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INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.

Office Address:

2036 Washington Street,

Hanover,

Massachusetts

02339

Mailing Address:

288 Union Street,

Rockland,

Massachusetts

02370

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	INDB	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act (17CFR 230.405)) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.12b-2).

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 13(a) of the Exchange

On January 9, 2023, Independent Bank Corp., a Massachusetts corporation (“Independent”) (NASDAQ Global Select Market: INDB) issued a press release announcing the appointment of Jeffrey J. Tengel as the successor to Independent’s current Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Oddleifson, effective on or about February 6, 2023. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing.


Exhibit #			Exhibit Description
99.1			Press Release of Independent, dated as of January 9, 2023
104			Cover page interactive data file (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned and hereunto duly authorized.


			INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.

Date:	January 9, 2023	By:	/s/Patricia M. Natale
			PATRICIA M. NATALE
			DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL


1-9047						04-2870273
(Commission File Number)						(I.R.S. Employer identification No.)


ITEM 7.01			REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE


ITEM 9.01			FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS