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THE ST. JOE COMPANY

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)

Registration Number 333-111658

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

(To Prospectus dated January 8, 2004)

6,000,000 Shares

(ST. JOE COMPANY LOGO)

The St. Joe Company

COMMON STOCK

The selling shareholder named in this prospectus supplement is offering 6,000,000 shares of common stock of The St. Joe Company. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock in this offering.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “JOE.” On February 10, 2004, the reported last sale price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $40.85 per share.

Investing in our common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 2 of the accompanying prospectus.

PRICE $39.20 A SHARE

Underwriting

Price to

Discounts and

Proceeds to Selling

Public

Commissions

Shareholder

Per Share

39.20

0.40

38.80

Total

235,200,000

2,400,000

232,800,000

The Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators have not approved or disapproved of these securities, or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated expects to deliver the shares to purchasers on February 13, 2004.

MORGAN STANLEY

February 10, 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS


	PROSPECTUS SUMMARY AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
	USE OF PROCEEDS
	COMMON STOCK PRICE RANGE
	DIVIDEND POLICY
	BUSINESS
	SELLING SHAREHOLDER
	UNDERWRITERS
	LEGAL MATTERS
THE COMPANY
RISK FACTORS
SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
USE OF PROCEEDS
ALFRED I. DUPONT TESTAMENTARY TRUST
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
LEGAL MATTERS
EXPERTS
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Prospectus Supplement	Page

Prospectus Summary and Recent Developments		S-1
Use of Proceeds		S-4
Common Stock Price Range		S-4
Dividend Policy		S-4
Business		S-5
Selling Shareholder		S-9
Underwriters		S-10
Legal Matters		S-11


Prospectus	Page

The Company		1
Risk Factors		2
Special Note on Forward Looking Statements		6
Use of Proceeds		7
Alfred I. DuPont Testamentary Trust		7
Description of Capital Stock		9
Plan of Distribution		10
Legal Matters		11
Experts		11
Where You Can Find More Information		12

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND

THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS

This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of the offering and also adds to and updates information contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. The second part is the accompanying prospectus, which gives more general information.

If the description of this offering varies between this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. The selling shareholder is offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in or incorporated by reference in this document is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement or any sale of our common stock.

In this prospectus supplement, “St. Joe,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to The St. Joe Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

In this prospectus supplement, “Trust” refers to the Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust.

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

You should read the following summary together with the more detailed information regarding our company and the common stock being sold in this offering and our financial statements and notes thereto included in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.

The St. Joe Company

The St. Joe Company is one of Florida’s largest real estate operating companies and the largest private landowner in the State of Florida. The majority of our land is located in Northwest Florida. We own approximately 850,000 acres, which is approximately 2.4% of the land area of the State of Florida. Our acreage includes hundreds of miles of frontage on the Gulf of Mexico, bays, rivers and waterways, with nearly 40 miles of Gulf of Mexico coastline, including 5 miles of beachfront. Approximately 387,000 acres of our land are within ten miles of the coast.

We are engaged in community and resort development, commercial and industrial land sales, and commercial real estate services. We also have significant interests in timber. We believe we are one of the few real estate operating companies to have assembled the range of real estate, financial, marketing and regulatory expertise necessary to take a large-scale approach to real estate development and services.

Our four operating segments are:


	•	Community Residential Development

	•	Commercial Real Estate Development and Services

	•	Land Sales

	•	Forestry

In order to optimize the value of our core real estate assets in Northwest Florida, our strategic plan calls for us to continue to increase the pace of development of these assets. We believe we have a number of key business strengths and competitive advantages, including one of the largest inventories of private land suitable for development in the State of Florida, a very low cost basis in our land and a strong financial condition, which allows us the financial flexibility to pursue development opportunities.

Our principal executive offices are located at 245 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32202, and our telephone number is (904) 301-4200. Our internet address is www.joe.com. This internet address is provided for informational purposes only. The information at this internet address is not a part of this prospectus supplement.

Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust

The selling shareholder, The Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust, was established under the Last Will and Testament of Alfred I. duPont, a descendant of the Delaware family that founded E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company. The Trust was formed, among other reasons, to benefit The

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Nemours Foundation, a charitable foundation that provides for the care and treatment of disabled, but not incurable, children and the elderly.

The Trust and The Nemours Foundation together currently own 23,926,165 shares, or approximately 31.5%, of our outstanding common stock. Upon consummation of the offering, they will own 17,926,165 shares, or 23.6%, of our outstanding common stock. The Trust is selling shares of our common stock in order to diversify the Trust’s assets.

In the future the Trust intends to sell additional shares of our common stock, but has agreed with the underwriters that it will not, subject to customary exceptions, effect any sales of our common stock, except to the Company, for a period of 120 days from the date of this prospectus supplement without the consent of Morgan Stanley. See “Underwriters” on page S-10 of this prospectus supplement.

Recent Developments

On February 3, 2004 we announced that our 2003 net income was $76.2 million, or $0.98 per share, compared with $174.4 million, or $2.14 per share, for 2002. Fourth quarter 2003 net income was $28.9 million, or $0.37 per share, compared with $55.3 million, or $0.70 per share, in the same quarter of 2002. The results for 2002 included a net gain on the sale of Arvida Realty Services of $20.7 million, or $0.25 per share, and a gain on the forward sale of securities of $86.4 million, or $1.06 per share. The results for 2003 included a non-cash asset impairment charge, net of tax, relating to Advantis, our commercial real estate services unit, of $8.8 million, or $0.11 per share. The results for 2003 and 2002 included gains from conservation land sales of $22.7 million, or $0.29 per share, and $18.5 million, or $0.23 per share, respectively. All per share references are presented on a fully diluted basis.

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The Offering


Common stock offered by the selling shareholder		6,000,000 shares

Common stock outstanding after this offering (net of treasury shares)		75,977,996 shares

Use of proceeds		We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling shareholder in this offering.

Dividend policy		In February 2004, we declared a $0.12 per share quarterly cash dividend for the first quarter of 2004. The dividend is payable March 31, 2004 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2004. In 2003, we paid $0.32 per share in dividends. We had previously paid annual cash dividends of $0.08 per share to holders of our common stock in 2000, 2001 and 2002. We cannot assure you that we will continue to declare and pay dividends in the future.

