UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR
SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 001-36573
MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.
(Independent Bank Corp., as successor by merger to Meridian Bancorp, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
c/o Independent Bank Corp.
288 Union Street
Rockland, Massachusetts 02370
(617) 567-1500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the
duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
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Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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Rule 15d-6
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Rule 15d-22(b)
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Independent Bank Corp., as successor by merger to
Meridian Bancorp, Inc., has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
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Date: November 22, 2021
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INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.
As successor by merger to Meridian Bancorp, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Patricia M. Natale
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Name:
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Patricia M. Natale
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Title:
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Deputy General Counsel
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