SOUTHEASTERN BKING : Southeastern Banking Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2008 Dividend

Southeastern Banking Corporation is a bank holding company for Southeastern Bank (the Bank). The Bank serves its customers and communities through its 10 branches located in coastal Georgia and northeast Florida, including Brunswick, Callahan, Darien, Eulonia, Folkston, Hilliard (FL), Kingsland, Nahunta, Richmond Hill and St. Simons Island, and a loan production office in Hinesville, Georgia. Through the Bank, the Company offers a range of commercial and consumer banking products and services to customers located primarily in McIntosh, Georgia; Brantley, Georgia; Bryan, Georgia; Camden, Georgia; Charlton, Georgia; Glynn, Georgia and Nassau, Florida. The Bank offers personal loans, credit cards, overdraft protection, credit card payments, business loans and business cash management. The Bank also offers online banking services, which enable its customers to check account balances, verify transactions, deposits, withdrawals and other bill payments.