Macatawa Bank Corporation Announces Date for Its Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release

HOLLAND, Mich., Oct. 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Macatawa Bank Corporation (Nasdaq:MCBC) announced that it will release its third quarter 2009 earnings on Friday, October 30, 2009, at 4:15 p.m. EDT. The Company also intends to file on the same date its Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Macatawa Bank Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Holland, Michigan and the parent company for Macatawa Bank. The Corporation provides a full range of banking, investment and trust services to individuals, businesses, and governmental entities from a network of 26 full service branches located in communities in Kent County, Ottawa County, and northern Allegan County.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, products, services, pricing. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Further information concerning the Company and its business, including additional factors that could materially affect the Company's financial results, is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT:  Macatawa Bank Corporation
          Jon Swets, SVP and CFO
          616.494.7645

Released October 16, 2009