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.
West Virginia
0-21084 55-0717455
2450 First Avenue
P. O. Box 2968
Huntington, West Virginia 25728
(304) 528-2700
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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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