0001415889-20-002195.txt : 20200831 0001415889-20-002195.hdr.sgml : 20200831 20200831170159 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-20-002195 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200827 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200831 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200831 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RAMAKER DAVID B CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001213672 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26719 FILM NUMBER: 201152214 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 E. MAIN STREET CITY: MIDLAND STATE: MI ZIP: 48640 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 3 1 form3-08312020_020845.xml X0206 3 2020-08-27 1 0001042729 MERCANTILE BANK CORP MBWM 0001213672 RAMAKER DAVID B 310 LEONARD STREET NW GRAND RAPIDS MI 49504 true false false false /s/ Bradley J. Wyatt, Attorney-in-Fact 2020-08-31 EX-24 2 ex24-08312020_020847.htm ex24-08312020_020847.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bradley J. Wyatt, Cynthia A. Moore, William H. Dorton, Rasika A. Kulkarni, and Julie D. Gulledge signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:


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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 United States Securities and Exchange Commission.


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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


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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 31 day of August, 2020.




/s/ David B. Ramaker

David B. Ramaker





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STATE OF MICHIGAN


COUNTY OF KENT




On this 31 day of August, 2020, David B. Ramaker personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.


/s/ Amy W. M. Kam



Notary Public



AMY W. M. KAM

Notary Public, Kent County, MI

My Commission Expires 02/26/2025

Acting in the County of Kent


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