{"url_path":"/sec/hnvr/8-k/2026-06-01/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 ****Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/0001104659-26-068886-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-068886","cik":"0001828588","ticker":"HNVR","issuer_name":"Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/0001104659-26-068886-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001828588","primary_entity_name":"Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD"},"word_count":276,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07****Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n​\n\nThe annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company was held on May 28, 2026.  The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the annual meeting are as follows:\n\n​\n\n1.\n\nThe following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term, by the following vote:\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**FOR**\n\n**WITHHELD**\n\nMichael Katz\n\n4,651,759\n\n174,675\n\nJohn R. Sorrenti\n\n4,769,855\n\n56,579\n\nPhilip Okun\n\n4,642,366\n\n184,068\n\n​\n\n​\n\nThere were 903,723 broker non-votes on the proposal.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n2.\n\nThe Hanover Bancorp, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the shareholders by the following vote:\n\n​\n\n**FOR**\n\n**AGAINST**\n\n**ABSTAIN**\n\n4,755,228\n\n27,522\n\n43,684\n\n​\n\n​\n\nThere were 903,723 broker non-votes on the proposal.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n3.\n\nThe appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified by the shareholders by the following vote:\n\n​\n\n**FOR**\n\n**AGAINST**\n\n**ABSTAIN**\n\n5,725,927\n\n2,908\n\n1,322\n\n​\n\n​\n\nThere were no broker non-votes on the proposal.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n​\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**HANOVER BANCORP, INC.**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nDate: June 1, 2026\n\n​\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Lance P. Burke\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nLance P. Burke\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\nSenior Executive Vice President and\n\nChief Financial Officer\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​"}