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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On March 9,
2017, Acacia Research Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its earnings for the three months and the year ended December 31, 2016. A copy of that release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
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.