Aci Worldwide, Inc 10-Q for FY2025 Q1
Aci Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW)
10-Q
2025-05-08
For: 2025-03-31
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About this 10-Q
Aci Worldwide, Inc filed this 10-Q on May 8, 2025, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (FY2025 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended March 31, 2025, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $394.57M
- up 24.9% from $316.02M a year earlier
- Net income
- $58.87M
- compared with a net loss of $7.75M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- $0.55
- compared with -$0.07 a year earlier
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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(Mark One)
| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025
Or
| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 0-25346
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | ||||||||||||||||
(402 ) 390-7600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of May 5, 2025, there were 104,899,645 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited and in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
ASSETS | |||||||||||
Current assets | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | |||||||||
Receivables, net of allowances of $ | |||||||||||
Settlement assets | |||||||||||
Prepaid expenses | |||||||||||
Other current assets | |||||||||||
| Total current assets | |||||||||||
| Noncurrent assets | |||||||||||
Accrued receivables, net | |||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | |||||||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | |||||||||||
Software, net | |||||||||||
Goodwill | |||||||||||
Intangible assets, net | |||||||||||
Deferred income taxes, net | |||||||||||
Other noncurrent assets | |||||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | |||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||||
Current liabilities | |||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | $ | |||||||||
Settlement liabilities | |||||||||||
Employee compensation | |||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | |||||||||||
Deferred revenue | |||||||||||
Other current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | |||||||||||
Noncurrent liabilities | |||||||||||
| Deferred revenue | |||||||||||
| Long-term debt | |||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes, net | |||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | |||||||||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities | |||||||||||
Commitments and contingencies | |||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | |||||||||||
Preferred stock; $ | |||||||||||
Common stock; $ | |||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | |||||||||||
| Retained earnings | |||||||||||
Treasury stock, at cost, | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | |||||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited and in thousands, except per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Software as a service and platform as a service | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
License | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Maintenance | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other, net | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other income (expense) | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) per common share | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The cost of revenue excludes charges for depreciation and amortization.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(unaudited and in thousands)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(unaudited and in thousands, except share amounts)
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings | Treasury Stock | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares issued and forfeited, net, under stock plans | — | ( | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase of | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase of stock-based compensation awards for tax withholdings | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings | Treasury Stock | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares issued and forfeited, net, under stock plans | — | ( | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase of | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase of stock-based compensation awards for tax withholdings | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited and in thousands)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
Depreciation | |||||||||||
Amortization | |||||||||||
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets | |||||||||||
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs | |||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | ( | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | |||||||||||
Gain on sale of equity investment | ( | ||||||||||
Other | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
Receivables | |||||||||||
Accounts payable | ( | ||||||||||
Accrued employee compensation | ( | ( | |||||||||
Deferred revenue | ( | ||||||||||
Other current and noncurrent assets and liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
Net cash flows from operating activities | |||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Purchases of software and distribution rights | ( | ( | |||||||||
Proceeds from sale of equity investment | |||||||||||
Net cash flows from investing activities | ( | ||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | |||||||||||
Proceeds from exercises of stock options | |||||||||||
| Repurchase of stock-based compensation awards for tax withholdings | ( | ( | |||||||||
Repurchases of common stock | ( | ( | |||||||||
Proceeds from revolving credit facility | |||||||||||
Repayment of revolving credit facility | ( | ( | |||||||||
Proceeds from term portion of credit agreement | |||||||||||
Repayment of term portion of credit agreement | ( | ( | |||||||||
Payments for debt issuance costs | ( | ||||||||||
| Payments on or proceeds from other debt, net | ( | ( | |||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in settlement assets and liabilities | ( | ||||||||||
Net cash flows from financing activities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash | |||||||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, including settlement deposits, beginning of period | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, including settlement deposits, end of period | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents to the Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Settlement deposits | |||||||||||
| Total cash and cash equivalents, including settlement deposits | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Supplemental cash flow information | |||||||||||
Income taxes paid | $ | $ | |||||||||
Interest paid | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ACI Worldwide, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025, and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, are unaudited and reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation, in all material respects, of the financial position and operating results for the interim periods. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024, is derived from the audited financial statements.
