8-K

 

 

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): July 26, 2017

 

 

CITIZENS HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Mississippi   001-15375   64-0666512

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

521 Main Street, Philadelphia, Mississippi   39350
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(601) 656-4692

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box 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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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  ☐

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.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 26, 2017, Citizens Holding Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock over the next 36 months. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated July 26, 2017


SIGNATURES

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 HOLDING COMPANY
Date: July 26, 2017     By:  

/s/ Robert T. Smith

    Robert T. Smith
    Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer,
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated July 26, 2017