Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000010
Chunk: 48

Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 48
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 Percent of Class(1) |        |   |
| 5% Stockholders:          |     |                   |            |     |                     |   |     |                        |            |     |                          |   |     |       |            |     |                     |        |   |
| Starboard Value LP(2)     |     |                   | 61,123,595 |     |                     | — |     |                        | 61,123,595 |     |                          | — |     |       | 61,123,595 |     |                     | 63.613 | % |

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| (1) |     | The percentage of shares beneficially owned is based on 96,086,040 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the Record Date. Beneficial ownership is determined under rules and regulations of the SEC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| (2) |     | The beneficial owner’s address is 777 Third Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York, 10017.  These securities are held by various managed accounts and funds to which Starboard serves as the investment manager, including, without limitation, Starboard Value and Opportunity S LLC, Starboard Value and Opportunity C LP, Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund L LP, Account Managed by Starboard Value LP, Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd, and Starboard X Master Fund Ltd. Starboard also serves as the manager of Starboard Value and Opportunity S LLC. Starboard Value R LP acts as the general partner of Starboard Value and Opportunity C LP. Starboard Value L LP acts as the general partner of Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund L LP. Starboard Value GP LLC (“Starboard Value GP”) acts as the general partner of Starboard. Starboard Principal Co LP (“Principal Co”) acts as a member of Starboard Value GP. Starboard Principal Co GP LLC (“Principal GP”) acts as the general partner of Principal Co. Each of Jeffrey C. Smith and Peter A. Feld acts as a member of Principal GP and as a member of each of the Management Committee of Starboard Value GP and the Management Committee of Principal GP. Each of the foregoing disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein. |

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### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND RELATED INFORMATION

#### Executive Summary
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