ROCKLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2005--Christopher Oddleifson, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Denis K. Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, of Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: INDB), will present at the RBC Capital Markets Financial Institutions Conference 2005 on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 9:45 a.m. The Conference will take place at The Harbor View Hotel, 131 North Water Street, Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown, Massachusetts 02539.

RBC Capital Markets Financial Institutions Conference will be webcast by Wall Street Webcasting (WSW) which can be accessed via the following website at www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc33/indb.

Independent Bank Corp.'s sole bank subsidiary, Rockland Trust Company, currently has $3.0 billion in assets. Rockland Trust Company is a full-service community bank serving southeastern 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.

    CONTACT: Independent Bank Corp.
             Christopher Oddleifson, 781-982-6660
             President and Chief Executive
             Officer
             or
             Denis K. Sheahan, 781-982-6341
             Chief Financial Officer
             and Treasurer

    SOURCE: Independent Bank Corp.