New York Stock Exchange symbol		JOE

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling shareholder in this offering.

Under the terms of our registration rights agreement with the Trust, we are bearing all of the expenses of registration of this offering, except that the Trust will pay its own underwriting discounts and commissions, the fees and expenses of its legal counsel and financial advisors, and some other incidental expenses.

COMMON STOCK PRICE RANGE

Our common stock is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “JOE”. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices of our common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape.



		Common Stock
		Price

		High		Low

Year Ended December 31, 2002
	First Quarter	$	30.00	$	27.30
	Second Quarter		33.65		29.34
	Third Quarter		30.33		25.09
	Fourth Quarter		30.10		25.60
Year Ending December 31, 2003
	First Quarter	$	30.65	$	26.33
	Second Quarter		31.50		27.20
	Third Quarter		35.01		31.01
	Fourth Quarter		38.60		32.05
Year Ending December 31, 2004
	First Quarter (through February 10, 2004)		41.36		36.39

On February 10, 2004, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the NYSE was $40.85. As of December 31, 2003, there were approximately 30,000 beneficial owners of our common stock.

DIVIDEND POLICY

Commencing in June 2003, we paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.12 per share. In 2002, 2001 and 2000 we paid annual cash dividends of $0.08 per share. Although we expect to reinvest a substantial portion of our earnings in our business, we presently intend to continue to pay regular quarterly cash dividends. However, the declaration and payment of dividends, and the amount of any dividends, are subject to the discretion of our board of directors. The declaration, payment and amount of dividends will depend upon our:


	•	results of operations;

	•	financial condition;

	•	cash requirements;

	•	future prospects; and

	•	other factors that our board of directors considers relevant.

We cannot assure you that we will continue to declare and pay dividends in the future.

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BUSINESS

The St. Joe Company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. We are one of Florida’s largest real estate operating companies and the largest private landowner in the State of Florida. The majority of our land is located in Northwest Florida. We own approximately 850,000 acres, which is approximately 2.4% of the land area of the State of Florida. Our acreage includes hundreds of miles of frontage on the Gulf of Mexico, bays, rivers and waterways, with nearly 40 miles of Gulf of Mexico coastline, including 5 miles of beachfront. Approximately 387,000 acres of our land are within ten miles of the coast.

Our four operating segments and their revenues for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002 are:



	Revenues


	Nine Months Ended				Year Ended
	September 30,				December 31,

Segment	2003		2002		2002		2001		2000


	(in thousands)
Community Residential Development	$	354,987	$	269,028	$	398,642	$	263,592	$	166,187
Commercial Real Estate Development and Services		89,756		68,032		119,249		210,835		146,413
Land Sales		58,685		47,826		84,048		76,185		105,568
Forestry		28,222		31,751		41,247		37,268		35,951

Community Residential Development

Our Community Residential Development segment develops large-scale, mixed-use communities primarily on land that we have owned for a long period of time. We own large tracts of land in Northwest Florida, including large tracts near Tallahassee, the state capitol, and significant Gulf of Mexico beach frontage and waterfront properties, which we believe are suited for primary housing, resort and second-home communities. We believe this large, established land inventory, with a low cost basis, provides us an advantage over our competitors who must purchase real estate at current market prices before beginning projects. We manage the conceptual design, planning and permitting process for each of our new communities. We then construct or contract for the construction of the infrastructure for the community. Developed homesites and finished housing units are then marketed and sold.

The following table describes some of the approximately 20 residential or resort communities we are currently planning and developing in Florida. The expected build-out period for these communities ranges from 2003 to 2017 and the total acreage encompassed by these communities is approximately 17,900 acres. The majority of the communities are on lands we own. We expect some of the communities to be developed through ventures with unrelated third parties.

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Residential or Resort Communities Under Development in Florida

December 31, 2003


											*Unit Sales**
Name		Year			Planned						as of		Contracts on		Approximate		Arvida-Built
of		Sales			Sales End			Estimated Total			December 31,		Hand		Acres in		House Pricing			Lot Pricing
Community		Begin***			Date			Units Planned			2003		(not closed)		Community		(in thousands)			(in thousands)

Walton County:
WaterColor			2000			2007			1,140			717		85		499	$	400-1,000	+	$	150-1,000	+
WaterSound Beach			2001			2007			499			293		62		256	$	500-1,000	+	$	200-1,000	+
WaterSound			2005			2012			1,060			0		0		1,443	$	325-600	+	$	100-265	+
East Lake Powell			2007			2010			360 entitled			0		0		181	$	400-600	+	$	100-200	+
Camp Creek Golf Club			TBD	**		TBD	**		50			0		0		1,028		TBD	**		TBD	**
Bay County:
Hammocks			2000			2007			459			232		44		143	$	100-180	+	$	30-40	+
Palmetto Trace			2001			2008			523			192		61		138	$	105-200	+		—
Wave Crest			2005			2007			88			0		0		6		TBD	**		TBD	**
Gulf County:
WindMark Beach, phase 1			2001			2006			110			100		0		80	$	950		$	90-900	+
Mexico Beach, phase 1			TBD	**		TBD	**		TBD	**		0		0		160		TBD	**		TBD	**
WindMark Beach, phase 2			2005			2015			1,550			0		0		2,000	$	315-1,000	+	$	200-1,000	+
Capital Region:
SouthWood			2000			2017+			4,770 per DRI			588		116		3,770	$	115-400	+	$	40-150	+
SummerCamp			2004			2012			499			0		0		782	$	450-900	+	$	150-800	+
Jacksonville:
James Island			1999			2004			365			359		7		194	$	220-400	+		—
St. Johns Golf and County Club			2001			2006			799			519		88		820	$	180-400	+	$	30-125	+
RiverTown			2000			2015			TBD	**		23		0		4,200	$	125-400	+	$	55-400	+
Hampton Park			2001			2005			158			130		44		150	$	235-400	+		—
Central Florida:
Victoria Park			2001			2012+			Over 4,000 per DRI			359		87		1,859	$	140-300	+	$	45-100	+
Artisan Park, Celebration			2003			2008			616			57		47		160	$	225-400	+	$	100-140	+

	TOTAL															17,863


*	Units are comprised of lots and single-family and multi-family residences.

