On October 23, 2017, Rick R. Taylor, who currently serves in the class of directors of Park National Corporation whose terms expire at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, notified Park’s Board of Directors that he had decided to retire as a director of Park, effective immediately prior to the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is currently scheduled to be held on April 23, 2018. Mr. Taylor will continue to serve on the Advisory Board of the Richland Bank Division of Park’s national banking association subsidiary, The Park National Bank (‘PNB’).