---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-106101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVAT"
cik: "0002092446"
company_name: "Avalanche Treasury Corp"
filed_at: "2026-09-09T10:32:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-09T10:35:04.058216+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avalanche Treasury expands board to 4, appoints Virginia Gambale to board and audit committee

## Summary
- Board increased from 3 to 4 directors; Virginia Gambale appointed effective Sept 8, 2026.
- Gambale also joins audit committee; Gerald Bartholomew Smith resigns from audit committee but remains on board.
- Paul Grinberg, audit committee chair, also signed a director services agreement on Sept 8, 2026.
- Both Gambale and Grinberg compensated per company director compensation policy plus expense reimbursement.
- Audit committee now has two independent members under Nasdaq phase-in rule 5615(b)(1)(B).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-106101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVAT
- cik: 0002092446
- company_name: Avalanche Treasury Corp
- filed_at: 2026-09-09T10:32:40+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2092446/000110465926106101/0001104659-26-106101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2092446/000110465926106101/tm2625032d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-106101
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-106101.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-106101.txt

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