<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-17-000056.txt : 20170110
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170110161316
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-17-000056
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170110

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Reitsma Raymond E.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001693989

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26719
		FILM NUMBER:		17520731

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		310 LEONARD STREET NW
		CITY:			GRAND RAPIDS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49504
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2018-11-17</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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<div style="display:inline;"></div><p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Know all by these presents that </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">the undersigned hereby</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">constitutes and appoints each of </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Bradley J. Wyatt, Michael T. Raymond, </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Cynthia A. Moore and Zane S. Hatahet,</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">signing singly, </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">the undersigned's true and lawful </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">attorney-in-fact to:</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">(1) execute for and on behalf of the</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">as an officer and/or director of Mercantile</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Bank Corporation (the "Company"), Forms</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Form ID, adopted by the Securities</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">and Exchange Commission;</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">(2) do and perform any and all</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">acts for and on behalf of the</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">undersigned which may be necessary</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">or desirable to complete and </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">execute and such Form 3, 4, or 5, or </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Form ID, and timely file</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">such form with the United States</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Securities and Exchange Commission</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">and any stock exchange, stock</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">market or similar authority; and</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">(3) take any other action of any type</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">whatsoever in connection with</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">the foregoing which, in the opinion</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">of such attorney-in-fact, may be of </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">benefit to, in the best interest of,</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">or legally required by, the undersigned,</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">it being understood that the documents</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">executed by such attorney-in-fact</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">on behalf of the undersigned pursuant</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">to this Power of Attorney shall be in</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">such form and shall contain such</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">terms and conditions as such</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">attorney-in-fact may approve</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">in such attorney-in-fact's</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">discretion.</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">The undersigned hereby grants </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">to each such attorney-in-fact </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">full power and authority to do </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">and perform any and every act and </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">or proper to be done in the exercise of </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">any of the rights and powers herein </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">granted, as fully to all intents and </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">purposes as the undersigned might or</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">could do if personally present, with full</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">power of substitution or revocation,</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">hereby ratifying and confirming all</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">that such attorney-in-fact, or such</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">attorney-in-fact&#146;s substitute or </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">substitutes, shall lawfully do or </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">cause to be done by virtue of this power</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">of attorney and the rights and powers </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">herein granted. &nbsp;The undersigned </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">acknowledges that the foregoing </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">capacity at the request of the undersigned, </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">are not assuming, nor is the Company </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">assuming, any of the undersigned&#146;s </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">responsibilities to comply with Section 16</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">This Power of Attorney shall remain </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">in full force and effect until the </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">undersigned is no longer required to </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">the undersigned&#146;s holdings of and </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">transactions in securities issued by the</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Company, unless earlier revoked by</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">the undersigned in a signed writing </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">has caused this Power of Attorney to be </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">executed as of this 15th day December 2016.</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Ray Reitsma</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Signature</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Raymond E. Reitsma</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Printed Name </p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">STATE OF MICHIGAN</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">COUNTY OF KENT</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">On this 15th day of December, 2016, </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Raymond E. Reitsma personally appeared </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">before me, and acknowledged that he or </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">she executed the foregoing instrument </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">for the purposes therein contained.</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have </p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">hereunto set my hand and official seal.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Amy W.M. Kam</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Notary Public</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Amy W.M. Kam</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Notary Public, Kent County, MI</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">My Commission Expires 2/26/2018</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">Acting in the county of Kent.</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br><br><br></p>
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