MERCANTILE BANK CORP : Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K)

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

An annual meeting of our shareholders was held on May 26, 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, our shareholders voted on each of the following three matters:

  ? election of seven directors, each for a one-year term;



  ? ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered
    public accounting firm for 2022; and



  ? an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers
    disclosed in our proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.

The final vote results for each of these three matters is set forth below.

The votes cast on the election of directors were as follows:

                                                Votes                            Broker
        Nominee             Votes For        Withheld       Abstentions       Non-Votes
David M. Cassard            8,766,566         461,621                 0       2,796,100
Michael S. Davenport        8,832,434         395,754                 0       2,796,100
Michelle L. Eldridge        8,911,656         316,532                 0       2,796,100
Jeff A. Gardner             8,132,505       1,095,683                 0       2,796,100
Robert B. Kaminski, Jr.     9,130,793          97,394                 0       2,796,100
Michael H. Price            9,066,741         161,446                 0       2,796,100
David B. Ramaker            8,819,063         409,125                 0       2,796,100

The votes cast on the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 were as follows:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 11,970,307 41,988 11,993

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The votes cast on the advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers disclosed in our proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 8,957,345 162,357 108,484 2,796,100

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number          Description

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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