ALMA, Mich., April 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thomas R. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Firstbank Corporation (Nasdaq:FBMI), announced today that the Board of Directors declared the specified quarterly cash dividend at the annual rate of 5% on its Series A Preferred Stock. The dividend amounts to $12.50 per $1,000 liquidation value share and is to be paid May 15, 2013, to Series A Preferred stockholders of record as of April 30, 2013.
The Board will next consider a cash dividend on common stock at its May, 2013, meeting for payment in June of 2013.
Firstbank Corporation, headquartered in Alma, Michigan, is a bank holding company using a community bank local decision-making format with assets of $1.5 billion and 46 banking offices serving Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
CONTACT: Samuel G. Stone
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(989) 466-7325
