Richard J. Vaughan to Retire from Oak Valley Bancorp and Oak Valley Community Bank Boards of Directors, Effective October 15, 2013

Oak Valley Bancorp is a bank holding company of Oak Valley Community Bank (the Bank). The Bank offers a range of commercial banking services designed for both individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in the two areas, such as the Central Valley and the Eastern Sierras. The Bank offers a complement of business checking and savings accounts for its business customers. The Bank also offers commercial and real estate loans, as well as lines of credit. It offers other services for both individuals and businesses, including online banking, remote deposit capture, mobile banking, merchant services, night depository, extended hours, wire transfer of funds, note collection, and automated teller machines in a national network. It offers a variety of accounts for depositors, which are designed to attract both short-term and long-term deposits. These accounts include certificates of deposit, regular savings accounts, money market accounts, checking accounts, and savings accounts.