Macatawa Bank Revises 2006 Q4 Results

HOLLAND, Mich., March 15, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Macatawa Bank Corp. (Nasdaq:MCBC) today issued revised results for the fourth-quarter and twelve-month periods ending Dec. 31, 2006.

These financial results, which were originally reported on January 15, 2007, have been revised based on information that only became available since that date. The revision reflects an additional loan loss provision of $4.7 million related to outstanding commercial loans to one borrower of $5.2 million that have become impaired. The Bank has reason to believe that the borrower will be unable to meet the repayment terms of the loans. The loans have been secured by collateral, but the collateral may not be of a sufficient value to cover the outstanding principal on these loans.

The impairment was discovered over the past week through internal investigations relating to the collateral and the borrower relationship. Macatawa Bank's internal investigation suggests that the borrower may have made misrepresentations to the Bank regarding the loan collateral and its financial condition.

"The realization that this appears to be an intentional effort to defraud the Bank is very distressing to all of us," said Benj. A. Smith III, chairman and CEO. "As part of our internal investigation, we have begun a review of our loan policies and procedures. As a management team, we pledge that these procedures will be tightened to prevent a recurrence."

The additional loan loss provision will be recognized in the fourth quarter of 2006. The after-tax impact on net income is expected to be approximately $3.1 million, or $0.18 per share. As a result of this additional provision, net income for the fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 is $2.8 million and $19.8 million, respectively, instead of the $5.9 million and $22.9 million previously disclosed. Net income per diluted share for the fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 is $0.17 and $1.20, respectively, instead of the $0.36 and $1.38 per diluted share previously disclosed.

"In light of our ongoing investigation, which is still in the preliminary stage, we determined the need to revise our 2006 loan loss provision," said Phil Koning, president. "We will aggressively seek to recover funds associated with this borrower.

"It is important to note that Macatawa Bank remains financially strong and well-capitalized. We have a solid foundation and, with the support of our shareholders and employees, will continue to grow."

Revised financial results are attached to this press release. These results supersede the results previously disclosed in the January 15, 2007 press release.

About Macatawa Bank

Headquartered in Holland, Mich., Macatawa Bank Corp. is the parent company for Macatawa Bank, Macatawa Bank Mortgage Co. and Macatawa Investment Services. Through its subsidiaries, the Corporation offers a full range of banking, investment and trust services to individuals, businesses and governmental entities from a network of 24 full-service branches located throughout communities in Kent, Ottawa and northern Allegan counties. Services include commercial, consumer and real estate financing; business and personal deposit services; ATMs and Internet banking services; trust and employee benefit plan services and various investment services. The Corporation emphasizes its local management team and decision making, along with providing customers excellent service and superior financial products. For more information, visit www.macatawabank.com .

"CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: This press release contains 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 our operations, markets, products, services, and pricing. These statements include, among others, statements related to future growth and funding sources, future profitability levels, the effects on earnings of changes in interest rates and the future level of other revenue sources. Annualized growth rates are not intended to imply future growth at those rates. 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 our business, including additional factors that could materially affect our financial results, is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission."


 MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION
 REVISED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY
 These results supersede the results previously disclosed
  in the January 15, 2007 press release.
 (Unaudited)

 (Dollars in thousands except per share information)

                              Three Months Ended   Twelve Months Ended
                                  December 31          December 31
                               -----------------   -------------------
 EARNINGS SUMMARY                2006      2005      2006       2005
                               -------   -------   --------   --------
 Total interest income         $35,589   $29,087   $133,506   $105,395
 Total interest expense         18,544    12,686     66,089     42,558
                               -------   -------   --------   --------
   Net interest income          17,045    16,401     67,417     62,837
 Provision for loan loss         5,725       795      7,715      3,675
                               -------   -------   --------   --------
   Net interest income
    after provision for
    loan loss                   11,320    15,606     59,702     59,162

 NON-INTEREST INCOME
 Deposit service charges         1,231     1,185      4,874      4,323
 Gain on sale of loans             433       544      1,721      2,336
 Trust fees                      1,096       744      3,589      2,921
 Other                           1,091       841      3,993      3,424
                               -------   -------   --------   --------
   Total non-interest income     3,851     3,314     14,177     13,004

 NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
 Salaries and benefits           6,268     5,798     24,791     22,388
 Occupancy                         928       852      3,558      3,239
 Furniture and equipment           859       793      3,221      2,975
 Other                           3,182     3,370     13,343     12,821
                               -------   -------   --------   --------
   Total non-interest expense   11,237    10,813     44,913     41,423
                               -------   -------   --------   --------
 Income before income tax        3,934     8,107     28,966     30,743
 Federal income tax expense      1,089     2,565      9,135      9,854
                               -------   -------   --------   --------

