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): March ~~January 29~~9, 2026

AVIDBANK HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California		001-42792		26-1731009
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1732 North First Street, 6th Floor San Jose, CA		95112
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 200-7390

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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, no par value per share		AVBH		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 25.02 ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~January 29~~March 9, 2026, the board of directors (the “Company Board”) of Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (the "“Company"”) ~~issued~~approved athe ~~press~~appointment ~~release~~of ~~announcing~~Mr. ~~financial~~Keith ~~results~~F. ~~for~~Jensen ~~the~~as ~~quarter~~a ~~and~~member ~~year~~of ~~ended~~the ~~December~~Company ~~31,~~Board. ~~2025~~Mr. AJensen ~~copy~~will also serve on the board of directors of Avidbank (the ~~press~~“Bank ~~release~~Board”), isthe ~~furnished~~Company’s aswholly-owned ~~Exhibit~~bank ~~99.1~~subsidiary to(the ~~this~~“Bank”), ~~report~~with ~~and~~both ~~incorporated~~appointments ~~herein~~effective byMarch ~~reference~~9, 2026.

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There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Jensen and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director, and there are no family relationships between him and any other director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become an executive officer. There are no transactions involving Mr. Jensen to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Jensen will receive the same compensation as currently paid to the Company’s and the Bank’s other board members.

Mr. Jensen’s appointment to the Company Board and the Bank Board filled the existing vacancy on each board. As a result, there are currently ten (10) directors serving on the Company Board and the Bank Board.

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure

~~The~~A ~~Company is~~copy ~~filing~~of anthe ~~investor~~press ~~presentation~~release ~~that~~issued itby ~~intends~~the toCompany ~~use in one-~~on~~-one~~ ~~meetings~~March ~~with~~11, ~~investors~~2026 atregarding ~~various~~the ~~times.~~appointment ~~A copy~~ of ~~the~~Mr. ~~investor~~Jensen ~~presentation~~ is ~~furnished~~attached as Exhibit 99.21 to this ~~report~~Current ~~and~~Report ~~incorporated~~on ~~herein~~Form ~~by reference~~8-K.

The ~~presentation~~information isin ~~included~~this asItem 7.01 and Exhibit 99.21 toattached ~~this~~hereto ~~report and~~ shall not be deemed ~~to be "~~“filed"” for ~~the~~ purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act ~~and~~of 1934, nor shall ~~not~~it be deemed incorporated by reference ~~into~~in any ~~registration~~filing ~~statement or other document filed~~ under the Securities Act or ~~the~~of ~~Exchange Act~~1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	~~Avidbank Holdings, Inc.~~ Press Release dated ~~January~~March 2911, 2026
99.2	Avidbank Holdings, Inc. Investor Presentation dated January 29, 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 Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 29, 2026	AVIDBANK HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated: March 13, 2026	AVIDBANK HOLDINGS, INC.
	By:	/s/ ~~Patrick~~Victor ~~Oakes~~DeMarco
	Name:	~~Patrick~~Victor ~~Oakes~~DeMarco
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief ~~Financial~~Legal Officer

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