---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-124290"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOVB"
cik: "0001978811"
company_name: "Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/"
filed_at: "2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T16:31:38.567239+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gouverneur Bancorp appoints Sadie M. Hall as COO effective Jan 3, 2024

## Summary
- Sadie M. Hall appointed Vice President, Compliance Officer and COO of the Company and Bank, effective January 3, 2024.
- Hall, 33, has served as Compliance Officer since Feb 2015 and Vice President since Jan 2021.
- Victor James to retire as VP and COO effective same date; no family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure.
- No material plan, contract, or grant entered into in connection with Hall's appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-124290
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOVB
- cik: 0001978811
- company_name: Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/
- filed_at: 2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465923124290/0001104659-23-124290-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465923124290/tm2332423d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-124290.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Victor James departed as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Victor James has notified the Company that he will retire as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective as of January 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465923124290/0001104659-23-124290-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sadie M. Hall was appointed as Vice President, Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: appointed Sadie M. Hall, the current Vice President and Compliance Officer of the Bank, as Vice President, Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective as of January 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465923124290/0001104659-23-124290-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.