secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACACIA RESEARCH CORP (ACTG)
CIK:        0000934549
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-22-001695
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acacia appoints Martin McNulty COO & Head of M&A; promotes Wesley Golby to CIO
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- Martin McNulty, former CEO of Starboard Value Acquisition Corp, joins as COO and Head of M&A.
- Wesley Golby, previously Director of Research since August 2020, promoted to Chief Investment Officer.
- McNulty receives $450,000 annual salary, bonus 100-150%, plus 250K options and 60K RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- McNulty to lead M&A platform including target origination, execution, and portfolio management.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000168316822001695/0001683168-22-001695-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000168316822001695/acacia_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-22-001695

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