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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

______________________________
FORM 11-K
___________________________________

 (Mark One)
ý    Annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017
OR
¨    Transition report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     .
Commission file number: 001-35854
 
 A.    Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:    
Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
 B.    Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:    
Independent Bank Group, Inc.
1600 Redbud Boulevard, Suite 400
McKinney, Texas 75069-3257




Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the year ended December 31, 2017
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm




To the Trustees, Plan Administrator and Plan Participants
of Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan


Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
Report on Supplemental Information
The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2017, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplemental information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements as a whole.



We have served as the Plan's auditor since 2015.


RSM US LLP

Dallas, Texas
June 1, 2018


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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2017 and 2016


 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
Investments, at fair value:
 
 
 
Shares of registered investment companies:
 
 
 
Money market fund
$
96,743

 
$
63,931

Mutual funds
28,457,180

 
19,194,157

Common stock
1,790,521

 
1,222,541

Collective investment trust
4,024,642

 
3,491,165

Total assets
34,369,086

 
23,971,794

 
 
 
 
Liabilities

 

 
 
 
 
Net assets available for benefits
$
34,369,086

 
$
23,971,794


See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2017    


 
Year ended
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
Additions to net assets attributed to:
 
Investment income:
 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
$
2,630,097

Dividend income
1,392,771

Total investment income
4,022,868

 
 
Contributions:
 
Employer
2,030,980

Participants
3,864,983

Rollover
4,496,813

Total contributions
10,392,776

Total additions
14,415,644

 
 
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
 
Benefits paid to participants
4,018,352

Total deductions
4,018,352

 
 
Net increase in net assets available for benefits
10,397,292

 
 
Net assets available for benefits:
 
Beginning of year
23,971,794

 
 
End of year
$
34,369,086


See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to Financial Statements


Note 1. Description of the Plan

The following description of the Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

General: The Plan is a defined contribution plan whereby eligible employees of Independent Bank (the Employer and Plan Sponsor) are permitted to make contributions that are tax deferred under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). The Plan is subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

Effective April 1, 2017, the Plan Sponsor acquired Carlile Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Northstar Bank of Texas, and its wholly owned subsidiary Goldome Financial, LLC (collectively known as Carlile). The Plan was amended effective April 1, 2017 to provide the employees of Carlile inclusion into the Plan. The amendment also provided credit for prior service with Carlile.

Eligibility: Employees become eligible for participation upon attaining the age of eighteen and completing three months of service, as defined by the Plan. Eligible employees may enter the Plan on the first day of the quarter following fulfillment of the eligibility requirements.

Vesting: Participant contributions, employer matching contributions, employer discretionary contributions, plus actual earnings thereon are fully vested and nonforfeitable.

Contributions: Each year, participants may elect to make salary deferral contributions of pretax and post-tax compensation, as defined by the Plan. Contributions are subject to limitations on annual additions and certain maximum limitations imposed by the Code as defined by the Plan. Employees who are eligible to make elective deferrals under the Plan and who have attained the age of fifty before the close of the plan year are also eligible to make catch-up contributions subject to the maximum limitation imposed by the Code. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or contribution plans by means of rollover contributions.

The Plan includes an automatic salary deferral feature which, unless otherwise directed, defers at a rate of 3% of eligible compensation. Unless otherwise elected, for each subsequent Plan year, the automatic deferral amount will increase by 1% of compensation up to a maximum of 15% of compensation.

The Employer makes matching contributions up to 6% of the participant’s eligible compensation, based on years of service to the Employer, in accordance with the following schedule:

Years of Service
Matching %
0-5
50%
6-10
75%
>10
100%

The Employer may also make additional discretionary contributions to the Plan. No such discretionary contributions were made during the year ended December 31, 2017.

Participant accounts: Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and the Employer’s matching contributions and with allocations of (a) discretionary contributions, and (b) Plan earnings less administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the vested portion of the participant’s account.

Investment options: Participants must direct contributions to selected investments as made available and determined by the Plan sponsor. Participants may change their investment options any time throughout the year via internet or direct phone access to the Retirement Services Division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, the recordkeeper of the Plan.

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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

Payment of benefits: On termination of service due to retirement, death, disability or separation from service, participants may elect to receive an amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account in a lump-sum amount or periodic installments. If a participant’s vested balance is $1,000 or less, the participant will receive a single lump distribution of their entire vested account balance. In the event of a distribution that is greater than $1,000 but less than $5,000, if the participant does not elect to have such distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan in a direct rollover or to receive the distribution, then the Plan Administrator will pay the distribution in a direct rollover to an IRA designated by the Plan Administrator. In-service distributions may be made in accordance with the Plan agreement once a participant has attained the age of 59 ½. The Plan also allows participants to make hardship withdrawals, subject to certain limitations, as defined.


Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of accounting: The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

Use of estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Plan's management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment valuation and income recognition: Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 3 for discussion of fair value measurements.

Purchases and sales are recorded on a trade date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net realized and unrealized gain (losses) on investments includes gains and losses on investments purchased and sold as well as held during the year. Capital gain distributions from mutual funds that are reinvested are included with dividends on the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.

Payment of benefits: Benefit payments are recorded when paid.

Risk and uncertainties: The Plan provides for various investment options. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

Income taxes: Management has evaluated the Plan’s tax positions and concluded that the Plan has maintained its tax exempt status and has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the financial statements. Therefore, no provision or liability for income taxes has been included in the financial statements.



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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

Note 3. Fair Value Measurements

Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures, establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

Level 1 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

Level 2 - Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Shares of registered investment companies: The money market fund and mutual funds are valued at fair value based on published market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end. The funds held by the plan are deemed to be actively traded.

Common stock: Common stock fund consists of the Plan's investment in Independent Bank Group, Inc. common stock, which is recorded at fair value, which is the closing price per the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Collective investment trust: The collective investment trust (CT) is comprised primarily of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts through synthetic guaranteed investment contracts issued by banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, designed to provide principal stability, competitive yields, and liquidity. The CT is valued at the net asset value of units of the Invesco Stable Value Trust, as reported in the audited financial statements by the managers of the CT and as supported by unit prices of actual purchase and sale transactions occurring as of or close to the financial statement date resulting in a readily determinable fair value. Participant transactions and redemptions (purchases and sales) may occur daily. If the Plan initiates a full redemption of the collective trust, the issuer reserves the right to require 24 months’ notification in order to ensure that securities liquidations will be carried out in an orderly business manner. As of December 31, 2017, there were no unfunded commitments.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.








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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments at fair value as of December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
 
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
Registered investment companies:
 
 
 
 
Money Market Fund
$
96,743

$

$

$
96,743

Mutual Funds
28,457,180



28,457,180

Common Stock-Independent Bank Group, Inc.
1,790,521



1,790,521

Collective investment trust

4,024,642


4,024,642

 
 
 
 
 
Total assets in fair value hierarchy
$
30,344,444

$
4,024,642

$

$
34,369,086

 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
Registered investment companies:
 
 
 
 
Money Market Fund
$
63,931

$

$

$
63,931

Mutual Funds
19,194,157



19,194,157

Common Stock-Independent Bank Group, Inc.
1,222,541



1,222,541

Collective investment trust

3,491,165


3,491,165

 
 
 
 
 
Total assets in fair value hierarchy
$
20,480,629

$
3,491,165

$

$
23,971,794


For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no transfers between levels.


Note 4. Administrative Expenses

Employees of the Employer perform certain administrative functions with no compensation from the Plan. Administrative expenses may be paid out of the assets of the Plan or by the Employer. Administrative expenses of the Plan were paid by the Employer in 2017.


