<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000776901-16-000445.txt : 20160526
<SEC-HEADER>0000776901-16-000445.hdr.sgml : 20160526
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160526160427
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000776901-16-000445
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160524
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160526

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDEPENDENT BANK CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000776901
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				042870273
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		288 UNION STREET
		CITY:			ROCKLAND
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02370
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7818786100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		288 UNION STREET
		CITY:			ROCKLAND
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02370

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPURR JOHN H JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001207148

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09047
		FILM NUMBER:		161678174

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O INDEPENDENT BANK CORP
		STREET 2:		288 UNION STREET
		CITY:			ROCKLAND
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02370
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                    <value>by Elizabeth P. Spurr Trust</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Amendment filing solely to correct the transaction date. The grant date of the restricted stock award was 5/24/2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Independent Bank Corp. awarded restricted stock to reporting person per the Independent Bank Corp. 2010 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d). Shares are scheduled to vest on the fifth anniversary of the date of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Shares held i/n/o A. W. Perry Security Corporation. Filer is President of this Corporation. The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that the undersigned is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of such securities.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that the undersigned is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of such securities.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Shares held in name of John H. Spurr, Jr. Trust on which the Filer is a Trustee and Life Beneficiary.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Trust shares represented by: 2,415 shares held i/n/o Elizabeth P. Spurr 1972 Trust f/b/o Filer, who is co-trustee and income beneficiary of Trust; 2,415 shares held i/n/o Elizabeth P. Spurr 1972 Trust f/b/o Filer's sister. Filer is co-trustee of trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Shares held i/n/o of Kay Spurr Trust, over which the Filer may be deemed to possess voting or investment control.  The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that the undersigned is, for purposes of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of such securities.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sarah E. Hutchings, Power of Attorney for John H. Spurr Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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