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Mr. Bernson has served as a director of Chemical Financial since January 15, 2001 as a result of the merger of Shoreline Financial Corporation (Shoreline) into Chemical Financial. Before the merger, Mr. Bernson had been a director of Shoreline Bank, the bank subsidiary of Shoreline, since July 1999. Since 1988, Mr. Bernson has been President of The Hanson Group of St. Joseph, Michigan, a holding company with diversified business interests in southwest Michigan, including Hanson Mold, Hanson Cold Storage Co., Eagle Technologies Group, the Meadows Subdivision and Pure.Fact, Inc. Mr. Bernson is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. | 