** To be determined


***	Includes estimated future dates.

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Commercial Real Estate Development and Services

Our Commercial Real Estate Development and Services segment sells real estate to others for commercial purposes, and owns and manages office, industrial and retail properties throughout the southeastern United States. In Florida, we develop and manage office, industrial and retail properties. For each new development we direct the conceptual design, planning and permitting process and then contract for the construction of the infrastructure and building. We also provide commercial real estate services, including brokerage, property management and construction management.

Our commercial development operations, combined with our tax deferral strategy of reinvesting qualifying asset sale proceeds into like-kind properties, have enabled us to create a portfolio of rental properties totaling 2.9 million square feet. As the table below shows, our portfolios of investment and development properties were 86% and 70% leased, respectively, based on net rentable square feet, as of December 31, 2003.

St. Joe Commercial

Portfolio of Rental Properties

December 31, 2003


								Number		Net
		Dated			Ownership			Of		Rentable		Leased
Investment Property Portfolio*		Acquired		Market	Percentage			Buildings		Sq. Ft.		Percentage

Prestige Place			December-99	Clearwater, FL		100	%		2		144,000		86	%
Harbourside			December-99	Clearwater, FL		100			1		147,000		92
Lakeview			May-00	Tampa, FL		100			1		125,000		77
Palm Court			July-00	Tampa, FL		100			1		60,000		68
Westside Corporate Center			October-00	Plantation, FL		100			1		100,000		86
280 Interstate North			January-01	Atlanta, GA		100			1		126,000		71
Southhall Center			April-01	Orlando, FL		100			1		155,000		88
1133 20th Street, N.W.			September-01	Washington, D.C.		100			1		119,000		99
1750 K Street			December-01	Washington, D.C.		100			1		152,000		90
Millenia Park One			December-99	Orlando, FL		100			1		158,000		68
Beckrich Office One			October-02	Panama City Beach, FL		100			1		34,000		96
5660 New Northside			December-02	Atlanta, GA		100			1		272,000		91
SouthWood Office One			June-03	Tallahassee, FL		100			1		88,000		73
Crescent Ridge One			August-03	Charlotte, NC		100			1		158,000		100
Windward Plaza			November-03	Atlanta, GA		100			3		465,000		89

	Total								18		2,303,000		86	%


Development		Date
Property Portfolio*		Completed

TNT Logistics			February-02	Jacksonville, FL	100	%	1	99,000	83	%
245 Riverside			April-03	Jacksonville, FL	100		1	134,000	39
Alliance Bank Building			N/A	Orlando, FL	50		1	71,000	61
Deerfield Commons I			April-00	Atlanta, GA	40		1	122,000	77
Westchase Corporate Center			August-99	Houston, TX	93		1	184,000	94
Beckrich Two			November-03	Panama City Beach, FL	100		1	34,000	20

	Total						6	644,000	70	%


*	Investment properties comprise completed office buildings that we have acquired. Development properties comprise office buildings we are involved in developing or redeveloping.

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As the table below shows, we owned approximately 110 acres of land with entitlements for future development of approximately 2.8 million square feet of commercial property as of December 31, 2003.

St. Joe Commercial

Land Positions

December 31, 2003


			Ownership			Net		Entitled
	Market		Percentage			Acres^(a)		Sq. Ft.^(b)

Southeast
Glenlake		Atlanta, GA		100	%		9.8		700,000
Parkstone Plaza		Chantilly, VA		100			19.1		240,000
Oak Park at Westchase		Houston, TX		100			31.9		823,000
Northeast Florida
Golfway Center		St. Augustine, FL		100			13.9		167,500
Southbank (Currington)		Jacksonville, FL		100			0.3		—
Central Florida
Millenia Park		Orlando, FL		100			21.7		592,000
South Florida
Beacon Square at Boca		Boca Raton, FL		100			14.0		264,000

Total							110.7		2,786,500


(a)	Represents net area defined as the total area exclusive of any public roadways, easements and other undevelopable areas.

(b)	Excludes entitlements related to land parcels that have been developed.

Land Sales

Our Land Sales segment markets parcels typically between five and 5,000 acres from a portion of our long-held timberlands in Northwest Florida. This land includes forests and meadowlands, some with frontage on rivers, lakes and bays. These parcels are being marketed as large secluded home sites. Some of them could also be used as plantations, ranches, farms, hunting and fishing preserves and for other recreational uses. This segment recently introduced a new product called RiverCamps. These will be planned developments in rustic settings, supplemented with amenities that may include docks, pools, tennis courts and community river houses. Most of the lots in these developments are expected to be located on or near waterfront property. The RiverCamps concept envisions homesites and high-quality finished cabins in low-density settings with access to various outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, boating, hiking and horseback riding. This segment is also in the process of introducing a new product called St. Joe Ranches for customers who want to own 10 to 150 acres, with controls on how the property around them is used. This product is initially being planned in rural settings in Leon, Wakulla and Gadsden Counties. Our Land Sales segment also sells land to conservation groups and governmental agencies. These sales commenced in 1999 and are expected to be completed in 2007.

Forestry

Our Forestry segment focuses on the management and harvesting of our extensive timberland holdings. We are the largest private holder of timberlands in Florida. We grow, harvest and sell timber and wood fiber. Our timberlands are located near key transportation links, including roads, waterways and railroads. We also maintain a genetics research facility which supervises the growing of seedlings for use in the reforestation of our lands. Our strategy is to increase the average age of our timber by extending growing periods before final harvesting in order to capitalize on the higher margins of older-growth timber.

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SELLING SHAREHOLDER

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock by the selling shareholder as of January 31, 2004, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of the shares in this offering.

Shares Beneficially

Owned Prior to Offering

Shares

Owned After Offering

Name of Selling

Being

Shareholder

Number

Percentage⁽¹⁾

Offered

Number

Percentage⁽¹⁾

Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust

23,926,165 ⁽²⁾

31.5

6,000,000

17,926,165

23.6


(1)	All percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent.

