8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 - Other Events

Prepayment of FHLB Advances

On December 03, 2020, The Park National Bank ("PNB") prepaid $100 million of outstanding Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances, and, in connection therewith, incurred a $8.7 million prepayment penalty. These FHLB advances had an interest rate of 3.40% and a maturity date of December 01, 2023. The long-term borrowings represented by the FHLB advances that were prepaid had an expected annual interest expense of $3.4 million. The prepayment was determined to be appropriate after management’s analysis of Park National Corporation's ("Park") consolidated balance sheet and consideration of Park's current and anticipated financial performance.

The prepayment was made using excess cash, which averaged $286.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Excess cash is shown as money market instruments on Park's consolidated balance sheet and is invested overnight with the Federal Reserve at the overnight federal funds sold rate. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Park earned 0.31% on these money market instruments. As disclosed in Park's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020, during July 2020, Park elected to participate in a One-Way Sell (OWS) program to manage its balance sheet. At September 30, 2020, Park had $773.3 million in OWS insured cash sweep deposits which were off-balance sheet. This off-balance sheet funding can be transferred on balance sheet at Park's discretion.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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