First Defiance To Present At Annual KBW Community Bank Investor Conference

DEFIANCE, Ohio, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FDEF) announced today that William J. Small, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Donald P. Hileman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the KBW Annual Community Bank Investor Conference on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The presentation will be webcast.

Keefe, Bruyette and Woods will host the Investor Conference where more than 80 community banks are scheduled to present over two days. Small and Hileman will discuss First Defiance Financial Corp.'s community financial services business strategy and financial performance.

Interested investors are invited to view a live webcast of the presentation including audio and user driven presentation slides by logging on to http://wsw.com/webcast/kbw4/fdef/ on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT. The presentation will be archived on http://www.kbw.com for 90 days.

The presentation will also be available on the Investor Relations portion of First Defiance's website at www.fdef.com for 90 days after July 31, 2012.

About First Defiance Financial Corp.

First Defiance Financial Corp., headquartered in Defiance, Ohio, is the holding company for First Federal Bank of the Midwest and First Insurance Group. First Federal operates 33 full service branches and 45 ATM locations in northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan and Fort Wayne, Indiana. First Insurance Group is a full line insurance agency with six offices throughout northwest Ohio.

For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.fdef.com .

SOURCE First Defiance Financial Corp.

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