First Defiance added to Russell 3000 Index

7/1/2009

DEFIANCE First Defiance Financial Corp., which owns the First Federal Bank of the Midwest, has been added to the broad-market Russell 3000 Index.

The index typically is reconstituted annually based on total market capitalization. Membership in the Russell 3000, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the large-cap Russell 1000 Index or small-cap Russell 2000 Index as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes.