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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) January 23, 2020

SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Florida
000-13660
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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
SBCF
Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  






SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA



Item 8.01    Other Events

On January 23, 2020, Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, a Florida corporation (“Seacoast” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Seacoast and Seacoast’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Seacoast National Bank, a national banking association (“SNB”) had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Fourth Street Banking Company (“Fourth Street”), and Freedom Bank, a Florida chartered bank, and wholly-owned subsidiary of Fourth Street. The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Seacoast will acquire Fourth Street pursuant to the merger of Fourth Street with and into Seacoast (the “Merger”) and the merger of Freedom Bank with and into SNB (the "Bank Merger"). At the effective time, Seacoast will be the resulting corporation surviving the merger and SNB will be the resulting bank surviving the Bank Merger.

Pursuant to General Instruction F to Form 8-K, a copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by this reference.

Seacoast will also discuss the Merger and Bank Merger in a conference call on January 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Pursuant to General Instruction F to Form 8-K, the slide show presentation related to the Merger and made available in connection with the conference call is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by this reference, and is also available on Seacoast’s Internet website.

All information included in the press release and the slide show presentation is presented as of the respective dates thereof, and Seacoast does not assume any obligation to correct or update such information in the future.

Additional Information

Seacoast and Fourth Street will be filing a proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents concerning the Merger with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. WE URGE INVESTORS TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Investors will be able to obtain these documents free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). In addition, documents filed with the SEC by Seacoast will be available free of charge by contacting Investor Relations at (772) 288-6085.

The directors, executive officers, and certain other members of management and employees of Fourth Street are participants in the solicitation of proxies in favor of the Merger from the Fourth Street shareholders.

Important Information for Investors and Shareholders

Seacoast will file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a proxy statement of Fourth Street and a prospectus of Seacoast, and Seacoast will file other documents with respect to the proposed merger. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Fourth Street. Investors and shareholders of Seacoast and Fourth Street are urged to read the entire proxy statement/prospectus and other documents that will be filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become available because they will contain important information. Investors and shareholders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Seacoast through the website maintained





by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Seacoast will be available free of charge on Seacoast’s internet website or by contacting Seacoast.

Fourth Street, its directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed merger. Information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This current report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is intended to be protected by the safe harbor provided by the same. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: failure to obtain the approval of shareholders of Fourth Street in connection with the merger; the timing to consummate the proposed merger; the risk that a condition to closing of the proposed merger may not be satisfied; the risk that a regulatory approval that may be required for the proposed merger is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the parties' ability to achieve the synergies and value creation contemplated by the proposed merger; the parties' ability to promptly and effectively integrate the businesses of Seacoast and Fourth Street, including unexpected transaction costs, including the costs of integrating operations, severance, professional fees and other expenses; the diversion of management time on issues related to the merger; the failure to consummate or any delay in consummating the merger for other reasons; changes in laws or regulations; the risks of customer and employee loss and business disruption, including, without limitation, as the result of difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees; increased competitive pressures and solicitations of customers and employees by competitors; the difficulties and risks inherent with entering new markets; and changes in general economic conditions. For additional information concerning factors that could cause actual conditions, events or results to materially differ from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the factors set forth under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Seacoast's most recent Form 10-K report, Form 10-Q report and to Seacoast's most recent Form 8-K reports, which are available online at www.sec.gov. No assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what impact they will have on the results of operations or financial condition of Seacoast or Fourth Street.


Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)     Exhibits










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:  January 23, 2020
/s/ Charles M. Shaffer
 
CHARLES M. SHAFFER
 
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer







Charles M. Shaffer
Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
(772) 221-7003
Chuck.Shaffer@seacoastbank.com

SEACOAST TO ACQUIRE FOURTH STREET BANKING COMPANY
Seacoast continues its expansion in the dynamic Tampa-St. Petersburg MSA
STUART, Fla., Jan. 23, 2020 -- Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) (“Seacoast”), the holding company for Seacoast National Bank (“Seacoast Bank”), today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fourth Street Banking Co. ("Fourth Street"), the holding company for Freedom Bank of St. Petersburg. The transaction will be Seacoast's third in the last three years in the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan statistical area ("MSA"), the second largest and one of the fastest growing MSAs in Florida.
Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, Freedom Bank will be merged with and into Seacoast Bank. Organized in 2005, Freedom Bank has deposits of approximately $276 million and loans of $249 million and the merger will increase Seacoast’s deposits in the Tampa-St. Petersburg MSA by 87% to approximately $679 million. Seacoast plans to add Freedom Bank’s two branches to the four it currently operates in the market. Seacoast entered the Tampa-St. Petersburg MSA with the acquisition of GulfShore Bank and NorthStar Bank in 2017.
The Tampa-St. Petersburg MSA’s economy continues its expansion, outpacing most of the U.S. Its unemployment rate at 2.7% per Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is lower than the state and national average. It also added 30,800 jobs in November, the second highest total among all MSAs in the state. The same source showed the region leading the state for job demand with 59,256 openings and for STEM jobs with 20,134 openings. “Seacoast has found a great opportunity to partner with Freedom Bank, strengthening our position in the attractive Tampa-St. Petersburg market,” said Dennis S. Hudson III, Seacoast's Chairman and CEO. “This is an exceptional addition to our two previous acquisitions in the state’s second largest MSA. We look forward to welcoming Freedom Bank’s employees and customers to Seacoast Bank.”
“In creating Freedom Bank in 2005, we sought to fill a need in the market for local bankers who knew their customers by name and could make decisions based on local market conditions. We are delighted to partner with Seacoast, who has been serving Florida consumers and businesses for more than 90 years with a very similar philosophy,” said Cathy P. Swanson, CEO of Freedom Bank. “We know our customers will enjoy its convenient state-wide network and impressive array of products and services.”
Following the merger, Swanson plans to remain with Seacoast as its Market President for Pinellas County.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Fourth Street shareholders will receive 0.1275 shares of Seacoast common stock for each share of Fourth Street common stock. Based on Seacoast’s closing price of $29.39 as of January 22, 2020, the transaction is valued at approximately $63.6 million or $3.75 per share (which includes cashing out the Fourth Street options). Closing of the acquisition is expected late in the second quarter of 2020 following receipt of approvals from regulatory authorities, the approval of Fourth Street shareholders and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
Seacoast expects the Fourth Street acquisition to be more than 1.5% accretive to earnings per share in 2020 excluding one-time transaction costs, 3.3% accretive to earnings per share in 2021, and should have a tangible book value earn-back period of approximately 1.5 years using the crossover method. The transaction also is expected to provide an internal rate of return of more than 20%.





Piper Sandler served as financial advisor and Alston & Bird LLP served as legal counsel to Seacoast. Hovde Group, LLC served as financial advisor and Smith Mackinnon, PA served as legal counsel to Fourth Street.
Investor Conference Call Information
Seacoast will host a conference call on January 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the acquisition. Investors may call in (toll-free) by dialing (888) 517-2513 (passcode: 7556 513; host: Dennis S. Hudson). Slides will be used during the conference call and may be accessed at Seacoast's website at www.SeacoastBanking.com     by selecting "Presentations" under the heading "News/Events." A replay of the call will be available for one month, beginning late afternoon of January 24, 2020 by dialing (888) 843-7419 (domestic) and using passcode: 7556 513#.
Alternatively, individuals may listen to the live webcast of the presentation by visiting Seacoast's website at www.SeacoastBanking.com. The link is located in the subsection "Presentations" under the heading "Webcasts." Beginning the afternoon of January 24, 2020, an archived version of the webcast can be accessed from this same subsection of the website. The archived webcast will be available for one year.
About Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (NASDAQ: SBCF)
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida is one of the largest community banks headquartered in Florida with approximately $7.1 billion in assets and $5.6 billion in deposits as of December 31, 2019. The Company provides integrated financial services including commercial and retail banking, wealth management, and mortgage services to customers through advanced banking solutions, and 48 traditional branches of its locally-branded, wholly-owned subsidiary bank, Seacoast Bank. Offices stretch from Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach north through the Daytona Beach area, into Orlando and Central Florida and the adjacent Tampa market, and west to Okeechobee and surrounding counties. More information about the Company is available at www.SeacoastBanking.com.
Important Information for Investors and Shareholders
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Seacoast will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a proxy statement of Fourth Street and a prospectus of Seacoast, and Seacoast will file other documents with the SEC with respect to the proposed merger. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Fourth Street. Investors and security holders of Seacoast and Fourth Street are urged to read the entire proxy statement/prospectus and other documents that will be filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become available because they will contain important information. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Seacoast through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Seacoast will be available free of charge on Seacoast's internet website or by contacting Seacoast.
Seacoast, Fourth Street, their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of Seacoast is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2019 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 5, 2019 and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.





Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning, and protections, of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, statements about future financial and operating results, cost savings, enhanced revenues, economic and seasonal conditions in our markets, and improvements to reported earnings that may be realized from cost controls, tax law changes, new initiatives and for integration of banks that we have acquired, or expect to acquire, including Fourth Street, as well as statements with respect to Seacoast's objectives, strategic plans, including Vision 2020, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates and intentions about future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Seacoast to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not expect us to update any forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as "may", "will", "anticipate", "assume", "should", "support", "indicate", "would", "believe", "contemplate", "expect", "estimate", "continue", "further", "plan", "point to", "project", "could", "intend", "target" or other similar words and expressions of the future. These forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: the effects of future economic and market conditions, including seasonality; governmental monetary and fiscal policies, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, as well as legislative, tax and regulatory changes; changes in accounting policies, rules and practices; the risks of changes in interest rates on the level and composition of deposits, loan demand, liquidity and the values of loan collateral, securities, and interest sensitive assets and liabilities; interest rate risks, sensitivities and the shape of the yield curve; uncertainty related to the impact of LIBOR calculations on securities and loans; changes in borrower credit risks and payment behaviors; changes in the availability and cost of credit and capital in the financial markets; changes in the prices, values and sales volumes of residential and commercial real estate; our ability to comply with any regulatory requirements; the effects of problems encountered by other financial institutions that adversely affect us or the banking industry; our concentration in commercial real estate loans; the failure of assumptions and estimates, as well as differences in, and changes to, economic, market and credit conditions; the impact on the valuation of our investments due to market volatility or counterparty payment risk; statutory and regulatory dividend restrictions; increases in regulatory capital requirements for banking organizations generally; the risks of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including our ability to continue to identify acquisition targets and successfully acquire desirable financial institutions; changes in technology or products that may be more difficult, costly, or less effective than anticipated; our ability to identify and address increased cybersecurity risks; inability of our risk management framework to manage risks associated with our business; dependence on key suppliers or vendors to obtain equipment or services for our business on acceptable terms; reduction in or the termination of our ability to use the mobile-based platform that is critical to our business growth strategy; the effects of war or other conflicts, acts of terrorism, natural disasters or other catastrophic events that may affect general economic conditions; unexpected outcomes of, and the costs associated with, existing or new litigation involving us; our ability to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting; potential claims, damages, penalties, fines and reputational damage resulting from pending or future litigation, regulatory proceedings and enforcement actions; the risks that our deferred tax assets could be reduced if estimates of future taxable income from our operations and tax planning strategies are less than currently estimated and sales of our capital stock could trigger a reduction in the amount of net operating loss carryforwards that we may be able to utilize for income tax purposes; the effects of competition from other commercial banks, thrifts, mortgage banking firms, consumer finance companies, credit unions, securities brokerage firms, insurance companies, money market and other mutual funds and other financial institutions operating in our market areas and elsewhere, including institutions operating regionally, nationally and internationally, together with





