Independent Bank Corporation Announces the Dates for its Second Quarter 2008 Earnings...

Independent Bank Corporation Announces the Dates for its Second Quarter 2008
Earnings Release and Analyst Conference Call

IONIA, Mich., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Independent Bank
Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP), a Michigan-based bank holding company, announced
that it will release its second quarter 2008 earnings results on Monday, July
28, 2008 at approximately 5 pm ET. The release will be available on the
Internet at http://www.ibcp.com within the "News" section of the "Investor
Relations" area of the Company's website.
Michael M. Magee, President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert N.
Shuster, Chief Financial Officer and Stefanie M. Kimball, Chief Lending
Officer, will review the quarterly results in a conference call for investors
and analysts beginning at 10 am ET on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.
To participate in the live conference call, please dial 1-800-860-2442.
Also the call can be accessed (listen mode only) via the Company's website at
http://www.ibcp.com through the "Investor Relations" section. A playback of
the call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-344-7529 (Conference ID # 420264).
The replay will be available through August 6, 2008.
About Independent Bank Corporation
Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) is a Michigan-based bank
holding company with total assets of over $3 billion. Founded as First
National Bank of Ionia in 1864, Independent Bank Corporation now operates over
100 offices across Michigan's Lower Peninsula through one state-chartered bank
subsidiary. This subsidiary (Independent Bank) provides a full range of
financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage lending,
investments and title services. Payment plans to purchase vehicle service
contracts are also available through Mepco Finance Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Independent Bank. Independent Bank Corporation is committed to
providing exceptional personal service and value to its customers,
stockholders and the communities it serves. For more information, please
visit our website at: http://www.ibcp.com .
Any statements in this news release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "expect," "believe," "intend," "estimate,"
"project," "may" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are predicated on
management's beliefs and assumptions based on information known to Independent
Bank Corporation's management as of the date of this news release and do not
purport to speak as of any other date. Forward-looking statements may include
descriptions of plans and objectives of Independent Bank Corporation's
management for future or past operations, products or services, and forecasts
of the Company's revenue, earnings or other measures of economic performance,
including statements of profitability, business segments and subsidiaries, and
estimates of credit quality trends. Such statements reflect the view of
Independent Bank Corporation's management as of this date with respect to
future events and are not guarantees of future performance, involve
assumptions and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, such as
the changes in Independent Bank Corporation's plans, objectives, expectations
and intentions. Should one or more of these risks materialize or should
underlying beliefs or assumptions prove incorrect, the Company's actual
results could differ materially from those discussed. Factors that could cause
or contribute to such differences are changes in interest rates, changes in
the accounting treatment of any particular item, the results of regulatory
examinations, changes in industries where the Company has a concentration of
loans, changes in the level of fee income, changes in general economic
conditions and related credit and market conditions, and the impact of
regulatory responses to any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date they are made. Independent Bank Corporation does not
undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect facts,
circumstances, assumptions or events that occur after the date the
forward-looking statements are made. For any forward-looking statements made
in this news release or in any documents, Independent Bank Corporation claims
the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
SOURCE Independent Bank Corporation

Robert N. Shuster of Independent Bank Corporation, +1-616-522-1765