Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC) updates corporate name and Nasdaq listing
Filing Impact
Filing Sentiment
Form Type
8-K
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Digimarc Corporation, formerly known as Digimarc Parent, Inc., has changed its corporate name. The company filed Articles of Amendment in Oregon to change its name from “Digimarc Parent, Inc.” to “Digimarc Corporation,” effective at 12:01 a.m. on May 21, 2026.
The name change will become effective on Nasdaq on May 22, 2026, while the trading symbol remains DMRC. The board and the sole shareholder approved the change on March 10, 2026. The filing states that shareholder rights are not affected and no shareholder action is required.
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8-K Event Classification
2 items: 5.03, 9.01
2 items
Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Governance
The company amended its charter documents, bylaws, or changed its fiscal year.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, and exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Key Figures
Name change effective time: 12:01 a.m.
Corporate name effective date: May 21, 2026
Nasdaq effective date: May 22, 2026
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Name change effective time
12:01 a.m.
Effective on May 21, 2026 for corporate name change
Corporate name effective date
May 21, 2026
Articles of Amendment effective date in Oregon
Nasdaq effective date
May 22, 2026
Date new Digimarc Corporation name takes effect on Nasdaq
Board and shareholder approval date
March 10, 2026
Date the Name Change was approved
Exhibit number
3.1
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
Key Terms
Articles of Amendment, Amended Articles of Incorporation, emerging growth company, Name Change, +1 more
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Articles of Amendment regulatory
"filed Articles of Amendment to its Amended Articles of Incorporation"
Articles of amendment are official documents a corporation files with the government to record changes to its foundational details, such as its name, share structure, authorized capital, or bylaws. Think of them like updating a company’s recipe or blueprint so everyone knows the new ingredients and rules; investors use them to track structural shifts that can affect ownership, voting power, dilution risk, or a company’s strategic flexibility.
Amended Articles of Incorporation regulatory
"filed Articles of Amendment to its Amended Articles of Incorporation"
emerging growth company regulatory
"405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2). Emerging growth company"
An emerging growth company is a recently public or smaller public firm that qualifies for temporary, lighter regulatory and disclosure rules to reduce the cost and effort of being public. For investors, it means the company may provide less historical financial detail and face fewer reporting requirements than larger firms, so it can grow more quickly but also carries higher uncertainty—like buying a promising early-stage product with fewer user reviews.
Name Change financial
"to change the Company's name from "Digimarc Parent, Inc." to "Digimarc Corporation" (the "Name Change")"
Inline XBRL technical
"Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)."
Inline XBRL is a file format for financial filings that embeds machine-readable data tags directly inside the human-readable report, so the same document can be read by people and parsed by software. For investors it makes extracting, comparing and verifying financial numbers faster and more reliable—like a grocery list where each item also has a barcode—reducing manual errors and speeding up analysis.
FAQ
What corporate change did Digimarc (DMRC) disclose in this 8-K?
Digimarc disclosed that it changed its legal name from “Digimarc Parent, Inc.” to “Digimarc Corporation.” The change was implemented through Articles of Amendment filed in Oregon, clarifying the company’s official corporate identity without altering shareholder rights.
When does the Digimarc (DMRC) name change become effective on Nasdaq?
The name change to Digimarc Corporation becomes effective on Nasdaq on May 22, 2026. The Articles of Amendment made the name change effective at 12:01 a.m. on May 21, 2026, and the trading symbol remains DMRC on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
Who approved the Digimarc (DMRC) name change to Digimarc Corporation?
The board of directors and the company’s sole shareholder at that time approved the name change on March 10, 2026. Their approval allowed Digimarc to file Articles of Amendment in Oregon to formally adopt the new Digimarc Corporation name.
What exhibits are included with Digimarc’s (DMRC) 8-K about the name change?
The 8-K includes Exhibit 3.1, the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation reflecting the name change. It also includes Exhibit 104, the cover page Interactive Data File embedded within the Inline XBRL document for regulatory reporting purposes.