UNITED STATES

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): ~~November~~February 52, ~~2025~~2026

ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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

777 Third Avenue,
767 Third Avenue,
26th Floor
6th Floor
New York,
NY			10017
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (~~332~~949) ~~236~~480-~~8500~~8300

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Item 25.02.~~Results~~ Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February ~~November 5~~2, ~~2025~~2026, Geoff Ribar, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Acacia Research Corporation (the “~~Corporation~~Company”), ~~issued~~chairman of the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee of the Board, and a ~~press~~member ~~release~~of ~~announcing~~the Audit ~~its~~Committee ~~financial~~of ~~results~~ the Board, notified the Company that he does not intend to stand for reelection to the ~~quarter~~Board ~~ended~~at ~~September 30,~~the ~~2025.~~Company’s A2026 ~~copy~~Annual Meeting of ~~that~~Stockholders ~~release~~due isto ~~furnished~~personal asreasons, ~~Exhibit~~including 99his time commitments to other boards.1 Mr. Ribar’s decision not to ~~this~~stand ~~Current~~for ~~Report~~reelection at the end of his current term was not based on ~~Form~~any ~~8-K~~disagreement ~~(this~~with ~~“Report”)~~the Company or the Board on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

The information contained within this Report and the exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 are being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Report and the exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation by reference language in such filings, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits

Exhibit No.						Description of Exhibit
99.1						Press Release dated November 5, 2025 of Acacia Research Corporation
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: November 5, 2025
Dated: February 6, 2026
	ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ ~~Martin~~Jason ~~D. McNulty Jr.~~Soncini
	Name:	~~Martin~~Jason ~~D. McNulty Jr.~~Soncini
	Title:	~~Chief~~General ~~Executive Officer~~Counsel

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