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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(d) Exhibits
Exhibit 99.1 referenced herein contains
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 28A 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, ability
to realized deferred tax assets, cost savings, enhanced revenues, economic and seasonal conditions in our markets, and improvements
to reported earnings that may be realized from cost controls and for integration of banks that we have acquired, as well as statements
with respect to Seacoast’s objectives, 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, estimates and intentions, 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.
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”, “point to,” “project,”
“could,” “intend” 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, 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; 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 of
mergers and acquisitions, include, without limitation: 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, 2017 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 http://www.sec.gov.