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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 Board. Our Board believes separating these roles promotes effective corporate governance and leadership, allowing our Chief Executive Officer to focus on the management of our day-to-day business, while allowing our Chairman to focus on matters involving our Board and corporate governance.

Separately, Maureen O’Connell serves as Lead Independent Director. The Board has determined that this structure is the most effective corporate governance and leadership structure for our Company at this time. The Board has determined that maintaining the independence of a majority of our directors helps maintain the Board’s independent oversight of management. For more details regarding our leadership structure, please see the section of this Proxy Statement entitled “ Proposal No. 1―Board Leadership Structure ” below.

Questions and Answers Regarding the Annual Meeting

The following are some commonly asked questions raised by our stockholders and answers to each of those questions.

Q. When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?

A: You are invited to attend the Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be conducted entirely online via a live webcast. Our stockholders may participate in the Annual Meeting by visiting the following website: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ACTG2025 . You will need a 16-digit control number to attend and participate in the live webcast of the Annual Meeting. Please refer to the questions titled “ How can I vote my shares at the Annual Meeting? ” and “ How can I vote my shares without attending the Annual Meeting? ” for information on obtaining your 16-digit control number.

An online pre-meeting forum will be available to our stockholders at www.proxyvote.com prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. By accessing this online forum, our stockholders will be able to vote, view the Annual Meeting procedures, and obtain copies of proxy materials and our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

#### Q. What are the proposals at the Annual Meeting?
| A: |     | Stockholders will consider and vote by internet, mail, telephone, or virtually at the Annual Meeting, upon the following matters: |

| • |     | Proposal No. 1:To elect seven directors to serve on our Board until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”) or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (which we also refer to as the “Director Election Proposal”); |

| • |     | Proposal No. 3:To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis,