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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 considerations into business analysis and actions;

2. Be active corporate leaders and incorporate ESG issues into our policies and practices;

3. Seek appropriate disclosure and assurances on ESG issues by the companies we do business with;

4. Promote acceptance and implementation of these principles within our industry and peers;

5. Work with others to enhance our effectiveness in implementing these principles; and

6. Report on our activities and progress towards implementing sustainable business and social practices

ESG Advisory Committee ―The Company maintains an active and engaged internal ESG Advisory Committee to promote, monitor and measure the Company’s commitment and compliance to responsible investment practices. This committee consists of senior level representatives from executive leadership, legal/compliance, and investor relations. The ESG Advisory Committee regularly meets to review and discuss all responsible investment initiatives, goals, and reporting requirements and will endeavor to provide quarterly updates of its work to the Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee.

ESG Education and Professional Development ―Acacia has a culture of constant improvement in our ESG efforts supported from the top down. This includes encouraging and sponsoring employee’s efforts to participate in ESG-related networking events and continuing education/certification opportunities.

ESG Collaboration and Resources ―Acacia continually assesses and engages with third-party resources to help us evolve our ESG-related initiatives.

#### Environment
We use technology to lessen our impact on the environment. We migrated from legacy technology to the Cloud and continue to promote paperless solutions for accounts payables, payroll and HR to consistently reduce the number of physical mailings. We are committed to a 100% cloud environment providing an efficient technology footprint. We regularly monitor our environmental activity to assess and minimize our environmental impact. Stockholders are encouraged to review our Corporate ESG Report, which can be found on our website at https://www.acaciaresearch.com/corporate-governance.

#### Insider Trading Policies
Our Board has adopteda corporate Prevention of Insider Trading Policy related to trading securities generally, which is designed to prevent and detect the misuse of material, non-public information (“MNPI”), and is intended to complement the Company’s Insider Trading Policy related to Company securities already in place. These Insider Trading Policies may be viewed on our website at https://acaciaresearch.com/corporate-governance. The Insider Trading Policies

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apply to all of our officers, directors and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial and accounting officer and controller, or persons performing similar functions and are reasonably designed to promote compliance