Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000010
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Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: PRE 14A
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ation to extend the term of existing stock transfer restrictions that are intended to protect the Company’s ability to utilize its net operating loss carryforwards (which we also refer to as the “Charter Amendment Proposal”). |

Stockholders may also be asked to consider and vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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Q. How does the Board of Directors recommend that I vote on the proposals?

A: The Board recommends that our stockholders vote “FOR” each of the director nominees in Proposal No.1 and “FOR” each of Proposals No.2, No. 3, and No.4 by voting via the internet or by telephone or using the enclosed proxy card.

Q: What is the difference between holding shares as a Stockholder of Record and as a Beneficial Owner, and how does this affect my options for voting my shares at the Annual Meeting?

A: Most of our stockholders hold their shares beneficially in “street name” through a broker, bank, or other nominee (“Beneficial Owner”) rather than directly in their own name (“Stockholder of Record”). There are some distinctions between shares held of record and shares owned beneficially, specifically:

Stockholder of Record : If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., you are considered the Stockholder of Record with respect to those shares, and these proxy materials are being sent directly to you.

As a Stockholder of Record, you have the right to vote by proxy or to vote electronically via live webcast at the Annual Meeting. You may vote in advance via the internet or telephone or, by completing, signing and returning by mail the enclosed proxy card, as described in further detail below. Even if you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, we recommend that you vote via the internet or by telephone in advance as described below so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the virtual Annual Meeting.

Beneficial Owner : If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a broker, bank, or other nominee, you are considered the Beneficial Owner of shares held in street name, and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by your broker, bank, or other nominee, which is considered the Stockholder of Record with respect to those shares.

As a Beneficial Owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank, or other nominee on how to