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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;17, 2011.</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>

Under<BR>

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.</B>
</DIV>

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Massachusetts</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-2870273</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Office Address: 2036
Washington Street, Hanover, Massachusetts</B><BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02339</B><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Mailing Address: 288 Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02370</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<B>Independent Bank Corp. Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Plan</B><BR>

(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


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<B>Edward H. Seksay<BR>

General Counsel<BR>

Independent Bank Corp.<BR>

288 Union Street<BR>

Rockland, Massachusetts 02370</B><BR>

(Name, address of agent for service)</DIV>


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<B>(781)&nbsp;878-6100</B><BR>

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">registered (1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">offering price per share (2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">aggregate offering price (2)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">850,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$26.98</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$22,933,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,662.52</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Plus such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to the plan set forth above
in the event of a stock dividend, split-up of shares, recapitalization or other similar change
in the Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h)(1), on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as
reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June&nbsp;13, 2011.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#B86939000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#B86939001"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#B86939002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#B86939003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#B86939007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#B86939008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#B86939009"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#B86939010"> INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES<BR>
AND<BR>
INCORPORATION OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Registration Statement registers additional securities of Independent Bank Corp. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) of the same class as other securities for which the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(File No.&nbsp;333-126986), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;28, 2005, is
effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being
filed to register an additional 850,000 shares authorized under the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated
2005 Employee Stock Plan (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;). An amendment to the Plan to increase the reserved and
authorized number of shares under the 2005 Plan by 850,000 was authorized by the Company&#146;s Board of
Directors on March&nbsp;17, 2011 and approved by the Company&#146;s stockholders on May&nbsp;19, 2011. The
contents of the prior Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-126986) are incorporated
herein by reference, except as amended hereby.</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information required in Part&nbsp;I of this registration statement on
Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) will be sent or given to participants in the 2005 Plan, in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (hereinafter, the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), and the &#147;Note&#148; to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. Such documents and the documents incorporated by
reference herein pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the information is not
being filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the &#147;Note&#148; to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2010, filed March&nbsp;8, 2011;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March
31, 2011, filed May&nbsp;5, 2011, and the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
January&nbsp;20, 2011, January&nbsp;24, 2011, February&nbsp;24, 2011, March&nbsp;8,</TD>
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    <TD>2011, March&nbsp;17, 2011, April&nbsp;14, 2011, April&nbsp;18, 2011, April&nbsp;20, 2011, May&nbsp;5, 2011
and May&nbsp;25, 2011; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock included in its registration
statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;21, 1986, including all
amendments and reports amending such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed by the Company after the initial filing date of this
Registration Statement pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
with indicates that all shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all shares
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You should rely only on information contained or incorporated by reference in this
registration statement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different
information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not
rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the
offer or sale is not permitted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You may request a copy of any filings referred to above (excluding exhibits), at no cost, by
contacting us at the following address: Investor Relations, Attention: Jennifer Kingston,
Independent Bank Corp., 288 Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts 02370, Telephone: (781)&nbsp;878-6100.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Officers and Directors</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2.02(b)(4) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws allows a corporation to
eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any
provision of law imposing such liability, except where the director breached his or her duty of
loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a
law, authorized the payment of an improper distribution or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Company has included a similar provision in its Restated Articles of Organization and Amended
