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ROCKLAND, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Christopher Oddleifson, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Denis K. Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer, of Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: INDB), will present at the 2012 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) Boston Bank Conference on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. the Conference will take place at The Langham Hotel Boston, 250 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

KBW will webcast the Boston Bank Conference, which will be available at [ http://www.kbw.com/news/conferenceBostonBank2012_Webcast.html ] or from the Rockland Trust Company website at [ http://www.rocklandtrust.com/About/InvestorRelations.aspx ]. A replay of the webcast will be available from the Rockland Trust Company website for a period of at least 60 days.

Independent Bank Corp., which has Rockland Trust Company as a wholly owned bank subsidiary, currently has approximately $5.0 billion in assets. Rockland Trust provides a wide range of consumer, business, investment, and insurance products and services. Rockland Trust Company is a full-service community bank serving Eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. To find out more about the products and services available at Rockland Trust Company, please visit our website at [ www.RocklandTrust.com ].