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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000914317-03-003569.txt : 20031126
<SEC-HEADER>0000914317-03-003569.hdr.sgml : 20031126
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20031126131629
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914317-03-003569
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031117
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031126

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BURGEI DOUGLAS A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001242637

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26850
		FILM NUMBER:		031025678

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 CLINTON ST
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 CLINTON ST
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST DEFIANCE FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000946647
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				341803915
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 CLINTON ST
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4107825015

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 CLINTON ST
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512
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<TYPE>4/A
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>form4-burgei_ex.xml
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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>
   <periodOfReport>2003-11-17</periodOfReport>
   <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2003-11-19</dateOfOriginalSubmission>
   <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000946647</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FIRST DEFIANCE FINANCIAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FDEF</issuerTradingSymbol>
   </issuer>
   <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001242637</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BURGEI DOUGLAS A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>601 CLINTON ST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DEFIANCE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>43512</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
         <isDirector>1</isDirector>
         <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
         <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
         <isOther>0</isOther>
      </reportingOwnerRelationship>
   </reportingOwner>
 <nonDerivativeTable>
   <nonDerivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
         <value>Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <transactionDate>
         <value>2003-11-17</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
         <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
         <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
         <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionAmounts>
         <transactionShares>
           <value>2000</value>
         </transactionShares>
         <transactionPricePerShare>
           <value>27.15</value>
         </transactionPricePerShare>
         <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
           <value>D</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
         </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
         <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
           <value>15420</value>
         </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
         <directOrIndirectOwnership>
            <value>D</value>
         </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </nonDerivativeTransaction>
 </nonDerivativeTable>
   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> Security disposition inadvertently coded with an &quot;A&quot; rather than a &quot;D&quot; on the original Form 4</footnote>
   </footnotes>
   <remarks>Options listed above vest at 20% per year</remarks>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>/s/ Douglas A. Burgei</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-11-26</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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