Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000014
Chunk: 49

Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 49
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 excludes options to purchase an aggregate of 122,673 shares of common stock.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

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#### Amount and Nature of Beneficial

#### Ownership of Common Stock
| Ownership of Common Stock |     | Sole Voting Power |            |     | Shared Voting Power |   |     | Sole Dispositive Power |            |     | Shared Dispositive Power |   |     | Total |            |     | 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