FDEF First Defiance Financial Corporation

DEFIANCE, Ohio, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FDEF) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per common share payable October 24, 2008 to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 10, 2008. First Defiance Financial Corp. is the holding company for First Federal Bank of the Midwest and First Insurance and Investments, Defiance OH. First Federal is a community bank serving northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan, and northeast Indiana where it currently operates 36 banking centers. First Insurance & Investments is a full line insurance agency with offices in Defiance and Bowling Green, Ohio. First Defiance has approximately 8,117,120 common shares outstanding. DATASOURCE: First Defiance Financial Corp. CONTACT: William J. Small, Chairman, President and CEO of First Defiance Financial Corp., +1-419-782-5015, Web site: http://www.fdef.com/

Copyright