<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
    <!-- Licensed to: Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
         Document created using EDGARfilings PROfile 7.5.0.0
         Copyright 1995 - 2021 Broadridge -->
  </head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; color: #000000;">
  <div style="text-align: right;">
    <div><a name="FIS_PART_II"></a><a name="FIS_FORM"></a></div>
    <div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2021</div>
    </div>
    <div>File No. 333- <br>
    </div>
  </div>
  <hr align="center" style="border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-top: 4px solid black; height: 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
  <div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">
      <hr noshade="noshade" align="center" style="background-color: #000000; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px auto; height: 2px; width: 15%; color: #000000;"></div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left; color: #000000;" id="ze8c8d4b2818f449c8f835e8b9cd60a46">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Michigan</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 49%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">38-2032782</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 49%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">4200 East Beltline, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">2021 Independent Bank Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Full Title of the Plan)</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Gavin A. Mohr, 4200 East Beltline, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Name and address of agent for service)</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(616) 527-5820</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Copies of Communications to:</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Michael G. Wooldridge</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Varnum LLP</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">333 Bridge Street, N.W., P.O. Box 352</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501-0352</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(616) 336-<a name="FIS_REGISTRATION_FEE"></a>6000</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
      filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 80%; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;" id="za9a024139e6044bd904ee0df149620e5">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: middle;">
            <div>Large accelerated filer &#9744;</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: middle;">
            <div>Accelerated filer &#9746;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: middle;">
            <div>Non-accelerated filer &#9744;<a name="Check1"></a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: middle;">
            <div>Smaller reporting company &#9744;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: middle;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: middle;">
            <div>Emerging growth company &#9744;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><a name="FIS_UNIDENTIFIED_TABLE"></a><br>
    </div>
    <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zb71571299b564fcb80232ad16d5bb5f5" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%;">

        <tr>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 4.5pt; font-weight: bold;">Title of Securities</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 4.5pt; font-weight: bold;">to be Registered</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Amount</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">to be Registered(1)</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Proposed Maximum</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Offering Price</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Per Share(2)</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Proposed Maximum</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Aggregate Offering</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Price(2)</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Amount of</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 4pt;">Registration Fee(2)</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 52%; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 4.5pt;">Common Stock (no par value)</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>650,000</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>$</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>23.44</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>$</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>15,236,000</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>$</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>1,662.25</div>
          </td>
          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z86d54e4ba9b740a089c6a873c6563fd6">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top;">(1)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
            <div>Represents shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock that may be issued pursuant to the 2021 Independent Bank Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) pursuant to the Plan approved by the Registrant&#8217;s shareholders on April 20,
              2021.&#160; Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional securities as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
              splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z4392727b90b742309cc269c6db009bd8">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top;">(2)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
            <div>For the purpose of computing the registration fee only, the price shown is based upon the price of $23.44 per share, the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock of the Registrant as reported in the NASDAQ Global Select
              Market on May 6, 2021, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)(1).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>
      <hr align="center" style="border: none; border-bottom: 4px solid black; border-top: 1px solid black; height: 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></div>
    <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" id="DSPFPageBreakArea">
      <div style="page-break-after:always;" id="DSPFPageBreak">
        <hr noshade="noshade" style="margin: 4px 0px; width: 100%; border-width: 0; height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; clear: both;"></div>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART I</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
      incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><u>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</u></div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z50405accd8ae49308932a6d520a95e60">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 3.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The following documents filed by Independent Bank Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange
      Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) are incorporated herein by reference:</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z0caa7f42e649479391844948cde811d7">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(a)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div>The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/39311/000114036121007388/brhc10020586_10k.htm">Form 10-K</a> for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 5, 2021;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z819d089ad2894d1cb9fef155943f753d">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(b)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div>The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/39311/000114036121016129/brhc10023939_10q.htm">Form 10-Q</a> for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2021;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z1b563264089d4e03aa79cb5716c0182a">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(c)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div>The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on&#160;<a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/39311/000114036121002479/brhc10019462_8k.htm">January 28, 2021</a> and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/39311/000114036121013860/brhc10023439_8k.htm">April 22, 2021</a>;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z1869f6095d8b4cf0a09201ca7c5bd617">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(d)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div>All other reports or documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information contained in Current Reports on Form 8-K that is deemed furnished and not filed) since the end of the fiscal