The condensed consolidated financial statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed on February 27, 2025. Results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, are not necessarily indicative of results that may be attained in the future.
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and assumptions are affected by management’s application of accounting policies, as well as uncertainty in the current economic environment. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Other Current Liabilities
The components of other current liabilities are included in the following table (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Vendor financed licenses | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | |||||||||||
| Income taxes payable | |||||||||||
| Accrued interest | |||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Total other current liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
Settlement Assets and Liabilities
Individuals and businesses settle their obligations to the Company’s various Biller clients using credit or debit cards or via automated clearing house (“ACH”) payments. The Company creates a receivable for the amount due from the credit or debit card processor and an offsetting payable to the client. Upon confirmation that the funds have been received, the Company settles the obligation to the client. Due to timing, in some instances, the Company may (1) receive the funds into bank accounts controlled by and in the Company’s name that are not disbursed to its clients by the end of the day, resulting in a settlement deposit on the Company’s books and (2) disburse funds to its clients in advance of receiving funds from the credit or debit card processor, resulting in a net settlement receivable position.
Off Balance Sheet Settlement Accounts
The Company also enters into agreements with certain Biller clients to process payment funds on their behalf. When an ACH or automated teller machine network payment transaction is processed, a transaction is initiated to withdraw funds from the designated source account and deposit them into a settlement account, which is a trust account maintained for the benefit of the Company’s clients. A simultaneous transaction is initiated to transfer funds from the settlement account to the intended destination account. These “back to back” transactions are designed to settle at the same time, usually overnight, such that the Company receives the funds from the source at the same time as it sends the funds to their destination. However, due to the transactions being with various financial institutions there may be timing differences that result in float balances. These funds are maintained in accounts for the benefit of the client which is separate from the Company’s corporate assets. As the Company does not take ownership of the funds, these settlement accounts are not included in the Company’s balance sheet. The Company is entitled to interest earned on the fund balances. The collection of interest on these settlement accounts is considered in the
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Fair Value
The fair values of cash and cash equivalents approximate the carrying values due to the short period of time to maturity (Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy).
Goodwill
In accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, the Company assesses goodwill for impairment annually during the fourth quarter of its fiscal year using October 1 balances or when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recovered. The Company evaluates goodwill at the reporting unit level, and as discussed in Note 9, Segment Information, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, it realigned Banks and Merchants under a single general manager leading Payment Software. This change also resulted in a change in reporting units - combining Banks and Merchants into Payment Software, while maintaining Biller. As of March 31, 2025, the Company's goodwill balance of $1.2 billion was allocated $809.0 million to Payment Software and $417.0 million to Biller.
Recoverability of goodwill is measured using a discounted cash flow model incorporating discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. Use of a discounted cash flow model is common practice in impairment testing in the absence of available transactional market evidence to determine the fair value. The calculated fair value was substantially in excess of the current carrying value for all reporting units based upon the October 1, 2024, annual impairment test and there have been no indications of impairment in the subsequent periods.
Equity Method Investment
In July 2019, the Company invested $18.3 million for a 30 % non-controlling financial interest in a payment technology and services company in India. The Company accounted for this investment using the equity method in accordance with ASC 323, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures, and recorded its share of earnings and losses in the investment on a one-quarter lag basis. The Company had recorded an investment of $18.6 million, included in other noncurrent assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. In March 2025, the Company sold its 30 % interest for $46.0 million. The Company recognized a gain on the sale of $25.9 million, which is recorded in other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The amendments in this update will require entities to provide disaggregated disclosures of specific expense categories underlying certain income statement expense line items on an annual and interim basis. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and early application is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company is currently assessing the impact that the adoption of ASU 2024-03 will have on its financial statement footnote disclosures.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in this update will require disclosure of more disaggregated information about a reporting entity's effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for our annual period beginning after December 15, 2024. ASU 2023-09 is expected to impact our income tax disclosures beginning with the consolidated financial statements included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, but is not expected to have an impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
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2. Revenue
In accordance with ASC 606, Revenue From Contracts With Customers, revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised products and/or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those products and services. Revenue is recognized net of any taxes collected from customers and subsequently remitted to governmental authorities. See Note 9, Segment Information, for additional information, including disaggregation of revenue based on primary solution category.