and Restated Bylaws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.51(a) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
may indemnify its directors against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or
other legal proceeding brought against any director by virtue of his or her position as a director
of the corporation unless he or she is deemed to have not acted in good faith in the reasonable
belief that his or her action was in the best interests of the corporation or was at least not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. As noted below, the Company has
provided for director indemnification in its Restated Articles of Organization and Amended and
Restated Bylaws.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.52 of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
must indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
any proceeding to which the director was a party because he or she was a director of the
corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him or her in connection with the proceeding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.56(a) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
may indemnify and advance expenses to its officers to the same extent as its directors and, for
officers that are not directors, to the extent provided by (i)&nbsp;the articles of organization, (ii)
the bylaws, (iii)&nbsp;a vote of the board of directors or (iv)&nbsp;a contract. In all instances, the
extent to which a corporation provides indemnification to its officers under Section&nbsp;8.56 is
optional. As noted below, the Company has provided for officer indemnification in its Restated
Articles of Organization and Amended and Restated Bylaws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that, except as limited by law or otherwise
provided in the Amended and Restated Bylaws, each director or officer of the Company, including any
person serving at the Company&#146;s request as a director, officer or trustee of another organization
in which the Company has any interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise (and including such
person&#146;s respective heirs, executors and administrators), shall be indemnified by the Company
against any liability or expense incurred in connection with a proceeding in which he or she is a
party because he or she is a director or officer if: (1)(i) he or she conducted himself or herself
in good faith, and (ii)&nbsp;he or she reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in the best
interests of the corporation or was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
and (iii)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful; or (2)&nbsp;he or she engaged in conduct for which liability has been
eliminated by Article&nbsp;6 of the Restated Articles of Organization.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will pay sums on account of indemnification in advance of a final disposition of a
proceeding upon receipt of (a)&nbsp;a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good
faith belief that he or she has met the relevant standard of conduct or that the proceeding
involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated under the Restated Articles of
Organization and (b)&nbsp;an undertaking by the director or officer to repay such sums if it is
subsequently established that he or she is not entitled to indemnification. The determination of
whether a director has met the relevant standard of conduct for indemnification under the Amended
and Restated Bylaws shall be made by (a)&nbsp;a majority vote of the disinterested directors (if there
are two or more), (b)&nbsp;special legal counsel or (c)&nbsp;a vote of the shareholders (excluding
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the vote of any shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who is not a
disinterested director).</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Amended and Restated Bylaws do not limit the power of the Board of Directors to authorize
the purchase and maintenance of insurance on behalf of any director or officer against any expense
whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such director or officer against such
expense under the Amended and Restated Bylaws. The Company maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146;
liability insurance.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is an index of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Articles of Organization of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit
99.4 to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;24,
2010).<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#043;</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated By-laws of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.5
to our Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;24,
2010).<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#043;</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to our annual report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1992).<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#043;</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Choate, Hall &#038; Stewart LLP as to the legality of the shares being
registered.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Choate, Hall &#038; Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included in page II-7)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Independent Bank Corp. Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Previously filed and incorporated by reference.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes:
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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; and</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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 align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the 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 align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Independent Bank Corp. pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Independent Bank Corp. has been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange 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 us of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of Independent Bank Corp. 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, we will, unless in the opinion of 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Independent Bank Corp. 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 Hanover, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June&nbsp;16,
2011.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.&nbsp;</TD>

