SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
DATE OF REPORT:
April 23, 2012
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
MASSACHUSETTS
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 1-9047 | 04-2870273 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
| Office Address: 2036 Washington Street, Hanover Massachusetts | 02339 | |
| Mailing Address: 288 Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts | 02370 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
781-878-6100
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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| ITEM 1.01 | ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT |
As previously announced, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “CDFI Fund”) has awarded $66 million in tax credit allocation authority under the federal New Markets Tax Credit Program to Rockland Trust Community Development Corporation (the “Rockland Parent CDE”), one of Independent Bank Corp.’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. A copy of the final, executed New Market Tax Credit Program Allocation Agreement between the CDFI Fund and the Rockland Parent CDE (the “Allocation Agreement”) is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The CDFI Fund returned the final, fully-executed Allocation Agreement to the Rockland Parent CDE on April 23, 2012, after having assigned a New Markets Tax Credit Allocation Effective Date of April 17, 2012 to the Allocation Agreement.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned and hereunto duly authorized.
| INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. | ||||||
| DATE: April 26, 2012 | /s/ Edward H. Seksay | |||||
| EDWARD H. SEKSAY GENERAL COUNSEL | ||||||