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style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">________________</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i6689fe173916408fa592a9b1e51c6f80_D20221024-20221024" 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czwi-20221024
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):
October 24, 2022
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 Identification No.)
2174 EastRidge Center
Eau Claire
,
WI
54701
(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)
715
-
836-9994
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered or to be 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
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
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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.
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Item 2.02
.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
.
On October 24, 2022, Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing our financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and posted its Earnings Release Supplement and Earnings Release Presentation to its website. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, a copy of the Earnings Release Supplement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and a copy of the Earnings Release Presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3. The attached Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 are furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K.
The information in this Item 2.02, Item 9.01 and Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01
.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
.
(d)    Exhibits.  The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:
99.1
Press Release dated October 24, 2022
99.2
Earnings Release Supplement dated October 24, 2022
99.3
Earnings Release Presentation dated October 24, 2022
104
The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K in Inline XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language)
SIGNATURE
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:  October 24, 2022
By:
/s/ James S. Broucek
James S. Broucek
Chief Financial Officer