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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                       /s/ EDWARD H. SEKSAY
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Edward H. Seksay&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Edward H. Seksay his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with respect to
the execution and filing of a Securities and Exchange Commission Form S-8 Registration Statement
for the Independent Bank Corp. Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Plan with full powers of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or
his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below on June&nbsp;16, 2011, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ CHRISTOPHER ODDLEIFSON
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christopher Oddleifson
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and CEO/President (<I>Principal
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ THOMAS J. TEUTEN
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Thomas J. Teuten
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DENIS K. SHEAHAN
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Denis K. Sheahan
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">CFO (<I>Principal Financial Officer</I>)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BARRY H. JENSEN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Barry H. Jensen
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller (<I>Principal Accounting Officer</I>)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DONNA L. ABELLI
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Donna L. Abelli
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ RICHARD S. ANDERSON
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Richard S. Anderson
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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William P. Bissonnette
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Benjamin A. Gilmore II
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin J. Jones
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eileen C. Miskell
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DANIEL F. O&#146;BRIEN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel F. O&#146;Brien
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Carl Ribiero
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Richard H. Sgarzi
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John H. Spurr Jr.
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Robert D. Sullivan
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Brian S. Tedeschi
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Thomas R. Venables
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Articles of Organization of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit
99.4 to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;24,
2010).<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#043;</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated By-laws of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.5
to our Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;24,
2010).<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#043;</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to our annual report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1992).<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#043;</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Choate, Hall &#038; Stewart LLP as to the legality of the shares being
registered.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Choate, Hall &#038; Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2011.
Registration 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 CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
04-2870273
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Office Address: 2036
Washington Street, Hanover, Massachusetts
02339
Mailing Address: 288 Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
02370
(Zip Code)
Independent Bank Corp. Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Edward H. Seksay
General Counsel
Independent Bank Corp.
288 Union Street
Rockland, Massachusetts 02370
(Name, address of agent for service)
(781) 878-6100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
offering price per share (2)
aggregate offering price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share
850,000
$26.98
$22,933,000
$2,662.52
(1)
Plus such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to the plan set forth above
in the event of a stock dividend, split-up of shares, recapitalization or other similar change
in the Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h)(1), on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as
reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 13, 2011.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
EX-99.1
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
AND
INCORPORATION OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of Independent Bank Corp. (the
"Company") of the same class as other securities for which the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-126986), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2005, is
effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being
filed to register an additional 850,000 shares authorized under the Company's Amended and Restated
2005 Employee Stock Plan (the "2005 Plan"). An amendment to the Plan to increase the reserved and
authorized number of shares under the 2005 Plan by 850,000 was authorized by the Company's Board of
Directors on March 17, 2011 and approved by the Company's stockholders on May 19, 2011. The
contents of the prior Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126986) are incorporated
herein by reference, except as amended hereby.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information required in Part I of this registration statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") will be sent or given to participants in the 2005 Plan, in
accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (hereinafter, the "Securities
Act"), and the "Note" to Part I of Form S-8. Such documents and the documents incorporated by
reference herein pursuant to Item 3 Part II hereof, taken together constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the information is not
being filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the "Note" to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
a.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2010, filed March 8, 2011;
b.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March
31, 2011, filed May 5, 2011, and the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
January 20, 2011, January 24, 2011, February 24, 2011, March 8,
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2011, March 17, 2011, April 14, 2011, April 18, 2011, April 20, 2011, May 5, 2011
and May 25, 2011; and
c.
The description of the Company's Common Stock included in its registration
statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on January 21, 1986, including all
amendments and reports amending such description.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company after the initial filing date of this
Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
with indicates that all shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all shares
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
You should rely only on information contained or incorporated by reference in this
registration statement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different
information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not
rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the
offer or sale is not permitted.
You may request a copy of any filings referred to above (excluding exhibits), at no cost, by
contacting us at the following address: Investor Relations, Attention: Jennifer Kingston,
Independent Bank Corp., 288 Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts 02370, Telephone: (781) 878-6100.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws allows a corporation to
eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any
provision of law imposing such liability, except where the director breached his or her duty of
loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a
law, authorized the payment of an improper distribution or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Company has included a similar provision in its Restated Articles of Organization and Amended
