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 1, 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)

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

	Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
	(c) Effective March 1, 2016 Adam M. Reynolds, age 33, is appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Champion Industries, Inc. Mr. Adam Reynolds is succeeding his uncle, Marshall T. Reynolds, in this position. Mr. Marshall Reynolds will remain the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Reynolds brings a diverse and intimate knowledge of the Company's operations to the principal executive position and has been with the Company since 2006 serving in various capacities including assistant to the Company's former President and Chief Operating Officer (2006 - 2013), Division Manager of the Company's Champion Graphic Communications division in Baton Rouge, LA (2013 - 2015), and, more recently, Division Manager of the Company's Chapman Printing division in Parkersburg, WV in concurrence with the Director of Information Technology. Mr. Reynolds also holds a degree in finance from Virginia Tech University.


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 2, 2016
		/s/ Marshall T. Reynolds Marshall T. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board

		CHAMPION INDUSTRIES, INC. (Registrant)
Date: March 2, 2016
		/s/ Justin T. Evans Justin T. Evans, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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