LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned(s) hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Kathy L. Hsu, Dennis S. Hudson, III and Chuck M.
Shaffer, any one or more of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:
(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
including any amendments thereto; with respect to the securities of
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, a Florida corporation
(the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
Exchange Act);
(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee
benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information
to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and
(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of
the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided
to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;
(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of attorney will
be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as
such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deem necessary or
desirable;
(3) neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (1) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act; and
(4) This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations
under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting
requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for
and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.
This authorization shall supersede all prior authorizations in act for the
undersigned with respect to securities of the Company in these matters, which
prior authorizations are hereby revoked, and shall survive the termination of
the undersigned's status as a director and(or) officer of the Company and remain
in full force and effect thereafter for so long as the undersigned (in his or
her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) has any
obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to securities of the Company, or
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 20th day of October, 2020.
/s/ Joseph Forlenza
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Signature
Joseph Forlenza
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