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): January 13, 2017 (January 10, 2017)

CHANTICLEER HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

7621 Little Avenue, Suite 414, Charlotte, NC 28226

(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

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(Former address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

(704) 366-5122

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) Paul G. Porter resigned from the Board of Directors of Chanticleer Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Chanticleer”) on January 10, 2017, effective immediately.

(c) On January 13, 2017, the Board of Directors of Chanticleer appointed Neil G. Kiefer to server as director, filling the vacancy created by Mr. Porter’s resignation. Mr. Kiefer was also appointed to serve on the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee.

Since May 1992, Mr. Kiefer has served as Chief Executive Officer of Hooters Management Corporation, Hooters, Inc. and all of its affiliated companies. In 1994, he was appointed as a board member of those entities and has continued to serve in the foregoing capacities. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2006-2012 and was a holder of a Gaming Operator’s License issued by the Nevada State Gaming Control Board. Previously, Mr. Kiefer practiced law in St. Petersburg, Florida from 1979 to May of 1992.

Mr. Kiefer received a Bachelor’s Degree from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia and received his Law Degree from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1979. Mr. Kiefer has also served the community over his professional career in the Tampa Bay Area. He served from 1990-2012 as a voluntary assistant varsity boy’s basketball coach at Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport, Florida. Additionally, he has served as a board member for the Pinellas County Urban League, the Pinellas County Police Athletic League, Tampa Bay Sports Commission and the Pinellas County Educational Foundation.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Kiefer and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed a director. There are no family relationships between Mr. Kiefer and Chanticleer’s other directors or executive officers. There are no current or proposed transactions in which Mr. Kiefer has a direct or indirect material interest in which Chanticleer is involved and in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of Chanticleer’s total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years.

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.

Date: January 13, 2017