SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPURR JOHN H JR (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O INDEPENDENT BANK CORP 288 UNION STREET (Street) ROCKLAND MA 02370 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol INDEPENDENT BANK CORP [ INDB ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/23/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								17,287.577(1)	D
Common Stock								623.604	I	by spouse(2)
Common Stock	12/23/2008		G	V	250	D	$0	2,293.363	I	by Trust(3)
Common Stock								12,995	I	by Trusts(4)
Common Stock								300,613.135	I	by Corp.(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Total holdings include 1,200 restricted stock shares and 133.942032 common stock shares received pursuant to the Independent Bank Corp. Dividend Reinvestment Plan since last Form 4 filing (7/08). The latter shares are exempt from the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2. Shares held i/n/o spouse include 5.191941 shares acquired pursuant to the Independent Bank Corp. Dividend Reinvestment Plan since the last Form 4 filing (7/08). Such transactions are exempt from the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that the undersigned is, for purposes of the aforementioned Act, the beneficial owner of such securities.

3. Shares held i/n/o John H. Spurr, Jr. 1998 Trust on which the Filer is a Trustee and Life Beneficiary. Holdings include 18.669 shares received pursuant to the Independent Bank Corp. Dividend Reinvestment Plan since the last Form 4 filing. Such transactions are exempt from the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

4. Trust shares represented as: 2,415 shares held i/n/o Elizabeth P. Spurr 1972 Trust f/b/o Filer, who is co-trustee and remaindermer of Trust. 2,415 shares held i/n/o Elizabeth P. Spurr 1972 Trust f/b/o Filer's sister. Filer is co-trustee of Trust. 8,165 shares held i/n/o John H. Spurr 1993 Trust f/b/o Filer, who is a co-trustee and remaindermer of Trust. The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that the undersigned is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of such securities held by Trusts.

5. Shares held i/n/o A.W.Perry Security Corporation. Filer is President of this corporation. The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that the undersigned is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of such securities.

	Linda M. Campion, Power of Attorney for John H. Spurr, Jr.	12/29/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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