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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-007123
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120210
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120210
GROUP MEMBERS:		RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
GROUP MEMBERS:		STATE BANK & TRUST CO

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000767405
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				341395608
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-36601
		FILM NUMBER:		12590012

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 CLINTON ST
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4197838930

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 CLINTON STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 467
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000767405
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				341395608
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 CLINTON ST
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4197838930

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 CLINTON STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 467
		CITY:			DEFIANCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43512
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 13G</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No. 3)*</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Rurban Financial Corp.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;78176 P 108</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;December 31, 2011</P>

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Statement)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which
this Schedule is filed:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#83;</FONT>&#9;Rule 13d-1(b)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT>&#9;Rule 13d-1(c)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT>&#9;Rule 13d-1(d)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person&rsquo;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing
information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&ldquo;Act&rdquo;)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Names of Reporting Persons</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The State Bank and Trust Company</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a) </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#83;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">3</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: #BFBFBF; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">SEC Use Only</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">4</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Citizenship or Place of Organization</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Ohio</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Number of</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">5</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Sole Voting Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">75,255.50</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Shares</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Beneficially</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Owned</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">by Each</P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Shared Voting Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">-0-</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Reporting</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Person</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">With</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">7</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Sole Dispositive Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,180</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">8</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Shared Dispositive Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">370,819.50</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">9</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">371,999.50</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
        (See Instructions)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">7.65%</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">12</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">BK</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Names of Reporting Persons</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Rurban Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a) </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#163;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings 2">&#83;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">SEC Use Only</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">4</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Citizenship or Place of Organization</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Ohio</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Number of</P></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Sole Voting Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">74,075.50</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Shares</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Beneficially</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Owned</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">by Each</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Shared Voting Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">-0-</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Reporting</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Person</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">With</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">7</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Sole Dispositive Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">-0-</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">8</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Shared Dispositive Power</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">370,819.50</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">9</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">370,819.50</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">10</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
        (See Instructions)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">11</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">7.63%</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">EP</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 13%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 1(a)</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Name of Issuer:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Rurban Financial Corp.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 1(b)</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Address of Issuer&rsquo;s Principal Executive Offices:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">401 Clinton Street</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Defiance, Ohio 43512</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 2(a)</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Names of Persons Filing:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">The State Bank and Trust Company&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Rurban Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 2(b)</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">The State Bank and Trust Company</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">401 Clinton Street</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Defiance, Ohio 43512</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Rurban Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">The State Bank and Trust Company, Trustee</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">401 Clinton Street</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Defiance, Ohio 43512</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 2(c)</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Citizenship:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">The State Bank and Trust Company -</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Organized under the laws of Ohio</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Rurban Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan -</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Organized under the laws of Ohio</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 2(d)</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Title and Class of Securities:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Common Shares, without par value</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 2(e)</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">CUSIP Number:&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">78176 P 108</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">If this statement is filed pursuant to &sect;&sect;240.13d-1(b), or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">(a)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 76%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15&nbsp;U.S.C. 78o).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15&nbsp;U.S.C. 78c).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 76%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15&nbsp;U.S.C. 78c).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(d)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(e)</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">An investment adviser in accordance with &sect;&nbsp;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).</P>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(f)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with &sect; 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(g)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">A parent holding company or control person in accordance with &sect; 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(h)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(i)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(j)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Group, in accordance with &sect; 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>The State Bank and Trust Company</U></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">(a)&#9;Amount beneficially owned:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.25in">&nbsp;371,999.50</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">(b)&#9;Percent of class:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.25in">&nbsp;7.65%</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">(c)&#9;Number of shares as to which such person has:&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(i)&#9;Sole power to vote or
to direct the vote:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(ii)&#9;Shared power to vote
or to direct the vote:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;-0-</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(iii)&#9;Sole power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;1,180</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(iv)&#9;Shared power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;370,819.50</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify"><U>Rurban
Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">(a)&#9;Amount beneficially owned:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.75in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;370,819.50</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">(b)&#9;Percent of class:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.75in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;7.63%</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">(c)&#9;Number of shares as to which such person has:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(i)&#9;Sole power to vote or
to direct the vote:&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">74,075.50&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(ii)&#9;Shared power to vote or
to direct the vote:&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;-0-&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(iii)&#9;Sole power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;-0-&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.75in; text-indent: -2.5in">(iv)&#9;Shared power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;370,819.50&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD>At December 31, 2011, there were 370,819.50 common shares owned by the Rurban Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
(the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). The State Bank and Trust Company is the trustee of the Plan. Under the terms of the Plan, the trustee
votes all of the shares allocated to the accounts of participants as directed by the participants to whose accounts such shares
have been allocated. With respect to unallocated shares, the Plan provides that the Trustee shall vote such shares in the Trustee&rsquo;s
discretion. As of December 31, 2011, all shares held by the Plan have been allocated to Plan participants.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD>The trustee has limited power to dispose of Plan shares, as set forth in the Plan, such as in order to pay Plan participants.
The trustee is directed by the Plan to invest primarily in shares of Rurban Financial Corp.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD>The State Bank and Trust Company also holds additional common shares as Trustee of various other trusts.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Not applicable</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Not applicable</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 9</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Notice of Dissolution of Group:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Not applicable</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><U>Item 10</U>.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Certification:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">By signing below, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under &sect;240.14a-11.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of
my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">THE STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY </TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Date:<U> February 10, 2012</U></TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David A. Bell</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">David A. Bell, Executive Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP. </TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">The State Bank and Trust Company,<BR>
Trustee</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Date:<U> February 10, 2012</U></TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David A. Bell</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">David A. Bell, Executive Vice President</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><B><U>EXHIBIT A</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><B><U>AGREEMENT FOR JOINT
FILING OF SCHEDULE 13G</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby agree that the Schedule
13G being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report their beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the common
shares of Rurban Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, shall be, and is, filed on behalf of each of the undersigned.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">THE STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Date:<U> February 10, 2012</U></TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David A. Bell</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">David A. Bell, Executive Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP. </TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN </TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">The State Bank and Trust Company,<BR>
Trustee</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Date:<U> February 10, 2012</U></TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David A. Bell</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">David A. Bell, Executive Vice President</TD></TR>
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