Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 27, 2009, Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (the "Company")
and CapGen Capital Group III LP ("CapGen"), a Delaware limited partnership
executed a definitive Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October 23, 2009 (the
"Stock Purchase Agreement").
The Stock Purchase Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein, including approval of the applicable regulatory
authorities, CapGen will purchase from the Company in a private placement
6,000,000 newly issued shares of Company common stock, par value $0.10 per share
(the "Common Stock"), at a price of $2.25 per share for an aggregate purchase
price equal to approximately $13.5 million before a 4% fee payable to the
exclusive placement agent, Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (USA), LLC, in
connection with this transaction. Upon consummation of the investment, CapGen
will own approximately 10.2% of the Company's common stock on a fully-diluted
pro forma basis as of October 14, 2009. The Company also granted CapGen
preemptive rights to purchase its pro rata share of possible future offerings of
Common Stock, Company preferred stock and any securities convertible into an
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, subject to certain exceptions, for
a period of 24 months from the date of closing of the transaction. A copy of the
Stock Purchase Agreement is filed with this report as Exhibit 10.1 and is
incorporated by reference herein.
In connection with the investment, CapGen and its general partner, CapGen
Capital Group LLC, have each applied to become a bank holding company, and to
control the Company and its bank and nonbank subsidiaries under the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956. The transaction is subject to customary conditions,
including, among other things, approval of applicable regulatory authorities.
The transaction is not subject to approval by Seacoast's shareholders.
In addition, on October 27, 2009, the Company and CapGen executed a
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2009 (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company
agreed to prepare and file a registration statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") as expeditiously as reasonably possible upon the
receipt of a written request from the holder of the securities sold pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement if such request covers (i) at least 25% of the then
outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the holder or (ii) a lesser percent
if the anticipated aggregate offering price based on the then-current market
prices, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $3,000,000
and the lock-up period in connection with the public offering of Common Stock
priced on August 14, 2009 has expired, subject to certain limitations set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement. Furthermore, the Company agreed to use its
reasonable best efforts to file by April 15, 2010 with the SEC a registration
statement to cover the resale of the shares of Common Stock held by the holders,
unless such shares may then be sold in certain exempt transactions without
volume limitations, and subject to certain other limitations set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is
filed with the Report as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.
The foregoing descriptions of the transaction, the Purchase Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in
their entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 hereto.