---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-024784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOVB"
cik: "0001978811"
company_name: "Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:28:00.747226+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gouverneur Bancorp stockholders elect three directors, ratify Bonadio & Co. as auditor

## Summary
- Clara P. Cummings, John N. Mason, and Timothy J. Monroe elected to three-year terms with FOR votes ranging from 297,813 to 373,002.
- Ratification of Bonadio & Co., LLP as independent auditor for FY ending Sep 30, 2024 approved: 643,059 FOR, 129,234 AGAINST, 8,997 ABSTAIN.
- Broker non-votes totaled 256,214 for director election; none for auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-024784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOVB
- cik: 0001978811
- company_name: Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465924024784/0001104659-24-024784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465924024784/tm246477d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/ shareholders approved Ratification of Bonadio & Co., LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 at the 2024-02-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-12
  source text: The appointment of Bonadio & Co., LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 was ratified by stockholders by the following vote: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 643,059 129,234 8,997 There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465924024784/0001104659-24-024784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-02-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-12
  source text: The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, by the following vote: FOR WITHHELD Clara P. Cummings 297,813 227,263 John N. Mason 300,879 224,197 Timothy J. Monroe 373,002 152,074 There were 256,214 broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465924024784/0001104659-24-024784-index.htm

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