0001189618-16-000012.txt : 20160803 0001189618-16-000012.hdr.sgml : 20160803 20160803175448 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001189618-16-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160801 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160803 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160803 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000934549 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 954405754 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 BUSINESS PHONE: 9494808300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HAYNES CLAYTON J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001189618 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37721 FILM NUMBER: 161805046 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION STREET 2: 500 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, 7TH FLOOR CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2016-08-01 0000934549 ACACIA RESEARCH CORP ACTG 0001189618 HAYNES CLAYTON J 520 NEWPORT CENTER DR. 12TH FLOOR NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 0 1 0 0 Chief Financial Officer Stock Option (Right to Buy) 5.75 2016-08-01 4 A 0 250000 0 A 2023-08-01 Acacia Research Corporation Common Stock 250000 250000 D The option shares are exercisable in six equal installments over a three-year term with vesting aligned with prior equity grants per a Board of Director's prior resolution on officer vesting. Clayton J. Haynes 2016-08-03