Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. is a multi-state bank holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, conducts a full service consumer and commercial banking business, which includes mainly deposit gathering, safekeeping and distribution; lending for commercial, financial and agricultural purposes, real estate purposes (including farmland, construction and mortgages), and consumer purposes; and asset management including trust, estate and agency management, retail brokerage services, and agricultural business management. Approximately 76% of the Company’s revenues are derived on average annually from its subsidiaries’ lending activities. The other principal revenue sources are interest and dividends on investment securities with approximately 9% of revenue on average, service charges and fees on customer accounts with approximately 5% of revenue on average, and all asset management services combined with approximately 4% of revenue on average.