SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549


______________________________


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)   January 7, 2004


    SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA


(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



Florida

1-13660

59-2260678

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)



815 Colorado Avenue, Stuart, FL

34994

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code     (772) 287-4000    

 

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SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA



Item 5.

Other Events


On January 7, 2004, the Registrant entered into Change in Control Employment Agreements, with effective dates of December 24, 2003, with the following officers of Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (the “Company”) and its principal subsidiary, First National Bank and Trust Company of the Treasure Coast (the “Bank”):  Jean Strickland, Executive Vice President of the Company and the Bank, Thomas H. Wilkinson, Executive Vice President of the Bank, and Teresa Idzior, Senior Vice President of the Bank.  Copies of these agreements are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.18 through 10.20, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.



Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit Number

 

Document Description

10.18

 

Change of Control Employment Agreement between Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida and Jean Strickland, dated December 24, 2003

10.19

 

Change of Control Employment Agreement between Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida and Thomas H. Wilkinson, dated December 24, 2003

10.20

 

Change of Control Employment Agreement between Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida and Teresa Idzior, dated December 24, 2003




SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA

(Registrant)



Dated:   

January 7, 2004

By:    /s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III


          Name:  Dennis S. Hudson, III

          Title:  President & CEO