As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2009

Registration No. 333-            

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form S-1

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida

815 Colorado Avenue

Stuart, Florida 34994

(772) 287-4000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Dennis S. Hudson, III

Chief Executive Officer

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida

815 Colorado Avenue

Stuart, Florida 34994

(772) 287-4000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box.  o

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  þ (File No. 333-160133)

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

This registration statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “462(b) Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the purposes of registering 900,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (the “Registrant”). This 462(b) Registration Statement relates to the public offering of shares of common stock contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-160133), which was initially filed on June 22, 2009, and which, as amended, was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 14, 2009. Pursuant to Rule 462(b), the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-160133), including the exhibits thereto, are hereby incorporated by reference into this 462(b) Registration Statement.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

We hereby certify to the Commission that the Registrant has previously paid to the Commission amounts sufficient to cover the filing fee set forth on the cover page of this 462(b) Registration Statement for the additional shares of common stock being registered hereby in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-160133).

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Stuart, State of Florida, on August 14, 2009.

 

SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA

 

Dennis S. Hudson, III

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned being a director of Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints each of Dennis S. Hudson, III, O. Jean Strickland and William R. Hahl, as agent, with full power of substitution, for his and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, and to file the same, therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to make any and all state securities law filings, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 14, 2009.

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

All exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-160133) are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed a part of, this 462(b) Registration Statement, except the following, which are filed herewith.