CHFC 2017 Annual Report

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 28, 2018. CHEMICAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION /s/ David T. Provost David T. Provost Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below on February 28, 2018 by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated. OFFICERS: /s/ David T. Provost David T. Provost Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Dennis L. Klaeser Dennis L. Klaeser Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Kathleen S. Wendt Kathleen S. Wendt Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) The following Directors of Chemical Financial Corporation executed a power of attorney appointing Dennis L. Klaeser their attorney-in-fact, empowering him to sign this report on their behalf. James R. Fitterling Ronald A. Klein Richard M. Lievense Barbara J. Mahone John E. Pelizzari Thomas C. Shafer Larry D. Stauffer Jeffrey L. Tate Gary Torgow Arthur A. Weiss Franklin C. Wheatlake /s/ Dennis L. Klaeser By Dennis L. Klaeser Attorney-in-fact 174