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): July 11, 2025
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
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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, $0.10 par value | 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).
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SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
Effective July 11, 2025, Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (“Seacoast” or the “Company”), the holding company for Seacoast National Bank (“Seacoast Bank”), announced today the completion of its acquisition of Heartland Bancshares, Inc. (“Heartland”), parent company of Heartland National Bank, effective July 11, 2025. The merger of Heartland National Bank with and into Seacoast Bank was also effective on the same date, with Seacoast National Bank being the surviving financial institution.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Heartland shareholders received a 50-50 combination of cash and stock, with the final consideration of approximately $111.2 million.
Heartland has had the leading deposit market share in Highlands County, Florida for many years, with deposits of approximately $665.9 million and total consolidated net loans of approximately $156.6 million as of March 31, 2025.
The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 11, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger. A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 2.1 | ||||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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
| Dated: July 11, 2025 | /s/ Tracey L. Dexter | ||||
| Tracey L. Dexter | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||