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                                  EXHIBIT 10.31

                    SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT ("Amendment") is made as of the 17th day of November, 2005
by and among Mercantile Bank Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the
"Company"), Mercantile Bank of Michigan, a Michigan banking corporation (the
"Bank", and collectively with the Company, the "Employers", and each an
"Employer"), and Charles E. Christmas (the "Employee").

                                    RECITALS

     A. The Company, the Bank and the Employee have previously entered into an
Employment Agreement dated as of October 18, 2001, as amended by a letter
amendment dated October 17, 2002 (the "Employment Agreement").

     B. The Company, the Bank and the Employee wish to amend the Employment
Agreement to make changes to cause payments under the Employment Agreement to be
in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code").

                               TERMS OF AGREEMENT

     In consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations set forth herein,
the Employers and the Employee amend the Employment Agreement as follows:

     1.   Section 4 is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

          4. Participation in Employee Benefit Plans. In addition to the cash
     compensation payable to the Employee under this Agreement, the Employee
     shall be entitled to participate in such employee benefit plans, whether
     contributory or non-contributory, such as group life and disability
     insurance plans, hospital, surgical, vision and dental benefit plans or
     other bonus incentive, profit sharing, stock option, retirement or other
     employee benefit plans of the Employers as may now or hereafter exist to
     the extent that the Employee meets the eligibility requirements of any such
     plans. All such group life and disability insurance plans, and hospital,
     surgical, vision and dental benefit plans are hereafter referred to as
     "Life, Disability and Medical Plans". If any bonus or incentive
     compensation plan payments constitute "deferred compensation" within the
     meaning of Code Section 409A and applicable Treasury regulations, such
     deferred compensation will be paid to the Employee within 2 1/2 months
     after the end of the calendar year in which it is payable, unless such
     bonus or incentive compensation is deferred pursuant to a timely election
     into a plan that complies with Code Section 409A.

     2.   Section 7.1 is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

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          7.1 Disability. In the event the Employee shall become Disabled (as
     hereinafter defined) during the Employment Period, the Bank or the Company
     may terminate the Employee's employment under this Agreement by giving him
     written notice of such termination ("Disability Termination Notice"). In
     the event of any such termination during the Employment Period, the Bank
     shall continue to pay the Employee his Base Cash Compensation, at the rate
     in effect immediately prior to the giving of the Disability Termination
     Notice, through the end of the Employment Period (through the Termination
     Date then in effect). In addition, the Employers shall cover the Employee
     under their disability plans, if any, in effect from time to time under the
     terms and conditions that such coverage is made available to other
     employees of the respective Employers, and the Employee shall be entitled
     to any benefits payable to him under such disability plans. While disabled,
     the Bank shall continue to provide the Employee and his dependents with
     coverage under its Life, Disability and Medical Plans until the Employee
     reaches the age of sixty-five (65) years old to the extent that it may do
     so under the provisions of such plans, with the Employee's contributions to
     the premiums under such plans being no more than the amounts he paid for
     such premiums prior to his disability, adjusted from time to time for
     normal periodic increases in such premiums applied in general to employees
     of the Bank.

          The Employee shall be "Disabled" for purposes of this Agreement if the
     Employee (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by
     reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which
     can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
     continuous period of not less than 12 months; or (ii) is, by reason of any
     medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected
     to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of
     not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for at least
     three (3) months from an Employer's long-term disability policy. The
     Employee shall be deemed to be Disabled if he is determined to be totally
     disabled by the Social Security Administration.

     3.   A new Section 9A is added as follows:

          9A. Delay in Severance Payments. If the Employee is a Specified
     Employee (as hereinafter defined) on the date of termination of employment,
     then the 18 monthly installments of severance pay described in Sections
     8.5(b) and 9 shall be payable as follows. No payments of the monthly
     installments shall be made within six months after the Employee's
     termination of employment. On the first business day of the seventh month
     after the date on which termination of employment occurs, the Bank shall
     pay to the Employee an amount equal to the sum of seven (7) equal monthly
     installments. The remaining monthly installments shall be paid on the first
     business day of each month thereafter.