Total receivables represent amounts billed and amounts earned that are to be billed in the future (i.e., accrued receivables). Included in accrued receivables are services, software as a service ("SaaS"), and platform as a service ("PaaS") revenues earned in the current period but billed in the following period and amounts due under multi-year software license arrangements with extended payment terms for which the Company has an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment subsequent to invoicing.
Total receivables, net is comprised of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Billed receivables | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Billed receivables, net | |||||||||||
| Current accrued receivables, net | |||||||||||
| Long-term accrued receivables, net | |||||||||||
| Total accrued receivables, net | |||||||||||
| Total receivables, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated receivables balance as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Deferred revenue includes amounts due or received from customers for software licenses, maintenance, services, and/or SaaS and PaaS services in advance of recording the related revenue.
Changes in deferred revenue were as follows (in thousands):
Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | ||||
| Deferral of revenue | |||||
| Recognition of deferred revenue | ( | ||||
| Foreign currency translation | |||||
Balance, March 31, 2025 | $ | ||||
Revenue allocated to remaining performance obligations represents contracted revenue that will be recognized in future periods, which is comprised of deferred revenue and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. This does not include:
•Revenue that will be recognized in future periods from capacity overages that are accounted for as a usage-based royalty.
•SaaS and PaaS revenue from variable consideration that will be recognized in accordance with the ‘right to invoice’ practical expedient or meets the allocation objective.
Revenue allocated to remaining performance obligations was $661.4 million as of March 31, 2025, of which the Company expects to recognize approximately 51 % over the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, revenue recognized by the Company from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods was $19.6 million.
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3. Debt
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $453.1 million, and $400.0 million outstanding under its Term Loans and Senior Notes, respectively. There was no amount outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, with up to $598.1 million of unused borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility portion of the Credit Agreement, as amended, and up to $1.9 million of unused borrowings under Letter of Credit agreements. The amount of unused borrowings actually available varies in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
Credit Agreement
On February 26, 2024, ACI Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Refinance Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including by the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, the subsidiary borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and a lender, BofA Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and the other financial institutions party thereto.
The Amendment (i) provides a senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million, (ii) provides a senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Loan Facility” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facilities”) of up to $600 million, and (iii) extends the maturity date of the Facilities to February 26, 2029 (the “Maturity Date”), provided that if any of the Company’s 5.750 % Senior Notes due 2026 are outstanding on the date that is 91 days before the maturity thereof (the “Springing Maturity Date”), and the Company does not have sufficient liquidity as of such date, the Maturity Date will be the Springing Maturity Date. The Revolving Loan Facility includes a $35 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a $20 million sublimit for swingline loans. Amounts repaid under the Revolving Facility may be reborrowed.
Borrowings under the Credit Facilities bear interest at a rate equal to, at borrower's option, either (A) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the rate of interest per annum publicly announced by Bank of America as its prime rate, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 %, (3) term Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus 1 %, and (4) 1 % or (B) term SOFR for applicable interest period relevant to such borrowing, in each case plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Credit Facilities is, based on the calculation of the applicable consolidated total leverage ratio, between 0.5 % to 1.5 % with respect to base rate borrowings and between 1.5 % and 2.5 % with respect to term SOFR rate borrowings. Interest is due and payable monthly. The interest rate in effect for the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2025, was 6.17 %.
The Company is also required to pay customary fees under the Credit Facilities, including (a) a commitment fee related to the unutilized commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility, (b) letter of credit fees including fronting fees and commissions on the maximum amount available to be drawn under all outstanding letters of credit, and (c) agency fees.
