INDEPENDENT BANK CORP

CEO STATEMENT

“In an operating environment with many moving pieces, our disciplined approach and core fundamentals drove a 12% increase in our diluted earnings per share versus the prior quarter results,” said Jeffrey Tengel, Chief Executive Officer of Independent Bank Corp. and Rockland Trust Company. “I want to thank my colleagues for their steadfast commitment to servicing our customers day in and day out. Our focus on strong community banking drove a 1.42% return on average assets and a 15.43% return on average tangible common equity, as loan and average deposit growth improved, we maintained our net interest margin while growing overall net interest income, credit quality remained stable, expenses were well managed, and we prudently returned excess capital to shareholders.”