          The Employee is a "Specified Employee" if he is a "key employee" (as
     defined in Code Section 416(i) without regard to Code Section 416(i)(5))
     and the stock of the Bank or the Company is publicly traded on an
     established securities market or otherwise on the date of termination of
     employment. The Employee is a "key employee" during the period described
     below if he is one of the following during the 12-month period ending on
     any December 31 (the "identification date"):

          (a) an officer of the Bank or the Company with annual compensation
          greater than $130,000 (as indexed pursuant to Code Section 416(i)(1)
          -- $140,000 for 2006), provided, that no more than 50 employees (or,
          if less, the greater of 3 employees or 10% of the employees) shall be
          treated as officers;

          (b) a five percent (5%) owner of the Bank or the Company; or

          (c) a one percent (1%) owner of the Bank or the Company with annual
          compensation of more than $150,000.

          If the Employee is a "key employee" as of an identification date, he
     is treated as a Specified Employee for the 12-month period beginning on the
     first day of the fourth month following the identification date.

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     4.   Section 8.5(e) is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

          (e) $10,000 for out-placement, interim office, and related expenses,
     payable within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the termination
     of employment.

     5.   Except as amended herein, the Employment Agreement shall remain in
          full force and effect.

     The parties have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above
written.

                                        MERCANTILE BANK CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Gerald R. Johnson, Jr.
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                                        Its: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

                                        MERCANTILE BANK OF MICHIGAN

                                        By: /s/ Gerald R. Johnson, Jr.
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                                        Its: Chairman

                                        EMPLOYEE

                                        /s/ Charles E. Christmas
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                                  EXHIBIT 10.32

                           MERCANTILE BANK OF MICHIGAN
                    EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made this day ___ of ____, 200__ by and between
MERCANTILE BANK OF MICHIGAN, a state-chartered commercial bank, located in Grand
Rapids, Michigan (the "Company"), and (the "Executive").

                                  INTRODUCTION

     To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Company, the
Company is willing to provide to the Executive a deferred compensation
opportunity. The Company will pay the Executive's benefits from the Company's
general assets. Executive is a member of a select group of management or highly
compensated employees within the meaning of Sections 201(2) and 301(a)(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

                                    AGREEMENT

     The Executive and the Company agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

     Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings specified:

     1.1 "Anniversary Date" means December 31 of each year.

     1.2 "Change of Control" means the transfer of shares of the Company's
voting common stock such that one entity or one person acquires (or is deemed to
acquire when applying Section 318 of the Code) more than 50 percent of the
Company's outstanding voting common stock followed within twelve (12) months by
the Executive's Termination of Employment for reasons other than death,
Disability or retirement.

     1.3 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     1.4 "Compensation" means the total salary and bonus paid to the Executive
during a Plan Year.

     1.5 "Deferral Account" means the Company's accounting of the Executive's
accumulated Deferrals plus accrued interest.

     1.6 "Deferrals" means the amount of the Executive's Compensation, which the
Executive elects to defer according to this Agreement.

     1.7 "Disability" means the Participant's suffering a sickness, accident or
injury which has been determined by the carrier of any individual or group
disability insurance policy covering the Participant, or by the Social Security
Administration, to be a disability rendering the Participant totally and
permanently disabled. The Participant must submit proof to the Company of the
carrier's or Social Security Administration's determination upon the request of
the Company.

     1.8 "Effective Date" means _____________.

     1.9 "Deferral Election" means the Form attached as Exhibit 1.

     1.10 "Form of Benefit Election" means the Form attached as Exhibit 2.

     1.11 "Normal Retirement Age" means the Executive's 62nd birthday.

     1.12 "Normal Retirement Date" means the later of the Normal Retirement Age
or Termination of Employment.

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     1.13 "Plan Year" means the calendar year.

     1.14 "Termination of Employment" means that the Executive ceases to be
employed by the Company for any reason, voluntary or involuntary, other than by
reason of a leave of absence approved by the Company. For purposes of this
Agreement, if there is a dispute over the employment status of the Executive or
the date of the Executive's Termination of Employment, the Company shall have
the sole and absolute right to decide the dispute.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                DEFERRAL ELECTION

     2.1 Initial Election. The Executive shall make an initial deferral election
under this Agreement by filing with the Company a signed Deferral Election form
within 30 days after the Effective Date of this Agreement. The Deferral Election
form shall set forth the amount of Compensation to be deferred and shall be
effective to defer only Compensation earned after the date the Deferral Election
form is received by the Company.

