UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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): December 431, 2025

Chain Bridge Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 001-42302


Delaware			20-4957796
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)			(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1445-A Laughlin Avenue, McLean, VA			22101
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

(703)-748-2005

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	CBNA	NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company x

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. x

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(bd) ~~Retirement~~Appointment of Director

~~Paul~~On W.December ~~Leavitt~~31, ~~submitted~~2025, ~~his~~the ~~notice~~Board of ~~retirement~~Directors toof the Company and the Board of Directors (of the ~~“Board”)~~Bank ofeach ~~Chain~~appointed ~~Bridge~~William ~~Bancorp, Inc~~C. ~~(the~~Leavitt ~~“Company”)~~as a director effective January 1, ~~and~~2026, to fill the ~~Board~~vacancy ofcreated ~~Directors~~by ofPaul ~~Chain~~W. ~~Bridge~~Leavitt's ~~Bank~~previously announced retirement on December 31, N2025.A Mr. ~~(the~~Leavitt ~~“Bank”),~~will serve as director until the Company’s ~~wholly~~2026 ~~owned~~Annual ~~subsidiary,~~Meeting onof ~~December~~Stockholders 4and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, ~~2025~~or until his earlier resignation or removal. The Company Board and Bank Board will determine Mr. Leavitt's ~~will~~committee ~~retire~~assignments ~~effective~~at ~~December~~a ~~31,~~subsequent ~~2025~~meeting.

~~Mr.~~Background ~~Leavitt’s~~and retirement is pursuant to the Company’s mandatory retirement age policy for directors. Article V of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines establishes a mandatory retirement age of 75 for directors. On April 15, 2025, the Board granted Mr. Leavitt a waiver from the mandatory retirement age, permitting him to stand for reelection at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Leavitt elected to retire at year-end to facilitate board succession planning.Experience

MrWilliam C. Leavitt, ~~has~~age ~~served~~41, ascurrently aserves ~~director~~as ofGeneral ~~the~~Counsel ~~Company~~and ~~since~~Chief ~~December~~Human ~~2016~~Resources ~~and~~Officer asof aJ.J. ~~director~~Taylor ofCompanies, ~~the~~Inc., ~~Bank~~a ~~since~~privately-held ~~January~~holding ~~2018.~~company ~~Further,~~where he ~~has~~oversees ~~served on~~ the ~~Company~~company’s ~~Audit~~legal, ~~Committee~~corporate ~~and~~governance, ~~Compensation~~compliance, ~~Committee~~ and onhuman ~~the~~resources ~~Bank’s Loan Committee and Trust Oversight Committee~~functions.

Previously Mr. Leavitt’s ~~retirement~~served isas ~~not~~General ~~the~~Counsel ~~result~~ of ~~any~~Renuity, ~~disagreement~~LLC, ~~with~~where ~~the~~he ~~Company~~directed legal and corporate affairs and served as Corporate Secretary to its board. Earlier in his career, he practiced law in the ~~Bank’s~~Capital ~~management~~Markets and Banking Group at Skadden, orArps, ~~the~~Slate, ~~Boards~~Meagher on& ~~any~~Flom ~~matter~~LLP ~~relating~~in toNew ~~the~~York ~~Company’s~~and orcompleted ~~the~~a secondment at Bank’ of America's ~~operations,~~Global ~~policies,~~Banking or& ~~practices~~Markets Division.

Mr. Leavitt holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, an LL.M. in International Financial Law from King’s College London, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is licensed to practice law in New York and Texas.

Arrangements and Related Party Transactions

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. William C, Leavitt and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director.

Mr. Leavitt is the son of Paul W. Leavitt, the retiring director. Mr. Leavitt will participate in the Company's standard non-employee director compensation program as described under “Director and Named Executive Officer Compensation—Director Compensation” in the Company’s most recent proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2025, and will receive the same compensation as the other non-employee directors of the Company and the Bank, prorated for the period from his election to the Company Board and the Bank Board to the date of the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholder’s. There are otherwise no transactions between Mr. Leavitt and the Company or the Bank that are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit Number			Description of Exhibit

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.

	CHAIN BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date: December 10, 2025	By:	/s/ John J. Brough
Date: December 31, 2025	By:	/s/ John J. Brough
		Name:Title:	John J. BroughChief Executive Officer and Director

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