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        <footnote id="F1">These shares include 32.877 shares of common stock acquired in 2008 pursuant to the Company's 1196 Dividend Reinvest Plan. This acquisitionn is exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit liability provisions of Section 16 pursuant to Rule Rule 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.</footnote>
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        <footnote id="F3">These shares include 26.151 shares of common stock acquired in 2008 pursuant to the Company's 1996 Dividend Reinvestment Plan. This acquisition is exempt from the reporting and short-swing liability provisions of Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These shares include 244.634 shares of common stock acquired in 2008 pursuant to the Company's 1996 Dividend Reinvestment Plan. This acquistion is exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit liability provisions of Section 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.</footnote>
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X0303
4
2008-12-31
0
0000726601
CAPITAL CITY BANK GROUP INC
CCBG
0000909019
SMITH WILLIAM G JR
P.O. BOX 11248
TALLAHASSEE
FL
32302
1
1
1
0
Chairman, President & CEO
Common Stock
2008-12-31
4
G
0
45000
0
D
2245696.851
D
Common Stock
55666
I
Wife
Common Stock
4350.129
I
WGS, Jr. IRA
Common Stock
4087.768
I
Wife's IRA
Common Stock
617516.16
I
2S Partnership
Common Stock
431043.989
I
THE WGS TRUST
These shares include 32.877 shares of common stock acquired in 2008 pursuant to the Company's 1196 Dividend Reinvest Plan. This acquisitionn is exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit liability provisions of Section 16 pursuant to Rule Rule 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.
These shares include 30.894 shares of common stock acquired in 2008 pursuant to the Company's 1996 Dividend Reinvestment Plan. This acquisition is exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit liability provisions of Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.
These shares include 26.151 shares of common stock acquired in 2008 pursuant to the Company's 1996 Dividend Reinvestment Plan. This acquisition is exempt from the reporting and short-swing liability provisions of Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.
These shares include 244.634 shares of common stock acquired in 2008 pursuant to the Company's 1996 Dividend Reinvestment Plan. This acquistion is exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit liability provisions of Section 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.
William G. Smith, Jr.
2008-12-31