ITEM 5.02            DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
                     APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN
                     OFFICERS

On January 15, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Independent Bank Corp. (the "Company") appointed each of Warren Fields and James O'Shanna Morton as members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), effective February 1, 2021. Mr. Fields and Mr. Morton were appointed as Class III members of the Board with terms expiring at the Company's 2023 annual shareholder meeting. In addition, each of Mr. Fields and Mr. Morton was appointed to the Board of Directors of Rockland Trust Company (the "Bank" and such board, the "Bank Board"). In connection with the appointment of Mr. Fields and Mr. Morton, the size of the Board and the Bank Board was increased from twelve to fourteen and the number of Class III Directors of the Board was increased from three to five.

Mr. Fields and Mr. Morton have not been appointed to serve on a Board committee at this time and the committees to which they may be appointed at a later date have not yet been determined.

The Board has determined that each of Mr. Fields and Mr. Morton is "independent" within the meaning of both the Nasdaq rules and the Company's Governance Principles.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Fields or Mr. Morton and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Fields or Mr. Morton was selected as a director. Neither Mr. Fields nor Mr. Morton has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Each of Mr. Fields and Mr. Morton will receive compensation for his service as a director in accordance with policies and procedures previously approved by the Board for non-employee directors of the Company and as more fully described in the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A relating to the 2020 Annual Shareholder under the heading "Director Compensation" (and such description is incorporated herein by reference). The annual non-employee director cash retainer will be prorated for 2021 to reflect the effective date of their appointment.

A copy of the press release of the Company announcing the appointment of Mr. Fields and Mr. Morton as directors, which includes biographical information regarding each of them, is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.




                   ITEM 9.01   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS



d. The following exhibits are included with this Report:
Exhibit Index

Exhibit #                Exhibit Description
99.1                       Press release dated January 21, 2021
101                      The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because
                         its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.
104                      Cover page interactive data file (formatted as inline XBRL and contained
                         in Exhibit 101).

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