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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-758825
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161103
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161103
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161103

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000944745
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				341558688
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36192
		FILM NUMBER:		161971669

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 EAST WATER ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 5016
		CITY:			SANDUSKY
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44870
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4196254121

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 EAST WATER ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 5016
		CITY:			SANDUSKY
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44870

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP /OH
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950502
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </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>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) 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) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>November&nbsp;3, 2016 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Civista
Bancshares, Inc.</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><U>34-1558688</U></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>100 East Water Street, P.O. Box 5016, Sandusky, Ohio 44870 </U></B></P>
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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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 ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Other Events </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Civista Bancshares, Inc. is sending a letter to its shareholders regarding the payment of
a fourth quarter dividend of $0.06 per share. The letter discusses a number of issues that have had an impact on, and are expected to continue to impact, the Company. A copy of the letter as mailed is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Civista Bancshares, Inc. is a $1.4 billion financial holding company headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio and may be accessed at <U>www.civb.com</U>. The
Company&#146;s common shares are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &#147;CIVB&#148;. The Company&#146;s depositary shares, each representing a 1/40<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> ownership interest in a
Series B Preferred Share, are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &#147;CIVBP&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Todd A. Michel</P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Exhibit 99.1 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">November&nbsp;1, 2016 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Shareholder: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Enclosed (unless you have direct deposit) is your November&nbsp;1, 2016, dividend of $.06 per common share. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The performance of your company for the three quarters of 2016 was $1.24 per diluted common share compared to $.87 for the three quarters of 2015. This is a
43% increase. As you may recall, in the second quarter we received a payoff on a challenged loan where we recovered approximately $1,300,000 in previously charged down loan value and approximately $918,000 in non-accrued interest. If we compare
earnings per share without these nonrecurring items, earnings for the three quarters would have been approximately $1.11 per diluted common share. This would still be a respectable 33% increase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While we hear conflicting economic stories in this election year, we continue to experience a nice pace of loan activity. Our net loans have grown from
$987,000,000 at year end 2015 to 1,034,000,000 at September&nbsp;30. This does not include over $50,000,000 in real estate mortgages which we processed and sold into the secondary market. We sell these mortgages as we don&#146;t want to put 30-year
fixed rate loans on our books when you are at the bottom of a rate cycle. Our loan growth contributed to increasing total interest income to $40,160,000 from $37,725,000 the prior year. At the same time interest expense was down $35,000. The result
is a nice pickup in net interest income of over $2,400,000, primarily from loan growth and carefully managing rates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our noninterest income for the three
quarters of 2016 was $12,989,000. This was an increase of $1,857,000 or 16.7% from 2015. While we have experienced increases in most of our noninterest income categories, we had a 51% increase in our net gain on the sale of loans. This is a result
of the mortgage lending activity this year. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Noninterest expenses for nine months was $33,153,000, up just 3% from 2015. Noninterest expense increases are
primarily in salaries and benefits from the Dayton acquisition in 2015. This year includes a full nine months, last year&#146;s expense included from the deal closing in early March to September&nbsp;30, so it&#146;s not quite an apples-to-apples
comparison. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our performance numbers continue to point to the impact of growth and leveraging our expenses over a larger company. Growth has brought an
increase in net interest income of 7%, an increase in non-interest income of over 16% while expense are up only 3%. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As we look at growth opportunities,
we are pleased with the continuing results of last year&#146;s Dayton acquisition and the opening of the loan production office in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. We have recently hired experienced lenders from the Toledo market and west side of Cleveland.
The recently announced acquisition of First Merit by Huntington Bank should bring opportunities to Civista for experienced lending staff and customers. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are embarking on two projects that will take advantage of operating efficiencies and also improve our customer
experience. The first is our &#147;On-Base&#148; project. OnBase will result in the digitalization of documents and processes. A highly regulated business like banking results in the generation of a lot of paper, copies, and expense. The OnBase
project will help to streamline the handling of documents. Our second project will involve a strong look at our customer&#146;s experience. In this rapidly changing technology world, customers want quick and seamless interaction with their bank. We
have engaged both outside experts and internal tech-savvy employees to provide recommendations. Both projects will be a long-term investment, navigating the company into the 21<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">st</SUP> century. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While delivery of service and products may evolve, our business focus remains unchanged. Our story continues to be gathering inexpensive deposits and putting
that funding to work in lending. We remain disciplined in our loan offerings and structure in order to maintain our strong interest margin and short duration. We continue to examine and implement opportunities for reasonable fee income for our
services, which we believe have a strong value. We continue to participate and give back in our communities, which are the foundation of our business. We believe this builds the value of this franchise &#150; your company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have any questions, a call is always welcomed. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Comments made in this letter include &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results or future events could differ,
possibly materially, from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this letter, and Civista Bancshares, Inc. assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this letter, except to the extent required by law. </I></P>
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