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Mercantile Bank approves $3M bonus pool tied to Eastern Michigan Bank merger, Jack Henry conversion
MERCANTILE BANK CORP
- Board approved the 2026-2027 Merger Integration and Core Conversion Bonus Plan on Sept. 24, 2026, creating a $3,000,000 aggregate cash bonus pool.
- Pool rewards employees, including executive officers, for integrating the Eastern Michigan Bank merger and converting Mercantile's core and digital banking systems to the Jack Henry platform.
- Compensation Committee has sole discretion over participants and award amounts; no minimum award is guaranteed and none, part or all of the pool may be granted.
- Earned awards pay on or before March 31, 2027; recipients must be active employees (medical leave excepted), while suspended or final-written-warning employees are ineligible.
- Awards are subject to recovery under the company's Oct. 2, 2023 Dodd-Frank/Nasdaq Rule 5608 clawback policy; the plan is effective immediately and governed by Michigan law.