0001415889-16-007634.txt : 20161227 0001415889-16-007634.hdr.sgml : 20161227 20161227125414 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-16-007634 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161215 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161227 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161227 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: Eldridge Michelle Larabee CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001693172 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26719 FILM NUMBER: 162070210 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 259 E. MICHIGAN AVE. STREET 2: SUITE 105 CITY: KALAMAZOO STATE: MI ZIP: 49007 3 1 form3-12272016_091252.xml X0206 3 2016-12-15 0 0001042729 MERCANTILE BANK CORP MBWM 0001693172 Eldridge Michelle Larabee C/O MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION 310 LEONARD ST. GRAND RAPIDS MI 49504 true false false false Common Stock 8917 D /s/ Bradley J. Wyatt, Attorney-in-Fact 2016-12-27 EX-24 2 ex24-12272016_091253.htm ex24-12272016_091253.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents that

the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints each of

Bradley J. Wyatt, Michael T. Raymond,

Cynthia A. Moore, and Zane S. Hatahet,

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 and 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 15th day December 2016.


Michelle L. Eldridge

Signature


Michelle L. Eldridge

Printed Name


STATE OF MICHIGAN


COUNTY OF KENT




On this 15th day of December, 2016,

Michelle L. Eldridge personally appeared

before me, and acknowledged that he or

she executed the foregoing instrument

for the purposes therein contained.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have

hereunto set my hand and official seal.

Amy W.M. Kam

Notary Public


Amy W.M. Kam

Notary Public, Kent County, MI

My Commission Expires 2/26/2018

Acting in the county of Kent.