The Company’s subsidiaries, ACI Worldwide Corp. and ACI Payments, Inc. are co-borrowers under the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the borrowers under the Credit Facilities and the obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries under cash management arrangements entered into with lenders under the Credit Facilities (or affiliates thereof) are jointly and severally guaranteed by the Company and all of its existing and future material domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exclusions. The obligations of the borrowers in respect of the Credit Facilities are secured by first-priority security interests in substantially all assets of the borrowers, including 100 % of the capital stock of each domestic subsidiary of the borrower and 65 % of the voting capital stock of each foreign subsidiary that is directly owned by a borrower, in each case subject to certain exclusions set forth in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains customary negative covenants that, among other things, restrict the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant additional liens, and make certain acquisitions, investments, asset dispositions, and restricted payments. In addition, the Credit Agreement contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, (i) a consolidated total net leverage ratio of less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00, (ii) a consolidated senior secured net leverage ratio of less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00, and (iii) a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio of greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, in each case subject to certain exclusions as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement also contains certain customary affirmative covenants and events of default. If an event of default, as specified in the Credit Agreement, shall occur and be continuing, the Company may be required to repay all amounts outstanding under the Credit Facilities.
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Senior Notes
On August 21, 2018, the Company completed a $400.0 million offering of the 2026 Notes at an issue price of 100 % of the principal amount in a private placement for resale to qualified institutional buyers. The 2026 Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 5.750 %, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The 2026 Notes will mature on August 15, 2026.
Maturities on debt outstanding as of March 31, 2025, are as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ending December 31, | |||||
| Remainder of 2025 | $ | ||||
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| Total | $ | ||||
As of March 31, 2025, and at all times during the period, the Company was in compliance with its financial debt covenants.
Total debt is comprised of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Term loans | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Revolving credit facility | |||||||||||
| Debt issuance costs | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total debt | |||||||||||
| Less: current portion of term loans | |||||||||||
| Less: current portion of debt issuance costs | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total long-term debt | $ | $ | |||||||||
Overdraft Facility
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4. Software and Other Intangible Assets
The carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company's software assets subject to amortization at each balance sheet date are as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Balance | Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Software for internal use | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of software for internal use is computed using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of generally to eight years . Software for internal use amortization expense recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, totaled $15.6 million and $15.5 million, respectively. These software amortization expense amounts are reflected in depreciation and amortization in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s other intangible assets subject to amortization at each balance sheet date are as follows (in thousands):
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| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Balance | Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Customer relationships | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other intangible assets amortization expense recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, totaled $5.2 million and $8.5 million, respectively.
Based on capitalized intangible assets as of March 31, 2025, estimated amortization expense amounts in future fiscal years are as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ending December 31, | Software Amortization | Other Intangible Assets Amortization | ||||||||||||
| Remainder of 2025 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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| Total | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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5. Stock-Based Compensation Plans
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Shares issued under the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, totaled 17,412 and 27,550 , respectively.
Stock Options
A summary of stock option activity is as follows:
| Number of Shares | Weighted Average Exercise Price ($) | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value of In-the-Money Options ($) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercised | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding as of March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercisable as of March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, was $1.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively. There were no
Performance Share Awards
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, pursuant to the Company's 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, the Company granted performance share awards with a total shareholder return component ("TSRs"). These performance share awards are earned, if at all, based upon achievement, over a specified period that must not be less than one year and is typically a three-year performance period. The awards have operating performance goals that include (i) adjusted EBITDA metrics and (ii) revenue growth rates as determined by the Company with a TSR multiplier up to plus or minus 20 %. Up to 200 % of the performance shares could be earned upon achievement of the performance goals, including the multiplier. On a quarterly basis, management evaluates the probability that the threshold performance goals will be achieved, if at all, and the anticipated level of attainment to determine the amount of compensation expense to record in the consolidated financial statements.
