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Acacia Research Reports First Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Acacia Research Corporation (“we”, "Acacia" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: ACTG) today reported results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020.

Clifford Press, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Acacia has made significant progress in 2020 furthering our absolute return strategy. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, we acquired two attractive patent portfolios, bringing us to four acquisitions for the year. Adding these assets to our existing portfolio creates an attractive blend of licensing and litigation opportunities to pursue. We expect these additions to begin generating licensing revenues in the second quarter with significant contribution beginning in 2021.”

Al Tobia, President and Chief Investment Officer, added, “Recent market volatility has opened many corporate development opportunities and we are busy identifying, and evaluating these opportunities. Our focus remains on growing book value and leveraging our substantial net tax assets and capital partnership with Starboard Value.”

First Quarter 2020 Financial Summary:

  • Cash and trading securities totaled $158.1 million as of March 31, 2020, a decrease from $168.3 million as of December 31, 2019.
  • Gross revenues were $3.8 million.
  • Operating loss was $3.6 million.
  • GAAP net loss to common shareholders was $12.2 million or $0.24 per basic and diluted share.

IP Portfolio Acquisitions

Subsequent to the end of the first quarter, a subsidiary of Acacia acquired Excalibur IP, a portfolio of more than 2,500 patents that were spun out of Yahoo! prior to its sale to Verizon. The patents cover technologies including internet search, cloud computing, e-commerce, location-based services, mobile apps, media management and social networking. These patents have applicability to a variety of industries, including: enterprise software, web search and analytics, online shopping and advertising, and audio/video streaming among others.

In addition, the subsidiary also acquired a significant portfolio of nearly 150 patents from L3Harris. These patents cover commercial applications of Wi-Fi and Internet-of-Things technologies. These patents have applicability to a wide variety of products and markets, including consumer electronics, home and office wireless networking, home automation, smart metering, industrial wireless control systems and remote access systems.

Investor Conference Call:

The Company will host a conference call today, Monday, May 11, 2020, to discuss these results and provide a business update at 11 a.m. ET/ 8 a.m. PT.

To access the live call, please dial 877-407-0778 (U.S. and Canada) or 201-689-8565 (international) and reference conference ID 13703484. The conference call will also be simultaneously webcasted on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at http://acaciaresearch.com under the events and presentations tab. Following the conclusion of the live call, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for at least 30 days.

About Acacia Research Corporation

Founded in 1993, Acacia Research Corporation (ACTG) invests in Intellectual Property Assets and partners with inventors and patent owners to realize the financial value in their patented inventions. Acacia bridges the gap between invention and application, facilitating efficiency and delivering monetary rewards to the patent owner.

Information about Acacia Research Corporation and its subsidiaries is available at www.acaciaresearch.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof. Our actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties, including the ability to successfully implement our strategic plan, the ability to successfully build out a new leadership team within a certain timeframe, the ability to streamline financial reporting, the ability to successfully develop licensing programs and attract new business, changes in demand for current and future intellectual property rights, legislative, regulatory and competitive developments addressing licensing and enforcement of patents and/or intellectual property in general, general economic conditions and the success of our investments. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, recent and forthcoming Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to the forgoing, and other SEC filings discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

The results achieved in the most recent quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results to be achieved by us in any subsequent quarters, as it is currently anticipated that Acacia Research Corporation’s financial results will vary, and may vary significantly, from quarter to quarter. This variance is expected to result from a number of factors, including risk factors affecting our results of operations and financial condition referenced above, and the particular structure of our licensing transactions, which may impact the amount of inventor royalties and contingent legal fees expenses we incur from period to period.

ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
 

March 31,

December 31,

2020

2019

 

ASSETS

Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents

$

58,678

$

57,359

Trading securities - debt

88,963

93,843

Trading securities - equity

10,470

17,140

Accounts receivable

621

511

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,653

2,912

Total current assets

162,385

171,765

 
Long-term restricted cash

35,000

35,000

Investment at fair value

1,387

1,500

Patents, net of accumulated amortization

12,550

7,814

Leased right-of-use assets

1,395

1,264

Other non-current assets

1,004

818

Total assets

$

213,721

$

218,161

 
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable

$

3,136

$

1,765

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

4,376

7,265

Accrued compensation

1,127

507

Royalties and contingent legal fees payable

2,070

2,178

Total current liabilities

10,709

11,715

 
Series A warrant liabilities

2,610

3,568

Series A embedded derivative liabilities

21,682

17,974

Series B warrant liabilities

6,231

-

Long-term lease liabilities

1,395

1,264

Other long-term liabilities

583

593

Total liabilities

43,210

35,114

 
 
Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; stated value $100 per share; 350,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively; aggregate liquidation preference of $35,000 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

8,720

8,089

 
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

-

-

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 49,813,443 and 50,370,987 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

50

50

Treasury stock, at cost, 3,496,726 and 2,919,828 shares as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

(40,586

)

(39,272

)

Additional paid-in capital

651,441

652,003

Accumulated deficit

(450,947

)

(439,656

)

Total Acacia Research Corporation stockholders' equity

159,958

173,125

 
Noncontrolling interests

1,833

1,833

 
Total stockholders' equity

161,791

174,958

 
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and stockholders' equity

$

213,721

$

218,161

ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)

Three Months Ended

March 31,

2020

2019

Revenues

$

3,815

$

3,387

Portfolio operations:

Inventor royalties

426

1,353

Contingent legal fees

234

177

Litigation and licensing expenses - patents

1,037

3,801

Amortization of patents

1,043

656

Other portfolio expenses (income)

(234

)

650

Total portfolio operations

2,506

6,637

Net portfolio income (loss)

1,309

(3,250

)

General and administrative expenses

4,878

3,655

Operating loss

(3,569

)

(6,905

)

Other income (expense):

Change in fair value of investment, net

4,108

6,908

Loss on sale of investment

(3,316

)

(5,590

)

Change in fair value of the Series A and B warrants and embedded derivatives

(4,382

)

-

Change in fair value of trading securities

(6,117

)

675

Gain (loss) on sale of trading securities

112

(43

)

Interest income and other

535

871

Total other income (expense)

(9,060

)

2,821

Loss before income taxes

(12,629

)

(4,084

)

Income tax benefit (expense)

1,338

(314

)

Net loss including noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(11,291

)

(4,398

)

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

-

14

Net loss attributable to Acacia Research Corporation

$

(11,291

)

$

(4,384

)

Less: Dividend on Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock

(263

)

-

Less: Accretion of Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock

(631

)

-

Net loss attributable to common stockholders - basic and diluted

$

(12,185

)

$

(4,384

)

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

$

(0.24

)

$

(0.09

)

Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted

49,875,396

49,655,881

Contacts:

Acacia Research Investor Contact:
FNK IR
Rob Fink, 646-809-4048
rob@fnkir.com

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