INDEPENDENT BANK CORP MI

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Proxy Statement and Notice of 2024

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

4200 East Beltline, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49525

March 11, 2024

Dear Fellow Shareholder,

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Independent Bank Corporation at 3:00 p.m., Eastern time, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. We will be conducting our annual Meeting of Shareholders by means of remote communication via the Internet. To attend the meeting, please log on to the Internet atwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/IBCP2024. At this site you will be able to vote electronically and submit questions during the meeting. You will need the 16 digit control number included with these proxy materials to vote or submit questions during the meeting.

We are again providing proxy materials to our shareholders primarily through the Internet. We are pleased to use this process, which allows our shareholders to receive proxy materials in an expedited manner, while significantly lowering the costs of conducting our Annual Meeting. On or about March 11, 2024, we mailed to our shareholders of record (other than those who previously requested electronic delivery) a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and our annual report online. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you specifically request them. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials instructs you on how to electronically access and review all of the information contained in this proxy statement and the annual report, and it provides you with information on voting. The proxy materials available online include our 2024 proxy statement and our 2023 annual report, which summarizes Independent Bank Corporation’s 2023 results and includes our 2023 consolidated financial statements.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please submit your proxy promptly so that your shares will be voted as you desire.

Sincerely,

William B. Kessel

President and Chief Executive Officer