Current Report Filing (8-k)
April 06 2021 - 4:39PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): April
6, 2021 (March 31, 2021)
ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
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001-37721
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95-4405754
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
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incorporation)
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File Number)
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Identification No.)
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767 3rd Avenue, Suite 602
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New York, NY
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10017
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code): (949) 480-8300
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:
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
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ACTG
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The NASDAQ Capital Market, LLC
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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). o
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. o
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Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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Second Supplemental Agreement
As previously reported,
on November 18, 2019, Acacia Research Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Starboard Value LP (the
“Designee” or “Starboard Value”) and the Buyers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which,
among other things, the Company and Starboard Value would designate suitable investments or acquisitions as “Approved Investments”
and Starboard Value would elect to purchase and allocate among one or more of its affiliates senior secured notes in one or more
Additional Closings (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Designee
entered into a Supplemental Agreement, dated June 4, 2020 (the “First Supplemental Agreement”), pursuant
to which, among other things, the Company issued to Starboard Value $115 million principal amount of its senior secured notes (the
“June 2020 Notes”). On June 30, 2020, the Company and Starboard Value entered into an Exchange Agreement (the
“Exchange Agreement”) with Merton Acquisition HoldCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Company (“Merton”), pursuant to which, among other things, the
holders of the June 2020 Notes exchanged the entire outstanding principal amount of the June 2020 Notes for new senior notes issued
by Merton having an aggregate outstanding original principal amount of $115 million (the “June 2020 Merton Notes”).
Since the issuance of the June 2020 Merton Notes, the Company has repaid $50 million principal amount of the June 2020 Merton Notes.
On March 31, 2021,
the Company, Merton and Starboard Value entered into a Second Supplemental Agreement (the
“Second Supplemental Agreement”) to, among other things, (i) issue additional senior notes by Merton having an aggregate
principal amount of $50 million (the “March 2021 Merton Notes” and, together with the June 2020 Merton Notes, the “Merton
Notes”), (ii) change the maturity date of the Merton Notes to July 15, 2021, and (iii) waive certain events of default under
the June 2020 Merton Notes.
Upon
the issuance of the March 2021 Merton Notes, the total amount of Merton Notes outstanding is $115 million.
The Merton Notes bear
interest at a rate of 6.00% per annum and will mature July 15, 2021. The Merton Notes are fully guaranteed by the Company and are
secured by an all-assets pledge of the Company and Merton and non-recourse equity pledges of each of the Company’s material
subsidiaries.
The foregoing description
of the Second Supplemental Agreement and the March 2021 Merton Notes are summaries
of the material terms of such agreement and notes, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference
to the Second Supplemental Agreement and the form of Note, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 4.1, respectively, to this Current
Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial
Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set
forth under Item 1.01 regarding the issuance of the March 2021 Merton Notes is incorporated
by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 3.03 Material Modification
to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set
forth under Item 1.01 regarding the terms of the Second Supplemental Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 6, 2021
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ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Clifford Press
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Name:
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Clifford Press
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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