CenterState Bank (CSFL) 10-Q 2012 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION

In connection with the quarterly report of CenterState Banks, Inc. (“Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Report”), the undersigned does hereby certify pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (2) to the best of my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:    August 6, 2012	By:	/s/ Ernest S. Pinner
		Ernest S. Pinner
		Chairman, President and Chief
		Executive Officer

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