UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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) 5/6/25/2019

CITIZENS FIRST CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Kentucky	001-33126	61-0912615
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

1065 Ashley Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky		42103
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code (270) 393-0700

Not Applicable

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class:	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common	CZFC	NASDAQ

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ITEM 85.0107 Submission ~~Other~~Of ~~Events~~Matters To A Vote Of Security Holders.

OnA ~~May~~special 6,meeting ~~2019,~~ of shareholders of Citizens First Corporation ~~issued~~was aheld ~~press~~on ~~release~~June ~~regarding~~25, ~~the~~2019. ~~availability~~At tothe meeting, shareholders ofapproved ~~its~~a ~~Annual~~merger ~~Report~~proposal, onas ~~Form~~described ~~10-K~~below, as ~~amended~~and ~~for~~a ~~the~~non-binding ~~year~~advisory ~~ended~~vote ~~December~~on ~~31,~~certain ~~2018. A~~merger-related ~~copy~~compensation of the ~~release~~company’s isexecutives. ~~attached~~The tovotes ~~this~~cast ~~Form~~on ~~8-K~~the astwo ~~Exhibit~~agenda ~~99.1.~~ items are set forth below:

~~Item 9~~1.~~01 Financial~~ ~~Statements~~Proposal to approve the Agreement and ~~Exhibits~~Plan of Reorganization dated as of February 21, 2019 between the Company, Citizens First Bank, Inc., German American Bancorp, Inc. and German American Bank:

(d) Exhibits


Votes For	1,676,711

Votes Against	3,552

Votes Abstained	7,885

~~The~~2. ~~following~~Proposal ~~exhibits~~to ~~are~~approve, ~~filed~~on asan ~~part~~advisory, non-binding basis, compensation that certain executive officers of ~~this~~the ~~report~~Company will or may receive that is based on or otherwise relates to the proposed merger with German American Bancorp, Inc.:

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
Votes For	1,401,006
99.1		Press Release dated May 6, 2019
Votes Against	277,505
Votes Abstained	9,637

No other proposals were voted on at the special meeting.

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 FIRST CORPORATION (Registrant) By: /s/ ~~Steve~~M. ~~Marcum~~Todd ~~Steve~~Kanipe ~~Marcum~~M. ~~Executive~~Todd ~~Vice~~Kanipe President and Chief ~~Financial~~Executive Officer Date: ~~May~~July 61, 2019

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