Mercantile Bank Corporation (MBWM) Shareholder/Analyst Call Prepared Remarks Transcript

Raymond Reitsma
President, CEO & Director

Good morning, and welcome to Mercantile Bank Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. I am Ray Reitsma, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercantile. Today’s virtual-only meeting is a live webcast. We believe in engaging with our shareholders, and it is our hope that this virtual meeting will maximize the participation of shareholders regardless of their location. Thank you very much for participating in our virtual meeting today, and please note that this meeting is being recorded.

I would like to call the formal portion of this meeting to order. Rules of conduct. I’d like to draw your attention to the rules of conduct set forth for this meeting. The rules of conduct for this meeting are available in the Resources section of the webinar, which you can access by selecting the resources button located in the Zoom toolbar at the bottom of your screen. Shareholder ability to comment or ask questions is available in the Q&A section of the toolbar at the bottom of your screen.

The Board of Directors has appointed Amy Kam and Scott Setlock to serve as inspectors for this meeting. I would like to ask Mr. Setlock to also serve as the Secretary of the meeting. Mr. Setlock is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Mercantile Bank Corporation and Mercantile Bank. Ms. Kam is First Vice President and Executive Operations Manager. I would now like to introduce our directors who are present today on the webcast. Michael S. Davenport, Michelle L. Eldridge, Joseph D. Jones, Richard D. McDonald, Michael H. Price, David B. Ramaker; Raymond E. Reitsma, Nelson F. Sanchez, Sarah A. Schmidt, Stephen J. Schwhoffer, Amy L. Sparks and Shoran R. Williams. I would also like to introduce Robert Bondi of Plante Moran, PLLC, our accounting firm; and Brad Wyatt of Greenberg Traurig LLP, our legal counsel.