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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-017591"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNVR"
cik: "0001828588"
company_name: "Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD"
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:48:03.404524+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# President McClelland Wilcox to depart March 31; CEO Puorro named President

## Summary
- President McClelland Wilcox leaving March 31, 2026 as part of management restructuring.
- Severance benefit of approximately $2.15 million per Employment Agreement.
- Chairman & CEO Michael Puorro appointed President, effective after Wilcox's departure.
- Puorro's biography incorporated by reference from proxy statement filed March 26, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-017591
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNVR
- cik: 0001828588
- company_name: Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/000110465926017591/0001104659-26-017591-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/000110465926017591/hnvr-20260212x8k.htm

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