Chemical Financial Corporation (“Chemical”) will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday, April 26, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. local time. At the meeting, the shareholders will consider and vote to (1) elect 12 directors; (2) amend Chemical’s Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,00 shares to 135,000,000 shares; (3) approve Chemical’s Stock Incentive Plan of 2017; (4) ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Chemical’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017; (5) cast an advisory approval of Chemical’s executive compensation; (6) cast an advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory approval of Chemical’s executive compensation; and (7) conduct any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

Chemical is making this meeting accessible to the public by telephone on a listen-only basis. Anyone interested in the meeting may access the meeting on a live basis by dialing toll-free at 1-888-523-1194 and entering 805144 for the pass code.

This report is furnished to, and not filed with, the Commission.

Forward-Looking Statements

It is anticipated that some of the information presented at the annual meeting will contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about the financial services industry, the economy and Chemical. Words and phrases such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “is likely,” “judgment,” “opinion,” “plans,” “predicts,” “probable,” “projects,” “should,” “trend,” “will,” and variations of such words and phrases or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon current beliefs and expectations and involve substantial risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements referencing future time periods are forward-looking.

Management’s determination of the provision and allowance for loan losses; the carrying value of acquired loans, goodwill and mortgage servicing rights; the fair value of investment securities (including whether any impairment on any investment security is temporary or other-than-temporary and the amount of any impairment); and management’s assumptions concerning pension and other postretirement benefit plans involve judgments that are inherently forward-looking. There can be no assurance that future loan losses will be limited to the amounts estimated. All of the information concerning interest rate sensitivity is forward-looking. The future effect of changes in the financial and credit markets and the national and regional economies on the banking industry, generally, and on Chemical, specifically, are also inherently uncertain. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions (“risk factors”) that are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what may be expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Chemical undertakes no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Risk factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in Item 1A of Chemical’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. These and other factors are representative of the risk factors that may emerge and could cause a difference between an ultimate actual outcome and a preceding forward-looking statement.