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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950124-07-003049
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070524
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070525
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070525

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26719
		FILM NUMBER:		07880709

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5650 BYRON CENTER AVENUE S. W.
		CITY:			WYOMING
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49509
		BUSINESS PHONE:		616 406-3777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5650 BYRON CENTER AVENUE S. W.
		CITY:			WYOMING
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49509
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;24, 2007</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Michigan</B>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="center"><B>310 Leonard Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV style="margin-left:60px; text-indent:-60px"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Retirement of Mr.&nbsp;Johnson</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;24, 2007, Mercantile Bank Corporation (&#147;Mercantile,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) announced
that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gerald R. Johnson, Jr., will retire from his
positions as a director, officer and employee of Mercantile and its subsidiaries, effective June
30, 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;24, 2007, our Board of Directors appointed Michael H. Price, who is currently our
President and Chief Operating Officer, to be our Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer, effective June&nbsp;30, 2007, when Mr.&nbsp;Johnson retires. Our Board of Directors, at
the same time, appointed Robert B. Kaminski, Jr., who is currently our Executive Vice President and
Secretary, to be our Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary, effective
June&nbsp;30, 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Price has over 25&nbsp;years of commercial banking experience. Mr.&nbsp;Price served as the Senior
Lending Officer of First Michigan Bank-Grand Rapids, from 1992 to 1997, and President of that bank
for several months in 1997, before joining us in late 1997. Mr.&nbsp;Price has served as our President
and Chief Operating Officer, and a member of our Board of Directors since 1997, and as President of
our banking subsidiary, Mercantile Bank of Michigan (our &#147;Bank&#148;), and a member of its Board of
Directors, since 1997, and also as its Chief Executive Officer since 1999. He currently serves on
the Board of Directors of one other public company, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.
Mr.&nbsp;Price is 50&nbsp;years old.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Kaminski joined the Bank in 1997 and has over 20&nbsp;years of commercial banking experience.
From 1984 to 1997, Mr.&nbsp;Kaminski worked for First Michigan Bank-Grand Rapids in various capacities,
including serving as Vice President in charge of loan review and as Vice President and Manager of
the commercial credit department for three of its affiliates, from 1993 to 1997. He has served as
our and our Bank&#146;s Senior Vice President from 1997 to 2003, Executive Vice President since 2003,
and Secretary since their inception in 1997. He has also served as our Bank&#146;s Chief Operating
Officer since 2000. Mr.&nbsp;Kaminski is 45&nbsp;years old.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The terms of office for our executive officers, including Mr.&nbsp;Price and Mr.&nbsp;Kaminski, are at
the discretion of our Board of Directors. Our Bank has had, and expects in the future to have,
loan transactions in the ordinary course of business with Mr.&nbsp;Price and Mr.&nbsp;Kaminski, as well as
our other directors, executive officers, or their immediate family, or companies they have a
material interest in, on substantially the same terms as those prevailing for comparable
transactions with others. All such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">transactions with Mr.&nbsp;Price or Mr.&nbsp;Kaminski, their immediate families, or companies they have
a material interest in (i)&nbsp;were made in the ordinary course of business, (ii)&nbsp;were made on
substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the
time for comparable loans with persons not related to the Bank, and (iii)&nbsp;did not involve more than
the normal risk of collectibility or present other unfavorable features.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Retirement Agreement for Mr.&nbsp;Johnson</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;24, 2007, we and our Bank entered into a retirement agreement with Mr.&nbsp;Johnson. The
retirement agreement provides for Mr.&nbsp;Johnson&#146;s retirement as of June&nbsp;30, 2007, and provides him
the payments and benefits that we would have provided him with under his employment agreement if he
had terminated his employment for &#147;good reason.&#148; These payments and benefits are principally as
follows: (a)&nbsp;an amount equal to his current annual base salary of $465,000 for the remaining term
of his employment agreement, which ends December&nbsp;31, 2009, totaling approximately, $1.16&nbsp;million,
payable in installments during 2008, (b)&nbsp;continuation of his life, disability and medical insurance
coverage for 18&nbsp;months, for him and his dependents, beginning June&nbsp;30, 2007, (c)&nbsp;payment of the
cash equivalent of his accrued and unused vacation days, and (d) $10,000 for interim office and
other expenses.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The retirement agreement also provides that Mr.&nbsp;Johnson will have the obligations to us that
he would have had under his employment agreement if he had terminated his employment for &#147;good
reason,&#148; except that his noncompetition covenant has been expanded by extending its duration from
one year to approximately two and one half years, and extending its geographic scope from 50 miles
of Grand Rapids, Michigan to 50 miles of each of the four cities where we now have an office. Mr.
