First Defiance to Present at Annual KBW Community Bank Investor Conference

DEFIANCE, Ohio, July 29, 2011 /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, August 2 at 11:00 am. 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://www.kbw.com/news/conferenceCommunity2011.html on Tuesday, August 2 at approximately 11:00 a.m. EDT. The presentation will be archived on http://www.kbw.com for 60 days.

The presentation will also be available on the Investor Relations portion of First Defiance's website at www.fdef.com for 60 days after August 2.

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 & Investments. First Federal operates 33 full service branches and 45 ATM locations in northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan and Fort Wayne, Indiana. First Insurance & Investments 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.

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