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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
DATE OF REPORT:
January 16, 2025
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
Massachusetts
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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

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)

NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(781)-878-6100
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area 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, $.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).

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 13(a) of the Exchange
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On January 16, 2025, Independent Bank Corp. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) reporting the Company’s announcement of earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 and furnishing a copy of its earnings press release as Exhibit 99.1 and its earnings presentation as Exhibit 99.2. This Amendment No. 1 to the Original 8-K is being filed solely to correct Pro Forma ROAA (2026E) on slide 16 which was inadvertently reported as 1.14% instead of 1.41% and to update the Note at the bottom of slide 16. Exhibit 99.2 filed with this Amendment No. 1 to the Original 8-K replaces Exhibit 99.2 to the Original 8-K in its entirety, and all other disclosures in, and exhibits to, the Original 8-K remain unchanged.

ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

d. The following exhibits are included with this Report:

Exhibit Index |
Exhibit # | Exhibit Description
99.2 | Q4 2024 Earnings Presentation
101 | The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document
104 | Cover page interactive data file (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

SIGNATURE
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 17, 2025 | By: | /s/Mark J. Ruggiero
|  |  | MARK J. RUGGIERO
|  |  | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER