ROCKLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 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 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) Regional Bank Conference on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. The Conference will take place at The Langham Hotel Boston, 250 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

KBW will webcast the Regional Bank Conference, which will be available at http://www.kbw.com/news/conference_regional2009.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.'s sole bank subsidiary, Rockland Trust Company, currently has approximately $3.6 billion in assets. Rockland Trust Company is a full-service community bank serving southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and Rhode Island. To find out more about the products and services available at Rockland Trust Company, please visit our website at www.RocklandTrust.com.

    Source: Independent Bank Corp.

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