On February 25, 2020, the Board of Directors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. appointed Glenn G. Cohen to serve as a director of the company beginning on March 1, 2020. Mr. Cohen will serve as a member of the Audit Committee. His compensation as a director will be provided on the same basis as that provided to the Registrant's other non-employee directors, described on page 46 of the Registrant's most recent Annual Proxy Statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2019, which description is incorporated herein by reference.