INDEPENDENCE BANCORP &lt;INBC> COMPLETES MERGER

  Independence Bancorp Inc said
  it completed its merger with Scranton, Penn.-based &lt;Third
  National Bank and Trust Co>, with assets of 316 mln dlrs.
      Independence said its combined assets are now 2.5 billion
  dlrs.
      The company said that each share of Third National common
  will be exchanged for 4.06 shares of its common. Independence
  said the merger will be accounted for as a pooling of
  interests.
  

