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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>&#9;Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.9pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): <U>June 13, 2012&nbsp;</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.9pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>FIRST
DEFIANCE</U></B></FONT><B><U> FINANCIAL CORP.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.9pt 0pt 22.5pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Ohio</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">0-26850</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">34-1803915</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Commission File No.)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer I.D. No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">601 Clinton Street, Defiance, Ohio 43512</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 1.8pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)&nbsp; (Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area
code: <U>(419) 782-5015</U></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Not Applicable</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<U>see</U> General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> &#9;Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></P>

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&#9;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>

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&#9;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section 1 &ndash; Registrant&rsquo;s Business and Operations</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.7pt 0pt 1in; text-indent: -1in"><U>Item 1.01</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;<U>Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On June 13, 2012, First Defiance Financial
Corp. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) and First Federal Bank of the Midwest entered into an underwriting agreement (the &ldquo;Underwriting
Agreement&rdquo;) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated and Sandler O&rsquo;Neill &amp; Partners, L.P., as
representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (collectively, the &ldquo;Underwriters&rdquo;) and the
United States Department of the Treasury (the &ldquo;Selling Shareholder&rdquo;), relating to the Selling Shareholder&rsquo;s offer
and sale of 37,000 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company
(the &ldquo;Preferred Stock&rdquo;). Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Preferred
Stock from the Selling Shareholder at a price of $948.2201 per share, and to sell the Preferred Stock to the public through a modified
dutch auction at an initial public offering price of $962.66 per share. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the
offering. The offering was expected to close on or about June 13, 2012. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations,
warranties and covenants by the Company. It also provides for customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights, other obligations
of the parties and termination provisions.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The offering has been made pursuant to the
Company&rsquo;s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-180902) dated April 24, 2012, and a prospectus
supplement thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing summary of the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement is only a brief description of certain terms therein, does not purport to be a complete description of the
rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by such document, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section 8 &ndash; Other Events</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Item 8.01</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;<U>Other Events.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has been notified that it has
successfully bid for the purchase of 16,560 shares of the Preferred Stock at $962.66 per share, for a total purchase price of $
16,019,812.80, including any accrued and unpaid dividends on the Preferred Stock. The closing of the offering is expected to occur
on or about June 19, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As a result of its successful bid in the
offering, upon settlement of the transaction, the Company will retire 16,560 of its original sale of 37,000 of shares of Preferred
Stock.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section 9 &ndash; Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Item 9.01</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;<U>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.7pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&#9;(d)&#9;Exhibits.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">1.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Underwriting Agreement dated June 13, 2012, by and among First Defiance Financial Corp., First Federal Bank of the Midwest, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated and Sandler O&rsquo;Neill &amp; Partners, L.P., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto, and the United States Department of the Treasury.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;<B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.9pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">FIRST DEFIANCE FINANCIAL CORP.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">/s/ Donald P. Hileman</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Donald P. Hileman</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.9pt 0pt 0">Date: June 15, 2012</P>

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported):
June 13, 2012
FIRST
DEFIANCE
FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Ohio
0-26850
34-1803915
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer I.D. No.)
601 Clinton Street, Defiance, Ohio 43512
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area
code:
(419) 782-5015
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction
A.2. below):
£
Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
£
Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
£
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
£
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Section 1 – Registrant's Business and Operations
Item 1.01
Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 13, 2012, First Defiance Financial
Corp. (the "Company") and First Federal Bank of the Midwest entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting
Agreement") with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P., as
representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (collectively, the "Underwriters") and the
United States Department of the Treasury (the "Selling Shareholder"), relating to the Selling Shareholder's offer
and sale of 37,000 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company
(the "Preferred Stock"). Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Preferred
Stock from the Selling Shareholder at a price of $948.2201 per share, and to sell the Preferred Stock to the public through a modified
dutch auction at an initial public offering price of $962.66 per share. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the
offering. The offering was expected to close on or about June 13, 2012. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations,
warranties and covenants by the Company. It also provides for customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights, other obligations
of the parties and termination provisions.
The offering has been made pursuant to the
Company's effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-180902) dated April 24, 2012, and a prospectus
supplement thereto.
The foregoing summary of the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement is only a brief description of certain terms therein, does not purport to be a complete description of the
rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by such document, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 8 – Other Events
Item 8.01
Other Events.
The Company has been notified that it has
successfully bid for the purchase of 16,560 shares of the Preferred Stock at $962.66 per share, for a total purchase price of $
16,019,812.80, including any accrued and unpaid dividends on the Preferred Stock. The closing of the offering is expected to occur
on or about June 19, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.
As a result of its successful bid in the
offering, upon settlement of the transaction, the Company will retire 16,560 of its original sale of 37,000 of shares of Preferred
Stock.
2
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement dated June 13, 2012, by and among First Defiance Financial Corp., First Federal Bank of the Midwest, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto, and the United States Department of the Treasury.
3
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
FIRST DEFIANCE FINANCIAL CORP.
By:
/s/ Donald P. Hileman
Donald P. Hileman
Chief Financial Officer
Date: June 15, 2012
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