   Net income                  $ 2,845   $ 5,542   $ 19,831   $ 20,889
                               =======   =======   ========   ========

 Basic earnings per share      $  0.18   $  0.34   $   1.22   $   1.30
 Diluted earnings per share    $  0.17   $  0.34   $   1.20   $   1.27
 Return on average assets         0.56%     1.20%      1.01%      1.17%
 Return on average equity         7.17%    15.69%     13.09%     15.30%
 Net interest margin              3.55%     3.82%      3.67%      3.81%
 Efficiency ratio                53.78%    54.85%     55.04%     54.62%

 BALANCE SHEET DATA                               December 31
 Assets                                        2006         2005
                                             ----------    ----------
 Cash and due from banks                     $   39,882    $   49,101
 Securities available for sale                  198,546       156,696
 Securities held to maturity                      2,711         3,907
 Federal Home Loan Bank Stock                    12,275        13,910
 Loans held for sale                              1,547         2,331
 Total loans                                  1,711,450     1,547,879
 Less allowance for loan loss                    23,259        20,992
                                             ----------    ----------
   Net loans                                  1,688,191     1,526,887
                                             ----------    ----------
 Premises and equipment, net                     60,731        53,028
 Acquisition intangibles                         25,478        25,856
 Bank-owned life insurance                       21,843        20,814
 Other assets                                    23,612        17,460
                                             ----------    ----------

 Total Assets                                $2,074,816    $1,869,990
                                             ==========    ==========

 Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
 Noninterest-bearing deposits                $  180,032    $  188,762
 Interest-bearing deposits                    1,487,525     1,319,010
                                             ----------    ----------
   Total deposits                             1,667,557     1,507,772
 Federal funds purchased                         11,990        25,809
 Other borrowed funds                           192,018       145,161
 Long-term debt                                  41,238        41,238
 Other liabilities                                5,164         8,266
                                             ----------    ----------
 Total Liabilities                            1,917,967     1,728,246

 Shareholders' equity                           156,849       141,744
                                             ----------    ----------
 Total Liabilities and
  Shareholders' Equity                       $2,074,816    $1,869,990
                                             ==========    ==========


 MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION
 REVISED SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
 These results supersede the results previously disclosed
  in the January 15, 2007 press release.
 (Unaudited)

 (Dollars in thousands except per share information)

                                          Quarterly
            ----------------------------------------------------------
             4th Qtr      3rd Qtr     2nd Qtr    1st Qtr     4th Qtr
               2006        2006        2006        2006        2005
            ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
 EARNINGS
  SUMMARY
 Net interest
  income    $   17,045  $   17,083  $   16,975  $   16,314  $   16,401
 Provision
  for loan
  loss           5,725         490         800         700         795
 Total non-
  interest
  income         3,851       3,503       3,629       3,194       3,314
 Total non-
  interest
  expense       11,237      11,257      11,333      11,085      10,813
 Income
  taxes          1,089       2,830       2,715       2,501       2,565
 Net income $    2,845  $    6,009  $    5,756  $    5,222  $    5,542

 Basic earn-
  ings per
  share     $     0.18  $     0.37  $     0.36  $     0.32  $     0.34
 Diluted earn-
  ings per
  share     $     0.17  $     0.36  $     0.35  $     0.32  $     0.34


 MARKET DATA
 Book value
  per share $     9.65  $     9.56  $     9.13  $     8.97  $     8.80
 Market value
  per share $    21.26  $    22.89  $    23.39  $    24.07  $    23.10
 Average
  basic
  common
  shares    16,227,588  16,214,390  16,200,172  16,164,946  16,100,083
 Average
  diluted
  common
  shares    16,553,239  16,557,849  16,542,131  16,568,345  16,520,970
 Period end
  common
  shares    16,233,179  16,221,682  16,205,196  16,188,015  16,109,087

 PERFORMANCE
  RATIOS
 Return on
  average
  assets          0.56%       1.20%       1.18%       1.11%       1.20%
 Return on
  average
  equity          7.17%      15.69%      15.53%      14.34%      15.69%
 Net interest
  margin (FTE)    3.55%       3.62%       3.74%       3.78%       3.82%
 Efficiency
  ratio          53.78%      54.68%      55.00%      56.82%      54.85%