Johnson has agreed that through December&nbsp;31, 2009, he will not be employed by, or act as a director
or officer of, any business engaged in the business of banking within 50 miles of Ann Arbor, Grand
Rapids, Holland or Lansing, Michigan. Mr.&nbsp;Johnson has also agreed not to disclose, except as
required by law, any confidential information relating to our business or customers, or use any
confidential information in any way adverse to us. The retirement agreement also includes
provisions releasing us from certain liabilities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of the retirement agreement is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to this report. Mr.&nbsp;Johnson&#146;s
employment agreement, including amendments, are filed as exhibits to our annual report on Form
10-K, and described in our proxy statement for our 2007 annual meeting of shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01 Regulation&nbsp;FD Disclosure.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We issued a press release on May&nbsp;24, 2007 announcing Mr.&nbsp;Johnson&#146;s retirement and the
promotion of Mr.&nbsp;Price and Mr.&nbsp;Kaminski to their new positions. A copy of the press release is
attached to this report as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Retirement Agreement</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mr.&nbsp;Gerald R. Johnson, Jr.<BR>
310 Leonard Street NW<BR>
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dear Jerry,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Retirement Agreement (this &#147;Agreement&#148;) is among you, Mercantile Bank Corporation
(&#147;MBC&#148;), and Mercantile Bank of Michigan (&#147;MBM&#148;), and sets forth the agreement among us relating to
your retirement from MBC, MBM, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies
(collectively the &#147;Mercantile Entities&#148;).
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. Retirement. </B>Your retirement as an officer and employee of all Mercantile Entities will be
effective as of the end of the day on June&nbsp;30, 2007 (the &#147;Retirement Time&#148;), and your resignation
from all of your positions as an officer or employee of all Mercantile Entities shall be
automatically effective as of the Retirement Time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2. Resignation as a director. </B>This Agreement constitutes your resignation from the Boards of
Directors of MBC, MBM and any other Mercantile Entities for whom you serve as a director, effective
as of the Retirement Time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>3. Resignation as a trustee. </B>Unless accomplished prior to the Retirement Time, you will resign as
trustee of MBM&#146;s 401(k) plan, and as an administrative trustee of Mercantile Bank Capital Trust I,
effective as of the Retirement Time, and your rights and duties as trustee will be transferred to
one or more successor trustees, or as otherwise requested by MBM or MBC.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>4. Payments and benefits. </B>You, MBC and MBM have previously entered into an Employment Agreement
dated as of October&nbsp;18, 2001, by and among you, MBC and MBM, as amended by agreements dated October
17, 2002 and November&nbsp;17, 2005 (your &#147;Employment Agreement&#148;). In connection with your retirement,
and as consideration for your agreements, releases and waivers set forth in this Agreement, and as
payment in full of all amounts payable to you by MBC, MBM or any of the other Mercantile Entities,
you will have all of the rights to payments and benefits that would have been provided to you under
your Employment Agreement if you had terminated your employment for &#147;Good Reason&#148; under Section&nbsp;8.3
of your Employment Agreement effective at the Retirement Time. These payments and benefits are set
forth in Sections&nbsp;8.5 (Obligations of Employers upon Termination without Cause or Employee&#146;s
Termination with Good Reason) and 9A (Delay in Severance Payments) of your Employment Agreement,
and are subject to the other provisions of the Employment Agreement, including Section&nbsp;13
(Deductions of Taxes and Adjustments re IRC Section
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">280G) and the last sentence of Section&nbsp;19 (Entire Agreement and Regulatory Compliance) of your
Employment Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section above, you agree with respect
to the payments and benefits provided for in Sections&nbsp;8.5(c) and (d)&nbsp;of your Employment Agreement
as follows:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;All life insurance under the MBM&#146;s split dollar life insurance or &#147;BOLI&#148; life insurance
programs is excluded from Sections&nbsp;8.5(c) and (d)&nbsp;of your Employment Agreement, and you will
receive no coverage, payments or insurance relating to those programs.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The insurance provided under the following policies, for which you have been paying the
premiums, are excluded from Section&nbsp;8.5(c) of your Employment Agreement; however, to the extent
that it is practical for you to acquire or keep the policies, by conversion or otherwise, at your
