---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000934549-22-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACTG"
cik: "0000934549"
company_name: "ACACIA RESEARCH CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T12:57:54.862999+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acacia Research CIO Lawrence Wesley Golby resigns effective November 28, 2022

## Summary
- Chief Investment Officer Lawrence Wesley Golby mutually agreed to resign.
- Resignation effective November 28, 2022; no replacement named in filing.
- Departure covers Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000934549-22-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACTG
- cik: 0000934549
- company_name: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454922000081/0000934549-22-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454922000081/actg-20221128.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-22-000081
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-22-000081.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-22-000081.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence Wesley Golby resigned as Chief Investment Officer at ACACIA RESEARCH CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Investment Officer
  source text: Effective November 28, 2022, Lawrence Wesley Golby mutually agreed with Acacia Research Corporation (the “Company”) to resign from his position as the Company’s Chief Investment Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454922000081/0000934549-22-000081-index.htm

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