and Restated Bylaws.
Section 8.51(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
may indemnify its directors against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
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fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or
other legal proceeding brought against any director by virtue of his or her position as a director
of the corporation unless he or she is deemed to have not acted in good faith in the reasonable
belief that his or her action was in the best interests of the corporation or was at least not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. As noted below, the Company has
provided for director indemnification in its Restated Articles of Organization and Amended and
Restated Bylaws.
Section 8.52 of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
must indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
any proceeding to which the director was a party because he or she was a director of the
corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him or her in connection with the proceeding.
Section 8.56(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation
may indemnify and advance expenses to its officers to the same extent as its directors and, for
officers that are not directors, to the extent provided by (i) the articles of organization, (ii)
the bylaws, (iii) a vote of the board of directors or (iv) a contract. In all instances, the
extent to which a corporation provides indemnification to its officers under Section 8.56 is
optional. As noted below, the Company has provided for officer indemnification in its Restated
Articles of Organization and Amended and Restated Bylaws.
The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that, except as limited by law or otherwise
provided in the Amended and Restated Bylaws, each director or officer of the Company, including any
person serving at the Company's request as a director, officer or trustee of another organization
in which the Company has any interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise (and including such
person's respective heirs, executors and administrators), shall be indemnified by the Company
against any liability or expense incurred in connection with a proceeding in which he or she is a
party because he or she is a director or officer if: (1)(i) he or she conducted himself or herself
in good faith, and (ii) he or she reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in the best
interests of the corporation or was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful; or (2) he or she engaged in conduct for which liability has been
eliminated by Article 6 of the Restated Articles of Organization.
The Company will pay sums on account of indemnification in advance of a final disposition of a
proceeding upon receipt of (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good
faith belief that he or she has met the relevant standard of conduct or that the proceeding
involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated under the Restated Articles of
Organization and (b) an undertaking by the director or officer to repay such sums if it is
subsequently established that he or she is not entitled to indemnification. The determination of
whether a director has met the relevant standard of conduct for indemnification under the Amended
and Restated Bylaws shall be made by (a) a majority vote of the disinterested directors (if there
are two or more), (b) special legal counsel or (c) a vote of the shareholders (excluding
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the vote of any shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who is not a
disinterested director).
The Amended and Restated Bylaws do not limit the power of the Board of Directors to authorize
the purchase and maintenance of insurance on behalf of any director or officer against any expense
whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such director or officer against such
expense under the Amended and Restated Bylaws. The Company maintains directors' and officers'
liability insurance.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The following is an index of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement.
4.1
Restated Articles of Organization of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit
99.4 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 24,
2010).
+
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit 99.5
to our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 24,
2010).
+
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our annual report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992).
+
5.1
Opinion of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP as to the legality of the shares being
registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in page II-7)
99.1
Independent Bank Corp. Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Plan
+
Previously filed and incorporated by reference.
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Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information 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; and
(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 Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the 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 Independent Bank Corp. pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Independent Bank Corp. has been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange 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 us of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of Independent Bank Corp. 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, we will, unless in the opinion of 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Independent Bank Corp. 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 Hanover, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 16,
2011.
INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
By:
/s/ EDWARD H. SEKSAY
Edward H. Seksay
General Counsel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Edward H. Seksay his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with respect to
the execution and filing of a Securities and Exchange Commission Form S-8 Registration Statement
for the Independent Bank Corp. Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Plan with full powers of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or
his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below on June 16, 2011, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
NAME
CAPACITY
/s/ CHRISTOPHER ODDLEIFSON
Christopher Oddleifson
Director and CEO/President (
Principal
Executive Officer
)
/s/ THOMAS J. TEUTEN
Thomas J. Teuten
Director and Chairman of the Board
/s/ DENIS K. SHEAHAN
Denis K. Sheahan
CFO (
Principal Financial Officer
)
/s/ BARRY H. JENSEN
Barry H. Jensen
Controller (
Principal Accounting Officer
)
/s/ DONNA L. ABELLI
Donna L. Abelli
Director
/s/ RICHARD S. ANDERSON
Richard S. Anderson
Director
/s/ WILLIAM P. BISSONNETTE
William P. Bissonnette
Director
/s/ BENJAMIN A. GILMORE II
Benjamin A. Gilmore II
Director
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NAME
CAPACITY
/s/ KEVIN J. JONES
Kevin J. Jones
Director
/s/ EILEEN C. MISKELL
Eileen C. Miskell
Director
/s/ DANIEL F. O'BRIEN
Daniel F. O'Brien
Director
/s/ CARL RIBIERO
Carl Ribiero
Director
/s/ RICHARD H. SGARZI
Richard H. Sgarzi
Director
/s/ JOHN H. SPURR JR.
John H. Spurr Jr.
Director
/s/ ROBERT D. SULLIVAN
Robert D. Sullivan
Director
/s/ BRIAN S. TEDESCHI
Brian S. Tedeschi
Director
/s/ THOMAS R. VENABLES
Thomas R. Venables
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
4.1
Restated Articles of Organization of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit
99.4 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 24,
2010).
+
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of Independent Bank Corp. (filed as Exhibit 99.5
to our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 24,
2010).
+
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our annual report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992).
+
5.1
Opinion of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP as to the legality of the shares being
registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in page II-7)
99.1
Independent Bank Corp. Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Plan
+
Previously filed and incorporated by reference.
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