8-K


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 24, 2016

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

The 2016 Annual Meeting (the "Annual Meeting") of Stockholders of Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") was held on March 24, 2016.  A total of 5,231,265 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:

The following individuals were nominated for election to the Board of Directors for a term of three years expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 
Name
 
Votes For      
 
Votes Withheld    
 
Broker Non-Votes   
Timothy A. Nettesheim
 
1,313,565
 
2,130,037
 
1,621,107
James R. Lang
 
1,780,724
 
1,662,878
 
1,621,107

The nominations were made by the Board of Directors and no other nominations were made by any stockholder. The nominees had currently been members of the Board of Directors at the date of the Annual Meeting.  Both Mr. Nettesheim and Mr. Lang were completing a three year term as members of the Board of Directors at the date of the Annual Meeting.

The terms of the following directors continued after the Annual Meeting: Richard McHugh (until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders), Michael Swenson (until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders), David B. Westrate (until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders) and Brian R. Schilling (until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders),

2.   Proposal 2: Selection of Auditors:

The stockholders voted to ratify the appointment by the Company's Audit Committee of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.

 
     Votes For     
 
 
     Votes Against     
 
 
        Abstentions        
 
Broker
   Non-Votes   
4,985,761
 
9,012
 
69,936
 









SIGNATURES

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

 
 
CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
 
 
 
Date: March 28, 2016
 
By:
 
/s/ Mark C. Oldenberg
 
 
 
 
Mark C. Oldenberg
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer