SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GILBERT A DOUGLAS (Last) (First) (Middle) SEACOAST BANKING CORP. OF FLORIDA P.O. BOX 9012 (Street) STUART FL 34995 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SEACOAST BANKING CORP OF FLORIDA [ SBCF ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Pres. & Chief Operating Off.
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/12/2006
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/12/2006		P		100	A	$26.6799	1,060(1)	D(1)
Common Stock								10,292	D
Common Stock								31,400(2)	D(2)
Common Stock								48,000(3)	D(3)
Common Stock								20,829(4)	D(4)
Common Stock								7,129.651(5)	D(5)
Common Stock								795	I	Held by Son
Common Stock								58,621	I	Held by Spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Right to Buy(6)	$8.7879(7)							07/01/1999	06/30/2008	Common Stock	72,600		72,600	D
Common Stock Right to Buy(6)	$7.7273(8)							05/20/2001	05/20/2007	Common Stock	9,900		9,900	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Held in IRA

2. 21,000 shares represent unvested shares in a time-based restricted stock award granted under Seacoast's 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan which shall vest in 7,000 share increments on each anniversary of the date of grant (11/17/03), subject to continued employment. Another 10,400 shares represent unvested shares in a time-based restricted stock award granted under Seacoast's 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan which shall vest, subject to continued employment, in 2,600 share increments on each anniversary of the date of grant (12/21/04).

3. 35,000 shares represent a performance based restricted stock award granted under Seacoast's 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan which shall vest, subject to continued employment, over a 5-year performance period beginning January 1, 2004. Another 13,000 shares represent a restricted stock award granted under Seacoast's 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan which shall vest, subject to continued employment, over a 5-year performance period beginning January 1, 2005. Both restricted stock awards vest based on achievement of EPS targets compared to the prior fiscal year. 38% EPS growth = 25% vesting; 50% EPS growth = 50% vesting; 75% EPS growth = 75% vesting; 85% EPS growth = 100% vesting. Notwithstanding the above schedule, 100% of the performance based awards shall vest on the fifth anniversary of the grant date if the Company achieves an ROE of at least 16.5% for 3 consecutive quarters during the performance period, regardless of whether the EPS targets are met.

4. Held jointly with spouse

5. Represent shares held in the Company's Profit sharing Plan as of March 31, 2006.

6. Granted pursuant to Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida's 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

7. The Form 4 filing software only allows for numbers to be expressed up to four decimal places. The actual exercise price is $8.787879.

8. The Form 4 filing software only allows for numbers to be expressed up to four decimal places. The actual exercise price is $7.727273.

Remarks:

	Sharon Mehl as Power of Attorney for A. Douglas Gilbert	05/12/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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