Independent Bank (INDB) 8-K Independent Bank Corp. Announces Quarterly Dividend

Exhibit 99.1

INDEPENDENT
BANK CORP.

Parent of Rockland Trust Company

Shareholder Relations NEWS RELEASE

288 Union Street, Rockland, MA 02370

Contact:
	Christopher Oddleifson
	President and Chief Executive
	Officer
	(781) 982-6660
	Denis K. Sheahan
	Chief Financial Officer
	and Treasurer
	(781) 982-6341

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. ANNOUNCES
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

     Rockland, MA (June 10, 2004) — The Board of Directors of Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced a $0.14 per share dividend which will be payable on July 9, 2004, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 25, 2004.

     Independent Bank Corp.’s sole bank subsidiary, Rockland Trust Company, currently has $2.5 billion in assets, 52 retail branches, seven commercial lending centers, three investment management offices and three residential lending centers located throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. For more information, please visit our website at www.rocklandtrust.com.