Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000014
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Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
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 calendar days following certification of the stockholder vote. Thereafter, the Board will promptly disclose its decision whether to accept the director's resignation offer and the reasons for rejecting the resignation offer, if applicable, in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business days of the Board's determination. Any director who tenders his or her resignation pursuant to these requirements shall not participate in the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee’s recommendation or Board action regarding whether to accept the resignation offer.

#### Required Vote
If a quorum is present, each nominee for director for whom the number of shares cast “FOR” such nominee's election exceeds the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that nominee will be elected to the Board. This proposal is considered a non-routine matter. As a result, a bank, broker, or other nominee may not vote without instructions from the Beneficial Owner on this matter and there may be broker non-votes in connection with this proposal. Broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the result of the vote on this proposal. Abstentions will have no effect on this proposal.

#### Recommendation of the Board of Directors
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT OUR STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE SEVEN DIRECTOR NOMINEES NAMED HEREIN.

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#### Nominees for Director
The following table sets forth information as to the persons recommended by our Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, and nominated by our Board, to be elected or re-elected as directors.

| Name                   |     | Age |     | Director Since |     | Positions with the Company         |
| Gavin Molinelli        |     |  41 |     |           2022 |     | Chairman & Director                |
| Michelle Felman+^      |     |  62 |     |           2024 |     | Director                           |
| Isaac T. Kohlberg*+^   |     |  73 |     |           2019 |     | Director                           |
| Martin D. McNulty, Jr. |     |  47 |     |           2024 |     | Director & Chief Executive Officer |
| Maureen O'Connell*+    |     |  63 |     |           2019 |     | Lead Independent Director          |
| Geoff Ribar*^          |     |