AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERMerger Agreement • August 7th, 2014 • Independent Bank Corp • State commercial banks • Massachusetts
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 5, 2014, by and among Independent Bank Corp. (“Buyer”), Rockland Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (“Buyer Bank”), Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. (“Company”), and Peoples Federal Savings Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Company (“Company Bank”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined to have the meaning set forth in Article VIII.
