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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="ic1e47fac503a465998c38ca5bcb7c912_D20220421-20220421" 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czwi-20220421
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):
April 21, 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
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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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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 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 21, 2022, Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Citizens Community Federal, N.A., entered into a Third Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated April 21, 2022 with Stephen M. Bianchi, Chairman, President and CEO (the "Bianchi Employment Agreement"), and a Second Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated April 21, 2022 with James S. Broucek (the "Broucek Employment Agreement").
The Bianchi Employment Agreement extended the expiration of the term of Mr. Bianchi's employment from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2025, with automatic one-year renewal periods thereafter.
The Broucek Employment Agreement extended the expiration of the term of Mr. Broucek's employment from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2025, with automatic one-year renewal periods thereafter.
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: April 25, 2022
By:
/s/ James S. Broucek
James S. Broucek
Chief Financial Officer