(2)	Includes shares of our common stock owned by The Nemours Foundation. As of January 31, 2004, the Trust directly and beneficially owned 22,257,687 shares of our common stock and The Nemours Foundation directly and beneficially owned 1,668,478 shares of our common stock. The trustees of the Trust are John S. Lord, Herbert H. Peyton, John F. Porter III, William T. Thompson III, Winfred L. Thornton and Wachovia Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation, the corporate trustee of the Trust. The individual trustees and Hugh M. Durden, the representative of the corporate trustee, constitute the entire board of directors of The Nemours Foundation. By virtue of their status as trustees and directors, the trustees of the Trust and the directors of The Nemours Foundation have the power to vote or direct the vote and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the shares of our common stock owned by the Trust and The Nemours Foundation.

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UNDERWRITERS

Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in an underwriting agreement dated the date of this prospectus supplement, the underwriters named below, for whom Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is acting as representative, have severally agreed to purchase, and the selling shareholder has agreed to sell to them severally, the number of shares of our common stock indicated below:


	Number of
Name	Shares

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated		5,950,000
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated		50,000

		6,000,000

The underwriters are offering the shares of common stock subject to their acceptance of the shares from the selling shareholder and subject to prior sale. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus are subject to, among other things, the approval of certain legal matters by its counsel and certain other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus if any are taken.

The underwriters initially propose to offer part of the shares directly to the public at the public offering price listed on the cover page of this prospectus supplement. After the initial offering of the shares of common stock, the offering price and other selling terms may from time to time be varied by the underwriters.

The common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “JOE”.

The underwriting discounts and commissions were determined by negotiations between the selling shareholder and the underwriters and are a percentage of the offering price to the public. The primary factors considered in determining the discounts and commissions were the size of the offering, the nature of the securities offered and the discounts and commissions charged in comparable transactions. The estimated offering expenses payable by St. Joe are approximately $25,000, which includes legal, accounting and printing costs and various other fees associated with registering the common stock.

The following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid to the underwriters by the selling shareholder.



	Per Share	Total

Underwriting discounts and commissions paid by the selling shareholder	$0.40	$2,400,000

The underwriters have informed St. Joe that they do not intend sales to discretionary accounts to exceed five percent of the total number of shares of common stock offered by them.

The selling shareholder has agreed that it will not, during the period ending 120 days after the date of this prospectus supplement, and each of St. Joe and certain directors and executive officers of St. Joe has agreed that it or he will not during the period ending 90 days after the date of this prospectus, in each case without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, directly or indirectly:


	•	offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock; or

	•	enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the common stock;

whether any transaction described above is to be settled by delivery of shares of common stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

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The restrictions described in the paragraph above do not apply to:


	•	the sale of shares to the underwriters;

	•	the issuance by us of shares of common stock upon the exercise of an option or a warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date of this prospectus supplement or the grant or exercise of an option under any of our existing benefit plans, including the surrender of outstanding securities in connection with any such exercise;

	•	transfers of shares of common stock by certain executive officers to St. Joe to satisfy any tax liability due upon exercise of any vested options to purchase common stock or the vesting of restricted stock;

	•	the issuance by us of shares of common stock (and the filing of a registration statement with respect to such an issuance) in connection with the acquisition of interests in other companies; provided that the recipients of the shares agree in writing to be bound by the 90 day lock-up described above;

	•	the sale or transfer by the selling shareholder to one or more third parties, provided that the recipients of the shares agree in writing to be bound by the 120 day lock-up described above;

	•	the sale of shares under existing 10b-5(1) plans or the grant of options or restricted stock under existing stock plans;

	•	the transfer of shares as a bona fide gift; provided that the recipient of the shares agrees in writing to be bound by the 90 day lock-up described above;

	•	the transfer of up to an aggregate of 10,000 shares by the executive officers of St. Joe to a 501(c)(3) charity;

	•	transactions relating to shares acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the offering of the common stock offered by this prospectus supplement; or

	•	the sale by the selling shareholder of shares of common stock to St. Joe.

In order to facilitate the offering of the common stock, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the common stock. Specifically, the underwriters may sell more shares than they are obligated to purchase under the underwriting agreement, creating a short position. Since the underwriters do not have an over-allotment option, this would create a naked short position. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the common stock in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. As an additional means of facilitating the offering, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, shares of common stock in the open market to stabilize the price of the common stock. These activities may raise or maintain the market price of the common stock above independent market levels or prevent or retard a decline in the market price of the common stock. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of these activities at any time.

From time to time, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated has provided, and continues to provide, investment banking services to us.

We, the selling shareholder and the underwriters have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby and certain other legal matters will be passed upon for us by Christine M. Marx, General Counsel of St. Joe. Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, New York, is also representing St. Joe in connection with this offering. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriters by Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York. Certain matters will be passed upon for the selling shareholder by McGuire Woods LLP.

S-11

PROSPECTUS

Issued January 8, 2004

(ST. JOE LOGO)

6,000,000 Shares

The St. Joe Company

Common Stock

The selling shareholder named in this prospectus is offering up to 6,000,000 shares of common stock of The St. Joe Company from time to time. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus.

This prospectus provides a general description of the shares to be offered from time to time by the selling shareholder. We will provide any required specific information about the terms of sales and offerings in supplements to this prospectus. The supplements may also add information to this prospectus or update or change information in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any applicable supplement carefully before investing.

The selling shareholder may, from time to time, sell all or part of the shares to or through underwriters, directly to other purchasers or broker-dealers or through dealers or other persons acting as agents, through other methods described in this prospectus, or through a combination of such methods. Terms of sale will be determined at the time such shares are offered for sale. The names of any underwriters, dealers, broker-dealers or other persons acting as agents involved in the sale of shares and the compensation that the selling shareholder shall pay such persons will be set forth in any applicable prospectus supplement.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “JOE.” On December 30, 2003, the reported last sale price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $37.97 per share.

Investing in our common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 2.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

January 8, 2004

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. The selling shareholder is offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our common stock.

In this prospectus, “St. Joe,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to The St. Joe Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

In this prospectus, “Trust” refers to the Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust.

THE COMPANY

We are engaged in community, resort, commercial and industrial development, along with commercial real estate services. We also have significant interests in timber. We believe we are one of the few real estate operating companies to have assembled the range of real estate, financial, marketing and regulatory expertise necessary to take a large-scale approach to real estate development and services.

RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider each of the risks described below and all of the other information set forth in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus before making an investment decision. The risks described below are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations.

If any of the following risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

A downturn in economic conditions could adversely affect our business.

Our ability to generate revenues is directly related to the real estate market, primarily in Florida, and to the national and local economy in general. Considerable economic and political uncertainties currently exist that could have adverse effects on consumer buying habits, construction costs, availability of labor and materials and other factors affecting us and the real estate industry in general.

Significant expenditures associated with investment in real estate, such as real estate taxes, maintenance costs and debt payments, cannot generally be reduced if changes in Florida’s or the nation’s economy cause a decrease in revenues from our properties. In particular, if the growth rate for the Florida economy declines or if a recession in the Florida economy occurs, our profitability could be materially adversely affected.

While real estate market conditions have generally remained healthy in our regions of development, particularly in Northwest Florida, continued demand for our services and products is dependent on long term prospects for job growth and strong in-migration population expansion in our regions of development.

Our businesses are primarily concentrated in the State of Florida. As a result, our financial results are dependent on the economic growth and health of Florida, particularly Northwest Florida. The occurrence of natural disasters in Florida could also adversely affect our business.

The economic growth and health of the State of Florida, particularly Northwest Florida where the majority of our land is located, are important factors in sustaining demand for our products and services. As a result, any adverse change to the economic growth and health of Florida, particularly Northwest Florida, could materially adversely affect our financial results. The future economic growth in certain portions of Northwest Florida may be adversely affected if its infrastructure, such as roads, airports, medical facilities and schools, are not improved to meet increased demand. There can be no assurance that these improvements will occur.

The occurrence of natural disasters in Florida, such as fires, hurricanes, floods, unusually heavy or prolonged rain and droughts, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to develop and sell properties or realize income from our projects.

Increases in interest rates could reduce demand for our products.

An increase in interest rates could reduce the demand for homes we build, particularly primary housing, lots we develop, commercial properties we develop or sell, and land we sell. A reduction in demand could materially adversely affect our profitability.

Our real estate operations are cyclical.

Our business is affected by demographic and economic trends and the supply and rate of absorption of lot sales and new construction. As a result, our real estate operations are cyclical which may cause our quarterly revenues and operating results to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and to differ from

the expectations of public market analysts and investors. If this occurs, our stock’s trading price could also fluctuate significantly.

We are exposed to risks associated with real estate sales and development.

Our real estate development activities entail risks that include:


	•	construction delays or cost overruns, which may increase project development costs;

	•	compliance with building codes and other local regulations;

	•	evolving liability theories affecting the construction industry;

	•	an inability to obtain required governmental permits and authorizations;

	•	an inability to secure tenants or anchors necessary to support commercial projects;

	•	failure to achieve anticipated occupancy levels or rents; and

	•	an inability to sell our constructed inventory.

In addition, our real estate development activities require significant capital expenditures. We obtain funds for our capital expenditures through cash flow from operations, property sales or financings. We cannot assure you that the funds available from these sources will be sufficient to fund our required or desired capital expenditures for development. If we are unable to obtain sufficient funds, we may have to defer or otherwise limit our development activities. Our residential projects require significant capital expenditures for infrastructure development before we can begin our selling efforts. If we are unsuccessful in our selling efforts, we may not be able to recover these capital expenditures. Also, our ability to continue to make conservation land sales to government agencies depends on the agencies having sufficient funds available to purchase the lands.

Our business is subject to extensive regulation which makes it difficult and expensive for us to conduct our operations.


	*Development of real estate entails a lengthy, uncertain and costly approval process.*

Development of real property in Florida entails an extensive approval process involving overlapping regulatory jurisdictions. Real estate projects must generally comply with the provisions of the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act (the “Growth Management Act”). In addition, development projects that exceed certain specified regulatory thresholds require approval of a comprehensive Development of Regional Impact (“DRI”) application. Compliance with the Growth Management Act and the DRI process is usually lengthy and costly and can be expected to materially affect our real estate development activities.

The Growth Management Act requires counties and cities to adopt comprehensive plans guiding and controlling future real property development in their respective jurisdictions. After a local government adopts its comprehensive plan, all development orders and development permits must be consistent with the plan. Each plan must address such topics as future land use, capital improvements, traffic circulation, sanitation, sewerage, potable water, drainage and solid waste disposal. The local governments’ comprehensive plans must also establish “levels of service” with respect to certain specified public facilities and services to residents. Local governments are prohibited from issuing development orders or permits if facilities and services are not operating at established levels of service, or if the projects for which permits are requested will reduce the level of service for public facilities below the level of service established in the local government’s comprehensive plan. If the proposed development would reduce the established level of services below the level set by the plan, the development order will require that, at the outset of the project, the developer either sufficiently improve the services to meet the required level or provide financial assurances that the additional services will be provided as the project progresses.

The Growth Management Act, in some instances, can significantly affect the ability of developers to obtain local government approval in Florida. In many areas, infrastructure funding has not kept pace with growth. As a result, substandard facilities and services can delay or prevent the issuance of permits. Consequently, the Growth Management Act could adversely affect our ability to develop our real estate projects.

The DRI review process includes an evaluation of a project’s impact on the environment, infrastructure and government services, and requires the involvement of numerous federal, state and local environmental, zoning and community development agencies and authorities. Local government approval of any DRI is subject to appeal to the Governor and Cabinet by the Florida Department of Community Affairs, and adverse decisions by the Governor or Cabinet are subject to judicial appeal. The DRI approval process is usually lengthy and costly, and conditions, standards or requirements may be imposed on a developer with respect to a particular project, which may materially increase the cost of the project. The DRI approval process is expected to have a material impact on our real estate development activities in the future.


	*Environmental and other regulations may have an adverse effect on our business.*

A substantial portion of our development properties in Florida is subject to federal, state and local regulations and restrictions that may impose significant limitations on our ability to develop them. Much of our property is raw land located in areas where development may affect the natural habitats of various endangered or protected wildlife species or in sensitive environmental areas such as wetlands and coastal areas.

