Macatawa Bank Corporation Announces Termination of Consent Order

Macatawa Bank Corporation

today announced that Macatawa Bank's Consent Order with its regulators has been terminated. On February 22, 2010, Macatawa Bank entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation, the primary banking regulators of the Bank. The Bank agreed to the terms of the negotiated Consent Order without admitting or denying any charges of unsafe or unsound banking practices. The Consent Order imposed no fines or penalties on the Bank. In response to the Consent Order and other factors, the Board of Directors implemented additional corporate governance practices and disciplined business and banking principles, including more conservative lending principles. The focus of the management team turned from growth to executing these disciplined business and banking procedures and policies designed to limit future losses, preserve capital and improve operational efficiencies. In addition, the Board of Directors added experienced members to provide further oversight and guidance. These and other efforts were reflected in results of operations for 2011 and 2010 with lower levels of charge-offs and provision for loan losses, reductions in operating expenses and reduction in balance sheet totals resulting in improvement in regulatory capital and liquidity ratios. The Company successfully completed its shareholder rights offering and public offering of common stock in June 2011 resulting in net proceeds of $20.3 million and contributed $10.0 million of the proceeds from the stock offering to the Bank retaining the remaining $10.3 million at the holding company. As of December 31, 2011, the Company's and the Bank's regulatory capital ratios were the highest they have been since December 31, 1999.