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ExxonMobil Votes 71% to Relocate Legal Domicile to Texas

5/28/2026

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ExxonMobil Relocates

ExxonMobil shareholders voted 71.3% to move the legal domicile from New Jersey to Texas at the Wednesday annual meeting.
The board had unanimously recommended the shift in March, citing stronger shareholder protections and a more business-friendly legal climate in Texas.
The redomiciling ends a 144-year New Jersey tie and should take effect later this year after final procedural steps.

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Exxon Shifts Operations

Texas law lets companies set stock-ownership thresholds, prompting Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services to urge investors to oppose the redomiciling over rights erosion.
Exxon’s 2025 auto-voting system aligns retail votes with the board, with a proposal to expand it earning 23.5% support.
Exxon will close its Hunterdon County research site, move most staff to Houston by 2028, and saw Clinton Township reject its affordable-housing plan for the former campus.

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ExxonMobil Relocates

ExxonMobil shareholders voted 71.3% to move the legal domicile from New Jersey to Texas at the Wednesday annual meeting.
The board had unanimously recommended the shift in March, citing stronger shareholder protections and a more business-friendly legal climate in Texas.
The redomiciling ends a 144-year New Jersey tie and should take effect later this year after final procedural steps.

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