0001209191-12-043991.txt : 20120904 0001209191-12-043991.hdr.sgml : 20120903 20120904103447 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-043991 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120830 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120904 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120904 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERCANTILE BANK CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001042729 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 383360865 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 310 LEONARD STREET NW CITY: GRAND RAPIDS STATE: MI ZIP: 49504 BUSINESS PHONE: 616 406-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 310 LEONARD STREET NW CITY: GRAND RAPIDS STATE: MI ZIP: 49504 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRICE MICHAEL H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001208528 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26719 FILM NUMBER: 121069925 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: MERCANTILE BANK CORP STREET 2: 5650 BYRON CENTER SW CITY: WYOMING STATE: MI ZIP: 49509 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2012-08-30 0 0001042729 MERCANTILE BANK CORP MBWM 0001208528 PRICE MICHAEL H MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION 310 LEONARD STREET NW GRAND RAPIDS MI 49504 1 1 0 0 Chairman, President and CEO Common Stock 2012-08-30 4 F 0 3287 17.00 D 50183 D Common Stock 2012-08-30 4 M 0 9000 6.21 A 59183 D Common Stock 2012-08-30 4 F 0 825 17.00 D 58358 D Common Stock 2012-08-30 4 M 0 2260 6.21 A 60618 D Common Stock 10836 I In 401(k) plan Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 6.21 2012-08-30 4 M 0 9000 0.00 D 2011-01-01 2015-11-24 Common Stock 9000 0 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 6.21 2012-08-30 4 M 0 2260 0.00 D 2012-01-01 2015-11-24 Common Stock 2260 0 D This share amount includes shares Mr. Price acquired pursuant to the issuer's 401(k) Plan since his last report of common stock ownership. /s/ Jerome M. Schwartz Attorney-in-fact 2012-09-01 EX-24.4_437083 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jerome M. Schwartz, Michael T. Raymond, Cynthia A. Moore, Christopher C. Maeso, and Bradley J. Wyatt, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Mercantile Bank Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; and Form ID, adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or Form ID, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange, stock market or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of January, 2011. /s/ Michael H. Price (Signature) Michael H. Price (Print name)