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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950124-07-004708
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070913
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:		20070913
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070913

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:		071115181

	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<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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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</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September&nbsp;13, 2007</B><BR>
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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><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>000-26719</B><BR>
(Commission File<BR>
Number)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>38-3360865</B><BR>
(IRS Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>310 Leonard Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>49504</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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number, including area code&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>616-406-3000</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 (<I>see </I>General
Instruction A.2. below):
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><I>Election of Mr.&nbsp;Timothy O. Schad to the Board of Directors</I></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September&nbsp;13, 2007, our Board of Directors elected a new director, Timothy O. Schad. Mr.
Schad has been elected to serve as a class I director, and his initial term expires at the annual
meeting of shareholders in 2010. Also, on September&nbsp;13, 2007, Mr.&nbsp;Schad was elected by the Board
of Directors of our wholly owned subsidiary, Mercantile Bank of Michigan (&#147;our bank&#148;), to serve as
a director of our bank for a term expiring at the 2008 annual meeting of the shareholders of our
bank.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Schad is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nucraft Furniture Company, which produces
high-end wood office furniture for executive offices, conference rooms and board rooms. He joined
Nucraft in 1980 and served as Vice President and President of Nucraft, prior to his appointment as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1997.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Board of Directors has appointed Mr.&nbsp;Schad to serve on the Audit Committee of our Board of
Directors. The election of Mr.&nbsp;Schad was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between
Mr.&nbsp;Schad and any third party.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of the date of this report, neither Mr.&nbsp;Schad nor any member of his immediate family is a
party, either directly or indirectly, to any transaction that we are aware of, that is required to
be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Schad will be compensated for his service on our Board of Directors and the Board of
Directors of our bank, and any of their committees on which he serves, in accordance with our and
our bank&#146;s compensation arrangements for non-employee directors. Compensation arrangements for
non-employee directors currently consist of an annual retainer of $12,000, and a fee of $700 for
each meeting of the Board of Directors of our bank that they attend. In addition, non-employee
directors are paid a meeting fee of $400 to $700 for each meeting of committees of the Board of
Directors of our bank that they attend. Non-employee directors are also paid fees of the same
amount for meetings of our Board of Directors and its committees, when for Board meetings there is
not also a meeting of the Board of Directors of our bank on the same day, and for committee
meetings when there is not also a meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors of our bank
having the same name or function on the same day. For meetings that are held by telephone or other
remote communications equipment, the meeting fees are half the amount described above. Annual
retainer fees of between $4,000 and $6,000 are also paid to the Chairmen of three of the committees
of our Board of Directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Directors are eligible to receive stock-based awards under our Stock Incentive Plan of 2006,
and to participate in our bank&#146;s non-qualified deferred compensation plan for directors.
Directors who participate in the deferred compensation plan may elect to defer up to 100% of their
annual retainer and meeting fees until after their term of office as a director ends. Under the
plan, the amount of any director&#146;s fees that are deferred are credited with interest quarterly.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Regulation&nbsp;FD Disclosure.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our press release announcing the election of Timothy O. Schad to our Board of Directors is
attached as an exhibit to this report.
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    <TD><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Press release of Mercantile Bank Corporation
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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" align="left">MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Charles E. Christmas
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles E. Christmas&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, Chief<BR>
Financial Officer and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: September&nbsp;13, 2007
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><B>AT MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION:</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Michael Price<BR>
Chairman &#038; CEO<BR>
616-726-1600<BR>
<U>mprice@mercbank.com</U><BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Charles Christmas<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
616-726-1202<BR>
<U>cchristmas@mercbank.com</U><BR></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBER</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Grand Rapids, MI &#151; September&nbsp;13, 2007 &#151; Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: MBWM) today
announced that its board of directors has elected Timothy O. Schad, 59, chairman and chief
executive officer of Nucraft Furniture Company, to the corporate board. Mr.&nbsp;Schad has also been
elected to serve as a director of the bank by the board of directors of Mercantile Bank of
Michigan, the Company&#146;s wholly-owned subsidiary bank. He was also appointed to the audit committee.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Michael Price, chairman and chief executive officer of Mercantile Bank Corporation, commented on
Mr.&nbsp;Schad&#146;s appointment: &#147;We are delighted that Tim will be joining our board. He brings to
Mercantile a lifetime of leadership in our local business community. Even more importantly, we are
counting on Tim to contribute the same qualities that have characterized his successful career &#151;
leadership, integrity and business acumen &#151; to the leadership of Mercantile. Tim Schad represents
a valuable addition to our Board.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Schad joined Nucraft, a manufacturer of high-end wood office furniture for executive offices,
conference rooms and board rooms, in 1980 and served in several executive positions prior to his
appointment as chairman and chief executive officer in 1997. Under his leadership, Nucraft sales
increased from $2&nbsp;million to $30&nbsp;million.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Concurrently,
Mr.&nbsp;Schad served as vice president for finance and administration, and treasurer,
at Grand Valley State University from 2001 to 2006. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer systems
engineering from Dartmouth College in 1970, a Bachelor of Engineering from the Thayer School of
Engineering at Dartmouth in 1971, and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School in 1977. Mr.
Schad serves on the board of directors of several private
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">companies,
and has been a member of the board of directors for the Grand Rapids Area Furniture Manufacturers Association, the Kendall College of
Art and Design,Porter Hills Foundation and Opera Grand Rapids.
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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. The Company recently announced its expansion
into the Oakland County market. 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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