April 22 (Reuters) - First Defiance Financial Corp FDEF.O :
* . ANNOUNCES 2019 FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.57
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE $0.56 -- REFINITIV IBES
DATA
* NET INTEREST INCOME OF $28.3 MILLION IN Q1 OF 2019 WAS UP
FROM
$25.7 MILLION IN Q1 OF 2018
* FIRST DEFIANCE FINANCIAL- KEVIN T. THOMPSON, EXECUTIVE
VICE
PRESIDENT AND CFO OF CO AND FIRST FEDERAL BANK, ANNOUNCED THAT
HE WILL RETIRE
* PAUL D. NUNGESTER WILL SUCCEED MR. THOMPSON AS CFO
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