expense, and without adversely affecting MBM or MBC, you may do so: (i)&nbsp;Mutual of Omaha $50,000
term life insurance policy insuring your life, (ii)&nbsp;MetLife individual long term care policy for
you, and (iii)&nbsp;Colonial Life cancer insurance policy for you.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>5. Your obligations under your Employment Agreement. </B>This Agreement does not eliminate or reduce
any of your duties or obligations under your Employment Agreement, or any of our rights under your
Employment Agreement. Your duties and obligations under your Employment Agreement will continue to
apply, including on and after the Retirement Time, to the same extent as if you had terminated your
employment for &#147;Good Reason&#148; under Section&nbsp;8.3 of your Employment Agreement effective at the
Retirement Time, except that the provisions of Section&nbsp;11 (Noncompetition Covenant) of your
Employment Agreement are amended to read in full as follows, which expands the duration and
geographic scope of your noncompete covenant:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&#147; 11. <U>Noncompetition Covenant</U>. From the time that the Employee&#146;s employment
with the Employers terminates through December&nbsp;31, 2009, the Employee will not be
employed by (including as an employee, independent contractor, consultant or
otherwise) or act as a director or officer of any business involving or engaged in
the business of banking within a 50-mile radius of any of the Cities of Ann Arbor,
Grand Rapids, Holland, or Lansing, Michigan, where such business engages in
soliciting, directly or indirectly, customers of the Bank.&#148;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>6. Cooperation and Transition. </B>You agree (a)&nbsp;to cooperate fully in effecting a smooth transfer of
your responsibilities relating to the Mercantile Entities, including your positions as trustee of
MBM&#146;s 401(k) plan and as an administrative trustee of Mercantile Bank Capital Trust I, (b)&nbsp;to
return to the Mercantile Entities all documents, materials, records, or other things belonging to
any of the Mercantile Entities or containing proprietary information of any of the Mercantile
Entities, (c)&nbsp;to surrender to the Mercantile Entities all of their property, and (d)&nbsp;to reconcile
all of your expense accounts. You agree that from the date of this Agreement through the
Retirement Time,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">you will (a)&nbsp;diligently take all actions reasonably requested by MBC or MBM to assist in the
effective transition of customers, prospective customers, and other business contacts of the
Mercantile Entities with whom you have a relationship, to other officers and employees of MBC or
MBM, and (b)&nbsp;devote substantially all of your business days to the business of MBC and MBM.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>7. Comprehensive Unconditional Release. </B>You hereby release and forever discharge MBC, MBM, each of
the other Mercantile Entities, and their respective successors, assigns, affiliates, shareholders,
directors, officers, trustees, administrators, employees, agents, subcontractors, consultants,
representatives, and heirs (hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#147;Released Persons&#148;) from
any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, lawsuits, liabilities, interest, attorney&#146;s
fees, damages, losses, expenses or costs of any and every nature whatsoever, expressly or impliedly
that you may have had or do have as of the date of execution of this Agreement, including any
claims that are known or unknown that may have been asserted by you or on your behalf against any
of the Mercantile Entities or any of the other Released Persons, or involving any other matter
relating to your employment or prospective employment, or position as an officer, director or
trustee. This includes, but is not limited to, releasing any and all claims that you may have
under the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Michigan Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act, and
all other relevant state and Federal statutes. You agree that you will not seek, apply for, or
accept employment with any of the Mercantile Entities without the written approval of an executive
officer of MBC. This Section shall not be deemed to waive or release (a)&nbsp;any of your rights to
payments or benefits provided for in this Agreement, including Section&nbsp;4 of this Agreement, (b)&nbsp;any
rights you may have to the return of the principal or interest on any deposits that you may have
with MBM, in accordance with the terms of the deposit, (c)&nbsp;any rights you may have to
indemnification or reimbursement or any limitation of liability applicable to you under the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of any of the Mercantile Entities and any rights you may have
under any directors and officers liability insurance policy purchased by any of the Mercantile
Entities, or (d)&nbsp;any persons, other than Mercantile Entities or their directors, officers,
trustees, employees or counsel, from any claims, demands, actions, causes of action, lawsuits,
liabilities, interest, attorney&#146;s fees, damages, losses, expenses or costs, that are totally
unrelated to any of the Mercantile Entities, or their business, or your service or the termination
of your service as a director, officer, trustee or employee of any of the Mercantile Entities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You agree, promptly upon request by MBC or MBM, to execute an additional release of claims
satisfactory to MBC and MBM after the Retirement Time, in order to continue to receive payments
under this Agreement. The additional release shall cover substantially the matters referred to in
this Section above through the Retirement Time.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>8. Full Review and Knowing and Voluntary Agreement. </B>You acknowledge and agree that:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;You have been given the opportunity to fully review this Agreement, have thoroughly
reviewed it, fully understand its terms and knowingly and voluntarily agree to all of its
provisions including, but not limited to, the release set forth above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;You are receiving additional consideration for signing this Agreement, that you are not
otherwise entitled to, including the payments and benefits provided for in Section&nbsp;4 of this
Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;You have been provided up to twenty-one (21)&nbsp;days to consider whether to sign this
Agreement and that such period is a reasonable time for your consideration of this Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;MBC and MBM have advised you to consult with an attorney regarding this Agreement, and
that you either consulted with an attorney regarding this Agreement or have intentionally chosen
not to exercise your right to consult with an attorney regarding this Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;If this Agreement is executed prior to the expiration of the twenty-one (21)&nbsp;day period
that you were given to consider this Agreement, such execution was knowing and voluntary, your
preference to do so, and without coercion from MBC, MBM or any other person.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>9. Seven Day Revocation Period. </B>You have the right to revoke this Agreement for a period of seven
(7)&nbsp;days following the date of your signing this Agreement. You may revoke this Agreement by
providing written notice of your revocation of this Agreement to the President, the Secretary or
the Human Resource Director of MBM before expiration of the revocation period. This Agreement is
not effective or enforceable until the seven day revocation period has expired.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>10. Applicable Law and Severability. </B>This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Michigan. If, for any reason, any provision of this Agreement is unenforceable, the remainder of
this Agreement shall nonetheless remain binding and in effect.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>11. Entire Agreement. </B>This Agreement and your Employment Agreement constitute the entire agreement
among you, MBC and MBM regarding the subject matter of this Agreement, and no amendment, deletion,
addition, modification, or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding or
enforceable unless in writing and signed by you, and on behalf of MBC and MBM by an authorized
officer. This Agreement, together with your Employment Agreement, supersede all prior agreements
and arrangements among you, MBC and MBM, or among you and any other Mercantile Entities, regarding
the subject matter of this Agreement. No promises or representations have been made or relied upon
apart from those expressly stated in this Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>12. Arbitration. </B>Except as provided in Section&nbsp;12 of your Employment Agreement, any dispute
arising out of this Agreement or your Employment Agreement, or any claimed breach, shall be
exclusively resolved by binding arbitration in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association. Upon request of any party, the dispute, controversy
or alleged breach shall be submitted to binding arbitration employing the following procedure. MBC
or MBM, and the Employee, shall each select one person not related or affiliated to the selecting
party to serve as an arbitrator, and the selection shall be made within thirty (30)&nbsp;days after the
written request for arbitration. The two arbitrators selected shall choose a third independent
arbitrator. The three selected arbitrators shall notify the parties of the date, time and place of
the arbitration hearing. A decision shall be rendered within thirty (30)&nbsp;days after the
arbitration hearing. The cost of the arbitrators and the arbitrators&#146; fees shall be shared equally
by (a)&nbsp;MBC and MBM, or either of them, paying half, and (b)&nbsp;you paying the other half; provided,
however, that the arbitrators in their sole discretion may allocate costs and fees solely to one of
the parties to the arbitration if the arbitrators believed that the cause for the dispute,
controversy or alleged breach was without merit or was caused solely by the unreasonable acts or
omissions of the non-prevailing party or parties, as determined by the decision of the arbitrators.
