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 23, 2020

CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
 
 
001-33003
 
20-5120010
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer I.D. Number)
 
 
 
2174 EastRidge Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
 
 
54701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
715-836-9994
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
            
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
CZWI
NASDAQ Global Market SM

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).





 
Emerging growth company  o
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o






Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 23, 2020, Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 11,151,009 shares of common stock were eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting were as follows:


1.   Proposal 1: Election of Directors:

Richard McHugh, Francis E. Felber and Michael L. Swenson were elected directors of the Company. The results of the vote were as follows:


 
Name
 
Votes For      
 
Votes Withheld    
 
Broker Non-Votes   
Richard McHugh
 
6,211,054
 
1,237,726
 
2,110,313
Francis E. Felber
 
6,853,439
 
595,341
 
2,110,313
Michael L. Swenson
 
6,841,739
 
607,041
 
2,110,313

2.   Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

The stockholders approved the proposal to ratify the appointment by the Company’s Audit Committee of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The results of the vote were as follows:
 
     Votes For     
 
 
     Votes Against     
 
 
        Abstentions        
 
Broker
   Non-Votes   
9,199,183
 
83,845
 
276,065
 

3.   Proposal 3: Advisory (non-binding) vote on the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

The stockholders approved the advisory (non-binding) proposal regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. The results of the vote were as follows:

 
     Votes For     
 
 
     Votes Against     
 
 
        Abstentions        
 
Broker
   Non-Votes   
6,624,447
 
743,316
 
81,017
 
2,110,313












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.

 
 
CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
 
 
 
Date: June 24, 2020
 
By:
 
/s/ James S. Broucek
 
 
 
 
James S. Broucek
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer