Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Premier Financial Corp. (the "Company") is disclosing the following update to
certain COVID-19 related loan payment deferral information. The Company
continues to monitor the effects of COVID-19 on the loan portfolio as well as
all the associated risks to minimize any potential losses. In an effort to help
its customers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Bank, the Company's
wholly-owned subsidiary (the "Bank"), has implemented hardship relief programs
that, among other things, include loan payment deferrals that range from one to
six months. While the Bank continues to receive requests from borrowers for
payment deferrals on loans, the amount of loan payment deferrals declined from
$482.7 million, or 8.8% of the total loan portfolio at September 30, 2020, to
$206.7 million, or 3.7% of the total loan portfolio at October 31, 2020.



A breakdown of deferrals as of September 30, 2020, and updated as of October 31, 2020, is as follows (in thousands):





COVID-19 Deferrals Update
(unaudited, $ in thousands)

                                 As of              As of
                             September 30,       October 31,
                                 2020               2020
Commercial loan deferrals   $       434,554     $     176,672
% of commercial loans                  11.4 %             4.4 %
% of total loans                        7.9 %             3.2 %
Retail loan deferrals       $        48,187     $      30,001
% of retail loans                       2.9 %             2.0 %
% of total loans                        0.9 %             0.5 %
Total loan deferrals        $       482,741     $     206,673
% of total loans                        8.8 %             3.7 %




COVID-19 Commercial Loans Update
(unaudited)



Commercial High Sensitivity Portfolio Update



                                                As of September 30, 2020                                     As of October 31, 2020
                                                                               % of                                                        % of
                                                                            Classified                                                  Classified
                                                          % Balances         Loans in                                 % Balances         Loans in
Industry:                        % of Total Loans          Deferred         Subsector         % of Total Loans         Deferred         Subsector
Traveler Accommodation                         2.8 %             60.7 %              3.9 %                  2.8 %            13.0 %              3.9 %
Food Service                                   1.0 %             22.4 %              0.6 %                  1.0 %             0.5 %              0.5 %
Sub-total                                      3.7 %             51.0 %              3.1 %                  3.8 %             9.7 %              3.0 %
Retail Trade and CRE                           9.4 %             17.7 %              1.3 %                  9.4 %             8.1 %              1.3 %
Long-term Care                                 1.9 %             10.8 %             11.0 %                  1.9 %             2.2 %             10.9 %
Arts/Entertainment/Recreation                  0.4 %             37.8 %              2.5 %                  0.4 %            32.2 %              2.6 %
Energy                                         0.1 %              0.0 %              0.0 %                  0.1 %             0.0 %              0.0 %
Total                                         15.6 %             25.2 %              3.0 %                 15.7 %             8.3 %              2.9 %




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COVID-19 Commercial Loan Deferral Update
($ in thousands)



                                September 30,                                                         October 31,
                                    2020               New          Net Payoffs/      Return to          2020            October
Deferral Type:                     Balance          Deferrals       Type Charges       Pay (1)          Balance         Extensions
Interest only 1-3 months       $        12,314     $         0     $          (18 )   $  (10,988 )   $       1,308     $          0
Interest only 4-5 months                26,943               0                (23 )       (4,294 )          22,626                0
Interest only 6 months                  55,196               0             17,241        (29,845 )          42,592           17,472
Deferred payment 1-90 days              57,262             824            (16,917 )      (30,263 )          10,906                0
Deferred payment 91-179 days             6,497               0                 (2 )       (6,269 )             226                0
Deferred payment 180 days              276,342               0               (320 )     (177,008 )          99,014                0
Total                          $       434,554     $       824     $          (39 )   $ (258,667 )   $     176,672     $     17,472

(1) Represents approximately 93.4% of previously disclosed October 2020 scheduled expirations.





COVID-19 Commercial Loan Deferral Expirations as of October 31, 2020
($ in thousands)



           October 31, 2020
Month:          Balance
November   $         124,146
December              12,216
January               15,381
February               5,075
March                      0
April                 19,854
Total      $         176,672




The information contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report is furnished
herewith and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise
subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference into any filings made by the Company pursuant to the
Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing.



The Company does not intend to update this information and has no current intention of releasing similar information in the future.





Forward-Looking Statements



This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate
assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ
materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be
considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results
predicted include, among others, those risks and uncertainties included under
the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our filings with the SEC, including,
without limitation, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2019, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 2020, filed with the SEC. All information provided in this Report is as
of the date hereof, and we undertake no duty to update this information unless
required by law.

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