Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000014
Chunk: 39

Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 39
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 accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee discussed with Grant Thornton LLP matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC.

Grant Thornton LLP also provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosures and the letter required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for independent auditor communications with audit committees concerning independence, and the Audit Committee has discussed with Grant Thornton LLP the firm’s independence.

Conclusion. Based upon the reviews, discussions and other considerations referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended that the Board include the audited consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC.

This report is submitted by the Audit Committee of the Board.

| Maureen O'Connell |
| Isaac T. Kohlberg |
| Geoff Ribar       |

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PROPOSAL NO. 3:

NON-BINDING, ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS</div>

#### General
As required by Section 14A of the Exchange Act, the Board is submitting a separate resolution for our stockholders to approve on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. This is an opportunity for our stockholders, through what is commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay” vote, to endorse or not endorse our executive compensation program. At each of our annual meetings of stockholders from 2011 to 2024, we provided our stockholders with the same opportunity to cast a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for each meeting. We have considered the results of those votes in structuring our compensation programs and practices. We are providing our stockholders with the same opportunity to cast an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers at the Annual Meeting. After the Annual Meeting, we expect to hold our next non-binding, say on pay advisory vote at our 2026 Annual Meeting.

#### Summary
We are asking our stockholders to approve on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers, as such compensation is described in the section of this Proxy Statement entitled “ Executive Compensation and Related Information ”, the Summary Compensation Table and the other related tables and disclosure set forth in this Proxy Statement. In addition to the information set forth below, we urge our stockholders to review the entire section of this Proxy Statement entitled “Executive Compensation and Related Information” for