---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-018160"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MBWM"
cik: "0001042729"
company_name: "MERCANTILE BANK CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T17:17:57.666189+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercantile Bank shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve ESPP and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with 9.5-9.8M votes for each; broker non-votes ~2.73M.
- ESPP with 5% stock discount approved: 9,703,648 for, 166,764 against.
- Plante & Moran ratified as auditor for 2025: 12,485,556 for, 115,325 against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed: 9,104,379 for, 680,594 against.
- Shareholders voted for one-year frequency on future say-on-pay votes: 8,703,736 for one year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-018160
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MBWM
- cik: 0001042729
- company_name: MERCANTILE BANK CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042729/000143774925018160/0001437749-25-018160-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042729/000143774925018160/mbwm20250521_8k.htm

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