Champion Industries (CHMP) 8-K Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard

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) June 18, 2012                                                                                                                                                       

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)

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Section 3 – Securities and Trading Markets

Item 3.01   Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

Champion Industries, Inc.’s (the Company’s) common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market.  On June 18, 2012, the Company received a NASDAQ staff deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ OMX Group notifying the Company that it was not in compliance with the $2,500,000 stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market set forth in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5550(b)(1). The Company was also notified in its deficiency letter that it did not meet the minimum bid price of $1.00 per share.

Under NASDAQ’s listing rules, the Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance with the $2,500,000 shareholder equity rule.  If the Company’s plan is accepted, NASDAQ can grant an extension of up to 180 days from June 18, 2012 to evidence compliance.  The Company currently intends to  review the NASDAQ deficiencies identified above and identify an appropriate course of action to address such deficiencies.

There is no assurance that our stock price will achieve the minimum bid price amount, or that our stock price will continue to meet the minimum requirement for continued listing, or that the Company will meet the other listing requirements of NASDAQ.

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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: June 19, 2012
	/s/ Todd R. Fry Todd R. Fry, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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