Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On July 28, 2020, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Acacia Research Corporation (the "Company") adopted a Certificate of Amendment (the "Bylaw Amendment") of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws") to provide that (i) unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any claims under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (ii) consistent with the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws may be amended or repealed either by approval of 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote on such action or by the approval of the Board, for those amendments to the Bylaws for which Board approval alone is sufficient under the General Corporation Law of Delaware .

The foregoing description of the Bylaw Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaw Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d)   Exhibits



Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
    3.1         Certificate of Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws
              of Acacia Research Corporation










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