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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-038066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MBWM"
cik: "0001042729"
company_name: "MERCANTILE BANK CORP"
filed_at: "2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:51:28.389234+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercantile gets final regulatory nod for Eastern Michigan merger; close set for Dec 31

## Summary
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago approved merger; all required regulatory approvals now received.
- Eastern shareholder vote scheduled for Dec 19, 2025; merger expected to close Dec 31, 2025.
- Post-merger, Mercantile will operate as a two-bank holding company until Q1 2027 consolidation.
- Acquired Eastern Michigan Bank to operate alongside Mercantile Bank pending further regulatory approvals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-038066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MBWM
- cik: 0001042729
- company_name: MERCANTILE BANK CORP
- filed_at: 2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042729/000143774925038066/0001437749-25-038066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042729/000143774925038066/mbwm20251216_8k.htm

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