SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of

The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

DATE OF REPORT:

December 12, 2002

(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.)

 

288 UNION ST., ROCKLAND, MA

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

02370

(Zip Code)

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

781-878-6100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 



 

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

 

Attached as an exhibit hereto is a copy of a press release today by Independent Bank Corp. which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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:  December 12, 2002

 

BY: /S/ DENIS K. SHEAHAN

 

 

DENIS K. SHEAHAN

 

 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND

 

 

TREASURER

 

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INDEPENDENT

BANK CORP.

Parent of Rockland Trust Company

 

Shareholder Relations

 

NEWS RELEASE

288 Union Street, Rockland, MA  02370

 

 

 

 

 

Contact:

 

Douglas H. Philipsen

 

 

Chairman of the Board,

President and

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(781) 982-6613

 

 

 

 

 

Denis K. Sheahan

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

(781) 982-6341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. ANNOUNCES

QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

 

 

                Rockland, MA (December 12, 2002) - The Board of Directors of Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ:  INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced a $0.12 per share dividend which will be payable on January 10, 2003, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 27, 2002.

 

                Independent Bank Corp.’s sole bank subsidiary, Rockland Trust Company, currently has $2.2 billion in assets, 52 retail branches, eight commercial lending centers and three Investment Management Offices located in Plymouth, Barnstable, Norfolk and Bristol counties of southeastern Massachusetts.  For more information, visit www.rocklandtrust.com.

 

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