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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001575872-26-000670"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCL"
cik: "0001923780"
company_name: "Northann Corp."
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:16:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:23:36.986127+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northann appoints Chairman Bradley C. Lalonde as Co-CEO alongside François Vachon

## Summary
- On September 30, 2026, Northann's Board appointed Bradley C. Lalonde, current Chairman of the Board, as Co-CEO alongside existing Co-CEO François Vachon.
- Lalonde ceased to be an independent director upon becoming an executive, so he resigned from the Board's Audit Committee; he remains Chairman of the Board.
- Northann reported no familial or other relationships between Lalonde and any director or management member, and no arrangements or understandings for his appointment.
- The company said there are no transactions in which Lalonde has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
- The filing also lists Exhibit 104, Cover Page Interactive Data File, under Item 9.01.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001575872-26-000670
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCL
- cik: 0001923780
- company_name: Northann Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:16:01+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923780/000157587226000670/0001575872-26-000670-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923780/000157587226000670/ncl128_8k.htm

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