UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 15, 2010 (June 9,
2010)
RURBAN
FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Ohio
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0-13507
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34-1395608
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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401 Clinton Street,
Defiance, Ohio 43512
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(419)
783-8950
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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240.13e-4(c))
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Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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On June
10, 2010, the Board of Directors of Rurban Financial Corp. (“Rurban”) accepted
the resignation and retirement of Kenneth A. Joyce as Executive Vice Chairman of
Rurban and as a director of each of Rurban and its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
The State Bank and Trust Company, Rurbanc Data Services, Inc. (“RDSI”), and
RFCBC, Inc., effective as of June 9, 2010. Also on June 10, 2010,
Kenneth A. Joyce resigned and retired as President and Chief Executive Officer
of RDSI, effective as of June 9, 2010. Gary Saxman, Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of RDSI, will assume the role of
senior executive officer of RDSI during this transition.
In view
of the previously reported issues at RDSI, the Boards of Directors of Rurban and
RDSI continue to evaluate various strategic alternatives for RDSI to determine a
strategic direction for RDSI which will best further the interests of
shareholders, customers and other relevant constituencies.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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RURBAN
FINANCIAL CORP. |
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Dated: June
15, 2010
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By:
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/s/
Mark
A. Klein |
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Mark
A. Klein
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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