EXHIBIT 23(b)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Old Kent Financial Corporation:
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Old Kent Financial Corporation Stock Option Plan
For Optionholders of Pinnacle Banc Group, Inc. of our report dated January 14, 1999,
included in Old Kent Financial Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1998 and to all references to our Firm included in this Registration Statement.
/s/Arthur Andersen LLP
Chicago, Illinois
August 30, 1999
