8-K DKS Departure


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 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 25, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
 
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Massachusetts
1-9047
04-2870273
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Office Address: 2036 Washington Street, Hanover, Massachusetts
Mailing Address: 288 Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts
   02339
   02370
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(718) 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:

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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
    
On February 25, 2015 Denis K. Sheahan, the Chief Operating Officer of Independent Bank Corp. (the “Company”) and Rockland Trust Company (“Rockland Trust”), accepted an offer to become the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cambridge Trust Company in April 2015. Mr. Sheahan will remain with the Company and Rockland Trust through March or such shorter period as necessary to assist with the transition of his current responsibilities and will then formally resign from the Company and Rockland Trust.






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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
 
 
 
 
 
February 25, 2015
 
By:
 
/s/ Edward H. Seksay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edward H. Seksay
 
 
 
 
General Counsel