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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-760220
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161102
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161104

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			IES Holdings, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001048268
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRICAL WORK [1731]
		IRS NUMBER:				760542208
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13783
		FILM NUMBER:		161975477

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5433 WESTHEIMER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77056
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7138601500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5433 WESTHEIMER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77056

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20150106

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SERVICES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19971022
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Current Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November&nbsp;2, 2016 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>IES Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>76-0542208</B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>5433 Westheimer Road, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77056 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (713)&nbsp;860-1500 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Appointment of Jeffrey L. Gendell </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On
November&nbsp;2, 2016, the Board of Directors of IES Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), approved an increase in the size of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;<U>Board</U>&#148;) from five to six
members, and the Nominating/Governance Committee of the Board recommended, and the Board approved, the appointment of Jeffrey L. Gendell to fill the newly-created Board seat, effective as of November&nbsp;4, 2016. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Effective contemporaneously with his appointment, Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey&nbsp;L. Gendell succeeded Mr.&nbsp;David&nbsp;B. Gendell as the
non-executive Chairman of the Board, and Mr.&nbsp;David&nbsp;B. Gendell was appointed to serve as the non-executive Vice Chairman of the Board. Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey&nbsp;L. Gendell has not been appointed to any Committees of the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey L. Gendell is the founder and managing member of Tontine Associates, L.L.C., which together with certain of its affiliates
(collectively, &#147;<U>Tontine</U>&#148;), controls a majority of the Company&#146;s outstanding common stock. The Company is party to a sublease agreement with Tontine Associates, L.L.C. for corporate office space in Greenwich, Connecticut. The
sublease, with monthly payments due in the amount of approximately $8,000, has terms at market rates and payments by the Company are at a rate consistent with that paid by Tontine Associates, L.L.C. to its landlord. The sublease was amended in April
2016 to reflect an increase in the rent paid by Tontine Associates, L.L.C. to its landlord and the Company&#146;s increased use of the corporate office space. The sublease will expire contemporaneously with the underlying lease in June 2019.
Mr.&nbsp;David&nbsp;B. Gendell is also the brother of Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey&nbsp;L. Gendell and is employed by Tontine. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is no
arrangement or understanding between Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey L. Gendell and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed to the Board.&nbsp;Other than the transaction described above, there are no transactions involving him that require disclosure
under Item&nbsp;404(a) of Regulation S-K. He is not a party to any plan, contract or arrangement with the Company in his role as a director and will receive the standard compensation received by the Company&#146;s current non-employee directors, as
described in the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated December&nbsp;28, 2015, for his service on the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the press release
announcing Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey L. Gendell&#146;s appointment to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;4, 2016, the Company issued a press release
announcing Mr.&nbsp;Jeffrey&nbsp;L. Gendell&#146;s appointment and the change in leadership roles described under Item&nbsp;5.02 above. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IES HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HOUSTON &#151; November 4, 2016 &#151; IES Holdings, Inc. (&#147;IES&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) (NASDAQ: IESC) today announced that the
Company has expanded its Board of Directors with the appointment of Jeffrey L. Gendell as a director and the non-executive Chairman of the Board.&nbsp;Mr. Gendell is the founder and managing member of Tontine Associates, L.L.C., a private investment
management firm which, together with its affiliates, is IES&#146;s majority shareholder.&nbsp;Effective with this appointment, David B. Gendell, the current non-executive Chairman of the Board, was appointed to serve as the non-executive Vice
Chairman of the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Donald L. Luke, Chairman of the Nominating/Governance Committee of the Board, commented, &#147;We are very pleased
to welcome Jeff as Chairman of the Board.&nbsp;As a long-time shareholder, he has been committed to IES&#146;s growth and success for years, and brings a deep understanding of IES&#146;s strategy, leadership and governance.&nbsp;Through his
extensive investment experience at Tontine, he also adds diverse industry knowledge and a valuable shareholder perspective to the Board.&#148;&nbsp;Mr. Luke added, &#147;I am also gratified that Dave will be remaining in a leadership role as Vice
Chairman.&nbsp;He has been extremely effective in helping to steer the Company&#146;s growth strategy as Chairman, and the Board will benefit from his continued involvement.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jeff Gendell, said, &#147;I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as Chairman of the IES Board.&nbsp;I believe that the Company has
developed a strong track record of executing on its growth and capital allocation strategy, and I look forward to continuing to support the Board and management as they drive this strategy.&#148; </P>

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