INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBCP) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBCP) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers
Effective December 16, 2016, the Board of Directors of
Independent Bank Corporation (the Company) appointed Christina
Keller to the Board of Directors of the Company and its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Independent Bank. Since August 2016, Ms.
Keller has served as the President of the Cascade Business Team
(CBT) of Cascade Engineering (CE). CBT consists of four of CEs
nine business units. CE is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is
a global manufacturing company supporting a diversity of
strategic markets, including transportation, environmental
services, office seating, material handling, polymer compounding,
and radio frequency identification technology. CE employs
approximately 1,600 people. Christina joined CE in 2009 after
working in consulting in New York City and Washington, DC.
In connection with the appointment of Ms. Keller to the Board of
Directors, the Board increased the size of the Board from nine
members to ten members. Ms. Keller has not yet been appointed to
any committee of the Board of Directors.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
99.1
Press release announcing the appointment of Christina
Keller to the Board of Directors of Independent Bank
Corporation and Independent Bank, issued by the Company
on December 19, 2016.


About INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBCP)

Independent Bank Corporation is a bank holding company. The Company owns all of the outstanding stock of Independent Bank (the Bank). The Bank is engaged in providing commercial banking. The Bank offers a range of banking services to individuals and businesses, including checking and savings accounts, commercial lending, direct and indirect consumer financing, mortgage lending and safe deposit box services. The Company’s principal markets are the rural and suburban communities across Lower Michigan, which are served by the Bank’s main office in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a total of approximately 60 branches, over one drive-in facility and approximately eight loan production offices. The Bank’s branches provide lobby and drive-in services, as well as automatic teller machines (ATMs). In addition to general banking services, its Bank also offers title insurance services and investment services.

INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBCP) Recent Trading Information

INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBCP) closed its last trading session up +0.25 at 21.00 with 80,114 shares trading hands.