Exhibit 99.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date Submitted: December 3, 2013 NASDAQ Symbol: FBMI |
| Contact: Samuel G. Stone Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (989) 466-7325 |
Firstbank Corporation Announces Cash Dividend on Common Stock
Alma, MI (FBMI) – Thomas R. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Firstbank Corporation, announced today that a $0.06 per share cash dividend will be paid December 26, 2013, to common stock shareholders of record as of December 13, 2013. The $0.06 per share cash dividend is unchanged from the amount paid in the prior quarter.
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.