Independent Bank Corporation announced that effective, January 1, 2018, Mark Collins, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, will be transitioning into the new role of Corporate Counsel for Independent Bank (IB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Independent Bank Corporation (Registrant). In this new role, Mr. Collins will no longer be an executive officer of the Registrant, as defined in Rule 3b.7 of the Exchange Act. In this new role, Mr. Collins will report to Robert Shuster, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and will continue to support IB with in-house legal services for lending, operations, risk management, vendor management, and litigation management as well as coordinating services from outside legal counsel.