FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

WENDT KATHLEEN S. 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

TALMER BANCORP, INC. [ TLMR ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
__ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Accounting Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

2301 WEST BIG BEAVER RD, SUITE 525 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

8/30/2016
(Street)

TROY, MI 48084
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock   8/31/2016     D    32345   D   (1) 30500   D    
Class A Common Stock   8/31/2016     D    30500   D   (2) 0   D    

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (rights to buy)   $7.25   8/30/2016     D         27500      (3) 12/13/2021   Class A Common Stock   27500     (3) 0   D    

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)  Disposed of pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger between the issuer and Chemical Financial Corporation ("Chemical") in exchange for total cash consideration of approximately $52,075 and total stock consideration of 15,283 shares of Chemical common stock having a market value of $46.22 per share on the effective date of the merger, which represents an exchange ratio of 0.4725 Chemical shares and $1.61 in cash per share of the issuer's Class A common stock.
( 2)  In addition, the reporting person held 30,500 shares of unvested restricted stock of the issuer that was assumed by Chemical in the merger and replaced with 15,491 shares of restricted stock of Chemical.
( 3)  Represents options, which vested in equal installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date of December 13, 2011, that were disposed of pursuant to the issuer's tender offer for up to 25% of the issuer's outstanding stock options, pursuant to a Schedule TO filed by the issuer on July 19, 2016, at a price of $15.86 per option.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
WENDT KATHLEEN S.
2301 WEST BIG BEAVER RD
SUITE 525
TROY, MI 48084

Chief Accounting Officer

Signatures
/s/ Kathleen S. Wendt By: Talmer Bancorp, Inc. by POA: Suzanne R. Ryan, Paralegal 8/31/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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