Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000010
Chunk: 59

Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 59
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 |     | Interim Chief Financial Officer |
| Robert Rasamny |     |  46 |     | Chief Administrative Officer    |
| Jason Soncini  |     |  48 |     | General Counsel                 |

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Kirsten Hoover , has served as our Interim Chief Financial Officer since January 2023. She rejoined Acacia Research as our Controller in October 2021. She was previously with Acacia from 2002 until 2019, most recently serving as Controller. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with an Economics degree and subsequently joined Deloitte in Audit & Assurance. From December 2019 - October 2021 she was the Sr. Manager of Financial Reporting at Veritone Inc.

Jason Soncini joined Acacia as its General Counsel in March 2021. From April 2017 until he joined Acacia, Mr. Soncini was employed at Shanda Group, a privately-owned multinational investment firm, initially as Deputy General Counsel and then as General Counsel. From October 2013 until April 2017, Mr. Soncini was an attorney at Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. Mr. Soncini began his legal career at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP in 2006. Mr. Soncini holds a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and received his J.D. from Northwestern University.

Robert Rasamny joined Acacia as Chief Administrative Officer in May 2023. From December 2020 through April 2023, he was Head of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer at Melvin Capital Management LP. From May 2016 through November 2020, Mr. Rasamny was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Blue Harbour Group LP. Prior to Blue Harbour, he was Assistant General Counsel at BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. Prior to BlueMountain, Mr. Rasamny was Associate General Counsel at the private equity firm, Portfolio Advisors LLC. He began his legal career as an Associate in the corporate department of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Mr. Rasamny received his J.D. from Fordham Law School and holds a B.S. in Economics from the United States Naval Academy. Following graduation from the Naval Academy, Mr. Rasamny served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy.

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#### 2024 OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
The following table provides