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* Strickland O Jean (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O 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) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Exec. VP & Pres. of Subsidiary
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/14/2009
	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	08/14/2009		P(1)		133,333	A	$2.25	133,333	D
Common Stock								220	D(2)
Common Stock								9,446.1457	D(3)
Common Stock								1,100	D(4)
Common Stock								42,168	D(5)

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
Stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right(6)	$22.22							04/02/2009(7)	04/02/2017	Common Stock	57,385		57,385	D
Stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right(6)	$26.72							05/16/2008(7)	05/16/2016	Common Stock	18,200		18,200	D
Common Stock Right to Buy(6)	$17.08							11/17/2004(8)	11/17/2013	Common Stock	11,000		11,000	D
Common Stock Right to Buy(6)	$22.4							12/21/2005(8)	12/21/2014	Comomon Stock	4,000		4,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares purchased in a common stock offering, a final prospectus on which was filed with the SEC on August 17, 2009 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 Rule 424(b)(4).

2. 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, on December 21, 2009

3. Represent shares held in the Company's Profit Sharing Plan of June 30, 2009

4. Represents 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. Restricted stock awards vest based on achievement of EPS targets compared to the prior fiscal year: 38% EPS growth=25% vesting; 50% growth 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.

5. Shares held jointly with spouse

6. Granted pursuant to Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida's 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

7. Vest over five years in 25% increments beginning on the second anniversary of the date of grant (the date indicated) and each of the following three anniversaires thereafter, subject to continued employment.

8. Vests over 5 years at the rate of 20% on the first anniversary of the date of grant and then at the rate of 20% on each of the following four anniversaries thereafter, subject to continued employment.

Remarks:

	Sharon Mehl as Power of Attorney for O. Jean Strickland	08/18/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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