Text of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation

Pursuant to Sections 607.10025, 1003 and 1006, Florida Statues, the Articles of Incorporation of CenterState Banks of Florida, Inc. are hereby amended as follows:

FIRST: Section A(1) of Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof:

(1) Common Stock. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (referred to in these Articles of Incorporation as “Common Stock”) which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 40,000,000 with a par value of $0.01 per share.

SECOND: Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended by adding the following new Section E:

Each of the shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding at the close of business on May 8, 2006, that being the time when this amendment shall become effective, shall be and is hereby automatically divided (without any further act) into two fully-paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock. Accordingly, each holder of record of Common Stock at the close of business on May 8, 2006 shall, without further action, be and become the holder of one additional share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held of record immediately prior thereto. Each certificate representing shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such time shall continue to represent the same number of shares of Common Stock and, as promptly as practicable thereafter, the Corporation shall issue and cause to be delivered to each holder of record of shares of Common Stock at the close of business on the date this amendment becomes effective an additional certificate or certificates representing one additional share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held of record immediately prior thereto.

THIRD: This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall become effective at the close of business on May 8, 2006.

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by resolution on April 25, 2006, and without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval of the amendment was not required. The foregoing amendment does not adversely affect the rights or preferences of the holders of outstanding shares of any class or series and does not result in the percentage of authorized shares that remain unissued after the division exceeding the percentage of authorized shares that were unissued before the division.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused these Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to be executed and attested to by its duly authorized officer as of this 25th day of April, 2006.


CENTERSTATE BANKS OF FLORIDA, INC.

By:		/s/ Ernest S. Pinner
		Ernest S. Pinner
		Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 25th day of April, 2006, by Ernest S. Pinner, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterState Banks of Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation on behalf of the corporation.


/s/ Pamela S. Burkett
Printed Name:		Pamela S. Burkett
Notary Public, State of Florida