              year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="zeafaff1968914a6c9907cdebf9a7a5a0">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">(e)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div>The description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock filed as <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39311/000114036120005031/hc10008974x1_ex4.htm">Exhibit 4</a> to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
              31, 2019, filed with the Commission on March 6, 2020.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">All other reports or documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to
      the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
      part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such reports or documents.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
      Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or
      supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission, unless the Registrant explicitly provides otherwise.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="ze5a3579b29c943cb9fe092938e79df29">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 4.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Description of Securities</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z96b62127c87f44cb921baa0cb9f11566">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Interest of Named Experts and Counsel</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="zfdaf0449a34b45739a05cd59990bf877">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 6.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-style: italic;">Michigan Business Corporation Act. </font>Registrant is organized under the Michigan Business Corporation Act (the &#8220;MBCA&#8221;) which, in general, empowers Michigan
      corporations to indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal,
      other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
      partner, trustee, employee or agent of another enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#8217;s fees, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith if the person acted in good
      faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
      was unlawful.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The MBCA also empowers Michigan corporations to provide similar indemnity to such a person for expenses, including attorney&#8217;s fees, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
      the person in connection with actions or suits by or in the right of the corporation if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its
      shareholders, except in respect of any claim, issue or matter in which the person has been found liable to the corporation, unless the court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all relevant
      circumstances, in which case indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses incurred. If a person is successful in defending against a derivative action or third-party action, the MBCA requires that a Michigan corporation indemnify the person
      against expenses incurred in the action.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" id="DSPFPageBreakArea">
      <div style="page-break-after:always;" id="DSPFPageBreak">
        <hr noshade="noshade" style="margin: 4px 0px; width: 100%; border-width: 0; height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; clear: both;"></div>
    </div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The MBCA also permits a Michigan corporation to purchase and maintain on behalf of such a person insurance against liabilities incurred in such capacities. The Company has obtained a policy of
      directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The MBCA further permits Michigan corporations to limit the personal liability of directors in certain circumstances. However, the MBCA does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any
      of the following: (i) the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which he or she is not entitled; (ii) intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or the shareholders; (iii) a violation of Section 551 of the MBCA; or (iv) an
      intentional criminal act. If a Michigan corporation adopts such a provision, then the Michigan corporation may indemnify its directors without a determination that they have met the applicable standards for indemnification set forth above, except, in
      the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, only against expenses reasonably incurred in the action. The foregoing does not apply if the director&#8217;s actions fall into one of the exceptions to the limitation on personal
      liability discussed above, unless a court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all relevant circumstances.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-style: italic;">The Company&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</font>. The Company&#8217;s Restated Articles of Incorporation provide, among other things, for the indemnification of
      directors and officers and authorize the Board of Directors to indemnify other persons in addition to the officers and directors. Directors and officers are indemnified against any actual or threatened civil, criminal, administrative, or
      investigative action, suit, or proceeding in which the director or officer is a witness or which is brought against such officer or director while serving at the request of the Company.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-style: italic;">Insurance</font>. The Company&#8217;s Restated Articles of Incorporation authorize the purchase of insurance for indemnification purposes and that the right of indemnity
      in the Restated Articles of Incorporation is not the exclusive means of indemnification.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-style: italic;">Indemnification Agreements</font>. The Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors that provides for additional indemnity
      protection for the directors, consistent with the provisions of the MBCA.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="za5abded4a4624d1b9f616987a5189a56">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 7.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exemptions from Registration Claimed</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z56da5292d911449b97d0b1f58a42f9ec">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibits<a name="FIS_EXHIBITS"></a></div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;">The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:<a name="FIS_UNIDENTIFIED_TABLE_4"></a></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left; color: #000000;" id="zab21aa105db4412784ca076c2463e87e">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid;">
            <div>Exhibit #</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid;">
            <div>Description</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39311/000114036117040856/ex3_1.htm">Exhibit 4.1</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 3, 2017).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39311/000156761917000394/h10041717x1_ex3-2.htm">Exhibit 4.2</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 7, 2017).</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;"><a href="brhc10024371_ex5.htm">Exhibit 5</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Opinion of Varnum LLP with respect to the legality of the securities being registered</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;"><a href="brhc10024371_ex23-1.htm">Exhibit 23.1</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Consent of Crowe LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;"><a href="brhc10024371_ex5.htm">Exhibit 23.2</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Consent of Varnum LLP (included with the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;"><a href="#POWEROFATTORNEY">Exhibit 24</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto)</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 10.14%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;"><a href="brhc10024371_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 89.86%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">2021 Independent Bank Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><a name="FIS_UNDERTAKINGS"></a><a name="eolPage6"></a><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="zc0dd50b134984576aa891af6fd9e5c1b">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 54pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 9.</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Undertakings</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;">(a)&#160; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;">(1)&#160; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt;">(i)&#160; To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72pt;">(ii)&#160; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
