---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-137827"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PDM"
cik: "0001042776"
company_name: "Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T16:40:46.543330+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Piedmont Office Realty Trust changes name to Piedmont Realty Trust; ticker PDM unchanged

## Summary
- Name changed to 'Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.' effective June 6, 2025 via charter amendment; no shareholder vote required.
- Common stock ticker (PDM) and CUSIP unchanged; old name trades through June 19, new name starts June 20.
- Press release cites rebrand to reflect 'Piedmont PLACEs' strategy focused on elevated service and community.
- No changes to operations, strategy, or financials; purely a branding update.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-137827
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PDM
- cik: 0001042776
- company_name: Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000119312525137827/0001193125-25-137827-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000119312525137827/d93588d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-137827
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-137827.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws to reflect name change to Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc (effective 2025-06-06).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2025-06-06
  source text: The Company also amended and restated its amended and restated bylaws (the “Second Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of June 6, 2025, solely to reflect the Name Change.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000119312525137827/0001193125-25-137827-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.: Amended charter to change corporate name to Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc (effective 2025-06-06).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-06-06
  source text: Effective June 6, 2025, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) changed its corporate name to “Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.” (the “Name Change”) pursuant to an amendment to the Company’s Third Articles of Amendment and Restatement (the “Charter Amendment”) filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000119312525137827/0001193125-25-137827-index.htm

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