actg-20220518


Delaware	001-37721	95-4405754
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	ACTG	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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The information set forth in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) is incorporated herein by reference.

On March 30, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Acacia Research Corporation (the “Company”) approved, subject to stockholder approval, an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as amended, the “Charter”) to allow stockholders to act by written consent. The Charter previously provided that stockholders may only act at in-person or virtual stockholder’s meetings. The Amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and the Charter was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 18, 2022.

On May 18, 2022, concurrent with the effectiveness of the Amendment, the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws were amended (as amended, the “Bylaws”), to allow stockholders to act by written consent. The Bylaws previously provided that stockholders may only act at in-person or virtual stockholder’s meetings.

The foregoing descriptions of the Charter and Bylaws do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full texts of the Charter and Bylaws, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference.


Exhibit No.						Description of Exhibit
3.1						Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Acacia Research Corporation
3.2						Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


767 Third Avenue,
6th Floor
New York,
NY			10017
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)


Dated: May 20, 2022
	ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION

	By:	/s/Jason Soncini
	Name:	Jason Soncini
	Title:	General Counsel


Item 3.03.						Amendments to Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.


Item 5.03.						Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.