Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 17, 2021, the Board of Directors of Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (the "Company") unanimously elected Edward B. Roberts to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company effective September 1, 2021. Mr. Roberts will serve in the class of directors whose terms expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2024. On August 17, 2021, Mr. Roberts was also elected to serve on the Board of Directors of The Ohio Valley Bank Company (the "Bank"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, effective September 1, 2021. Mr. Roberts was appointed to the Trust Committee of the Bank effective September 1, 2021.

In his capacity as a non-employee director of the Company, Mr. Roberts will receive the director fees and benefits that other non-employee directors receive, as disclosed in Exhibit 10.8 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the "2020 10-K"). He is expected to execute an agreement under the Director Retirement Plan in the form of the agreement attached as Exhibit 10.3(a) to the 2020 10-K.

The Bank has banking transactions in the ordinary course of the Bank's business with Mr. Roberts and his family members and entities with which they are associated. All loans by the Bank in which Mr. Roberts or any "related person" within the meaning of Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission has or will have a direct or indirect material interest since the beginning of fiscal year 2020 (a) were not disclosed as nonaccrual, past due, restructured or potential problems; (b) were made in the ordinary course of business; (c) were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable loans with persons not related to the Bank; and (d) did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.

A copy of a press release issued to announce Mr. Roberts' election is attached hereto as an exhibit and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits - The following exhibit is being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:



Exhibit Number                 Description

99.1 Press release issued on August 18, 2021.

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