Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. announced that Thomas J Fitzmyers has notified the company that he has decided to retire as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors (the Board") of the Company at the end of his current term at the Company's 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. As a result, Mr. Fitzmyers will continue to serve on the Board until such time but will not stand for re-election to the Board at the 2017 annual meeting. The Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board has an ongoing board evaluation and director succession planning process and is actively engaged in a search for a new independent director to replace Mr. Fitzmyers. Mr. Fitzmyers has served as Vice Chairman of the Board since April 2014, after serving as its Chairman from January 2012.