 ASSET QUALITY
 Net charge-
  offs      $    4,894  $      208  $       46  $      300  $      329
 Nonper-
  forming
  loans     $   22,290  $    5,768  $    5,781  $    5,545  $    4,204
 Other real
  estate and
  repossessed
  assets    $    3,293  $    2,758  $    1,725  $    1,401  $      692
 Nonper-
  forming
  loans to
  total loans     1.30%       0.34%       0.35%       0.35%       0.27%
 Nonper-
  forming
  assets to
  total assets    1.23%       0.42%       0.38%       0.36%       0.26%
 Net charge-
  offs to
  average
  loans
  (annualized)    1.16%       0.05%       0.01%       0.08%       0.09%
 Allowance for
  loan loss
  to total
  loans           1.36%       1.33%       1.34%       1.35%       1.36%

 CAPITAL &
  LIQUIDITY
 Average
  equity to
  average
  assets          7.77%       7.62%       7.61%       7.76%       7.66%
 Tier 1
  capital to
  risk-weighted
  assets          9.49%       9.59%       9.49%       9.69%       9.69%
 Total
  capital to
  risk-weighted
  assets         10.85%      10.95%      10.85%      11.06%      11.07%
 Loans to
  deposits +
  Other
  borrowed
  funds          92.03%      91.69%      93.88%      94.52%      93.64%


 END OF PERIOD
  BALANCES
 Total
  portfolio
  loans     $1,711,450  $1,682,359  $1,653,035  $1,590,138  $1,547,879
 Earning
  assets     1,921,735   1,897,447   1,841,812   1,776,486   1,725,832
 Total
  assets     2,074,816   2,041,031   1,981,318   1,903,965   1,869,990
 Deposits    1,667,557   1,632,816   1,573,101   1,542,567   1,507,772
 Total share-
  holders'
  equity       156,849     155,125     147,899     145,153     141,744

 AVERAGE
  BALANCES
 Total
  portfolio
  loans     $1,686,139  $1,664,378  $1,626,102  $1,563,277  $1,528,007
 Earning
  assets     1,903,566   1,873,191   1,815,807   1,743,952   1,710,742
 Total
  assets     2,042,005   2,010,840   1,949,399   1,876,713   1,843,737
 Deposits    1,616,606   1,605,567   1,556,712   1,517,460   1,445,437
 Total share-
  holders'
  equity       158,716     153,147     148,252     145,639     141,311


                                                   Year to Date
                                            --------------------------
                                               2006            2005
                                            ----------      ----------
 EARNINGS SUMMARY
 Net interest income                        $   67,417      $   62,837
 Provision for loan loss                         7,715           3,675
 Total non-interest income                      14,177          13,004
 Total non-interest expense                     44,913          41,423
 Income taxes                                    9,135           9,854
 Net income                                 $   19,831      $   20,889

 Basic earnings per share                   $     1.22      $     1.30
 Diluted earnings per share                 $     1.20      $     1.27


 MARKET DATA
 Book value per share                       $     9.65      $     8.80
 Market value per share                     $    22.89      $    23.10
 Average basic common shares                16,201,514      16,060,600
 Average diluted common shares              16,551,879      16,485,069
 Period end common shares                   16,233,179      16,109,087


 PERFORMANCE RATIOS
 Return on average assets                         1.01%           1.17%
 Return on average equity                        13.09%          15.30%
 Net interest margin (FTE)                        3.67%           3.81%
 Efficiency ratio                                55.04%          54.62%


 ASSET QUALITY
 Net charge-offs                            $    5,448      $    1,934
 Nonperforming loans                        $   22,290      $    4,204
 Other real estate and repossessed assets   $    3,293      $      692
 Nonperforming loans to total loans               1.30%           0.27%
 Nonperforming assets to total assets             1.23%           0.26%
 Net charge-offs to average
  loans (annualized)                              0.33%           0.13%
 Allowance for loan loss to total loans           1.36%           1.36%


 CAPITAL & LIQUIDITY
 Average equity to average assets                 7.69%           7.66%
 Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets           9.49%           9.69%
 Total capital to risk-weighted assets           10.85%          11.07%
 Loans to deposits + Other borrowed funds        92.03%          93.64%


 END OF PERIOD BALANCES
 Total portfolio loans                      $1,711,450      $1,547,879
 Earning assets                              1,921,735       1,725,832
 Total assets                                2,074,816       1,869,990
 Deposits                                    1,667,557       1,507,772
 Total shareholders' equity                    156,849         141,744


 AVERAGE BALANCES
 Total portfolio loans                      $1,635,391      $1,471,404
 Earning assets                              1,834,673       1,654,145
 Total assets                                1,970,305       1,783,032
 Deposits                                    1,574,444       1,390,418
 Total shareholders' equity                    151,479         136,512
CONTACT: Macatawa Bank
         Phil Koning, President
           616.820.1429
         Jon Swets, Chief Financial Officer
           616.494.7645