Mercantile Bank Corporation Declares Cash Dividend

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: MBWM) ("Mercantile") announced today that on October 10, 2019, its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per common share, payable on December 18, 2019, to holders of record as of December 6, 2019.

"We are pleased that our ongoing financial strength has positioned us to meet growth objectives and allowed us to once again declare a cash dividend that will provide shareholders with a competitive dividend yield," said Robert B. Kaminski, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercantile. "The sustained cash dividend program depicts our demonstrated strong financial performance and the Board of Directors and executive management team's confidence that the robust operating results will persist in future periods. We anticipate that our future cash dividend payout ratio will be in the range of 35 percent to 40 percent."

About Mercantile Bank Corporation
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mercantile Bank Corporation is the bank holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan. Mercantile provides banking services to businesses, individuals and governmental units, and differentiates itself on the basis of service quality and the expertise of its banking staff. Mercantile has assets of approximately $3.7 billion and operates 46 banking offices. Mercantile Bank Corporation's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "MBWM."

Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains comments or information that constitute forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results expressed in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include changes in interest rates and interest rate relationships; demand for products and services; the degree of competition by traditional and nontraditional competitors; changes in banking regulation or actions by bank regulators; changes in tax laws; changes in prices, levies, and assessments; the impact of technological advances; governmental and regulatory policy changes; the outcomes of contingencies; trends in customer behavior as well as their ability to repay loans; changes in local real estate values; changes in the national and local economies; and other factors, including risk factors, disclosed from time to time in filings made by Mercantile with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mercantile undertakes no obligation to update or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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