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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 you have the right to direct your broker, bank, or other nominee on how to vote the shares in your account as of the Record Date.

#### Q.

#### How many votes may be cast?
A: Each outstanding share of our common stock as of the Record Date will be entitled to one vote on all matters brought before the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, 96,086,040 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding and eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Q. What constitutes a “quorum” at the Annual Meeting?

A. The presence at the Annual Meeting, in person (even if not voting) or by proxy, of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote at the meeting as of the Record Date will constitute a “quorum.” Virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting constitutes presence in person for purposes of a quorum. Abstentions and broker non-votes are each included for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.

Q. What vote is required to elect the directors and approve each of the other proposals?

A. The election of each director in connection with the Director Election Proposal, in an uncontested election of directors, requires that a nominee for director must be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to such director by the shares of our capital stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on this proposal. A “majority of votes cast” means that the number of shares cast “FOR” a director nominee exceeds the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that director nominee. Virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting constitutes presence in person.

The approval of each of the Auditors Ratification Proposal and Say-on-Pay Proposal require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of our capital stock present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on these proposals. Virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting constitutes presence in person.

The approval of the Charter Amendment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote on this proposal.

Q: What is the effect of an abstention on a particular proposal?

A: Shares held by persons attending the virtual Annual Meeting but not voting, and shares represented by proxies that reflect abstentions as to a particular proposal, will be counted as present at the virtual Annual Meeting for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but will “abstain” from voting