Company: ACTG
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000934549-25-000014
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Company: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
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| Named Executive Officer |     | Potential Annual Bonus Range (as percentage of base salary) (%) |     |            | 2024 Bonus Earned ($) |         |     | 2024 Annual Bonus Earned (as percentage of base salary) (%) |     |   |
| Kirsten Hoover(1)       |     |                                                                 |     | 30% - 50%  |                       | 225,000 |     |                                                             |  54 | % |
| Robert Rasamny(2)       |     |                                                                 |     | 75% - 100% |                       | 440,000 |     |                                                             | 102 | % |
| Jason W. Soncini(3)     |     |                                                                 |     | 25% - 100% |                       | 260,000 |     |                                                             |  60 | % |

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| (1) |     | Ms. Hoover’s performance in 2024 warranted a bonus slightly above the high end of her Bonus Range.                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (2) |     | Mr. Rasamny’s performance in 2024 warranted a bonus slightly above the high end of his Bonus Range.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| (3) |     | Mr. Soncini’s performance in 2024 warranted a bonus above the high end of his Bonus Range; however, it was determined that because he received a larger portion of his 2023 total compensation as long-term incentive compensation, his 2024 bonus payout would be at 60% of his base salary. |

#### Long-Term Incentive Compensation
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No LTI grants were made in fiscal year 2024. The 2023 LTI Grants were front-loaded to deliver two years of target grant value to cover annual LTI grants in respect of fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

The 2023 LTI grants were delivered in 85% PSUs and 15% RSUs for Mr. McNulty, and 50% PSUs and 50% RSUs for Ms. Hoover and Messrs. Rasamny and Soncini. The PSUs granted in 2023 are eligible to be earned based upon the level of achievement of the Company’s compound annual growth rate of its adjusted book value per share, measured over a three-year period. The Company believes that adjusted book value per share is an important measure of the growth of the business and views it as a leading