Chief Executive Officer · ACACIA RESEARCH CORP (ACTG)

Martin McNulty

A named executive officer of ACACIA RESEARCH in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,424,064

FY2024: $1,266,422

1st of 5 named executive officers at Acacia Research by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for ACACIA RESEARCH, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Martin McNulty compensation by year

ACACIA RESEARCH Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ACACIA RESEARCH reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$349,616$467,789$496,154$567,308
Bonus$0$0$0$825,000
Stock awards$223,800$403,043$0$0
Option awards$320,000$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$547,397$712,500$750,000$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$14,872$20,136$20,268$31,756
Total$1,455,685$1,603,468$1,266,422$1,424,064

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0000934549-26-000016, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the ACACIA RESEARCH CORP filed document, accession 0000934549-26-000016. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$1.5M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$1.4M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU495,424$1,852,886—
RSU58,286$217,990—
RSU20,000$74,800—
Option83,333—$3.73

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ACACIA RESEARCH CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

ACACIA RESEARCH’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Martin McNulty · this pageChief Executive Officer$1,424,064
Robert RasamnyChief Administrative Officer$918,294
Jason SonciniGeneral Counsel$737,474
Kirsten HooverFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer$614,396
Michael ZambitoChief Financial Officer$370,673

Board service

ACACIA RESEARCH board · FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ACACIA RESEARCH pays directors a $80,000 cash retainer and $120,000 in RSUs. As stated in ACACIA RESEARCH's FY2025 proxy.

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