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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* JONES KEVIN J (Last) (First) (Middle) 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) 08/02/2007
	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	08/02/2007		M		5,000	A	$17.9375	41,184.813	D
Common Stock	08/02/2007		M		1,000	A	$19.25	42,184.813(1)	D
Common Stock								5,000	I	by Corporation
Common Stock								30,000	I	by Son(2)
Common Stock								7,514.751	I	by Spouse(3)

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
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.9375	08/02/2007		M			5,000	08/14/1998(4)	02/13/2008	Common Stock	5,000	$0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$19.25	08/02/2007		M			1,000	10/14/1998(4)	04/14/2008	Common Stock	1,000	$0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$11.5							10/18/2000(4)	04/18/2010	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$13.375							10/13/1999(4)	04/13/2009	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$15.1							10/17/2001(4)	04/17/2011	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$20.325							10/15/2003(4)	04/15/2013	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$27.105							10/16/2002(4)	04/16/2012	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$27.16							10/26/2005(4)	04/25/2015	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$27.685							10/27/2004(4)	04/27/2014	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Total holdings include 800 shares of restricted stock held by Filer and 12,000 common stock shares held in broker name f/b/o Filer and spouse.

2. Shares carried under the name of Filers three sons as follows: 10,000 shares held i/n/o Kevin J. Jones & Frances Jones, Trustees, Brian Jones Irrevocable Trust, 10,000 shares held i/n/o Kevin J. Jones & Frances Jones, Trustees, Mark Jones Irrevocable Trust, and 10,000 shares held i/n/o Kevin J. Jones & Frances Jones, Trustees, Sean Jones Irrevocable 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.

3. Shares held i/n/o spouse. 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.

4. Non-Employee Director, Non-Qualified Common Stock Options expire 10 years from the grant date unless earlier terminated by reason of cessation as non-employee director.

	By: Linda M. Campion, Power of Attorney For: Kevin J. Jones	08/03/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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