United States Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K/A X ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ____ to ____ Commission File Number: 1-9047 Independent Bank Corp. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Massachusetts 04-2870273 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 288 Union Street Rockland, Massachusetts 02370 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 878-6100 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered None None Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.0l par value per share (Title of Class) Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (Title of Class) Indicate by check mark whether, the registrant (1) has filed all reports required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. X Yes No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. As of February 29, 1996, the aggregate market value of the 12,082,149 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant issued and outstanding on such date, excluding 2,448,909 shares held by all directors and executive officers of the Registrant as group, was $84,575,043. This figure is based on the closing sale price of $7.00 per share on February 29, 1996, as reported in The Wall Street Journal on March 1, 1996. Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 29, 1996: 14,531,058 DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE List hereunder the following documents incorporated by reference and the Part of Form 10-K into which the document is incorporated: (1) Portions of the Registrant's Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 are incorporated into Part II, Items 5-8 of this Form 10-K. (2) Portions of the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated into Part III, Items 10-13 of this Form 10-K. Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K (a)(3) The following exhibits submitted with Form 10-K should be deleted and the attached exhibits substituted therefor in their entirety. EXHIBIT INDEX No. Exhibit Page 10.1 Second Amended and Restated E - 5 Employment Agreement between the Company, Rockland and Douglas H. Philipsen, dated February 21, 1996 ("Philipsen Employment Agreement"). (Management contract under Item 601(10)(iii)(A). 10.2 Second Amended and Restated E - 24 Employment Agreement between Rockland Trust Company and Richard F. Driscoll, dated January 19, 1996 (the "Driscoll Agreement"). Employment Agreements between Rockland and Richard J. Seaman, Ferdinand T. Kelley, S. Lee Miller, and Raymond G. Fuerschbach are substantially similar to the Driscoll agreement. (Management contract under Item 601(10)(iii)(A) SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. Date: April 10, 1996 John F. Spence, Jr. * John F. Spence, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this amendment to report has been signed below by the followings persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Douglas H. Philipsen, John F. Spence, Jr., Richard Seaman and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorneys, with full power to sign for such person and in such person's name and capacity indicated below any and all amendments to this Form 10-K, hereby ratifying and confirming such person's signature as it may be signed by said attorneys to any and all amendments. Richard S. Anderson * Date: April 10, 1996 Richard S. Anderson Director Donald K. Atkins * Date: April 10, 1996 Donald K. Atkins Director W. Paul Clark * Date: April 10, 1996 W. Paul Clark Director Robert L. Cushing * Date: April 10, 1996 Robert L. Cushing Director Benjamin A. Gilmore, II * Date: April 10, 1996 Benjamin A. Gilmore, II Director James T. Jones * Date: April 10, 1996 James T. Jones Director Lawrence M. Levinson * Date: April 10, 1996 Lawrence M. Levinson Director Douglas H. Philipsen * Date: April 10, 1996 Douglas H. Philipsen Director and President Richard H. Sgarzi * Date: April 10, 1996 Richard H. Sgarzi Director Robert J. Spence * Date: April 10, 1996 Robert J. Spence Director William J. Spence * Date: April 10, 1996 William J. Spence Director Brian S. Tedeschi * Date: April 10, 1996 Brian S. Tedeschi Director Thomas J. Teuten * Date: April 10, 1996 Thomas J. Teuten Director /s/ Richard J. Seaman Date: April 10, 1996 Richard J. Seaman Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer) By: /s/ Richard J. Seaman Date: April 10, 1996 Richard J. Seaman Attorney-In-Fact * Signed pursuant to Power of Attorney contained in Form 10-K.