First Place Financial Corp. to Present at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. East...

First Place Financial Corp. to Present at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.
East Coast Financial Services Conference

WARREN, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Place Financial Corp.
(Nasdaq:FPFC) President and Chief Executive Officer, Steven R. Lewis, and David
W. Gifford, Chief Financial Officer, will make an investor presentation at the
Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. East Coast Financial Services Conference to be
held on November 12, 2009, in Manalapan, Florida. The presentation by First
Place Financial Corp. is scheduled to begin at 2:55 PM Eastern Time on November
12, 2009 and is expected to last 20 minutes.

Our investor presentation at the conference will be available for viewing by
live webcast and may be accessed at http://www.sandleroneill.com or
http://www.firstplacebank.com. The conference will also be available live via
audio conference at 617-614-2710 by referencing Passcode: Session Three. Anyone
who intends to listen to the live webcast should go to the website at least
fifteen minutes early to download and install any necessary software.
Presentations, including all written and oral materials, will be archived and
will be available on either website for 30 days following the event.

About First Place Financial Corp.

First Place Financial Corp. is a $3.2 billion financial services holding company
based in Warren, Ohio. First Place Financial Corp. operates 44 retail locations,
2 business financial service centers and 18 loan production offices through its
principal subsidiary, First Place Bank. Additional affiliates of First Place
Financial Corp. include First Place Holdings, Inc., the holding company for the
Company's nonbank affiliates including First Place Insurance Agency, Ltd.,
Coldwell Banker First Place Real Estate, Ltd., Title Works Agency, LLC and APB
Financial Group, Ltd. Information about First Place Financial Corp. may be found
on the Company's web site: www.firstplacebank.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

When used in this press release, or future press releases or other public or
shareholder communications, in filings by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or in oral statements made with the approval of an
authorized executive officer, the words or phrases such as "will likely result,"
"are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimate," "project,"
"believe," "should," "may," "will," "plan," or variations of such terms or
similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors, which may cause the Company's actual results to be materially
different from those indicated. Such statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties including changes in economic conditions in the market areas the
Company conducts business, which could materially impact credit quality trends,
changes in laws, regulations or policies of regulatory agencies, fluctuations in
interest rates, demand for loans in the market areas the Company conducts
business, and competition, that could cause actual results to differ materially
from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. The
Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions that
may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events.

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CONTACT: First Place Financial Corp.
Steven R. Lewis, President & CEO
David W. Gifford, CFO
(330) 373-1221