In addition, our current or past ownership, operation and leasing of real property, and our current or past transportation and other operations are subject to extensive and evolving federal, state and local environmental laws and other regulations. The provisions and enforcement of these environmental laws and regulations may become more stringent in the future. Violations of these laws and regulations can result in:


	•	civil penalties;

	•	remediation expenses;

	•	natural resource damages;

	•	personal injury damages;

	•	potential injunctions;

	•	cease and desist orders; and

	•	criminal penalties.

In addition, some of these environmental laws impose strict liability, which means that we may be held liable for any environmental damages on our property regardless of fault.

Some of our past and present real property, particularly properties used in connection with our previous transportation and papermill operations, involve the storage, use or disposal of hazardous substances that have contaminated and may in the future contaminate the environment. We may bear liability for this contamination and for the costs of cleaning up a site at which we have disposed of or to which we have transported hazardous substances. The presence of hazardous substances on a property may also adversely affect our ability to sell or develop the property or to borrow using the property as collateral.

Changes in laws or the interpretation thereof, new enforcement of laws, the identification of new facts or the failure of other parties to perform remediation at our current or former facilities could all lead to new or greater liabilities that could materially adversely affect our business, profitability, or financial condition.

Our joint venture partners may have interests that differ from ours and may take actions that adversely affect us.

We are involved in joint venture relationships and may initiate future joint venture projects as part of our overall development strategy. A joint venture involves special risks such as:


	•	we may not have voting control over the joint venture;

	•	the venture partner at any time may have economic or business interests or goals that are inconsistent with ours;

	•	the venture partner may take actions contrary to our instructions or requests, or contrary to our policies or objectives with respect to the real estate investments; and

	•	the venture partner could experience financial difficulties.

Actions by our venture partners may subject property owned by the joint venture to liabilities greater than those contemplated by the joint venture agreement or have other adverse consequences.

Changes in our income tax estimates could affect our profitability.

In preparing our consolidated financial statements, significant management judgment is required to estimate our income taxes. Our estimates are based on our interpretation of federal and state tax laws. We estimate our actual current tax due and assess temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. The temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. Adjustments may be required by a change in assessment of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes due to audit adjustments by federal and state tax authorities, and changes in tax laws. To the extent adjustments are required in any given period, we would include the adjustments within the tax provision in our statement of operations and/or balance sheet. These adjustments could materially impact our financial position and results of operation.

Significant competition could have an adverse effect on our business.


	*The real estate industry is generally characterized by significant competition.*

A number of residential and commercial developers and real estate services companies, some with greater financial and other resources, compete with us in seeking properties for acquisition, resources for development and prospective purchasers and tenants. Competition from other real estate developers and real estate services companies may adversely affect our ability to:


	•	sell homes and homesites;

	•	attract purchasers;

	•	attract and retain tenants; and

	•	sell undeveloped rural land.


	*The forest products industry is highly competitive.*

Many of our competitors in the forest products industry are fully integrated companies with substantially greater financial and operating resources. Our products are also subject to increasing competition from a variety of non-wood and engineered wood products. In addition, we are subject to competition from lumber products and logs imported from foreign sources. Any significant increase in competitive pressures from substitute products or other domestic or foreign suppliers could have a material adverse effect on our forestry operations.

We are highly dependent on our senior management.

Our senior management has been responsible for our transformation from an industrial conglomerate to a successful real estate operating company. Our future success is highly dependent upon the continued employment of our senior management. The loss of one or more of our senior managers could have a material adverse effect on our business. We recently entered into five year employment agreements with Peter Rummell, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin Twomey, our President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. We do not have key-person life insurance on any of our senior managers.

Decline in rental income could adversely affect our financial results.

We own a large portfolio of commercial real estate rental properties. Our profitability could be adversely affected if:


	•	a significant number of our tenants are unable to meet their obligations to us;

	•	we are unable to lease space at our properties when the space becomes available; and

	•	the rental rates upon a renewal or a new lease are significantly lower than expected.

The Trust and The Nemours Foundation own a large percentage of our stock and their interests may not always be identical to those of our public shareholders.

After the sale of all of the shares covered by this prospectus, the Trust and its beneficiary, The Nemours Foundation, together will own 17,952,720 shares, or approximately 24%, of our outstanding common stock. In addition, four of our current directors are trustees of the Trust. Under the terms of the registration rights agreement we entered into with the Trust in 1997, the Trust is entitled to nominate two members of our board of directors so long as the Trust beneficially owns at least 20% of our common stock. If the Trust beneficially owns less than 20% but at least 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock, the Trust will be entitled to nominate one member of our board. Accordingly, the Trust will continue to be able to have significant influence over our corporate and management policies, including decisions relating to mergers, acquisitions, the sale of all or substantially all of our assets and other significant transactions. The interests of the Trust may not be aligned with our interests or the interests of other shareholders.

Future sales or the perception of future sales by the Trust may affect the price of our common stock.

We cannot predict the effect, if any, that future sales of shares by the Trust in addition to any shares covered by this prospectus, or the availability of shares for future sale, will have on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market or the perception that such sales may occur could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus includes forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about our business, including the risk factors identified under the caption “Risk Factors” above, those described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the following:


	•	economic conditions, particularly in Florida and key southeastern United States areas that serve as feeder markets to our Northwest Florida operations;

	•	acts of war or terrorism and other geopolitical events;

	•	local conditions such as an oversupply of homes and homesites, residential or resort properties, or a reduction in demand for real estate in the area;


	•	timing and costs associated with property developments and rentals;

	•	competition from other real estate developers;

	•	whether potential residents or tenants consider our properties attractive;

	•	increases in operating costs, including increases in real estate taxes;

	•	changes in the amount or timing of federal and state income tax liabilities resulting from either a change in our application of tax laws, an adverse determination by a taxing authority or court, or legislative changes to existing laws;

	•	how well we manage our properties;

	•	changes in interest rates and the performance of the financial markets;

	•	decreases in market rental rates for our commercial and resort properties;

	•	the pace of development of infrastructure in northern Florida;

	•	potential liability under environmental laws or other laws or regulations;

	•	adverse changes in laws or regulations affecting the development of real estate;

	•	decreases in prices of wood products;

	•	the availability of funding from governmental agencies and others to purchase conservation lands;

	•	fluctuations in the size and number of transactions from period to period; and

	•	adverse weather conditions or natural disasters.

