ACACIA RESEARCH CORP

Acacia Research Corporation is a disciplined, value-oriented acquirer and operator of businesses across public and private markets and industries, including industrial, energy, and technology sectors. The company acquires businesses with a focus on strong free cash flow generation and scalability, leveraging its industry relationships, capital base, and transaction expertise to improve performance. Acacia focuses on sourcing, execution, and improvement, identifying unique situations and applying a flexible approach to transactions. The company approaches transactions as business owners and operators. Acacia defines value through free cash flow generation, book value appreciation, and stock price growth. It aims to identify, pursue, and acquire businesses where it can deploy its strategy, people, and processes to generate shareholder value. Its transactional and operational capabilities are used to realize the intrinsic value of acquired businesses. Ideal transactions include acquiring public or private companies, divisions of other companies, or structured transactions that recapitalize or restructure business ownership to enhance value. Acacia is attracted to complex situations where value is not fully recognized, masked by a diversified business mix, or where private ownership has not invested necessary capital or resources. Through public market activities, Acacia aims to initiate strategic block positions in public companies to complete whole company acquisitions or strategic transactions that unlock value.