{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000776901-23-000103","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"INDB","cik":"0000776901","company_name":"INDEPENDENT BANK CORP","filed_at":"2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:48.072964+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-17T23:20:35.374133+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Independent Bank Corp. announces director retirements and new Principal Accounting Officer","bullets":["Warren Q. Fields will not stand for re-election at May 18, 2023 Annual Meeting; term ends that date.","Kevin Jones retires March 20, 2023 under age-72 governance rule; board size decreases to 14.","Maureen A. Gaffney appointed Senior VP, Controller, and Principal Accounting Officer effective March 20.","CFO Mark Ruggiero continues as CFO and becomes EVP of Consumer Lending at Rockland Trust."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-23-000103","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-23-000103.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-23-000103.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-23-000103.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690123000103/0000776901-23-000103-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690123000103/indb-20230316.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-17T23:20:35.374133+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"5eb49e838c","claim":"Mark J. Ruggiero was appointed as Executive Vice President of Consumer Lending at INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"Prior to her appointment, the title of Principal Accounting Officer was held by the Company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Mark J. Ruggiero, who continues to serve as CFO and who was appointed as Rockland Trust's Executive Vice President of Consumer Lending effective March 20, 2023.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690123000103/0000776901-23-000103-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Executive Vice President of Consumer Lending"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"ba9bd53adc","claim":"Warren Q. Fields departed as Director at INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"Warren Q. Fields, who has served as a Director of Independent Bank Corp. (the \"Company\") and Rockland Trust Company (\"Rockland Trust\") since February 1, 2021, notified the Company and Rockland Trust of his voluntary decision not to stand for re-election at the Company's May 18, 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690123000103/0000776901-23-000103-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"not stand for re-election"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"c1288fab21","claim":"Maureen A. Gaffney was appointed as Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"Effective March 20, 2023, the Company and Rockland Trust Company appointed Maureen A. Gaffney, age 44, as Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company and Rockland Trust, to serve until her termination, retirement, resignation, death, removal, or disqualification.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690123000103/0000776901-23-000103-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"da806439fc","claim":"Kevin Jones departed as Director at INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"Effective March 20, 2023, Kevin Jones, who has served as a Director of Rockland Trust since 1997 and as a Director of the Company since 2000, will retire from the Board of Directors, upon reaching the age of 72","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690123000103/0000776901-23-000103-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). 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