[\ue000 ]\ue000 Written\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 425\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 230.425)
[\ue000 ]\ue000 Soliciting\ue000 material\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14a-12\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14a-12)
[\ue000 ]\ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14d-2(b)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14d-2(b))
[\ue000 ]\ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 13e-4(c)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.13e-4(c))

Ms.\ue000 Lopolito,\ue000 a\ue000 Certified\ue000 Public\ue000 Accountant,\ue000 earned\ue000 a\ue000 Bachelor\ue000 of\ue000 Arts\ue000 degree\ue000 in\ue000 Accountancy\ue000 from\ue000 Bentley
College.\ue000 She\ue000 serves\ue000 both\ue000 private\ue000 and\ue000 public\ue000 companies,\ue000 with\ue000 experience\ue000 in\ue000 venture\ue000 capital\ue000 and\ue000 other\ue000 private
financings,\ue000 initial\ue000 public\ue000 offerings,\ue000 SEC\ue000 compliance,\ue000 and\ue000 public/investor\ue000 relations.

Ms.\ue000 Lopolito\ue000 was\ue000 a\ue000 Partner\ue000 with\ue000 PricewaterhouseCoopers,\ue000 and\ue000 has\ue000 served\ue000 a\ue000 Chief\ue000 Financial\ue000 Officer\ue000 for
thirteen\ue000 years,\ue000 primarily\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 life\ue000 sciences\ue000 arena.\ue000 Certain\ue000 companies\ue000 where\ue000 she\ue000 has\ue000 served\ue000 as\ue000 full-time\ue000 or\ue000 interim\ue000 CFO
include\ue000 Afferent,\ue000 AMAG,\ue000 Au\ue000 Bon\ue000 Pain,\ue000 Biolink,\ue000 Cambria,\ue000 Codon\ue000 Devices,\ue000 Genocea,\ue000 Gloucester\ue000 Pharmaceuticals,
Idera,\ue000 InfraReDx,\ue000 Interleukin\ue000 Genetics,\ue000 Modular\ue000 Genetics,\ue000 myvu,\ue000 Organogenesis,\ue000 Phylogix,\ue000 Spherics,\ue000 Xanthus,\ue000 and

Ms.\ue000 Lopolito\ue000 is\ue000 an\ue000 active\ue000 member\ue000 and\ue000 former\ue000 President\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Massachusetts\ue000 Society\ue000 of\ue000 Certified\ue000 Public
Accountants,\ue000 an\ue000 active\ue000 member\ue000 and\ue000 former\ue000 Council\ue000 Member\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 American\ue000 Institute\ue000 of\ue000 CPAs,\ue000 and\ue000 Chairman\ue000 of\ue000 the
Finance\ue000 Committee\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 Town\ue000 of\ue000 Easton.\ue000 Additionally,\ue000 she\ue000 is\ue000 also\ue000 a\ue000 member\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Board\ue000 of\ue000 Directors\ue000 and\ue000 Audit
Committee\ue000 for\ue000 Independent\ue000 Bank\ue000 Corp\ue000 (Rockland\ue000 Trust).

