Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000014
Chunk: 62

Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 62
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 |              | 15,000 |     |             -4 |     |                                                                                                     |  65,100 |     |       — |     |                                                                                                                     |     |         — |
|                       |     |               | 25,277 |     |  50,555 |     |        -5 |     |            | 4.27 |     |   | 3/21/2033 |                |     |              | 30,503 |     |             -5 |     |                                                                                                     | 132,383 |     |       — |     |                                                                                                                     |     |         — |
|                       |     |               |      — |     |       — |     |           |     |            |    — |     |   |           |                |     |              | 57,001 |     |             -2 |     |                                                                                                     | 247,384 |     |  42,751 |     |                                                                                                                  -3 |     |   185,537 |

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| (1) |     | Vests 1/2 on each of March 10, 2025 and March 10, 2026.                            |
| (2) |     | Vests 1/2 on each of June 7, 2025 and June 7, 2026.                                |
| (3) |     | Represents the PSUs granted on June 7, 2023 at the threshold level of performance. |
| (4) |     | Vests on March 8, 2025.                                                            |
| (5) |     | Vests 1/2 on each of March 21, 2025 and March 21, 2026.                            |

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#### Pay-Versus-Performance
This section provides information about the relationship between executive compensation “actually paid” to our Chief Executive Officer and other named executive officers and certain financial performance measures of the Company in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. In determining the compensation “actually paid,” we are required to make various adjustments to amounts previously reported in the Summary Compensation Table to reflect different valuation methods prescribed by the SEC between this section and the disclosure in the Summary Compensation Table.

| Year                                                |     | Current CEO Pay(1)                           |           |     |                                                    |           |     | Former CEO Pay(1)                           |         |     |                                                                                  |         |