GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,
Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/
-- Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: MBWM) ("Mercantile")
announced today that Chairman, President and CEO Michael Price will preside over the opening bell
of the NASDAQ Stock Market on Tuesday,
December 11, 2012 at 9:30 a.m.,
ET. Mr. Price will be joined by Robert Kaminski, Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer and Charles
Christmas, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer.
The Company's 15-year anniversary is being recognized by several
events, including the NASDAQ opening ceremony, a contest in which
Mercantile donated $20,000 to local
charities in West Michigan, and a
ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, December
14th, 2012 to re-dedicate their headquarters in
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
"We are proud of our many successes over the past 15 years, and
jointly celebrating with our shareholders at NASDAQ and with our
employees and customers at our home office is a perfect way to
recognize this key milestone," said Mr. Price. "We are
pleased with the relentless work over the past decade and a half to
not only build our organization to its current strengthened
position, but also the part we played in helping grow the
organizations within the communities we serve. We look
forward to many future successes."
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at:
http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx
About Mercantile Bank Corporation
Based in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Mercantile Bank Corporation is the bank holding
company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan. Founded in 1997 to provide banking
services to businesses, individuals and governmental units, the
Bank differentiates itself on the basis of service quality and the
expertise of its banking staff. Mercantile has seven full-service
banking offices in Grand Rapids,
Holland and Lansing, Michigan. 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.
SOURCE Mercantile Bank Corporation