Except\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 historical\ue000 information\ue000 presented\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 document,\ue000 the\ue000 matters\ue000 discussed\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K,\ue000 or\ue000 otherwise incorporated\ue000 by\ue000 reference\ue000 into\ue000 this\ue000 document,\ue000 contain\ue000 "forward-looking\ue000 statements"\ue000 (as\ue000 such\ue000 term\ue000 is\ue000 defined\ue000 in\ue000 the Private\ue000 Securities\ue000 Litigation\ue000 Reform\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1995).\ue000 These\ue000 statements\ue000 are\ue000 identified\ue000 by\ue000 the\ue000 use\ue000 of\ue000 forward-looking terminology\ue000 such\ue000 as\ue000 "believes",\ue000 "plans",\ue000 "intend",\ue000 "scheduled",\ue000 "potential",\ue000 "continue",\ue000 "estimates",\ue000 "hopes", "goal",\ue000 "objective",\ue000 expects",\ue000 "may",\ue000 "will",\ue000 "should"\ue000 or\ue000 "anticipates"\ue000 or\ue000 the\ue000 negative\ue000 thereof\ue000 or\ue000 other\ue000 variations thereon\ue000 or\ue000 comparable\ue000 terminology,\ue000 or\ue000 by\ue000 discussions\ue000 of\ue000 strategy\ue000 that\ue000 involve\ue000 risks\ue000 and\ue000 uncertainties.\ue000 The\ue000 safe harbor\ue000 provisions\ue000 of\ue000 Section\ue000 21E\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 as\ue000 amended,\ue000 and\ue000 Section\ue000 27A\ue000 of\ue000 the Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1933,\ue000 as\ue000 amended,\ue000 ap\ue000 ply\ue000 to\ue000 forward-looking\ue000 statements\ue000 made\ue000 by\ue000 the\ue000 Registrant.\ue000 The\ue000 reader\ue000 is cautioned\ue000 that\ue000 no\ue000 statements\ue000 contained\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 should\ue000 be\ue000 construed\ue000 as\ue000 a\ue000 guarantee\ue000 or\ue000 assurance\ue000 of\ue000 future performance\ue000 or\ue000 results.\ue000 These\ue000 forward-looking\ue000 statements\ue000 involve\ue000 risks\ue000 and\ue000 uncertainties,\ue000 including\ue000 those\ue000 identified within\ue000 this\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K.\ue000 The\ue000 actual\ue000 results\ue000 that\ue000 the\ue000 Registrant\ue000 achieves\ue000 may\ue000 differ\ue000 materially\ue000 from\ue000 any\ue000 forward-looking statements\ue000 due\ue000 to\ue000 such\ue000 risks\ue000 and\ue000 uncertainties.\ue000 These\ue000 forward-looking\ue000 statements\ue000 are\ue000 based\ue000 on\ue000 current\ue000 expectations, and\ue000 the\ue000 Registrant\ue000 assumes\ue000 no\ue000 obligation\ue000 to\ue000 update\ue000 this\ue000 information.\ue000 Readers\ue000 are\ue000 urged\ue000 to\ue000 carefully\ue000 review\ue000 and consider\ue000 the\ue000 various\ue000 disclosures\ue000 made\ue000 by\ue000 the\ue000 Registrant\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 and\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 Registrant's\ue000 other\ue000 reports\ue000 filed with\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 and\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Commission\ue000 that\ue000 attempt\ue000 to\ue000 advise\ue000 interested\ue000 parties\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 risks\ue000 and\ue000 factors\ue000 that may\ue000 affect\ue000 the\ue000 Registrant's\ue000 business.

18\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 as\ue000 amended,\ue000 or\ue000 otherwise\ue000 subject\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 liabilities\ue000 of\ue000 that\ue000 section.\ue000 The information\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 current\ue000 report\ue000 shall\ue000 not\ue000 be\ue000 incorporated\ue000 by\ue000 reference\ue000 into\ue000 any\ue000 registration\ue000 statement\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1933,\ue000 as\ue000 amended.\ue000 The\ue000 furnishing\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 information\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 current\ue000 report\ue000 is\ue000 not\ue000 intended\ue000 to,\ue000 and does\ue000 not,\ue000 constitute\ue000 a\ue000 representation\ue000 that\ue000 such\ue000 furnishing\ue000 is\ue000 required\ue000 by\ue000 Regulation\ue000 FD\ue000 or\ue000 that\ue000 the\ue000 information\ue000 this current\ue000 report\ue000 contains\ue000 is\ue000 material\ue000 investor\ue000 information\ue000 that\ue000 is\ue000 not\ue000 otherwise\ue000 publicly\ue000 available.