Quaker Chemical Corporation announced Mr. Robert E. Chappell not sitting for reelection this year 2020, at that time the size of the Board will be reduced by one member. Mr. Chappell reached the normal director retirement age of 72, as outlined in the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, in September 2017. The Board is seeking to realign its classes as required by such Articles so that the classes stay as nearly even as possible. Accordingly, Mr. Donald R. Caldwell, who is currently serving as a Class II director, has been nominated as a Class I director to fill the vacancy in Class I, along with the other incumbent Class I directors who are eligible for election, Messrs. Robert H. Rock and Ramaswami Seshasayee. If elected, Mr. Caldwell will serve as a Class I director going forward. If Mr. Caldwell is not elected to serve as a Class I director, he will continue to serve as a Class II director.