Note 5. Party-In-Interest Transactions

Parties-in-interest are defined under Department of Labor Regulations as any fiduciary of the Plan, any party rendering services to the Plan, the Employer, and certain others. As such, transactions conducted by or with Reliance Trust Company, the Plan’s trustee, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Plan's recordkeeper, and it's subsidiary Oppenheimer, Nova 401(k) Associates, the Plan’s third party administrator, the Employer and it's 100% owner, Independent Bank Group, Inc. (IBG), qualify as party-in-interest transactions.



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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

Note 6. Income Tax Status

The Plan operates under a volume submitter plan document sponsored by Nova 401(k) Associates. The volume submitter plan received an opinion letter dated March 31, 2014 from the Internal Revenue Service as to the volume submitter plan’s qualified status. The Plan has been amended since receiving the opinion letter; however, the Plan Administrator believes the Plan is designed and is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.


Note 7. Plan Termination

While there is no intention to do so, the Employer has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of termination of the Plan, the net assets of the Plan will be distributed to the participants of the Plan in accordance with the provisions of ERISA.


Note 8. Related Party Transactions

The Plan held 26,487 and 19,592 shares of IBG's common stock as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, with fair values of $1,790,521 and $1,222,541, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Plan had purchases of $888,102, sales of $474,689 and incurred a net realized gain of $9,150 and an unrealized gain of $154,568 on the investment. Dividend income earned during the year was insignificant.


Note 9. Subsequent Event

In preparing the Plan's financial statements, Plan management has evaluated all subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date of filing these financial statements with the SEC.

IBG has completed the acquisition of Integrity Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, Integrity Bank, SSB (collectively, Integrity) effective June 1, 2018 and anticipates amending the plan to provide the employees of Integrity inclusion into the Plan.


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Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2017
EIN: 75-2694563
PN: 001



 
 
(c)
 
 
 
(b)
Description of investment including
 
(e)
 
Identity of issuer, borrower,
maturity date, rate of interest, collateral,
(d)
Current
(a)
lessor, or similar party
par, or maturity value
Cost
Value
 
Federated
Federated Treasury Obligations Fund Institutional Shares
**
$
96,743

 
Dreyfus
Dreyfus Basic S&P 500 Index Fund
**
2,763,724

 
Franklin Templeton
Franklin Dyna Tech A Fund
**
452,206

 
MFS
MFS Conservative Allocation R3 Fund
**
600,788

 
MFS
MFS Moderate Allocation R3 Fund
**
5,715,526

 
MFS
MFS Growth Allocation R3 Fund
**
1,236,818

 
MFS
MFS Aggressive Growth Allocation R3 Fund
**
1,517,675

 
American Funds
American Funds New World Fund R3
**
1,898,420

 
Delaware
Delaware US Growth A Fund
**
3,519,610

 
Franklin Templeton
Franklin Small Cap Value A Fund
**
1,500,824

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2020
**
182,133

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2025
**
395,090

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2030
**
364,650

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2035
**
283,105

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2040
**
206,000

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2045
**
183,724

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2050
**
256,353

 
JP Morgan
JPMorgan SmartRetirement Income
**
146,823

 
Blackrock
Blackrock Basic Value A Fund
**
3,255,869

*
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer International Growth A Fund
**
920,404

 
American Century
American Century Inflation-Adjusted Bond Fund
**
396,038

 
Putnam
Putnam Income Fund
**
1,883,292

 
Hartford
Hartford Small Cap Growth R4 Fund
**
778,108

 
Invesco National Trust Co
Collective Trust: Invesco Stable Value Trust V
**
4,024,642

*
Independent Bank Group, Inc.
Common Stock
**
1,790,521

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
34,369,086

 
 
 
 
 

* A party-in-interest as defined by ERISA
** Cost omitted for participant directed investments


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Signatures
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
                
   
 
Independent Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
   
 
   
Date:
June 1, 2018
By: Independent Bank, as Plan Administrator
   
 
   
 
 
By: /s/ Jan Webb
   
 
Jan Webb
   
 
Executive Vice President and Secretary


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Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number        Exhibit
23.1            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - RSM US LLP




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