On July 15, 2014, at its regular meeting, the board of directors of Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation expanded the size of the Board from seven to eight directors as provided in its By-Laws and elected Robert B. Johnston to fill the newly created vacancy to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his replacement has been elected and qualified. The Board of Directors also determined that Mr. Johnston was an
independent director. Mr. Johnston is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of The Intertech Group Inc. Mr. Johnston is currently a director of the Board of Directors of Span American Medical Systems, Circa Enterprises Inc. and Fyffes PLC.