mbwm20161017_8k.htm

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2016

 

 

Mercantile Bank Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Michigan

000-26719

38-3360865

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

Number)

Identification Number)

 

310 Leonard Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  

49504

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

(Zip Code)

 

  

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

  

616-406-3000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 2.02     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

Earnings Release

 

On October 18, 2016, Mercantile Bank Corporation issued a press release announcing earnings and other financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated here by reference.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

  

 

99.1

  

Press release of Mercantile Bank Corporation dated October 18, 2016, reporting financial results and earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2016.

          

 
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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Mercantile Bank Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Charles E. Christmas 

 

 

 

Charles E. Christmas

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief

 

    Financial Officer and Treasurer  

 

Date: October 18, 2016

 

 
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Exhibit Index

 

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release of Mercantile Bank Corporation dated October 18, 2016, reporting financial results and earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2016.