     2.2 Election Changes

          2.2.1 Generally. Upon the Company's approval, the Executive may modify
     the amount of Compensation to be deferred annually by filing a new Deferral
     Election form with the Company prior to the beginning of the Plan Year in
     which the Compensation is to be deferred. The modified deferral election
     shall not be effective until the calendar year following the year in which
     the subsequent Deferral Election form is received and approved by the
     Company.

          2.2.2 Hardship. If an unforeseeable financial emergency arising from
     the death of a family member, divorce, sickness, injury, catastrophe or
     similar event outside the control of the Executive occurs, the Executive,
     by written instructions to the Company, may reduce future deferrals under
     this Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                                DEFERRAL ACCOUNT

     3.1 Establishing and Crediting. The Company shall establish a Deferral
Account on its books for the Executive and shall credit to the Deferral Account
the following amounts:

          3.1.1 Deferrals. The Compensation deferred by the Executive as of the
     time the Compensation would have otherwise been paid to the Executive.

          3.1.2 Interest. On each Anniversary Date of this Agreement and
     immediately prior to the payment of any benefits, interest is to be
     credited on the account balance at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate
     as published in the Wall Street Journal adjusted quarterly on January 1,
     April 1, July 1, and October 1, compounded monthly.

     3.2 Statement of Accounts. The Company shall provide to the Executive,
within 120 days after each Anniversary Date, a statement setting forth the
Deferral Account balance.

     3.3 Accounting Device Only. The Deferral Account is solely a device for
measuring amounts to be paid under this Agreement. The Deferral Account is not a
trust fund of any kind. The Executive is a general unsecured creditor of the
Company for the payment of benefits. The benefits represent the mere Company
promise to pay such benefits. The Executive's rights are not subject in any
manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by the Executive's creditors.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                            BENEFITS DURING LIFETIME

     4.1 Normal Retirement Benefit. Upon the Normal Retirement Date, the Company
shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 4.1 in lieu of
any other benefit under this Agreement.

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          4.1.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 4.1 is the
     Deferral Account balance at the Executive's Normal Retirement Date.

          4.1.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the benefit to the
     Executive in the manner elected by the Executive on the Form of Benefit
     Election, attached as Exhibit 2.

     4.2 Early Retirement Benefit. Upon Termination of Employment prior to the
Normal Retirement Age for reasons other than death, Change of Control or
Disability, the Company shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this
Section 4.2 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.

          4.2.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 4.2 is the
     Deferral Account balance at the Executive's Termination of Employment.

          4.2.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the benefit to the
     Executive in the manner elected by the Executive on the Form of Benefit
     Election, attached as Exhibit 2.

     4.3 Disability Benefit. If the Executive terminates employment due to
Disability prior to Normal Retirement Age, the Company shall pay to the
Executive the benefit described in this Section 4.3 in lieu of any other benefit
under this Agreement.

          4.3.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 4.3 is the
     Deferral Account balance at the Executive's Termination of Employment.

          4.3.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the benefit to the
     Executive in the manner elected by the Executive on the Form of Benefit
     Election, attached as Exhibit 2.

     4.4 Change of Control Benefit. Upon a Change of Control, the Company shall
pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 4.4 in lieu of any
other benefit under this Agreement.

          4.4.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 4.4 is the
     Deferral Account balance on the Executive's Termination of Employment.

          4.4.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the benefit to the
     Executive in the manner elected by the Executive on the Form of Benefit
     Election, attached as Exhibit 2.

     4.5 Hardship Distribution. Upon the Board of Director's determination
(following petition by the Executive) that the Executive has suffered an
unforeseeable financial emergency as described in Section 2.2.2, the Company
shall distribute to the Executive all or a portion of the Deferral Account
balance as determined by the Company, but in no event shall the distribution be
greater than is necessary to relieve the financial hardship.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                                 DEATH BENEFITS

     5.1 Death During Active Employment. If the Executive dies while in the
employment of the Company, the Company shall pay to the Executive's beneficiary
the benefit described in this Section 5.1 in lieu of any other benefit under
this Agreement.

