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Issuer:     INDEPENDENT BANK CORP (INDB)
CIK:        0000776901
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000776901-25-000078
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Independent Bank Corp appoints O'Leary, Perry, Ramesh to board effective April 1, 2025
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- Board expands from 12 to 15 members; Class I and Class III directors increased accordingly.
- Leif O'Leary (CEO of Alegeus Technologies), Dawn Perry (Chief Risk & Audit Officer at BCBS), and Aparna Ramesh (CFO of Farmer Mac) join.
- Each new director is independent under Nasdaq rules and Company governance principles.
- No committee assignments yet; compensation follows standard non-employee director policies prorated for 2025.
- Appointments effective April 1, 2025 with staggered terms (Perry Class I through 2027; O'Leary and Ramesh Class III through 2026).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690125000078/0000776901-25-000078-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/776901/000077690125000078/indb-20250220.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000776901-25-000078

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