such competitors offering banking products and services by mail, telephone, computer and the Internet; and the failure of assumptions underlying the establishment of reserves for possible loan losses.
The risks relating to the proposed Fourth Street merger include, without limitation: the timing to consummate the proposed merger; the risk that a condition to closing of the proposed merger may not be satisfied; the risk that a regulatory approval that may be required for the proposed merger is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the diversion of management time on issues related to the proposed merger; unexpected transaction costs, including the costs of integrating operations; the risks that the businesses will not be integrated successfully or that such integration may be more difficult, time- consuming or costly than expected; the potential failure to fully or timely realize expected revenues and revenue synergies, including as the result of revenues following the merger being lower than expected; the risk of deposit and customer attrition; any changes in deposit mix; unexpected operating and other costs, which may differ or change from expectations; the risks of customer and employee loss and business disruption, including, without limitation, as the result of difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees; increased competitive pressures and solicitations of customers by competitors; as well as the difficulties and risks inherent with entering new markets.
All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, under "Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-looking Statements" and "Risk Factors", and otherwise in our SEC reports and filings. Such reports are available upon request from the Company, or from the Securities and Exchange Commission, including through the SEC's Internet website at www.sec.gov.



ACQUISITION OF FOURTH STREET BANKING COMPANY (FREEDOM BANK) January 23, 2020


 
Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning, and protections, of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, statements about future financial and operating results, cost savings, enhanced revenues, economic and seasonal conditions in our markets, new initiatives and improvements to reported earnings that may be realized from cost controls, tax law changes, and for integration of banks that we have acquired, or expect to acquire, as well as statements with respect to Seacoast's objectives, strategic plans, including Vision 2020, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates and intentions about future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Seacoast to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not expect us to update any forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as “may”, “will”, “anticipate”, “assume”, “should”, “support”, “indicate”, “would”, “believe”, “contemplate”, “expect”, “estimate”, “continue”, “further”, “plan”, “point to”, “project”, “could”, “intend”, “target” or other similar words and expressions of the future. These forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: the effects of future economic and market conditions, including seasonality; governmental monetary and fiscal policies, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, as well as legislative, tax and regulatory changes; changes in accounting policies, rules and practices; the risks of changes in interest rates on the level and composition of deposits, loan demand, liquidity and the values of loan collateral, securities, and interest sensitive assets and liabilities; interest rate risks, sensitivities and the shape of the yield curve; uncertainty related to the impact of LIBOR calculations on securities and loans; changes in borrower credit risks and payment behaviors; changes in the availability and cost of credit and capital in the financial markets; changes in the prices, values and sales volumes of residential and commercial real estate; our ability to comply with any regulatory requirements; the effects of problems encountered by other financial institutions that adversely affect us or the banking industry; our concentration in commercial real estate loans; the failure of assumptions and estimates, as well as differences in, and changes to, economic, market and credit conditions; the impact on the valuation of our investments due to market volatility or counterparty payment risk; statutory and regulatory dividend restrictions; increases in regulatory capital requirements for banking organizations generally; the risks of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including our ability to continue to identify acquisition targets and successfully acquire desirable financial institutions; changes in technology or products that may be more difficult, costly, or less effective than anticipated; our ability to identify and address increased cybersecurity risks; inability of our risk management framework to manage risks associated with our business; dependence on key suppliers or vendors to obtain equipment or services for our business on acceptable terms; reduction in or the termination of our ability to use the mobile-based platform that is critical to our business growth strategy; the effects of war or other conflicts, acts of terrorism, natural disasters or other catastrophic events that may affect general economic conditions; unexpected outcomes of, and the costs associated with, existing or new litigation involving us; our ability to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting; potential claims, damages, penalties, fines and reputational damage resulting from pending or future litigation, regulatory proceedings and enforcement actions; the risks that our deferred tax assets could be reduced if estimates of future taxable income from our operations and tax planning strategies are less than currently estimated and sales of our capital stock could trigger a reduction in the amount of net operating loss carryforwards that we may be able to utilize for income tax purposes; the effects of competition from other commercial banks, thrifts, mortgage banking firms, consumer finance companies, credit unions, securities brokerage firms, insurance companies, money market and other mutual funds and other financial institutions operating in our market areas and elsewhere, including institutions operating regionally, nationally and internationally, together with such competitors offering banking products and services by mail, telephone, computer and the Internet; and the failure of assumptions underlying the establishment of reserves for possible loan losses. The risks relating to the proposed Fourth Street merger include, without limitation, failure to obtain the approval of shareholders of Fourth Street in connection with the merger; the timing to consummate the proposed merger; the risk that a condition to the closing of the proposed merger may not be satisfied; the risk that a regulatory approval that may be required for the proposed merger is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the parties' ability to achieve the synergies and value creation contemplated by the proposed merger; the parties' ability to promptly and effectively integrate the businesses of Seacoast and Fourth Street, including unexpected transaction costs, the costs of integrating operations, severance, professional fees and other expenses; the diversion of management time on issues related to the merger; the failure to consummate or any delay in consummating the merger for other reasons; changes in laws or regulations; the risks of customer and employee loss and business disruption, including, without limitation, as the result of difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees; increased competitive pressures and solicitations of customers and employees by competitors; the difficulties and risks inherent with entering new markets. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 under “Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors”, and otherwise in our SEC reports and filings. Such reports are available upon request from the Company, or from the Securities and Exchange Commission, including through the SEC’s Internet website at www.sec.gov. 2


