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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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)  March 21, 2011
 
Champion Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
West Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
0-21084                                                      55-0717455
             (Commission File No.)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
             2450 First Avenue
             P. O. Box 2968
            Huntington, West Virginia                                                                                                                 25728
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                                                                                       (Zip Code)
 
 
(304) 528-2700
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
 
Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
 
 
 Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
   
 
       At the annual meeting of shareholders of Champion Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held March 21, 2011, the following matters were voted upon:
   
   
 a)  Fixing the number of directors at seven (7) and election of the following nominees as directors, with votes "for" and "withheld", as well as broker non-votes, as follows:
     

   
Director
  
Votes “For”
  
Votes “Withheld”
  
Broker Nonvotes
   
 
Louis J. Akers
  
 
7,491,723
  
 
57,530
  
 
-0-
   
 
Philip E. Cline
  
 
7,503,634
  
 
45,619
  
 
-0-
   
 
Harley F. Mooney, Jr.
  
 
7,503,546
  
 
45,707
  
 
-0-
   
 
A. Michael Perry
  
 
7,503,634
  
 
45,619
  
 
-0-
   
 
Marshall T. Reynolds
  
 
7,408,459
  
 
140,794
  
 
-0-
   
 
Neal W. Scaggs
  
 
7,454,968
  
 
94,285
  
 
-0-
   
 
Glenn W. Wilcox, Sr.
  
 
7,489,223
  
 
60,030
  
 
-0-
                 
                 
   
b)  To approve, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the Company’s executive compensation disclosed in the proxy statement for the annual meeting.
     
     

   
Votes “For”
  
Votes “Against”
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-Votes
   
7,293,412
  
215,057
  
38,563
  
-0-
                 
                 
   
 c) To approve, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, a proposal to determine whether the shareholder vote to approve executive compensation should occur every
     

       
1 Year           
  
2 Years
  
3 Years
  
                   
   
Votes “For”:
  
7,034,647
  
64,814
  
394,358
  
                   
   
Abstentions
  
53,213
          
   
Broker Non-Votes:
  
-0-
          
                   
                   
 
     At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held immediately after the annual shareholder meeting, the Company decided, in light of the vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation, that until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on compensation of executives, an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation shall occur every year.
 
 
 
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 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.
   
     
 CHAMPION INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 Date: March 21, 2011
    
     
 /s/ Todd R. Fry
Todd R. Fry, Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
 
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