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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report:  July 22, 2015

INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as

specified in its charter)

Registrant's telephone number,

including area code:

(616) 527-5820

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)

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective July 22, 2015, the Board of Directors of Independent Bank Corporation (the "Company") appointed Joan Budden to the Board of Directors of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Independent Bank.  Since July 2010, Ms. Budden has served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Priority Health, a health benefits company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  As Chief Marketing Officer, Ms. Budden is responsible for strategic marketing, product development, sales and government programs.  And prior to that she served as Vice President of Individual Business for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan where she was employed since 1985.

In connection with the appointment of Ms. Budden to the Board of Directors, the Board increased the size of the Board from ten members to eleven members.  Ms. Budden has not yet been appointed to any committee of the Board of Directors.

Item 9.01

Financial Statement and Exhibits.

99.1	Press Release announcing appointment of Joan Budden to the Board of Directors of Independent Bank Corporation and Independent Bank, issued by the Company on July 27, 2015.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

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