
| Issuer: | Park National Corporation (the “Company”) | |||||||
| Security: | 4.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) | |||||||
Aggregate Principal Amount: | $175,000,000 | |||||||
| Ratings: | BBB- by Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Ratings may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. | |||||||
| Trade Date: | August 17, 2020 | |||||||
| Settlement Date: | August 20, 2020 (T+3) | |||||||
| Final Maturity Date (if not previously redeemed): | September 1, 2030 | |||||||
| Coupon: | From and including the Settlement Date to, but excluding, September 1, 2025 or the date of earlier redemption (the “fixed rate period”) 4.50% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears. From and including September 1, 2025 to, but excluding, the Final Maturity Date or the date of earlier redemption (the “floating rate period”), a floating rate per annum equal to the Benchmark rate (which is expected to be Three-Month Term SOFR) (each as defined in the prospectus supplement under “Description of the Subordinated Notes —Payment of Principal and Interest”), plus a spread of 439 basis points for each quarterly interest period during the floating rate period, payable quarterly in arrears; provided, however, that if the Benchmark rate is less than zero, the Benchmark rate shall be deemed to be zero. | |||||||
| Interest Payment Dates: | Fixed rate period: March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on March 1, 2021. The last interest payment date for the fixed rate period will be September 1, 2025. Floating rate period: March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on December 1, 2025. | |||||||
| Record Dates: | The 15th calendar day immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. | |||||||
| Day Count Convention: | Fixed rate period: 30/360. Floating rate period: 360-day year and the number of days actually elapsed. | |||||||
| Redemption: | The Company may, at its option, beginning with the interest payment date of September 1, 2025 and on any interest payment date thereafter, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Federal Reserve to the extent such approval is then required under the capital adequacy rules of the Federal Reserve, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the date of redemption. | |||||||
| The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at any time, including prior to September 1, 2025, subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Federal Reserve to the extent such approval is then required under the capital adequacy rules of the Federal Reserve, if (i) a change or prospective change in law occurs that could prevent the Company from deducting, in whole or in part, interest payable on the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a subsequent event occurs that could preclude the Notes from being recognized as Tier 2 Capital for regulatory capital purposes, or (iii) the Company is required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in each case, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the redemption date. | ||||||||
| Denominations: | $1,000 minimum denominations and $1,000 integral multiples thereof. | |||||||
| Use of Proceeds: | The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include providing capital to support the Company’s growth organically or through strategic acquisitions, repaying indebtedness, financing investments, capital expenditures, repurchasing the Company’s common shares and for investments in The Park National Bank as regulatory capital. | |||||||
| Price to Public: | 100.00% | |||||||
| Underwriter's Discount: | 1.00% of principal amount | |||||||
| Proceeds to Issuer (after underwriter’s discount, but before expenses): | $173,250,000 | |||||||
| Ranking: | The Notes will be unsecured, subordinated obligations of the Company and: •will rank junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness (as defined under “Description of the Subordinated Notes—Ranking”), including (i) the $37.5 million aggregate amount of indebtedness outstanding as of June 30, 2020 under the term note the Company issued to U.S. Bank National Association on June 20, 2019, (ii) any amounts that the Company may borrow in the future under the Company’s $15 million revolving line of credit, in each case pursuant to the Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank National Association, and (iii) any other amounts that the Company may borrow from U.S. Bank National Association at any time in the future that is not itself described as subordinated debt; •will rank equal in right of payment and upon the Company’s liquidation with any of the Company’s existing and all of its future indebtedness the terms of which provide that such indebtedness ranks equally with the Notes; •will rank senior in right of payment and upon the Company’s liquidation to (i) the Company’s existing $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s obligations relating to subordinated debt securities issued to the Company’s capital trust subsidiary and (ii) any of the Company's future indebtedness the terms of which provide that such indebtedness ranks junior in right of payment to note indebtedness such as the Notes; and •will be effectively subordinated to the Company’s future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to the existing and future indebtedness liabilities and other obligations of the Company’s subsidiaries, including without limitation, depositors of The Park National Bank, liabilities to general creditors and liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business or otherwise. •As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s subsidiaries had outstanding indebtedness, total deposits and other liabilities of approximately $8.7 billion, excluding intercompany liabilities, to which the Notes will be structurally subordinated. | |||||||
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 700658 AA5 / US700658AA57 | |||||||
| Sole Underwriter: | Piper Sandler & Co. | |||||||