SEC Company Response from SEACOAST BANKING CORP OF FLORIDA (SBCF) (CIK 0000730708) (SBCF) — Feb 10, 2017
SEACOAST BANKING CORP OF FLORIDA (SBCF) (CIK 0000730708)
Date: Feb. 10, 2017 · CIK: 0000730708 · Accession: 0001144204-17-007265
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File numbers found in text: 333-215181
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Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
815 Colorado Avenue
Stuart, Florida 34994
February 10, 2017
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attn: Michael R. Clampitt
Katelyn Donovan
Re:
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
Registration Statement on Form S-4
File No. 333-215181
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, a Florida corporation (the “Company”),
respectfully requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) so that the Registration Statement, as then amended, will become effective under
the Securities Act at 10:00 a.m. ET on February 13, 2017 or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
·should
the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission
from taking any action with respect to the filing;
·the
action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve
the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
·the
Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission
or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness
by a telephone call to Andrew P. Alin of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP at (212) 504-6889 and that such effectiveness also
be confirmed in writing.
Very truly yours,
SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
/s/ Stephen Fowle
By: Stephen Fowle
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
cc:
William P. Mills, Esq.
Andrew P. Alin, Esq.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
One World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281
[Signature Page to Acceleration Request]