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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 accordance with our Policy Statement on Corporate Communications to Investors and Media, which can be found on our website at https://acaciaresearch.com/corporate-governance.

#### Stockholder Engagement
Active stockholder engagement is foundational to Acacia’s long-term and sustained success. Through our stockholder engagement program, management discusses and solicits stockholder views and feedback on our strategy, financial and operational performance, financial results, governance, compensation programs, and other capital market-relevant matters. Our stockholder engagements support increased corporate accountability, improved decision-making, and ultimately help us deliver long-term value for our stockholders.

Our core stockholder engagement team, which includes members of our senior management team, regularly provides updates to our Board and the relevant committees regarding stockholder interactions and the feedback they gather during their discussions.

In 2024, as part of our regular stockholder outreach, members of our management team proactively engaged by telephone and webcast with institutional stockholders representing greater than 25% of our total shares outstanding not held by Starboard Value LP or its affiliates. In addition, we maintained regular and ongoing dialogue with many institutional and retail investors and analysts as well as stewardship and governance contacts throughout the year.

Board Member Attendance at Annual Stockholder Meetings

Under the Corporate Governance Guidelines, each director is strongly encouraged to attend the annual stockholder meeting. Five of our directors attended our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.

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#### DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR 2024
During 2024, our non-employee directors earned a cash retainer for service on our Board. The Chair of our Board earned an annual retainer for such service in addition to non-Chair director annual retainers and the chair of each committee earned an annual retainer for such service. In addition, each non-Chair member of the Strategic Committee earned an annual retainer for such service. The annual cash retainers for directors and committee members were pro-rated based on the period of time during which service was provided during the year and generally were paid on a quarterly basis in arrears, and our non-employee directors had the option of receiving cash fees in an equivalent amount of Company stock.

In addition, the directors are subject to the stock ownership guidelines set forth in the section below titled “ Other Compensation Policies ”; " Stock Ownership Guidelines .”

Under this director compensation program as described above, the annual fees non-employee directors earned for service on our Board, and for service on each committee of our