Each party shall be responsible for attorneys and experts engaged by the party on its or his
behalf. A decision of two of the three arbitrators shall be determinative. Any decision rendered
by arbitration shall be final, conclusive and binding and any party may obtain a judgment on the
arbitration decision by submitting the arbitration decision to a circuit court in the State of
Michigan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>13. Headings. </B>The Paragraph headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall
not be deemed to be part of this Agreement or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Please read carefully. This Agreement includes a release of all known and unknown claims.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please confirm your agreement to the above by signing and returning to MBC or MBM a copy of
this Agreement, in which case this will become a legally binding agreement among MBC, MBM and you,
subject only to your right to revoke this Agreement as provided for in Section&nbsp;9 of this Agreement.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Michael H. Price</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Dated: May&nbsp;24, 2007</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>MERCANTILE BANK OF MICHIGAN</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Michael H. Price<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I Agree to the above.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gerald R. Johnson, Jr.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Dated: May&nbsp;24, 2007

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Michael Price
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Charles Christmas</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">President &#038; COO
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>GERALD R. JOHNSON, JR. ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM<BR>
MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Appointment of Michael Price and Robert Kaminski to New Responsibilities<BR>
Sets Framework for Future

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">GRAND RAPIDS, MI, May&nbsp;24, 2007 &#151; Mercantile Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: MBWM) announced today the
retirement of <B>Gerald R. Johnson Jr. </B>as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mercantile Bank
Corporation and Chairman of Mercantile Bank of Michigan. Also announced today was the appointment
of <B>Michael H. Price </B>as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercantile Bank
Corporation and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mercantile Bank of Michigan; in addition,
<B>Robert B. Kaminski </B>was appointed to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
Mercantile Bank Corporation and President and Chief Operating Officer of Mercantile Bank of
Michigan. The changes go into effect on June&nbsp;30, 2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">After a distinguished career in the financial service industry, Mr.&nbsp;Johnson has decided to turn
over the leadership reins to Messrs.&nbsp;Price and Kaminski. As the Founding Chairman and CEO of
Mercantile Bank Corporation, Mr.&nbsp;Johnson was one of the key architects of Mercantile Bank
Corporation and its affiliates.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;I have spent 35 of the past 37&nbsp;years in the banking industry, and for the last 21&nbsp;years I had the
good fortune to serve in the capacity of Chairman and CEO of two leading banking organizations in
the West Michigan market,&#148; said Gerald Johnson, Jr. &#147;I began thinking of retiring from my
full-time banking career when I turned 60 last January. Since that time Mike Price and I have
discussed a succession plan, ultimately leading to my decision to step down as Chairman and CEO of
the company on June&nbsp;30, 2007. I have worked with Mike and Bob for more than two
decades and have the utmost confidence in them, our directors and the entire Mercantile team, which
is the best I have ever been associated with, to continue the tradition of exceptional performance
that has gained Mercantile a national reputation for excellence since our founding almost 10&nbsp;years
ago.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;I have had the unique pleasure of working with Jerry for over 21&nbsp;years,&#148; said Mike Price, newly
appointed Chairman, President and CEO. &#147;Jerry played a tremendous role in the formation and growth
of Mercantile. All of us on the management team believe Jerry has prepared us well to carry
Mercantile through the next chapters of our growth. Most of all, we wish Jerry a great retirement,
good health, and the best fortune as he explores new horizons in his life.&#148; Through the leadership
of Messrs.&nbsp;Johnson and Price, Mercantile reached over $2.0&nbsp;billion in assets in less than 10&nbsp;years
of being open for business.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Prior to Mercantile, Mr.&nbsp;Johnson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of First
Michigan Bank -Grand Rapids in 1986, and served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
from 1988 to May of 1997, when he resigned to organize Mercantile Bank Corporation and Mercantile
Bank of Michigan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Michael Price has over 27&nbsp;years of experience in commercial banking. He previously served as the
founding President of Mercantile Bank Corporation and Mercantile Bank of Michigan since the
commencement of operations in December, 1997. Robert Kaminski most recently served as Executive
Vice President of Mercantile Bank Corporation and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of Mercantile Bank of Michigan. He is an original employee of Mercantile and has over 23
years of experience in commercial banking.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mr.&nbsp;Johnson&#146;s retirement package will include payment to him of approximately two and one-half
times his current annual base salary over an eighteen-month period, and continuation of certain of
his insurance benefits for the same period. The cost to Mercantile of the retirement package,
which will be expensed during the second quarter of 2007, is estimated to be approximately $1.2
million, or $0.8&nbsp;million on an after-tax basis.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>About Mercantile Bank Corporation</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mercantile Bank Corporation is the bank holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan.
Headquartered in Grand Rapids, the bank provides a wide variety of commercial banking services
through its five full-service banking offices in greater Grand Rapids, and its full-service banking
offices in Holland, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mercantile Bank Corporation&#146;s common stock is
listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol &#147;MBWM.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Forward Looking Statements</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 non-traditional competitors; changes in
banking regulation; 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 the national and
local economy; 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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