 
Important Information For Investors And Shareholders This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida ("Seacoast") will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a proxy statement of Fourth Street Banking Company (“Fourth Street”) and a prospectus of Seacoast, and Seacoast will file other documents with respect to the proposed merger. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Fourth Street. Investors and security holders of Seacoast and Fourth Street are urged to read the entire proxy statement/prospectus and other documents that will be filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become available because they will contain important information. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Seacoast through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Seacoast will be available free of charge on Seacoast's internet website or by contacting Seacoast. Seacoast, Fourth Street, their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of Seacoast is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2019 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 5, 2019 and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available. 3 3


 
Fourth Street Banking Company / Freedom Bank: Strengthening Seacoast’s Role as One of the Top Florida Banks in Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL Market • Enhances Seacoast’s franchise in Tampa-St. Petersburg MSA, one of the largest MSAs in the Southeast and top 20 in the nation by population High-Quality • Builds off of the GulfShore Bank and NorthStar Bank acquisitions in 2017, enhancing Seacoast’s market share¹ as the #3 Florida- Expansion Within headquartered community bank² in the attractive Tampa-St. Petersburg market, bringing the combined company to approximately Attractive Market $679 million in total deposits¹ in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater MSA • Addition of a profitable franchise with a high quality balance sheet, consistent historical growth and a management team with deep local relationships • Immediately accretive to earnings, with 3%+ EPS accretion in 2021 and thereafter Anticipated • 20%+ internal rate of return Positive Financial Results • Minimal upfront dilution to tangible book value per share, earned back in approximately 1.5 years (crossover method, inclusive of the impact of CECL) Financially • Strong customer franchise, with 74% non-time deposits and demand deposits representing 33% of the deposit mix³ Attractive • High yielding loan portfolio with strong credit quality and bolsters Seacoast’s SBA program Acquisition with Limited Risk • Little impact on the Seacoast capital base, maintaining robust pro forma capital ratios When combined with the pending acquisition of First Bank of the Palm Beaches (“First Bank”): • Immediately accretive to earnings, with 5%+ EPS accretion in 2021 and thereafter Anticipated • 20%+ internal rate of return Cumulative Financial Impact • Minimal upfront dilution to tangible book value per share, earned back in less than two years (crossover method, inclusive of the impact of CECL) 1. Market share and deposit data sourced from the FDIC Summary of Deposits Report, as of June 30, 2019 2. ”Community Bank” defined as banks with less than $20 billion in total assets as of most recently reported quarter, excluding MHCs 4 3. Deposit data as of September 30, 2019 4


