---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-018049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MBWM"
cik: "0001042729"
company_name: "MERCANTILE BANK CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-21T18:23:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T18:28:15.948113+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercantile Bank shareholders vote to elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 10,683,738 to 10,917,759.
- Ratification of Plante & Moran as auditor for 2026: 13,471,113 for, 54,526 against, 9,505 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 10,539,827 for, 323,243 against, 224,563 abstain, 2,447,511 broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-018049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MBWM
- cik: 0001042729
- company_name: MERCANTILE BANK CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T18:23:58+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042729/000143774926018049/0001437749-26-018049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042729/000143774926018049/mbwm20260521_8k.htm

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