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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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) October 26, 2009

                                                              Lakeland Financial Corporation
                                                                                                                                                   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number:  000-11487


Indiana
35-1559596
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

202 East Center Street
Warsaw, Indiana  46581-1387
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(574) 267-6144
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 
 
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Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 

 
 

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 26, 2009, Lakeland Financial Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering of 3.5 million shares of newly issued common stock.

A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein and herein are deemed to be furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

 The information contained in this Item 7.01 and the press release furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.

Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d)
Exhibits.  The following exhibits are filed herewith:
 
 
99.1
Press release issued by Lakeland Financial Corporation on October 26, 2009
 

 


 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
Lakeland Financial Corporation


Dated:  October 26, 2009
By:
/s/ David M. Findlay
 
David M. Findlay
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer




 

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