Current Report Filing (8-k)

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) July 27, 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.)

2450-90 1st 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 8 – Other Events


	Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 27, 2016, at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Champion Industries Inc. ("the Company") consummated a 1:200 (1 new share for 200 old shares) reverse stock split. The Amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as approved by shareholders at a special meeting of shareholders on June 30, 2016, which allowed for the reverse split, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.0.

SIGNATURES

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.