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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 2.75in; 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">CURRENT REPORT</P>

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Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>April 25, 2012</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>FIRST PLACE FINANCIAL CORP.</U></B></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">0-25049</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">34-1880130</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">(Commission file number)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>185 E. Market Street, Warren, OH 44481</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>(330) 373-1221</U></P>

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area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Not Applicable</U></P>

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since last report)</P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Item 7.01&#9;Regulation
FD Disclosure.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On April<B> </B>25, 2012, First Place Financial
Corp. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) released a clarification of quotes attributed by the media to the Company&rsquo;s Chairman, Samuel
A. Roth, reported on April 21, 2012. For more information, reference is made to the Company&rsquo;s press release dated April 25,
2012, a copy of which is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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Exhibits.</B></P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Press release of First Place Financial Corp. dated April 25, 2012.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold">FIRST PLACE FINANCIAL CORP.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Date: April 25, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David W. Gifford</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">David W. Gifford</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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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
April 25, 2012
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
FIRST PLACE FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
0-25049
34-1880130
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
185 E. Market Street, Warren, OH 44481
(Address of principal executive offices)
(330) 373-1221
(Registrant's telephone number, including
area code)
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 Instructions
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))
Item 7.01	Regulation
FD Disclosure.
On April
25, 2012, First Place Financial
Corp. (the "Company") released a clarification of quotes attributed by the media to the Company's Chairman, Samuel
A. Roth, reported on April 21, 2012. For more information, reference is made to the Company's press release dated April 25,
2012, a copy of which is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press release of First Place Financial Corp. dated April 25, 2012.
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 PLACE FINANCIAL CORP.
Date: April 25, 2012
By:
/s/ David W. Gifford
David W. Gifford
Chief Financial Officer