---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000776901-21-000237"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INDB"
cik: "0000776901"
company_name: "INDEPENDENT BANK CORP"
filed_at: "2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T09:03:05.416322+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Independent Bank Corp. appoints Susan Perry O'Day to Board effective Sept 1, 2021

## Summary
- Susan Perry O'Day appointed as Class II director, increasing board size from 14 to 15.
- O'Day is former EVP & CIO at Walt Disney Company; current President of A.W. Perry real estate firm.
- She will receive prorated director cash retainer for 2021 and grant of 640 shares of restricted stock vesting immediately.
- Board determined O'Day independent under Nasdaq rules; no material interest in any reportable transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000776901-21-000237
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INDB
- cik: 0000776901
- company_name: INDEPENDENT BANK CORP
- filed_at: 2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690121000237/0000776901-21-000237-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690121000237/indb-20210819.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-21-000237
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-21-000237.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-21-000237.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan Perry O'Day was appointed as Director at INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Susan Perry O'Day as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective September 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690121000237/0000776901-21-000237-index.htm

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