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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-15-006471
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150819
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150821
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150821

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
		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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36785
		FILM NUMBER:		151069226

	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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

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

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Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<U> August 21 2015 (August 19, 2015)</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">SB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">401 Clinton Street, Defiance,
Ohio 43512</P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>Item 8.01. Other Events</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 19, 2015, the Board of Directors of
SB Financial Group, Inc., Defiance, Ohio declared a quarterly cash dividend of $16.25 per share ($0.1625 per depository share)
on its 6.50% Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A (the &ldquo;Series A Preferred Shares&rdquo;) payable on September
15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of August 31, 2015. The dividend on the Series A Preferred Shares is for the dividend period
from June 15, 2015 to, but excluding, September 15, 2015.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Headquartered in Defiance, Ohio, SB Financial
is a diversified financial services holding company with two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: State Bank and RDSI. State Bank
provides a full range of financial services for consumers and small businesses, including wealth management, mortgage banking and
commercial and agricultural lending, operating through 17 banking centers in eight northwestern Ohio counties and one center in
Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as two loan production offices located in Columbus, Ohio, and one in Angola, Indiana. RDSI provides
item processing services to community banks located primarily in the Midwest. SB Financial&rsquo;s common stock is listed on the
NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &ldquo;SBFG&rdquo;.&nbsp; SB Financial&rsquo;s depository shares, each representing a 1/100<SUP>th</SUP>
interest in our preferred shares, Series A are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &ldquo;SBFGP&rdquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In May 2015, SB Financial was ranked #163 on
the American Banker Magazine&rsquo;s list of Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks and Thrifts based on three-year average return
on equity (&ldquo;ROE&rdquo;) as of December 31, 2014.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;August 21, 2015</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT></TD>
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