Exhibit 99.1

Shareholder Relations NEWS RELEASE

288 Union Street,

Rockland, MA 02370

Contacts:

Chris Oddleifson

President and

Chief Executive Officer

(781) 982-6660

Robert Cozzone

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(781) 982-6723

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.

ANNOUNCES 11.5% INCREASE IN QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

Rockland, MA (March 17, 2016) - The Board of Directors of Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced a $0.29 per share dividend which will be payable on April 8, 2016, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 28, 2016.

Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $7.2 billion in assets and is the holding company for Rockland Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses and individuals through retail branches, commercial lending offices, investment management offices, and residential lending centers located in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as through telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Rockland Trust is an FDIC Member and an Equal Housing Lender. To find out why Rockland Trust is the bank “Where Each Relationship Matters ®”, please visit www.rocklandtrust.com.