 
Fourth Street Transaction Summary Transaction Value • $63.6 million fully diluted, $3.75 per Fourth Street common share1 2 • Shareholders will receive 0.1275 shares of Seacoast common stock Consideration • Options cashed out at the positive difference between $3.75 and the exercise price Closing • Expected in mid-to-late second quarter of 2020 • Regulatory authorities Required Approvals • Fourth Street shareholders • Fourth Street’s existing Holding Company debt is converted to common equity prior to transaction close • Fourth Street shareholders to own approximately 3.9% of Seacoast following transaction Additional Details • Approximately 50%+ cost savings and Assumptions • Estimated core deposit intangibles of 2.5% amortized using sum-of-years-digits method over 10 years • 3.12% / $8.6 million total pre-tax mark to Fourth Street’s loan book; includes 0.50% interest rate mark, 0.81% credit discount mark relating to the non-PCD loans, and 1.82% CECL-related ALLL 1. Based on Seacoast’s closing price of $29.39 as of January 22, 2020 5 2. Assumes conversion of Fourth Street’s existing Holding Company debt to common equity prior to transaction close 5


 
Overview: Freedom Bank MRQ Summary Financial Metrics¹ ($000) Bank Level Assets: $306,215 Yield on Loans: 5.79% Bank Level Gross Loans: $248,948 Cost of Deposits 1.05% Bank Level Deposits: $276,401 NPAs / Assets: 0.34% Bank Level Tangible Common Equity: $28,296 Loan to Deposit Ratio: 90.1% Bank Level TCE / TA: 9.2% Net Interest Margin: 4.16% Consolidated Tangible Common Equity²: $25,767 Fully Converted Consolidated Tangible Common Equity³: $35,737 Loan & Deposit Composition¹ Retail Footprint Multi 1-4 Family family 2.7% 2.3% Other Nonint.- 7.0% Bearing 32.8% OwnerOcc Time C&I CRE Deposits 22.2% 31.2% > $100K NOW & 22.7% Other Trans. 15.4% Consumer Time MMDA & 1.2% Other CRE Deposits Sav. HELOC 23.5% < $100K 25.3% 5.9% C&D 3.8% 4.0% 1. Bank-level regulatory data for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, unless otherwise noted 2. Consolidated equity as of September 30, 2019 per internal Fourth Street documents 3. Includes conversion of $10 million of convertible subordinated debt that is held at the Holding Company 6 Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence, Fourth Street documents 6


 
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater MSA is the Second Largest in Florida With A Healthy Business Environment Population Growth Business Environment • 2nd largest MSA in • Tampa ranked #34 on Business.org's list of Florida, 18th largest in the top 40 US cities for entrepreneurs. United States. • Business.org named the Tampa-St. • MSA includes Hillsborough, Pinellas, Petersburg-Clearwater metro one of the top Hernando, and Pasco counties. areas for female entrepreneurs. • 2019 population of 3.1 million, representing 15% • WalletHub named Tampa #5 best large cities of Florida’s population. to start a business using 19 key metrics, • Tampa MSA’s population grew 7.6% compared to ranging from five-year business-survival rate to 4.4% nationally in last five years; is projected to office-space affordability. grow 5.6% from 2016 to 2021 compared to 3.7% • Diverse set of employers headquartered in the nationally. Tampa Bay area including: • Freedom Bank locations are located in St. Petersburg, the 5th largest city in Florida and the 2nd largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. Source: Tampa Bay Times, WalletHub, U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, National Venture Capital Association, Yelp, Indeed.com, Tax Foundation, 7 Council for Community and Economic Research, LoopNet, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Tampa Bay Business Journal


