On November 2, 2009, Park National Corporation ("Park") issued a news release clarifying that neither Park, nor Park's Ohio-based national bank subsidiary The Park National Bank, has a relationship or affiliation with Park National Bank, a Chicago-based bank which was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on October 30, 2009. A copy of this News Release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Park previously announced its third quarter 2009 performance and the declaration of a fourth quarter dividend to common shareholders in Park's Current Report on Form 8-K dated and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on October 19, 2009. In addition, as reported in Park's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009, which was filed with the SEC on October 26, 2009, for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009, Park reported net income of $19.2 million and $61.9 million, respectively; and income available to common shareholders of $17.8 million and $57.6 million, respectively. Net income per diluted common share was $1.25 for the third quarter of 2009 and was $4.10 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Net income for Park's Ohio-based operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $79.0 million, an increase of $6.0 million from the $73.0 million reported for the same period in 2008.

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

          Exhibit No.    Description
          99.1           News Release issued by Park National Corporation on
                         November 2, 2009

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