      the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
      not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
      volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in this registration statement; and</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" id="DSPFPageBreakArea">
      <div style="page-break-after:always;" id="DSPFPageBreak">
        <hr noshade="noshade" style="margin: 4px 0px; width: 100%; border-width: 0; height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; clear: both;"></div>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72pt;">(iii)&#160; To include any material information with respect to the Plan not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;"><font style="font-style: italic;">Provided, however</font>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;">(2)&#160; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
      offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;">(3)&#160; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;">(b)&#160; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;">(c)&#160; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
      Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
      liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
      controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
      such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" id="DSPFPageBreakArea">
      <div style="page-break-after:always;" id="DSPFPageBreak">
        <hr noshade="noshade" style="margin: 4px 0px; width: 100%; border-width: 0; height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; clear: both;"></div>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
      signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Grand Rapids, State of Michigan, on this 10th day of May, 2021.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left; color: #000000;" id="za2d4ba831ebd4b4a95db7a1c1bf6a6a9">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49.99%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div>Dated: May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Independent Bank Corporation</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49.99%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top;">
            <div>(Registrant)</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49.99%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49.99%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 20%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div>/s/ Gavin A. Mohr</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49.99%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top;">
            <div>By:&#160; Gavin A. Mohr</div>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 49.99%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top;">
            <div>Its:&#160;&#160; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a name="POWEROFATTORNEY"><!--Anchor--></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints William B. Kessel and Gavin A. Mohr, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact and
      agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and
      to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and
      to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
      thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such
      substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.<a name="eolPage9"></a><a name="eolPage10"></a><a name="FIS_EXHIBIT_INDEX"></a></div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left; color: #000000;" id="z97e665699e49485b889868acffb1abc1">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Signature</div>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 2px;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Capacity</div>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 2px;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="font-weight: bold;">
              <div style="text-align: center;">Date</div>
            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td colspan="5" style="vertical-align: middle;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ William B. Kessel</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;">&#160;&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;">&#160;&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 2px;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">William B. Kessel</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ Gavin A. Mohr</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer &amp; Principal Accounting Officer)</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Gavin A. Mohr</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ Dennis W. Archer Jr.</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Dennis W. Archer Jr.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;"><br>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Terance L. Beia</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;"><br>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">William J. Boer</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;"><br>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Joan A. Budden</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;"><a name="eolPage79"></a>/s/ Michael J. Cok</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Michael J. Cok</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">
              <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ Stephen L. Gulis Jr.</div>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Stephen L. Gulis Jr.</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">
              <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ Christina L. Keller</div>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Christina L. Keller</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ Ronia F. Kruse</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Ronia F. Kruse</div>
          </td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ Michael M. Magee Jr.</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Michael M. Magee Jr.</div>
          </td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">
              <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">/s/ Matthew J. Missad</div>
            </div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="margin-right: 0.8pt;">Director</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0.8pt;">May 10, 2021</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 46%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">
            <div style="margin-right: 2.75pt;">Matthew J. Missad</div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="1">&#160;</td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <br>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>
      <hr noshade="noshade" align="center" style="height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"></div>
    <div><a name="SPTNMOTEX231_082407_HTM"></a></div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "brhc10024371_s8.htm", "description": "S-8", "secsgml_size_bytes": 67002}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "INDEPENDENT BANK CORP /MI/", "cik": "0000039311", "assigned-sic": "6022", "irs-number": "382032782", "state-of-incorporation": "MI", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-255976", "film-number": "21908541"}, "business-address": {"street1": "4200 E BELTLINE AVE", "city": "GRAND RAPIDS", "state": "MI", "zip": "49525", "phone": "8003550641"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "4200 E BELTLINE AVE", "city": "GRAND RAPIDS", "state": "MI", "zip": "49525"}}
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2021
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Michigan
38-2032782
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4200 East Beltline, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
2021 Independent Bank Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gavin A. Mohr, 4200 East Beltline, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525
(Name and address of agent for service)
(616) 527-5820
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of Communications to:
Michael G. Wooldridge
Varnum LLP
333 Bridge Street, N.W., P.O. Box 352
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501-0352
(616) 336-
6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
      filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☒
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee(2)
Common Stock (no par value)
650,000
$
23.44
$
15,236,000
$
1,662.25
(1)
Represents shares of the Registrant's common stock that may be issued pursuant to the 2021 Independent Bank Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to the Plan approved by the Registrant's shareholders on April 20,
              2021.  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional securities as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
              splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.