          5.1.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 5.1 is the
     Deferral Account balance at the Executive's Termination of Employment.

          5.1.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the benefit to the
     Executive's beneficiary in the manner elected by the Executive on the Form
     of Benefit Election, attached as Exhibit 2.

     5.2 Death During Payment of a Benefit. If the Executive dies after any
benefit payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving all
such payments, the Company shall pay the remaining benefits to the Executive's
beneficiary at the same time and in the same amounts they would have been paid
to the Executive had the Executive survived.

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     5.3 Death After Termination of Employment But Before Benefit Payments
Commence. If the Executive is entitled to benefit payments under this Agreement,
but dies prior to the commencement of said benefit payments, the Company shall
pay the same benefit payments to the Executive's beneficiary that the Executive
was entitled to prior to death except that the benefit payments shall commence
on the first day of the month following the date of the Executive's death.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                                  BENEFICIARIES

     6.1 Beneficiary Designations. The Executive shall designate a beneficiary
by filing a written designation with the Company. The Executive may revoke or
modify the designation at any time by filing a new designation. However,
designations will only be effective if signed by the Executive and received by
the Company during the Executive's lifetime. The Executive's beneficiary
designation shall be deemed automatically revoked if the beneficiary predeceases
the Executive or if the Executive names a spouse as beneficiary and the marriage
is subsequently dissolved. If the Executive dies without a valid beneficiary
designation, all payments shall be made to the Executive's estate.

     6.2 Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person
declared incompetent, or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of
his or her property, the Company may pay such benefit to the guardian, legal
representative or person having the care or custody of such minor, incompetent
person or incapable person. The Company may require proof of incompetence,
minority or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the
benefit. Such distribution shall completely discharge the Company from all
liability with respect to such benefit.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                               GENERAL LIMITATIONS

     7.1 Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement
to the contrary, the Company shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement that
is in excess of the Executive's Deferrals if the Executive's employment is
terminated as a result of:

          (a) Gross negligence or gross neglect of duties to the Company;

          (b) Commission of a felony or of a gross misdemeanor involving moral
     turpitude in connection with the Executive's employment with the Company;

          (c) Fraud, disloyalty, dishonesty or willful violation of any law or
     significant Company policy committed in connection with the Executive's
     employment and resulting in an adverse effect on the Company;

          (d) Suicide within two years after the date of this Agreement; or

          (e) Material misstatement of fact on an employment application or
     resume provided to the Company.

                                    ARTICLE 8
                          CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES

     8.1 Claims Procedure. A Participant or beneficiary ("claimant") who has not
received benefits under the Plan that he or she believes should be paid shall
make a claim for such benefits as follows:

          8.1.1. Initiation - Written Claim. The claimant initiates a claim by
submitting to the Company a written claim for the benefits.

          8.1.2. Timing of Company Response. The Company shall respond to such
claimant within 90 days after receiving the claim. If the Company determines
that special circumstances require additional time for processing the claim, the
Company can extend the response period by an additional 90 days by notifying the
claimant in writing, prior to the end of the initial 90-day period, that an
additional period is required. The notice of extension must set forth the
special circumstances and the date by which the Company expects to render its
decision.

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          8.1.3. Notice of Decision. If the Company denies part or all of the
claim, the Company shall notify the claimant in writing of such denial. The
Company shall write the notification in a manner calculated to be understood by
the claimant. The notification shall set forth:

               8.1.3.1 The specific reasons for the denial.

               8.1.3.2 A reference to the specific provisions of the Plan on
                    which the denial is based.

               8.1.3.3 A description of any additional information or material
                    necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an
                    explanation of why it is needed.

               8.1.3.4 An explanation of the Plan's review procedures and the
                    time limits applicable to such procedures, and

               8.1.3.5 A statement of the claimant's right to bring a civil
                    action under ERISA Section 502 (a) following an adverse
                    benefit determination on review.

