Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD0001828588false00018285882026-08-262026-08-26

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 26, 2026

HANOVER BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

001-41384

81-3324480

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

80 East Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, New York

11501

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (516) 548-8500

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock

HNVR

NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On August 26, 2026, Hanover Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the parent holding company of Hanover Community Bank, issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has approved a new Share Repurchase Program.  Under this program, which will expire on August 17, 2027, the Company may repurchase up to 370,000 shares, or approximately 5% of its outstanding common stock.  The new Share Repurchase Program will commence upon the exhaustion of the Company’s previously approved Share Repurchase Program, which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on October 5, 2023.

Under the Share Repurchase Program, repurchases will be made from time to time by the Company in the open market as conditions allow, or in privately negotiated transactions.  All or part of the repurchases may be implemented under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which would allow repurchases under pre-set terms at times when the Company might otherwise be prevented from doing so under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed blackout periods.

Except in the case of repurchases under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, the volume, nature, price and timing of the repurchases are at the sole discretion of management, dependent on the stock price, market conditions, applicable securities laws including SEC Rule 10b-18, corporate and regulatory requirements, capital and liquidity needs and other factors.  The Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of shares and the Board of Directors may suspend, discontinue, terminate, modify, cancel or extend the Share Repurchase Program at any time and for any reason.

A copy of the Company’s press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release dated August 26, 2026

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant 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.

HANOVER BANCORP, INC.

Date: August 26, 2026

By:

/s/ Lance P. Burke

Lance P. Burke

Senior Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer


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