SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

UNITED STATES

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)    August 28, 2008 (August 26, 2008)



Florida

001-13660

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)


                              (772) 287-4000                           

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code


____________________________________________________

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA



Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.


On August 26, 2008, John R. Santarsiero, Jr. formally retired from the Board of Directors of Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (“Seacoast” or the “Company”) and the Board of Directors of its principal subsidiary, Seacoast National Bank (the “Bank”). Mr. Santarsiero was one of the initial directors when the Company was formed in 1983 and served on the board of the Bank for more than 27 years.  Mr. Santarsiero stated in his resignation letter to the Board of Directors for the Company and the Bank that he was retiring for health reasons and that he had no disagreements with the Company or the Bank.


Seacoast’s Board of Directors has not filled the vacancy created by Mr. Santarsiero upon his retirement.  Mr. Santarsiero was a Class I director whose term will expire at the Company’s 2009 annual meeting of shareholders.



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SIGNATURE


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

  

Date:  August 28, 2008

By:  /s/  Dennis S. Hudson, III


             Dennis S. Hudson, III

             Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

  
  


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