-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VjpQ1w1n0KynCDIBsXlOsa8KLhgvafM9IrsFKgx3tgmUdI0Y0vgUpGxOk5/YdDl3 lhgJPqrSmO8Yvy6eCR12TQ== 0001019687-02-002454.txt : 20021224 0001019687-02-002454.hdr.sgml : 20021224 20021224103414 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019687-02-002454 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20021224 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20021224 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000934549 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES [3670] IRS NUMBER: 954405754 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26068 FILM NUMBER: 02868135 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: 7TH FLOOR CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 BUSINESS PHONE: 9494808300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: # CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 8-K 1 acacia_8k-122402.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) - December 24, 2002 ----------------- ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION --------------------------- (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) Delaware 000-26068 95-4405754 -------- --------- ---------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation or Organization) File Number) Identification No.) 500 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660 - --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 480-8300 -------------- ------------------------------------------ (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report) -1- ITEM 7. EXHIBITS. (a) Not Applicable. (b) Not Applicable. (c) Exhibits. None ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. Effective December 24, 2002, Acacia Research Corporation's Acacia Research--CombiMatrix Common Stock will no longer be listed on the Nasdaq National Market and will instead be listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The Acacia Research--CombiMatrix Common Stock did not qualify for listing on the Nasdaq National Market because it did not meet the Nasdaq National Market's minimum closing bid price of $5.00 per share during its first week of trading. -2- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized. ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION Date: December 24, 2002 By: /s/ Paul R. Ryan ------------------------------------ Name: Paul R. Ryan Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -3- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----