0001104659-20-029322.txt : 20200304 0001104659-20-029322.hdr.sgml : 20200304 20200304180600 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-20-029322 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200302 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200304 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Strausbaugh Samuel S CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001350283 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26850 FILM NUMBER: 20688707 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 4 1 tm2011763d2_4.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0306 4 2020-03-02 0 0000946647 FIRST DEFIANCE FINANCIAL CORP FDEF 0001350283 Strausbaugh Samuel S 601 CLINTON ST. DEFIANCE OH 43512 1 0 0 0 Common Shares 2020-03-02 4 A 0 1250 0 A 20331.0325 D The ending balance differs from amounts previously reported because of shares acquired under a dividend reinvestment plan. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Samuel S. Strausbaugh by Paul D. Nungester Jr., P.O.A. 2020-03-04 EX-24 2 tm2011763d2_ex24.htm EXHIBIT 24

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, an executive officer or director of First Defiance Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Donald Hileman, Paul Nungester, Jude Nohra and Troy Adair as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent(s) with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign all Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144, including any and all amendments thereto and all electronic application forms therefor, and to file the same, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto said attorney(s)-in-fact and substitute(s) full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that said attorney(s)-in-fact and substitute(s) may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

This Power of Attorney shall be valid until such time as it is revoked by the undersigned in writing.

Date:	02/01/2020	Samuel S. Strausbaugh
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		/s/ Samuel S. Strausbaugh
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