     8.2 Review Procedure. If the Company denies part or all of the claim, the
claimant shall have the opportunity for a full and fair review by the Company of
the denial, as follows:

          8.2.1 Initiation - Written Request. To initiate the review, the
claimant, within 60 days after receiving the Company's notice of denial, must
file with the Company a written request for review.

          8.2.2. Additional Submissions - Information Access. The claimant shall
then have the opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records and
other information relating to the claim. The Company shall also provide the
claimant, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of,
all documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in applicable
ERISA regulations) to the claimant's claim for benefits.

          8.2.3. Considerations on Review. In considering the review, the
Company shall take into account all materials and information the claimant
submits relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was
submitted or considered, in the initial benefit determination.

          8.2.4. Timing of Company Response. The Company shall respond in
writing to such claimant within 60 days after receiving the request for review.
If the Company determines that special circumstances require additional time for
processing the claim, the Company can extend the response period by an
additional 60 days by notifying the claimant in writing, prior to the end of the
initial 60 day period that an additional period is required. The notice of
extension must set forth the special circumstances and the date by which the
Company expects to render its decision.

          8.2.5. Notice of Decision. The Company shall notify the claimant in
writing of its decision on review. The Company shall write the notification in a
manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. The notification shall set
forth:

               8.2.5.1 The specific reasons for the denial.

               8.2.5.2 A reference to the specific provisions of the Plan on
                    which the denial is based.

               8.2.5.3 A statement that the claimant is entitled to receive,
                    upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and
                    copies of, all documents, records and other information (as
                    defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the claimant's
                    claim for benefits, and

               8.2.5.4 A statement of the claimant's right to bring a civil
                    action under ERISA Section 502 (a).

                                    ARTICLE 9
                           AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

     This Agreement may be amended or terminated only by a written agreement
signed by the Company and the Executive.

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                                   ARTICLE 10
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     10.1 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the
Company and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, administrators and
transferees.

     10.2 No Guarantee of Employment. This Agreement is not a contract for
employment. It does not give the Executive the right to remain an employee of
the Company, nor does it interfere with the Company's right to discharge the
Executive. It also does not require the Executive to remain an employee nor
interfere with the Executive's right to terminate employment at any time.

     10.3 Non-Transferability. Benefits under this Agreement cannot be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, attached or encumbered in any manner.

     10.4 Tax Withholding. The Company shall withhold any taxes that are
required to be withheld from the benefits provided under this Agreement.

     10.5 Applicable Law. The Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be
governed by the laws of Michigan, except to the extent preempted by the laws of
the United States of America.

     10.6 Unfunded Arrangement. The Executive and the Executive's beneficiary
are general unsecured creditors of the Company for the payment of benefits under
this Agreement. The benefits represent the mere promise by the Company to pay
such benefits. The rights to benefits are not subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance,
attachment, or garnishment by creditors. Any insurance on the Executive's life
is a general asset of the Company to which the Executive and the Executive's
beneficiary have no preferred or secured claim.

     10.7 Reorganization. The Company shall not merge or consolidate into or
with another company, or reorganize, or sell substantially all of its assets to
another company, firm, or person unless such succeeding or continuing company,
firm, or person agrees to assume and discharge the obligations of the Company
under this Agreement. Upon the occurrence of such event, the term "Company" as
used in this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the successor or survivor
company.

     10.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the Company and the Executive as to the subject matter hereof. No rights
are granted to the Executive by virtue of this Agreement other than those
specifically set forth herein.

     10.9 Administration. The Company shall have powers which are necessary to
administer this Agreement, including but not limited to:

          (a) Interpreting the provisions of the Agreement;

          (b) Establishing and revising the method of accounting for the
     Agreement;

          (c) Maintaining a record of benefit payments; and

          (d) Establishing rules and prescribing any forms necessary or
     desirable to administer the Agreement.

     10.10 Named Fiduciary. For purposes of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, if applicable, the Company shall be the named fiduciary
and plan administrator under this Agreement. The named fiduciary may delegate to
others certain aspects of the management and operation responsibilities of the
plan including the employment of advisors and the delegation of ministerial
duties to qualified individuals.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Company officer
have signed this Agreement.

