SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 11-K

 

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008

 

 

OR

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

 

 

Commission File Number 333-48402

 

 

 

A.

Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan

 

 

B.

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

Lakeland Financial Corporation

202 East Center Street, P.O. Box 1387

Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1387

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

          Audited statements of net assets available for benefits of the Lakeland Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008 are provided as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 11-K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

          The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

401(k) PLAN

 

 

Date:

May 20, 2009

By: Lakeland Financial Corporation, as Trustee

to the Plan

                

By:/s/ Jill A. DeBatty

 

 

Jill A. DeBatty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION 401(k) PLAN

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

TO

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

Sequential

Page No.

23.1

Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP

5

99.1

Financial Statements

6