FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE

Date Submitted:   July 30, 2009
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 $0.10 per share quarterly cash dividend will be paid September 17, 2009, to common stock shareholders of record as of August 28, 2009.

The $0.10 per share cash dividend remains unchanged from the prior quarter.

Firstbank Corporation, headquartered in Alma, Michigan, is a financial services company using a multi-bank-charter format with assets of $1.4 billion and 51 banking offices serving Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Bank subsidiaries include: Firstbank – Alma; Firstbank (Mt. Pleasant); Firstbank – West Branch; Firstbank – Lakeview; Firstbank – St. Johns; Keystone Community Bank; and Firstbank – West Michigan.