# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000776901
**File Stem:** 0000776901-26-000070
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 6954
**Document Hash:** c5c1f2ed7847166c9c4eba85fc223ffd
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000776901-26-000070.hdr.sgml**: 20260319

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000776901-26-000070

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260319

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260319

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260319

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** INDEPENDENT BANK CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000776901
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 042870273
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-09047
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26774383

**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

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**UNITED STATES**

**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:**

March 19, 2026

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Massachusetts

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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

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| **INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.** | **INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.** | **INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.** | **INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.** | **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) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) |

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**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):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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| Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | 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 |

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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

Act. ☐

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| **ITEM 8.01** | **OTHER EVENTS** |

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On March 19, 2026 Independent Bank Corp. issued a press release regarding the declaration of a quarterly common stock dividend, a copy of which is furnished here as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.

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| **ITEM 9.01**  | **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS** |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d. The following exhibits are included with this Report:

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| <u>Exhibit Index</u> | |
| <u>Exhibit #</u> | <u>Exhibit Description</u> |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press Release of Independent Bank Corp. announcing quarterly common stock dividend dated March 19, 2026](exhibit991-q12026commondiv.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover page interactive data file (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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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.

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| | | | **INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.** |
| Date: | March 19, 2026 | By: | /s/Mark J. Ruggiero |
|  |  |  | MARK J. RUGGIERO |
|  |  |  | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![image.jpg](image.jpg)

**<u>Shareholder Relations</u>** <u>NEWS RELEASE</u>

288 Union Street,

Rockland, MA 02370

**Contacts:** 

Jeffrey Tengel

President and

Chief Executive Officer

(781) 982-6660

Mark J. Ruggiero

Chief Financial Officer

(781) 982-6281

**<u>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</u>**

INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.

ANNOUNCES 8.5% INCREASE IN QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

Rockland, MA (March 19, 2026) - The Board of Directors of Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced a $0.64 per share dividend, representing an increase of $0.05 from the prior quarter. The dividend will be payable on April 9, 2026, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 30, 2026.

"We are pleased to announce an 8.5% increase in our annual dividend, reflecting improvement in the Company's profitability and its commitment to providing sustainable levels of return on capital to our shareholders," stated Jeffrey Tengel, Chief Executive Officer of Independent Bank Corp.

**ABOUT INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.**

Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: INDB) is the holding company for Rockland Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. With retail branches in Eastern Massachusetts, Worcester County, and Southern New Hampshire as well as commercial banking and investment management offices in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to individuals, families, and businesses. Rockland

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Trust also offers a full suite of mobile, online, and telephone banking services. Rockland Trust is an FDIC member and an Equal Housing Lender.

Category: Dividends Releases

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