---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001575872-26-000679"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCL"
cik: "0001923780"
company_name: "Northann Corp."
filed_at: "2026-10-07T21:15:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:45:21.567741+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northann elects Vincent La Scala to board; ex-CEO Lin Li to sell all shares

## Summary
- Northann Corp. elected Vincent La Scala to its Board on October 5, 2026, filling the vacancy created by Umesh Patel's resignation; he will chair the Audit Committee.
- La Scala is deemed independent, financially literate, and an audit committee financial expert, with over 30 years in financial services including more than 30 years at Citigroup.
- Former CEO Lin Li agreed to sell all beneficially owned securities: 1,803,750 shares of Common Stock and 625,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a third-party investor.
- Upon closing, pending paperwork, Mr. Li will no longer beneficially own any securities of Northann Corp.
- Northann's Common Stock trades on NYSE American under the ticker symbol NCL.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001575872-26-000679
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCL
- cik: 0001923780
- company_name: Northann Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-10-07T21:15:17+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923780/000157587226000679/0001575872-26-000679-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923780/000157587226000679/ncl129_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001575872-26-000679.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Umesh Patel resigned as Director at Northann Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Umesh Patel
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923780/000157587226000679/0001575872-26-000679-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vincent La Scala was elected as Director at Northann Corp..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 5, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Northann Corp. (the “ Company ”) voted to elect Mr. Vincent La Scala to serve as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Umesh Patel.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923780/000157587226000679/0001575872-26-000679-index.htm

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