UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

_________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): ~~July~~August 188, 2011

MERCANTILE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-32434	37-1149138
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

200 North 33rd Street, Quincy, Illinois 62301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(217) 223-7300

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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The full text of athe press release ~~regarding this matter, which was issued on July 21, 2011,~~ is included herein as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 98.01 ~~Financial~~. Other ~~Statements And Exhibits~~Events.

	(d) Exhibits:
	Exhibit Number	Description
	99.1	Press release issued by Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. on July 21, 2011 regarding letter from NYSE Amex, LLC.

On August 10, 2011, the Illinois Division of Banking (the “Division”) released a Consent Order that Mercantile Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), and the Division entered into as of July 28, 2011. Under the Order, Mercantile Bank shall cease operating with all money transmitters and currency businesses providing brokerage, sale or exchange of non-United States currency for deposit customers. Further, Mercantile Bank may not enter into a new line of business without the prior written consent of the FDIC and the Division.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements And Exhibits.

	Exhibit
	Number	Description

	99.1	Press release issued by Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. on August 8, 2011 regarding naming of interim President and CEO.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Mercantile Bancorp, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Ted T. Awerkamp
	Name: Ted T. Awerkamp
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: July 21, 2011

	Mercantile Bancorp, Inc.


	By:	/s/Lee R. Keith
	Name:	Lee R. Keith
	Title:	Acting and Interim President
		and Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 11, 2011

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