---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-025315"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVBH"
cik: "0001443575"
company_name: "Avidbank Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-03T12:17:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-03T12:20:22.757869+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avidbank appoints Jonathan M. Dale as President; Mordell remains Chairman and CEO

## Summary
- Jonathan M. Dale appointed President of Avidbank Holdings and Avidbank, effective August 3, 2026.
- Mark D. Mordell continues as Chairman and CEO; Dale will report to Mordell.
- Dale previously served as EVP and Regional Executive for California at Umpqua Bank (Columbia Bank).
- Compensation includes $625,000 base salary, up to 100% bonus, and $500,000 restricted stock award vesting in 3 years.
- Appointment part of deliberate succession planning to provide leadership continuity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-025315
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVBH
- cik: 0001443575
- company_name: Avidbank Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-03T12:17:20+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443575/000143774926025315/0001437749-26-025315-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443575/000143774926025315/avbh20260714_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-025315
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-025315.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-025315.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan M. Dale was appointed as President at Avidbank Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On August 3, 2026, Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), and Avidbank, a California state-chartered bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Bank”) announced that it has appointed Jonathan M. Dale as President of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443575/000143774926025315/0001437749-26-025315-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark D. Mordell changed role as President at Avidbank Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: no longer serve as President
  - Role: President
  source text: On the Effective Date and in connection with the appointment of Mr. Dale, Mark D. Mordell, the Company’s and the Bank’s current Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will continue to serve in the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, and no longer serve as President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443575/000143774926025315/0001437749-26-025315-index.htm

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