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10-K/A - AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-K - PREMIER FINANCIAL CORPd10ka.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - PREMIER FINANCIAL CORPdex312.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF CROWE HORWATH LLP - PREMIER FINANCIAL CORPdex231.htm
EX-32.1 - SECTION 906 CEO CERTIFICATION - PREMIER FINANCIAL CORPdex321.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - PREMIER FINANCIAL CORPdex311.htm

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report of First Defiance Financial Corp. (the “Registrant”) on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Donald P. Hileman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  1.

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2.

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

 /s/ Donald P. Hileman

 Name:

 

Donald P. Hileman

 Title:

 

Executive Vice President and

 

Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 18, 2011

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Registrant and will be retained by the Registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.