Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000010
Chunk: 37

Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 37
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 referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended that the Board include the audited consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC.

This report is submitted by the Audit Committee of the Board.

| Maureen O'Connell |
| Isaac T. Kohlberg |
| Geoff Ribar       |

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PROPOSAL NO. 3:

NON-BINDING, ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS</div>

#### General
As required by Section 14A of the Exchange Act, the Board is submitting a separate resolution for our stockholders to approve on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. This is an opportunity for our stockholders, through what is commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay” vote, to endorse or not endorse our executive compensation program. At each of our annual meetings of stockholders from 2011 to 2024, we provided our stockholders with the same opportunity to cast a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for each meeting. We have considered the results of those votes in structuring our compensation programs and practices. We are providing our stockholders with the same opportunity to cast an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers at the Annual Meeting. After the Annual Meeting, we expect to hold our next non-binding, say on pay advisory vote at our 2026 Annual Meeting.

#### Summary
We are asking our stockholders to approve on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers, as such compensation is described in the section of this Proxy Statement entitled “ Executive Compensation and Related Information ”, the Summary Compensation Table and the other related tables and disclosure set forth in this Proxy Statement. In addition to the information set forth below, we urge our stockholders to review the entire section of this Proxy Statement entitled “Executive Compensation and Related Information” for more information regarding the compensation of our named executive officers.

Our executive compensation programs are designed to attract, motivate and retain our named executive officers, who are critical to our success. Under these programs, our named executive officers are rewarded for the achievement of long-term and strategic goals and the realization of increased stockholder value.

Our Compensation Committee continually reviews the compensation programs for our named executive officers to ensure that the compensation programs achieve the desired goals of aligning our executive