Acacia Research Corporation
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
8-K
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CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): August
15, 2007
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ACACIA
RESEARCH CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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000-26068
(Commission
File
Number)
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95-4405754
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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500
Newport Center Drive,
Newport
Beach, California 92660
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(949)
480-8300
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report)
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
(b)
Effective August 15, 2007, Thomas B. Akin, Rigdon Currie and Amit Kumar resigned
from the Board of Directors of Acacia Research Corporation.
(d)
Effective August 15, 2007, the Board of Directors appointed William S. Anderson
as a Director of Acacia Research Corporation. He will serve on the Nominating
& Governance Committee. He will receive the standard non-employee director
compensation as previously reported in our definitive proxy statement for our
annual meeting filed with the Commission on April 16, 2007.
Item
8.01. Other Information
The
redemption of Acacia Research-CombiMatrix common stock (“AR-CombiMatrix stock”)
for common stock of CombiMatrix Corporation will occur at 9:00 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Savings Time on August 15, 2007, at a ratio of 10-1 as previously
disclosed in our annual and quarterly reports. Fractional shares of
AR-CombiMatrix stock will be paid out at $0.62 per share, as determined in
accordance with our Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation.
The
class
of common stock known as AR-CombiMatrix stock no longer exists. We now have
only
one class of common stock, known as Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies common
stock (“AR-Acacia Technologies stock”). The number of authorized and issued and
outstanding shares of AR-Acacia Technologies stock has not changed as a result
of the redemption. Our common stock continues to trade on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol “ACTG.”
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1 Press Release of the Registrant dated August 15, 2007.
99.2
Press Release of the Registrant dated August 15, 2007.
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.
ACACIA
RESEARCH CORPORATION
Date:
August 15, 2007
By: /s/
Paul R.
Ryan
Name:
Paul R. Ryan
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer