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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) April 28, 2014                                                                                                                 
 
Champion Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
West Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
000-21084                                                      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

 
Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.   
 
 
(c)           Effective April 28, 2014 Justin T. Evans, age 28, is appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Champion Industries, Inc.
 
Mr. Evans has five years of accounting and finance experience and is a Louisiana chartered Certified Public Accountant.
 
Mr. Evans was formerly employed by First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary First Guaranty Bank. First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is a one bank holding Company with $1.4 billion in consolidated assets at December 31, 2013 and is a Securities and Exchange Commission registrant.  Champion Industries, Inc. Chairman and CEO, Marshall T. Reynolds, beneficially owns 26.1% of the common stock issued by First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
 
At First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., Mr. Evans served as the Director of Financial Reporting and Senior Accountant. Prior to his departure Mr. Evans was promoted to Chief Risk Officer of First Guaranty Bank.
 
 
 
  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: April 28, 2014
 
 
 
 
 /s/ Marshall T. Reynolds
Marshall T. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer

 
 
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