---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-030898"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECBK"
cik: "0001914605"
company_name: "ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/"
filed_at: "2026-09-22T20:04:49+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-22T20:06:30.125280+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ECB Bancorp appoints Matthew J. Cushing to board and audit committee

## Summary
- Matthew J. Cushing appointed director of ECB Bancorp and Everett Co-operative Bank on Sept 16, 2026.
- Term expires at 2027 annual shareholders meeting; also appointed to Audit Committee.
- Will participate in standard non-employee director compensation per 2026 proxy statement; no Item 404(a) transactions.
- No arrangements or understandings with any person regarding his selection as director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-030898
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECBK
- cik: 0001914605
- company_name: ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/
- filed_at: 2026-09-22T20:04:49+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000143774926030898/0001437749-26-030898-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000143774926030898/ecbk20260921_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030898
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030898.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030898.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew J. Cushing was appointed as Director at ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 16, 2026, the Board of Directors of ECB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Everett Co-operative Bank (the “Bank”), appointed Matthew J. Cushing to serve as a director of the Company and the Bank for a term that will expire at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000143774926030898/0001437749-26-030898-index.htm

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