinion that such director, officer or employee has met such standards of conduct.
If several claims, issues or matters of action are involved, any such person may be entitled to indemnification as to some matters even though he is not entitled as to other matters.
The Corporation may advance expenses to or, where appropriate, may at its expense undertake the defense of any such director, officer or employee upon receipt of an undertaking, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors, by or on behalf of such person to repay such expenses if it should ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to claims, actions, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions to act during, before or after the adoption hereof.
The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall be in addition to any rights to which any person concerned may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any such person.
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The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section or otherwise.
Further, Article VII of the Company's Restated Bylaws states the following:
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.  Every person who is or was a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or of any other corporation for which he is or was serving in any capacity at the request of this Corporation shall be indemnified by this Corporation against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by him in connection with or resulting from or arising out of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person is wholly successful with respect thereto or acted in good faith in what he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of this Corporation or such other corporation, as the case may be, and, in addition, in any criminal action or proceeding in which he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. As used herein, "claim, action, suit or proceeding"
shall include any claim, action, suit or proceeding (whether brought by or in the right of this Corporation or such other corporation or otherwise), civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether actual or threatened or in connection with an appeal relating thereto, in which a director, officer or employee of this Corporation may become involved, as a party or otherwise, (i) by reason of his being or having been a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or such other corporation or arising out of his status as such or (ii) by reason of any past or future action taken or not taken by him in any such capacity, whether or not he continues to be such at the time such liability or expense is incurred.
The terms "liability" and "expense" shall include, but shall not be limited to, attorneys' fees and disbursements, amounts of judgments, fines or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of a director, officer or employee, but shall not in any event include any liability or expenses on account of profits realized by him in the purchase or sale of securities of the Corporation in violation of the law. The termination of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, by judgment, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction or upon a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that a director,  officer or employee did not meet the standards of conduct set forth in this  paragraph.
Any such director, officer or employee who has been wholly successful with respect to any such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be entitled to indemnification as a matter of right. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, any indemnification hereunder shall be made only if (i) the Board of Directors acting by a quorum consisting of Directors who are not parties to or who have been wholly successful with respect to such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall find that the director, officer or employee has met the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding paragraph; or (ii) independent legal counsel shall deliver to the Corporation their written opinion that such director, officer or employee has met such standards of conduct.
If several claims, issues or matters of action are involved, any such person may be entitled to indemnification as to some matters even though he is not entitled as to other matters.
The Corporation may advance expenses to or, where appropriate, may at its expense undertake the defense of any such director, officer or employee upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such expenses if it should ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to claims, actions, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions to act during, before or after the adoption hereof.
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The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall be in addition to any rights to which any person concerned may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any such person.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section or otherwise.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
See the Exhibit Index following the signature page in this Registration Statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that the Plan is qualified pursuant to Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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;
(ii)       To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement; and
(iii)      To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(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, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
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Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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.
(h)            Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements of filing on Form S-8 and have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Warsaw, State of Indiana, on July 19, 2006.
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:_/s/Michael L. Kubacki
Michael L. Kubacki
President and Chief Executive Officer
By:/s/David M. Findlay
David M. Findlay
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION 401(K)
PLAN
By:
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
AS TRUSTEE OF THE PLAN
By:/s/Jill A. DeBatty
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael L. Kubacki and David M. Findlay, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 19, 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/Michael L. Kubacki
Michael L. Kubacki
President, Principal Executive Officer and Director
/s/Robert E. Bartels, Jr.
Robert E. Bartels, Jr.
Director
/s/L. Craig Fulmer
L. Craig Fulmer
Director
/s/George B. Huber
George B. Huber
Director
/s/Allan J. Ludwig
Allan J. Ludwig
Director
/s/Charles E. Niemier
Charles E. Niemier
Director
/s/Emily E. Pichon
Emily E. Pichon
Director
/s/Richard L. Pletcher
Richard L. Pletcher
Director
/s/Steven D. Ross
Steven D. Ross
Director
/s/Donald B. Steininger
Donald B. Steininger
Director
/s/Terry L. Tucker
Terry L. Tucker
Director
/s/M. Scott Welch
M. Scott Welch
Director
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LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Exhibit No.
Description
Incorporated
Herein by
Reference to
Filed
Herewith
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Lakeland Financial Corporation
Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 15, 1998
4.2
Bylaws of Lakeland Financial Corporation
Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996
5.1
Opinion of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP
X
10.1
Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form S-8 filed on October 23, 2000
23.1
Consent of Crowe Chizek and Company LLC
X
23.2
Consent of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP
Included in Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on the Signature Page to this Registration Statement
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