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

On April 26, 2021, C. Daniel DeLawder, shared with the Board of Directors and the shareholders of Park National Corporation ("Park") his intention to retire as an executive officer and associate of Park and its national bank subsidiary The Park National Bank, effective June 30, 2021. He will retire from his role on the executive leadership teams of Park and Park National Bank, and continue to serve on each board of directors in his role as a director and Chair of the executive committee as well as continuing to serve as Chair of Park National Bank's trust committee.

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(a)Not applicable

(b)Not applicable

(c)Not applicable

(d)Exhibits. The following exhibits are included with this Current Report on Form 8-K:





Exhibit No.    Description

99 .1 News Release issued by Park National Corporation on April 26, 2021 addressing C. Daniel DeLawder's retirement announcement.

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


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