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United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
(AMENDMENT NO. 1)
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
or
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number: 1-9047
Independent Bank Corp.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Massachusetts   04-2870273
     
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
288 Union Street    
Rockland, Massachusetts   02370
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 878-6100
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
     
Title of each class   Name of each exchange on which registered
     
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share   NASDAQ Global Select Market
     
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights   NASDAQ Global Select Market
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o
No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o
No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. þ Yes o No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes o No o
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 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing price of such stock on June 30, 2008, was approximately $369,636,816.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. January 31, 2009 16,285,455
 
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
     List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).
Portions of the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated into Part III, Items 10-13 of this Form 10-K.

 


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SIGNATURES
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
Exhibits Index
Ex-31.1 - Sec 302 Certification of CEO
Ex-31.2 - Sec 302 Certification of CFO
Ex-32.1 - Sec 906 Certification of CEO
Ex-32.2 - Sec 906 Certification of CFO


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
     We are filing this Amendment to our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 to amend the signature page to the 10-K to include the signature of our principal accounting officer, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Barry H. Jensen. Except as described above, the remainder of the Form 10-K is unchanged and does not reflect events occurring after the original filing of the Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2009.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
 
 
  /s/ Christopher Oddleifson    
Date: March 2, 2009  Christopher Oddleifson,   
  Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Christopher Oddleifson and Denis K. Sheahan and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorneys, with full power to sign for such person and in such person’s name and capacity indicated below any and all amendments to this Form 10-K, hereby ratifying and confirming such person’s signature as it may be signed by said attorneys to any and all amendments.
 
Signature   Title   Date
 
/s/ Richard S. Anderson
 
Director
  Date: March 2, 2009
 
Richard S. Anderson
     
 
       
/s/ Benjamin A. Gilmore, II
 
 
Director
  Date: March 2, 2009 
Benjamin A. Gilmore, II
     
 
       
/s/ Kevin J. Jones
 
Director
  Date: March 2, 2009
 
Kevin J. Jones
     
 
       
/s/ Donna A. Lopolito
 
Director
  Date: March 2, 2009
 
Donna A. Lopolito
     
 
       
/s/ Eileen C. Miskell
 
 
Director
  Date: March 2, 2009 
Eileen C. Miskell
     
 
       
/s/ Christopher Oddleifson
 
Director
  Date: March 2, 2009
 
Christopher Oddleifson
 
CEO/President
   
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   

 


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Signature   Title   Date
 
/s/ Carl Ribeiro
 
  Director   Date: March 2, 2009 
Carl Ribeiro
       
 
       
 
       
/s/ Richard H. Sgarzi
  Director   Date: March 2, 2009
 
Richard H. Sgarzi
       
 
       
 
/s/ John H. Spurr, Jr.
  Director   Date: March 2, 2009
 
John H. Spurr, Jr.
       
 
       
 
/s/ Robert D. Sullivan
  Director   Date: March 2, 2009
 
Robert D. Sullivan
       
 
       
 
/s/ Brian S. Tedeschi
  Director   Date: March 2, 2009
Brian S. Tedeschi
       
 
       
 
       
/s/ Thomas J. Teuten
  Director and Chairman of the Board   Date: March 2, 2009
 
Thomas J. Teuten
       
 
       
 
       
/s/ Denis K. Sheahan
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  Date: March 2, 2009
 
Denis K. Sheahan
     
 
       
 
       
 
/s/ Barry H. Jensen
  Senior Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  Date: August 11, 2009
 
Barry H. Jensen
     
     
 
       

 


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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
     (a)(3) The following exhibits are filed as a part of Amendment No. 1 to this report on Form 10-K, and this list includes the Exhibits Index:
Exhibits Index
     
No.   Exhibit
 
   
31.1
  Section 302 Certification of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is attached hereto.*
 
   
31.2
  Section 302 Certification of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is attached hereto.*
 
   
32.1
  Section 906 Certification of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is attached hereto.+
 
   
32.2
  Section 906 Certification of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is attached hereto.+
 
*   Filed herewith
 
+   Furnished herewith

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
 
 
  /s/ Denis Sheahan    
Date: August 11, 2009  Denis Sheahan,   
  Chief Financial Officer