First Defiance Financial Corp. to Release First Quarter Earnings on April 19 and Host Conference Call and Webcast on April 20 / Annual Meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. on April 20 at Operations Center

DEFIANCE, Ohio, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Defiance Financial Corp. announced today that it intends to report first quarter earnings on Monday, April 19, 2010 after the close of the market. The earnings news release will be available on the company's investor relations website at http://www.fdef.com/ and at major financial information sites.

At 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, First Defiance will host a conference call at which Bill Small, Chairman, President and CEO, and Don Hileman, Executive Vice President and CFO, will discuss the company's strategy and first quarter results. The conference call may be accessed by calling 1-800-860-2442.

Internet access to the call is also available (in listen-only mode) at the following URL:

http://www.talkpoint.com/viewer/starthere.asp?Pres=129947

The audio replay of the conference call Webcast will be available at http://www.fdef.com/ until Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. For those without Internet access, the earnings release will be available by fax or mail upon request. To receive a copy, please call First Defiance Investor Relations at [phone].

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

First Defiance Financial Corp. will host its Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at the Company's Operations Center at 25600 Elliott Road in Defiance, Ohio. Following the meeting, the audio replay, slide presentation and transcript will be available at the Company's Web site at http://www.fdef.com/.

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 offices in Defiance and Bowling Green, Ohio.

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

First Defiance Financial Corp.

CONTACT: William J. Small, Chairman, President and CEO, [phone],
[e-mail]

Web Site: http://www.fdef.com/