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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000934549-22-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACTG"
cik: "0000934549"
company_name: "ACACIA RESEARCH CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T09:00:17.817425+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acacia Research amends charter and bylaws to allow stockholder action by written consent

## Summary
- Amendment approved at 2022 annual meeting; filed with Delaware Secretary of State on May 18, 2022.
- Previously, stockholders could only act at in-person or virtual meetings.
- Bylaws amended concurrently to permit written consent.
- No financial impact or changes to operations disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000934549-22-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACTG
- cik: 0000934549
- company_name: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454922000032/0000934549-22-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454922000032/actg-20220518.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-22-000032.txt

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