Texas Headquarters Moves: What the SEC Filings Show

FOX 4 said more companies are moving headquarters to North Texas. Public Storage's filings already say Frisco, and Devon and Expand Energy list the Houston area. Six Flags won't finish its Arlington move until March 2027.

FOX 4 in Dallas ran a segment on Oct. 8 about more companies moving their headquarters to North Texas. The segment named three: Public Storage in Frisco, Samsung in Plano and Six Flags going back to Arlington next year. Two of the three trade in the U.S., and only one of those has changed the address on its SEC filings so far.

Public Storage already lists Frisco

Public Storage (PSA) said in February it was leaving Glendale, Calif., for Frisco, Dallas Innovates reported at the time, and it's keeping a presence in Glendale. The paperwork caught up fast. Its quarterly report for the June quarter, filed July 29, lists 2811 Internet Boulevard in Frisco as its address.

Samsung doesn't fit the same mold. The company said in June it would move its U.S. headquarters from New Jersey to its existing Plano campus by the end of 2026, per Community Impact. That's a U.S. unit of a Korean company, so there's no American stock and no SEC cover page to watch.

Six Flags is still a Charlotte company on paper

Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) announced on Aug. 25 that it would move its corporate headquarters from Charlotte to Arlington, and its release says the move should be done by March 2027. It's a homecoming of sorts. Arlington is "where the Six Flags story began," the company said, with the opening of Six Flags Over Texas more than six decades ago.

For now the filings say Charlotte. The company's latest quarterly report, filed Aug. 6, lists 8701 Red Oak Blvd. on its cover. We'll count the move when that changes.

The Oklahoma City exits

Two Oklahoma City energy companies said this year they'd take their headquarters to the Houston area, and both have done it on paper.

Devon Energy (DVN) said in February that the company formed by its all stock merger with Coterra Energy would be based in Houston, per its merger presentation. The deal closed May 7. Devon's quarterly report filed Aug. 5 lists Three Memorial City Plaza in Houston, with 333 West Sheridan Avenue in Oklahoma City shown as the former address. The one before it, filed in May, still said Oklahoma City.

Expand Energy (EXE), the former Chesapeake, announced on Feb. 9 that it would move its headquarters from Oklahoma City to Houston by mid 2026, mostly the executive team, and keep Oklahoma City as an operations center, its release said. Its cover pages give 10000 Energy Drive in Spring, a Houston suburb, going back to its first quarter report.

A listing isn't a headquarters

The Texas Stock Exchange is getting more attention than any of these moves right now, and it's easy to blur the two. A company can switch its stock to TXSE without moving a single office.

Dillard's (DDS) is the cleanest example. It started trading on TXSE on Oct. 5, the exchange said. It reincorporated in Texas in August 2025, but its quarterly report still lists Little Rock, Ark. Origin Bancorp is set to move from the NYSE to TXSE on Oct. 13, and it's based in Ruston, La., per its announcement.

Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), based in Dallas, began trading on TXSE on Oct. 8 after leaving Nasdaq, per its release. Laredo's International Bancshares and Addison's CECO Environmental have said they'll follow on Oct. 19. None of the three changed headquarters to do it, since they were already Texas companies. The full list of listing moves is on Texas Exchanges, and headquarters changes go on the Relo Feed once the filings show them.

Our read

In Texas, the address on an SEC cover page can flip a legal switch. SB 1057, in effect since Sept. 1, 2025, lets a Texas corporation that opts in require a shareholder to hold $1 million of stock or 3% of the voting shares for six months before putting a proposal on the ballot. It only reaches a company that has its principal office in Texas or is listed on an exchange that's based in Texas and approved by the state securities commissioner, per the enrolled bill.

Dillard's 2025 proxy for the move cited its "strong operational nexus to Texas," less "opportunistic and frivolous litigation," no more Delaware franchise tax and a more predictable statute. It said the new charter opts into the proposal limits for whatever period the company qualifies, but added that it "currently is not headquartered in Texas and is not listed on a stock exchange described in the statute." The listing changed on Oct. 5, though, and TXSE is based in Texas and got the state's approval on Sept. 30, 2025. As we read the statute, that puts Dillard's over the listing test without moving an office. The bill says a company using these limits has to explain in its proxy how holders can contact each other to meet them, so Dillard's next proxy is where we'd expect it to show.

Six Flags is the reverse. CEO John Reilly said Arlington supports the company's long term vision for growth and pointed to its central location and business friendly environment, WFAE reported. But Six Flags is a Delaware corporation, its latest cover page shows, and SB 1057 is part of the Texas corporation code, so as we read it, finishing the move by March 2027 won't by itself change what its shareholders can do.

Every Texas charter move, as of Oct. 12

Headquarters moves get the TV segments, but the charter is where shareholder rights change. As of today 25 public companies have finished a move to a Texas charter, two more have approval in hand, and two have votes set for November, Texas Pacific Land on Nov. 5 and Solidion Technology on Nov. 18.

The terms split almost down the middle. Eleven of the 25 set a 3% ownership bar for derivative suits and two set 1%, while 12 set none or none we could find. Nearly all of them named the Business Court. The exceptions are two energy giants, Exxon, which put federal court first, and Energy Transfer, whose new partnership agreement has no forum clause at all.

Vote figures use whatever base each company's own standard used, votes cast, shares outstanding or voting power, so check the base before comparing two rows. Each company name links to the filing behind its row. Terms for moves that haven't closed show as pending, since the final charter can still change.

What to watch

• Oct. 13: Origin Bancorp is set to move from the NYSE to TXSE.
• Oct. 19: International Bancshares and CECO Environmental have said they'll follow from Nasdaq.
• Six Flags' next quarterly report, to see whether the cover page still says Charlotte.
• Dillard's next proxy, which is where the SB 1057 disclosure on how holders can contact each other would show up.

Six Flags is on the Relo Feed as announced, and we'll count the move once its cover page changes.

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