(2)
For the purpose of computing the registration fee only, the price shown is based upon the price of $23.44 per share, the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock of the Registrant as reported in the NASDAQ Global Select
              Market on May 6, 2021, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)(1).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
      incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by Independent Bank Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange
      Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 5, 2021;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2021;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
January 28, 2021
and
April 22, 2021
;
(d)
All other reports or documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information contained in Current Reports on Form 8-K that is deemed furnished and not filed) since the end of the fiscal
              year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and
(e)
The description of the Company's Common Stock filed as
Exhibit 4
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
              31, 2019, filed with the Commission on March 6, 2020.
All other reports or documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to
      the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
      part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such reports or documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
      Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or
      supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission, unless the Registrant explicitly provides otherwise.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5.
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Michigan Business Corporation Act.
Registrant is organized under the Michigan Business Corporation Act (the "MBCA") which, in general, empowers Michigan
      corporations to indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal,
      other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
      partner, trustee, employee or agent of another enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith if the person acted in good
      faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
      was unlawful.
The MBCA also empowers Michigan corporations to provide similar indemnity to such a person for expenses, including attorney's fees, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
      the person in connection with actions or suits by or in the right of the corporation if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its
      shareholders, except in respect of any claim, issue or matter in which the person has been found liable to the corporation, unless the court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all relevant
      circumstances, in which case indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses incurred. If a person is successful in defending against a derivative action or third-party action, the MBCA requires that a Michigan corporation indemnify the person
      against expenses incurred in the action.
The MBCA also permits a Michigan corporation to purchase and maintain on behalf of such a person insurance against liabilities incurred in such capacities. The Company has obtained a policy of
      directors' and officers' liability insurance.
The MBCA further permits Michigan corporations to limit the personal liability of directors in certain circumstances. However, the MBCA does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any
      of the following: (i) the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which he or she is not entitled; (ii) intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or the shareholders; (iii) a violation of Section 551 of the MBCA; or (iv) an
      intentional criminal act. If a Michigan corporation adopts such a provision, then the Michigan corporation may indemnify its directors without a determination that they have met the applicable standards for indemnification set forth above, except, in
      the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, only against expenses reasonably incurred in the action. The foregoing does not apply if the director's actions fall into one of the exceptions to the limitation on personal
      liability discussed above, unless a court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all relevant circumstances.
The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
. The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation provide, among other things, for the indemnification of
      directors and officers and authorize the Board of Directors to indemnify other persons in addition to the officers and directors. Directors and officers are indemnified against any actual or threatened civil, criminal, administrative, or
      investigative action, suit, or proceeding in which the director or officer is a witness or which is brought against such officer or director while serving at the request of the Company.
Insurance
. The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation authorize the purchase of insurance for indemnification purposes and that the right of indemnity
      in the Restated Articles of Incorporation is not the exclusive means of indemnification.
Indemnification Agreements
. The Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors that provides for additional indemnity
      protection for the directors, consistent with the provisions of the MBCA.
Item 7.
Exemptions from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit #
Description
Exhibit 4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 3, 2017).
Exhibit 4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 7, 2017).
Exhibit 5
Opinion of Varnum LLP with respect to the legality of the securities being registered
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Crowe LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Varnum LLP (included with the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
Exhibit 24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto)
Exhibit 99.1
2021 Independent Bank Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
      the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
      not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
      volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in this registration statement; and
(iii)  To include any material information with respect to the Plan not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
      offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
(b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
      Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
      liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
      controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
      such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
      signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Grand Rapids, State of Michigan, on this 10th day of May, 2021.
Dated: May 10, 2021
Independent Bank Corporation
(Registrant)
/s/ Gavin A. Mohr
By:  Gavin A. Mohr
Its:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints William B. Kessel and Gavin A. Mohr, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact and
      agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and
      to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and
      to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
      thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such
      substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ William B. Kessel
Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
May 10, 2021
William B. Kessel
/s/ Gavin A. Mohr
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer)
May 10, 2021
Gavin A. Mohr
/s/ Dennis W. Archer Jr.
Director
May 10, 2021
Dennis W. Archer Jr.
Director
Terance L. Beia
Director
William J. Boer
Director
Joan A. Budden
/s/ Michael J. Cok
Director
May 10, 2021
Michael J. Cok
/s/ Stephen L. Gulis Jr.
Director
May 10, 2021
Stephen L. Gulis Jr.
/s/ Christina L. Keller
Director
May 10, 2021
Christina L. Keller
/s/ Ronia F. Kruse
Director
May 10, 2021
Ronia F. Kruse
/s/ Michael M. Magee Jr.
Director
May 10, 2021
Michael M. Magee Jr.
/s/ Matthew J. Missad
Director
May 10, 2021
Matthew J. Missad