Mercantile Bank Corporation and Eastern Michigan Financial Corporation Announce Receipt of All Required Regulatory Approvals for Pending Merger

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercantile Bank Corporation ("Mercantile") (NASDAQ: MBWM) and Eastern Michigan Financial Corporation ("Eastern") (OTCID: EFIN) today jointly announced that the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has approved the proposed merger of Mercantile and Eastern. As previously announced, Mercantile and Eastern entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended by the First Amendment dated October 5, 2025, the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which Eastern will me ...