We have no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or risks. New information, future events or risks may cause the forward-looking events we discuss in this prospectus not to occur.

USE OF PROCEEDS

All of our common stock being offered under this prospectus is being sold by the selling shareholder. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling shareholder.

ALFRED I. DUPONT TESTAMENTARY TRUST

The selling shareholder, The Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust, was established under the Last Will and Testament of Alfred I. duPont to provide testamentary dispositions to persons named in his Will and to benefit The Nemours Foundation. The Nemours Foundation is a charitable foundation provided for under the Will for the care and treatment of disabled, but not incurable, children and the elderly.

As of December 29, 2003, the Trust directly and beneficially owned 22,284,242 shares of our common stock and The Nemours Foundation directly and beneficially owned 1,668,478 shares of our common stock. The trustees of the Trust are John S. Lord, Herbert H. Peyton, John F. Porter, William T. Thompson and Winfred L. Thornton and Hugh M. Durden is the representative of Wachovia Bank, N.A., the corporate trustee of the Trust. The individual trustees and Mr. Durden constitute the entire board of directors of The Nemours Foundation. The trustees and directors, by virtue of their status as trustees of the Trust and directors of The Nemours Foundation, have the power to vote or direct the vote and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the shares of our common stock owned by the Trust and The Nemours Foundation.

The Trust and The Nemours Foundation together currently own 23,952,720 shares, or approximately 32%, of our outstanding common stock and upon the sale of all of the shares covered by this prospectus

will own 17,952,720 shares, or approximately 24%, of our outstanding common stock. Messrs. Durden, Lord, Peyton and Thornton serve as directors of St. Joe.

The Trust intends to sell shares of our common stock in order to diversify its assets. In the future, the Trust intends to sell additional shares of our common stock. The Trust anticipates continuing to reduce its ownership of our common stock through open market sales, private sales, participation in our stock repurchase program, registered offerings, which may include underwritten offerings, or otherwise. The timing and amount of such sales by the Trust is subject to a number of uncertainties, including the market price of our common stock, our prospects and general economic conditions.

Registration Rights Agreement and Board Representation

Pursuant to our registration rights agreement with the Trust, dated December 16, 1997, as amended, the Trust may require us to file a registration statement for the sale of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by the Trust, subject to specified limitations (including a minimum offering size of 7.5% of outstanding shares of common stock for all except the last demand). After the sale of all of the shares covered by this prospectus, the Trust will have two additional opportunities to effect demand registrations. The Trust may not require us to effect a demand registration within six months after the effectiveness of a registration statement pursuant to an earlier demand; however, the Company has waived this limitation for this registration and for the next registration requested by the Trust following the sale of all or substantially all of the shares offered hereby. In addition, the Trust has unlimited “piggy-back” registration rights under the registration rights agreement, which means the Trust may require us to register its shares of common stock when we file a registration statement to cover the sale of common stock by us or other shareholders.

Under the registration rights agreement, we bear the expenses of all demand registrations other than the last demand, except the Trust will pay its own underwriting discounts and commissions, the fees and expenses of the Trust’s legal counsel and financial advisors and some other incidental expenses. The Trust will pay all of the expenses of the last demand registration. In the event that a future demand registration covers less than 10% of outstanding shares of common stock, the Trust will also pay the SEC and NASD filing fees relating to the registration.

Under the registration rights agreement, we and the Trust have agreed to indemnify each other against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Under the terms of the registration rights agreement, the Trust’s right to director representation depends on its beneficial ownership of our common stock:


	•	If the Trust beneficially owns at least 20% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, the Trust will be entitled to nominate two members of our board of directors, and we and our board of directors will support the election of these Trust-nominated directors.

	•	If the Trust beneficially owns less than 20% but at least 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, the Trust will be entitled to nominate one member of our board, and we and our board of directors will support the election of this Trust-nominated director.

If the size of our board of directors is increased, the number of directors that the Trust will be entitled to nominate will be proportionately increased, except as provided below.

Three individual trustees of the Trust and Mr. Durden, the representative of the corporate trustee of the Trust, are currently directors of St. Joe. Pursuant to a recent amendment to the registration rights agreement, at the February 2004 meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors these four Trust directors and the Trust will support the election of three additional non-Trust directors to the Board. Due to the expected retirement of two non-Trust directors at our next annual meeting of shareholders, following that meeting we anticipate that the Board will consist of ten members, four of whom will be Trust representatives. In addition, the amendment provides that on the fifth business day after the Trust’s beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock is less than 20% of the issued and outstanding

shares, that number of Trust directors will resign from the Board so that the number of Trust directors will not exceed two.

These board representation arrangements do not limit your ability, or the ability of the Trust, to vote your or its shares of common stock in any manner you or it sees fit in connection with the election of directors or otherwise.

Stock Repurchase Agreement

From August 1998 through December 2003, our board of directors authorized a cumulative total of $650.0 million for the repurchase of our outstanding common stock from time to time on the open market. At November 30, 2003, $46.5 million remained under the repurchase program. Effective November 10, 2003, we entered into a 90-day agreement with the Trust to participate in the repurchase program through February 6, 2004. The agreement calls for the Trust to sell to us each Monday a number of shares equal to 0.47 times the amount of shares that we purchased from the public during the previous week, if any, at a price equal to the volume weighted average price, excluding commissions, paid by the Company for shares purchased from the public during that week, provided that such volume weighted average price is at least $30.00.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

Our authorized capital stock consists of 180,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value, of which 99,864,019 shares were issued and 76,078,763 shares were outstanding on September 30, 2003.

Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share held of record on the applicable record date on all matters presented to a vote of shareholders. The holders of a majority of our common stock represented at any meeting of shareholders constitutes a quorum and a majority of such quorum is entitled to vote on any matter coming before the meeting. Our board of directors is elected at the annual meeting of our shareholders by a plurality of the votes cast at the election. We do not have a staggered board of directors.

Each holder of common stock on the applicable record date is entitled to receive dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of legally available funds and, in the event of liquidation, to share pro rata in any distribution of our assets after payment of or providing for the payment of liabilities.

