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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
iCommon
Stock, par value $0.001 per share
iACTG
iThe Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
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). i Emerging growth company
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Item
1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Third Warrant Amendment
As previously disclosed, the Board of Directors of Acacia Research Corporation (the “Company”) has formed a Special Committee of directors not affiliated or associated with Starboard Value LP (“Starboard”) to review Starboard’s relationship with the Company with the objective of establishing a simplified capital structure with increased capital resources for the next phase of the Company’s growth (the “Strategic Relationship”).
The Special Committee has retained both independent financial and legal advisors to assist with its evaluation and negotiation and the Special Committee and Starboard have been working together to reach a resolution to these matters.
In connection with these negotiations, on August 24, 2022, the Company amended the Series B Warrants (described below) to extend the Cash Exercise Date (defined below) for three weeks from August 25, 2022 to September 15, 2022 to allow for adequate time to reach a resolution with Starboard.
On November 18, 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Starboard and the Buyers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company and Starboard established a strategic and ongoing relationship including the terms of Starboard’s initial capital commitment in the Company.
Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the
Company has issued Series B Warrants to purchase up to 100 million shares of the Company’s common stock to the Buyers at an exercise price (subject to certain price-based anti-dilution adjustments) of either (i) $5.25 per share, if exercising by cash payment, within 30 months from the issuance date (the “Cash Exercise Date”); or (ii) $3.65 per share, if exercising by cancellation of a portion of certain senior secured notes (the “Notes”), issued by the Company.
The Series B Warrants were amended in connection with the issuance of $115.0 million in Notes to the Buyers to permit the payment of the lower exercise price of $3.65 through the payment of cash, rather than only through the cancellation of Notes outstanding,
at any time until the expiration of the Series B Warrants on November 15, 2027. 31,506,849 of the Series B Warrants were subject to this adjustment with the remaining balance of 68,493,151 Series B Warrants continuing under their original terms.
The foregoing description of the Third Warrant Amendment is a summary of the material terms of such amendment, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Warrant Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
