Common use of Evaluation of Investment Clause in Contracts

Evaluation of Investment. Stockholder, by reason of his ------------------------ knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in his capacity as a director of a financial institution, believes himself capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the potential investment in common stock of Mercantile, $0.01 par value ("Mercantile Common Stock"), contemplated by the Agreement.

Evaluation of Investment. StockholderShareholder, by reason of ------------------------ his ------------------------ knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in his capacity as a director of a financial institution, believes himself capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the potential investment in common stock of Mercantile, $0.01 par value ("Mercantile Common Stock"), contemplated by the Agreement.

Evaluation of Investment. StockholderShareholder, by reason of his ------------------------ knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in his capacity as a director of a financial institution, believes himself capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the potential investment in common stock of Mercantile, $0.01 par value ("Mercantile Common Stock"), contemplated by the Agreement.

Evaluation of Investment. StockholderShareholder, by reason of his ------------------------ knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in his capacity as a director of a financial institutionbank holding company, believes himself capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the potential investment in common stock of Mercantile, $0.01 5.00 par value ("Mercantile Common Stock"), contemplated by the Agreement.

Evaluation of Investment. Stockholder, by reason ------------------------ of his ------------------------ knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in his capacity as a former director of a financial institution, believes himself capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the potential investment in common stock of Mercantile, $0.01 5.00 par value ("Mercantile Common Stock"), contemplated by the Agreement.

Evaluation of Investment. Stockholder, by reason of his ------------------------ knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in his capacity as a director of a financial institution, believes himself capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the potential investment in common stock of Mercantile, $0.01 par value ("Mercantile Common Stock"), contemplated by the Agreement.

Evaluation of Investment. StockholderShareholder, by reason of his her ------------------------ knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in his capacity as a director of a financial institutionmatters, believes himself herself capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the potential investment in common stock of Mercantile, $0.01 par value ("Mercantile Common Stock"), contemplated by the Agreement.