---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-050051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOVB"
cik: "0001978811"
company_name: "Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/"
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T03:45:24.125876+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Robert W. Barlow resigns; Charles C. Van Vleet appointed interim CEO

## Summary
- Robert W. Barlow resigned as President, CEO, and director effective May 13, 2025.
- Board appointed Charles C. Van Vleet as Interim President and CEO effective same day.
- Van Vleet previously served as CEO of the bank from 2010-2021 and again 2023-2024.
- No material plan, contract, or compensatory arrangement entered with Van Vleet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-050051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOVB
- cik: 0001978811
- company_name: Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465925050051/0001104659-25-050051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465925050051/tm2515432d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-050051
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-050051.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-050051.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles C. Van Vleet, Jr. was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank has appointed Charles C. Van Vleet, Jr. as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465925050051/0001104659-25-050051-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert W. Barlow resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc./MD/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 13, 2025, Robert W. Barlow notified the Board of Directors of Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and Gouverneur Savings and Loan Association (the “Bank”) that he was resigning as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, and as a director of the Company and the Bank, effective as of May 13, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1978811/000110465925050051/0001104659-25-050051-index.htm

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