 
Combined Tampa-St. Petersburg Presence Increases Deposit Share In Key Market Pro Forma Community Bank1 Deposit Market Share Impact Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA City of St. Petersburg, FL Deposits Total Deposits Total 2019 Active in Market Market 2019 Active in Market Market Rank Institution Branches ($mm) Share Rank Institution Branches ($mm) Share 1 Tampa Bay Banking Co. 11 $1,498.4 1.74% Pro Forma 3 $327.9 1.06% 2 TFS Financial Corp. (MHC) 5 $1,076.2 1.25% 1 Fourth Street Banking Co. 2 $315.4 1.02% 3 CenterState Bank Corp. 15 $987.4 1.14% 2 Republic Bancorp Inc. 2 $191.2 0.62% 4 Cadence Bancorp. 8 $898.1 1.04% 3 TFS Financial Corp. (MHC) 1 $187.2 0.60% 5 Home BancShares Inc. 11 $695.7 0.81% 4 First Home Bancorp Inc. 1 $157.6 0.51% Pro Forma 6 $678.7 0.79% 5 Tampa Bay Banking Co. 1 $108.6 0.35% 6 Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida 4 $363.3 0.42% 6 Home BancShares Inc. 1 $80.5 0.26% 7 Republic Bancorp Inc. 8 $351.2 0.41% 7 Stearns Financial Services Inc. 1 $25.1 0.08% 8 First Home Bancorp Inc. 4 $333.0 0.39% 8 Adam Bank Group Inc. 1 $17.0 0.05% 9 First Citrus Bancorp. Inc. 5 $324.5 0.38% 9 Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida 1 $12.5 0.04% 10 Pilot Bancshares Inc. 5 $316.3 0.37% 10 Pilot Bancshares Inc. 1 $10.1 0.03% 11 Fourth Street Banking Co. 2 $315.4 0.37% *There are only 10 Community Banks¹ in the City of St. Petersburg State of Florida Deposits Total 2019 Active in Market Market Rank Institution Branches ($mm) Share 1 City National Bank of Florida 32 $11,806.2 1.94% 2 CenterState Bank Corp. 121 $9,617.6 1.58% 3 Home BancShares Inc. 78 $6,152.5 1.01% Pro Forma 53 $5,935.5 0.97% 4 Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida 51 $5,620.1 0.92% 5 Amerant Bancorp Inc. 19 $5,228.2 0.86% Fourth Street Branches 6 Ameris Bancorp 56 $3,920.1 0.65% 7 Ocean Bankshares Inc. 23 $3,693.8 0.61% Seacoast Branches 8 TFS Financial Corp. (MHC) 16 $2,705.4 0.45% 9 Capital City Bank Group Inc. 51 $2,283.1 0.38% 62 Fourth Street Banking Co. 2 $315.4 0.05% 1. ”Community Bank” defined as banks with less than $20 billion in total assets as of most recently reported quarter Note: Deposit market share data excludes data from closed branches; deposit totals as of June 30, 2019; Seacoast branch count as of June 30, 2019 (pro forma for pending acquisition of First Bank) 8 Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits Report, as of June 30, 2019 8


 
Agenda Acquisition Further Strengthens Seacoast’s Franchise In Florida, U.S.’s 3rd Largest State Projected Florida Population Growth, Seacoast Customer Map 2020 – 2025* Treasure Coast / Palm Beach Co. Current: 3,814,388 Expected I-4 Corridor Growth: 6.4% Orlando MSA Current: 6,599,350 Expected Growth: 7.3% Tampa / St. Pete MSA Port St Lucie MSA Southwest Florida Current: 1,158,943 Expected Growth: 8.0% West Palm Beach, Ft Lauderdale MSA * S&P Global Market Intelligence 9


