Champion Industries (CHMP) 10-Q/A 2012 Q3 Quarterly report (amended)

    UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2012

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________to_________

Commission File No. 000-21084

Champion Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

West Virginia	55-0717455
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2450-90 1st Avenue

P.O. Box 2968

Huntington, WV 25728

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(304) 528-2700

(Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes üNo _____.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes   üNo ___.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer  o	Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company þ
		(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes _____No ü.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding at July 31, 2012
Common stock, $1.00 par value per share	11,299,528 shares

Champion Industries, Inc.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The sole purpose of this amendment to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 31, 2012, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2012, is to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-Q, which contains the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) Interactive Data File for the financial statements and notes included in Part I, Item 1 of the Form 10-Q. As permitted by Rule 405(a)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-T, Exhibit 101 was required to be furnished by amendment within 30 days of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q.

No other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q and the Form 10-Q has not been updated to reflect events occurring subsequent to the original filing date.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

CHAMPION INDUSTRIES, INC.

Date: September 18, 2012	/s/ Marshall T. Reynolds
	Marshall T. Reynolds
	Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 18, 2012	/s/ Todd R. Fry
	Todd R. Fry
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.			Description
	31	.1	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
	31	.2	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
	32	.	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
	101	.INS	XBRL Instance Document**
	101	.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document**
	101	.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document**
	101	.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document**
	101	.PRE	Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document**
	101	.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document**

*	Previously filed or furnished as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 31, 2012.
**	Furnished with this Amendment No. 1.

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