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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, 2016
 
 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
 
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, 2016, the following matters were voted upon:
   
  a)  
Fixing the number of directors at seven (5) 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
 6,971,056 329,809
 
-0-
     
 
Philip E. Cline
 7,014,340 286,525
 
-0-
     
 
Marshall T. Reynolds
 7,019,751 281,114
 
-0-
     
 
Neal W. Scaggs
 6,948,856 352,009
 
-0-
     
 
Glenn W. Wilcox, Sr.
 6,965,531 335,334
 
-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
      6,850,754   420,783   15,748   -0-
                   
 
 
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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)
 
 
 
 
 
 /s/ Justin T. Evans
 
   Date: April 1, 2016  
Justin T. Evans, Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
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