 
Transaction Summary: Fourth Street Banking Company o In-market acquisition of core deposit franchise with high-yielding loan portfolio in the attractive Tampa-St. Petersburg market o Improves Seacoast’s projected profitability and returns 3%+ EPS accretion in 2021; 5%+ cumulative EPS accretion in 2021 when including the impact of Seacoast’s pending acquisition of First Bank o Minimal impact to TBV o Leverages Seacoast’s proven integration capabilities o Strengthens Seacoast’s attractive Florida franchise and position within the Tampa-St. Petersburg market 10


 
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Fourth Street Transaction Summary – Loan Portfolio Mark and CECL Assumptions • Loans to be separated into purchased credit deteriorated (PCD) and non-purchased credit deteriorated (non-PCD) PCD Loans • The credit mark from purchase accounting relating to PCD loans will be recorded as ALLL CECL Impact • The credit mark from purchase accounting relating to the non-PCD loans will be recorded on a net basis (a contra loan balance without any allowance), and in addition to this purchase accounting Non-PCD discount, will require a separate ALLL established through provision Loans • The non-PCD credit mark relating to the purchase accounting is assumed to be accreted back through income over the life of the loans • 2.32% / $6.4 million gross pre-tax credit and interest rate mark on the loan portfolio ‒ $2.8 million pre-tax, or 4.28% mark on PCD loans (1.01% of gross loans), recorded as ALLL ‒ $2.2 million pre-tax, or 1.06% mark on non-PCD loans (0.81% of gross loans), recorded as a contra-loan discount; assumed to be accreted through income over 3.6 years Credit and ‒ $1.4 million pre-tax, or 0.50% interest rate mark on total loans, recorded as a contra loan discount Interest Rate • $2.2 million pre-tax, or 1.08% recorded in provision expense through the income statement, established on Day One on Mark the Fourth Street non-PCD loans (in addition to the non-PCD credit mark above) • 3.12% / $8.6 million total pre-tax mark to Fourth Street’s loan book; includes 0.50% interest rate mark, 0.81% credit discount mark relating to the non-PCD loans, and 1.82% CECL-related ALLL ‒ $3.6 million of the mark is accreted back through income (mark equal to 1.30% of total loans) ‒ $5.0 million of the mark is not accreted back through income (mark equal to 1.82% of total loans); recorded as ALLL 12 1 2


 
Prudent Loan Portfolio Mix Maintained Post Consolidation Other 0.9% C&I 1-4 Family 14.2% Combined Pro Forma Portfolio Mix ¹ 23.1% Consumer Multifamily 3.9% Other 3.3% 1.2% HELOC $5,369 million 6.5% C&D OwnerOcc Bank Level: C&I 6.2% CRE 14.5% 1-4 Family C&D Ratio: 42.5% 20.0% 22.2% Multifamily CRE Ratio: 213.5% Other CRE Consumer 21.9% 3.8% 3.2% HELOC 1-4 Family Multifamily 2.7% 2.3% 6.5% OwnerOcc Other C&D CRE 7.0% 6.2% 20.5% ² OwnerOcc Other CRE C&I CRE 21.9% 22.2% 31.2% $249 million Bank Level: Combined $5,618 million³ C&D Ratio: 31.8% Consumer CRE Ratio: 237.8% 1.2% Bank Level: HELOC Other CRE C&D Ratio: 42.5%⁴ 23.5% 5.9% CRE Ratio: 216.4%⁴ C&D 4.0% 1. Seacoast Bank loan composition and concentration ratios estimated pro forma for pending acquisition of First Bank of the Palm Beaches, excluding any purchase accounting adjustments; reflects Seacoast Bank standalone bank-level regulatory data for the quarter ended December 31, 2019 and First Bank of the Palm Beaches standalone bank-level regulatory data for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 2. Freedom Bank loan composition and concentration ratios reflect bank-level regulatory data as of September 30, 2019 3. Does not include fair value adjustments 4. Adjusted for reversal of Freedom Bank’s ALLL included in total capital and impact of estimated after-tax one-time transaction-related costs; excludes other purchase accounting adjustments 13 Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence 1 3