Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On December 10, 2019, United Community Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation ("UCFC"), held a special meeting of its shareholders (the "UCFC special meeting") in Youngstown, Ohio. Of the 48,112,240 shares of common stock, no par value per share, of UCFC (the "UCFC common stock") issued and outstanding at the close of business as of October 25, 2019, the record date for the UCFC special meeting, shareholders holding a majority of the total number of outstanding shares of UCFC common stock entitled to vote were present or represented by proxy at the UCFC special meeting, constituting a quorum for all matters to be presented at the UCFC special meeting.

Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 listed below were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the UCFC special meeting. The proposals listed below are described in detail in the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed by UCFC with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2019. The final results of the shareholder votes at the UCFC special meeting are set forth below.

Proposal 1 - Merger Proposal

The proposal was to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as September 9, 2019, as may be amended from time to time (the "merger agreement"), by and between UCFC and First Defiance Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation ("FDEF", and such proposal, the "merger proposal"). The merger proposal was approved.





           Votes For    Votes Against   Votes Abstained   Broker Non-Votes
           34,512,043      413,752          205,848             N/A

Proposal 2 - Compensation Proposal

The proposal was to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation to be paid to UCFC's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger of UCFC with and into FDEF (the "compensation proposal"). The compensation proposal was approved.





           Votes For    Votes Against   Votes Abstained   Broker Non-Votes
           26,256,896     8,477,195         397,552             N/A

Proposal 3 - Adjournment Proposal

In connection with the UCFC special meeting, the Board of Directors of UCFC also solicited proxies with respect to a proposal to adjourn the UCFC special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation of proxies in favor of the merger proposal. The adjournment proposal was not submitted to UCFC shareholders for approval at the UCFC special meeting because UCFC shareholders approved the merger proposal, as noted above.


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