EXECUTIVE:                              COMPANY:

                                        MERCANTILE BANK OF MICHIGAN

-------------------------------------   BY
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                                        TITLE
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                                    EXHIBIT 1
                                       TO
                           MERCANTILE BANK OF MICHIGAN
                    EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
                                DEFERRAL ELECTION

     I elect to defer my Compensation received under this Agreement with the
Company, as follows:

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<CAPTION>
                                         AMOUNT OF BONUS DEFERRAL
                                        2006 BONUS, DETERMINED ON
    AMOUNT OF SALARY DEFERRAL                SERVICE IN 2005                        DURATION
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<S>                                 <C>                                 <C>
[INITIAL AND COMPLETE ONE]          [INITIAL AND COMPLETE ONE]          [INITIAL ONE]

___  I elect to defer ____% of my   ___  I elect to defer ____% of my   ___  One Year only
     Salary.                             Bonus.
                                                                        ___  For ______ [INSERT NUMBER]
___  I elect to defer $______ of    ___  I elect to defer $______ of         Years
     my Salary.                          my Bonus.
                                                                        ___  Until Termination
___  I elect not to defer any of    ___  I elect not to defer any of         of Employment
     my Salary.                          my Bonus.
                                                                        ___  Until ___________,
                                                                             ___________ (date)
</TABLE>

I understand that I may cancel an outstanding deferral election, and may change
the amount of deferrals by filing a new election form with Mercantile Bank of
Michigan. However, any change other than cancellation in the amount of deferrals
will not be effective until twelve months following the time in which the new
election form is received by Mercantile Bank of Michigan.

                                        SIGNATURE
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Date
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Received by the Company this ________ day of ___________________, 200__.

By
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Title
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                                    EXHIBIT 2
                            FORM OF BENEFIT ELECTION
                                       FOR
                           MERCANTILE BANK OF MICHIGAN
                    EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

     The Executive understands that he or she may not change the Form of Benefit
elected, however, the Company will allow the Executive to file a petition with
the Company requesting an alternate payment Agreement and the Board of
Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, may accept or reject such a
request.

     I elect to receive benefits under the Agreement in the following form:

4.1.2 NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in __ equal monthly
     installments commencing on the first day of the month following the
     Executive's Normal Retirement Date. The Company shall credit interest
     pursuant to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any
     applicable installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within 60
     days from the Executive's Normal Retirement Date.

4.2.2 EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFIT

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in ____ equal monthly
     installments commencing on the first day of the month following the
     Executive's Normal Retirement Age. The Company shall credit interest
     pursuant to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any
     applicable installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in ____ equal monthly
     installments commencing on the first day of the month following the
     Executive's Termination of Employment. The Company shall credit interest
     pursuant to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any
     applicable installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within 60
     days from the Executive's Termination of Employment.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within 60
     days from the Executive's Normal Retirement Age.

4.3.2 DISABILITY BENEFIT

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in ___ equal monthly
     installments commencing on the first day of the month following the
     Executive's Normal Retirement Age. The Company shall credit interest
     pursuant to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any
     applicable installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in ____ equal monthly
     installments commencing on the first day of the month following the
     Executive's Termination of Employment. The Company shall credit interest
     pursuant to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any
     applicable installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within 60
     days from the Executive's Termination of Employment.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within 60
     days from the Executive's Normal Retirement Age.

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4.4.2 CHANGE OF CONTROL BENEFIT

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in ____ equal monthly
     installments commencing on the first day of the month following the
     Executive's Normal Retirement Age. The Company shall credit interest
     pursuant to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any
     applicable installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in _____ equal monthly
     installments commencing on the first day of the month following the
     Executive's Termination of Employment. The Company shall credit interest
     pursuant to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any
     applicable installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within 60
     days from the Executive's Termination of Employment.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within 60
     days from the Executive's Normal Retirement Age.

5.1.2 DEATH BENEFIT

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive's beneficiary in ____
     equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month
     following the Executive's death. The Company shall credit interest pursuant
     to Section 3.1.3 on the remaining account balance during any applicable
     installment period.

___  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive's beneficiary in a lump
     sum within 60 days from the Executive's death.

                                        SIGNATURE
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Date
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Received by the Company this ________ day of ___________________, 200__.

By
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Title
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