Holders of our common stock have preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for their proportional amount of stock or other securities issued by us under certain circumstances. These rights do not apply to the shares covered by this prospectus. There are no conversion rights or redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to our common stock. All outstanding shares of our common stock are, and the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus will be, when issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

Florida has enacted legislation that may deter takeovers of Florida corporations. The control share acquisition provisions of the Florida Business Corporation Act generally provide that shares of common stock acquired in excess of 20% of the outstanding common stock of a corporation will not possess any voting rights unless these voting rights are approved by a majority vote of a corporation’s disinterested shareholders or by the board of directors. These provisions could affect the voting rights afforded the common stock acquired in the future by any present or future holder of at least 20% of the outstanding common stock, provided that we do not opt out of these provisions of the Act. The provisions of this Act that relate to affiliated transactions generally require supermajority approval by disinterested shareholders or a majority of disinterested directors for specified affiliated transactions between a public corporation and holders of more than 10% of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation (or their affiliates).

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Wachovia Bank N.A.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The Trust may, from time to time, sell all or part of the shares covered by this prospectus (the “Shares”), on terms determined at the time such Shares are offered for sale, to or through underwriters, directly to other purchasers or broker-dealers, or through dealers or other persons acting as agents, or through a combination of such methods. The names of any underwriters, dealers, broker-dealers or other persons acting as agents involved in the sale of Shares and the compensation of such persons will be set forth in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Shares by the Trust.

The distribution of the Shares may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices (which may be changed), at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any such underwritten offering may be on a “best efforts” or a “firm commitment” basis.

In connection with the sale of Shares, underwriters may receive compensation from the Trust or from the purchasers of Shares for whom they may act as agents, in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell Shares to or through agents or dealers, and such agents and dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Underwriters or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of Shares may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or commissions received by them from the Trust and any profit on the resale of Shares by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Any such compensation received from the Trust will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

Because the Trust may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act, the Trust will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, which may include delivery through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) pursuant to Rule 153 under the Securities Act. We have informed the Trust that the anti-manipulative provisions of Regulation M promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), may apply to their sales in the market.

The sale of Shares by the Trust also may be effected from time to time by selling Shares directly to purchasers or to or through broker-dealers. In connection with any such sale, any such broker-dealer may act as agent for the Trust or may purchase from the Trust all or a portion of the Shares as principal, and may be made pursuant to any of the methods described below. Such sales may be made on the NYSE or other exchanges on which the Shares are then traded, in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through put or call options transactions relating to the Shares, through short sales of Shares, or otherwise at prices and at terms then prevailing or at prices related to the then-current market prices or at prices otherwise negotiated.

The Shares also may be sold in one or more of the following transactions: (i) block transactions in which a broker-dealer may sell all or a portion of such shares as agent but may position and resell all or a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; (ii) purchases by any such broker-dealer as principal and resale by such broker-dealer for its own account pursuant to a prospectus supplement; (iii) a special offering, an exchange distribution or a secondary distribution in accordance with applicable NYSE or other stock exchange rules; (iv) ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which any such broker-dealer solicits purchasers; (v) sales “at the market” to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise, for such shares; and (vi) sales in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including direct sales to purchasers. In effecting sales, broker-dealers engaged by the Trust may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers will receive commissions or other compensation in the form of discounts or concessions from the Trust in amounts to be negotiated immediately prior to the sale. Broker-dealers may also receive compensation from purchasers of the Shares.

The Trust also may sell all or a portion of the Shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of such rule.

Under our stock repurchase agreement with the Trust, the Trust may also sell shares it holds of our common stock to us under our stock repurchase program. For more information on this agreement, see “Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust — Stock Repurchase Agreement” on page 8 above.

In order to comply with the securities laws of certain states, if applicable, the Shares may be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in certain states, Shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from such registration or qualification requirement is available and is satisfied.

Underwriters, dealers, broker-dealers and other persons acting as agents may be entitled, under agreements which may be entered into by us and the Trust, to indemnification or contribution by us and the Trust against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Such underwriters, dealers, broker-dealers and agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for us or the Trust in the ordinary course of business.

If so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the underwriters, dealers, broker-dealers or other persons acting as agents may be authorized to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase Shares pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. Such contracts may be made with commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions, and other institutions, but in all cases such institutions must be approved by the Trust. The obligations of any purchaser under any such contract will not be subject to any conditions except that (a) the purchase of the Shares shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which such purchaser is subject and (b) if the Shares are also being sold to underwriters, the Trust shall have sold to such underwriters the Shares not sold for delayed delivery. The underwriters, dealers, broker-dealers and other persons acting as agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of such contracts.

Under the registration rights agreement, we will bear all of the expenses of the next demand registration after the shares covered by this prospectus are sold, except the Trust will pay its own underwriting discounts and commissions, the fees and expenses of the Trust’s legal counsel and financial advisors and some other incidental expenses. The Trust will pay all of the expenses of the last demand registration.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby and certain other legal matters will be passed upon for us by Christine M. Marx, General Counsel of St. Joe.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements and schedule of The St. Joe Company as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, have been incorporated by reference herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent accountants, also incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The audit report covering the December 31, 2002 consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s adoption of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” and No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” effective January 1, 2002. To the extent that KPMG LLP audits and reports on consolidated financial statements of The St. Joe Company issued at future dates, and consents to the use of its report thereon, such consolidated financial statements also will be incorporated by reference in the registration statement in reliance upon its report and said authority.

The consolidated financial statements of Arvida/ JMB Partners, L.P. at December 31, 2002 and 2001, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2002, set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent certified public accountants, as set forth in their report thereon appearing therein, and are incorporated by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document that we file at the SEC’s public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings with the SEC are also available to the public through the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov and through the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, on which our common stock is listed.

Copies of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act are available free of charge through our Internet site (www.joe.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file the material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the documents that we file with it, which means that we disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information and documents that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings that we make under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (but we do not incorporate by reference any documents that we furnish to but that are not deemed filed with the SEC):

1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

2. Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2003.

If you would like a copy of any of these documents at no cost, please make your request in writing or by telephone to Vice President-Investor Relations, The St. Joe Company, 245 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32202 (Telephone: (904) 301-4476).

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