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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): January 26, 2016

 

 


 

Mercantile Bank Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Michigan

000-26719

38-3360865

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File 

Number)

(IRS Employer

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)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Item.

 

On January 26, 2016, Mercantile Bank Corporation issued a press release announcing that it completed a partial repurchase of trust preferred securities issued by Mercantile Bank Capital Trust I, a wholly-owned business trust subsidiary of Mercantile Bank Corporation, after being the successful bidder in a public auction.

 

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated here by reference.

 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

 

99.1

Press release of Mercantile Bank Corporation dated January 26, 2016

                         

 

                         

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: January 26, 2016      

 

 
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Exhibit Index

 

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

 

99.1

Press release of Mercantile Bank Corporation dated January 26, 2016

 

 

 

 

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