A summary of nonvested TSRs is as follows:
| Number of Shares | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | ||||||||||
| Nonvested as of December 31, 2024 | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||
| Nonvested as of March 31, 2025 | $ | ||||||||||
The fair value of TSRs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were estimated on the date of grant using the Monte Carlo simulation model, acceptable under ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, using the following weighted average assumptions:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Expected life (years) | |||||||||||
| Risk-free interest rate | % | % | |||||||||
| Expected volatility | % | % | |||||||||
| Expected dividend yield | |||||||||||
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Restricted Share Units
A summary of nonvested restricted share unit awards ("RSUs") is as follows:
| Number of Shares | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | ||||||||||
| Nonvested as of December 31, 2024 | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||
| Vested | ( | ||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||
| Nonvested as of March 31, 2025 | $ | ||||||||||
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, a total of 362,138 RSUs vested. The Company withheld 128,772 of those shares to pay the employees’ portion of the minimum payroll withholding taxes.
As of March 31, 2025, there was unrecognized compensation expense of $80.3 million related to RSUs and $37.9 million related to TSRs, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted average period of 2.4 years and 1.9 years, respectively.
6. Common Stock and Treasury Stock
In 2005, the board approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the Company, as market and business conditions warrant, to acquire its common stock and periodically authorize additional funds for the program. In June 2024, the board approved the repurchase of the Company's common stock of up to $400.0 million, in place of the remaining purchase amounts previously authorized.
The Company repurchased 264,936 shares for $14.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Under the program to date, the Company has repurchased 63,132,773 shares for approximately $1.1 billion. As of March 31, 2025, the maximum remaining amount authorized for purchase under the stock repurchase program was $358.1 million.
Subsequent to March 31, 2025, the Company has repurchased additional shares under the repurchase program.
7. Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, based on weighted average outstanding common shares. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed based on basic weighted average outstanding common shares adjusted for the dilutive effect of stock options, RSUs, and certain contingently issuable shares for which performance targets have been achieved.
The following table reconciles the weighted average share amounts used to compute both basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Add: Dilutive effect of stock options, RSUs, and contingently issuable shares | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The diluted earnings (loss) per share computation excludes 1.4 million and 4.4 million options to purchase shares, RSUs, and contingently issuable shares during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive.
Common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, was 105,273,273 and 105,254,913 , respectively.
8. Other, Net
9. Segment Information
In 2025, the Company made a change in organizational structure to align with its strategic direction. As a result of this change, the Company reassessed its segment reporting structure due to changes in leadership structure and how the Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") assesses the Company's performance and allocates resources. Beginning in the first quarter of 2025, the Company reports financial performance based on its new operating segments, Payment Software, which includes bank and merchant customers, and Biller. The Company continues to use Segment Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of segment profitability.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer is also the chief operating decision maker. The CODM, together with other senior management personnel, focus their review on consolidated financial information and the allocation of resources based on operating results, including revenues and Segment Adjusted EBITDA, for each segment, separate from corporate operations. No operating segments have been aggregated to form the reportable segments.
Payment Software. Payment Software drives payments orchestration for banks and merchants. ACI provides payment solutions to large and mid-size banks globally for retail banking, digital, and other payment services. These solutions transform banks’ complex payment environments to speed time to market, reduce costs, and deliver a consistent experience to customers across channels while enabling them to prevent and rapidly react to fraudulent activity. In addition, they enable banks to meet the requirements of different real-time payments schemes and to quickly create differentiated products to meet consumer, business, and merchant demands. ACI’s support of merchants globally includes Tier 1 and Tier 2 merchants (in-store and online), payment service providers, independent selling organizations, value-added resellers, and acquirers who service them. These customers operate in a variety of verticals, including general retail, grocery, hospitality, dining, travel and ticketing, fuel, telecommunications, and others. The Company's solutions provide merchants with a secure, omnichannel payments platform that gives them flexibility and independence. The Company also offers secure solutions to online-only merchants that provide consumers with a convenient and seamless way to shop.
Biller. Within the Biller segment, ACI provides electronic bill presentment and payment services to companies operating in the consumer finance, insurance, healthcare, higher education, utility, government, mortgage, subscription provider, and telecommunications categories. The solutions enable these customers to support a wide range of payment options and provide a convenient consumer payments experience that drives consumer loyalty and increases revenue. ACI also provides fraud abuse protection to its Biller customers leveraging its proven AI, human, and data capabilities.
Revenue is attributed to the reportable segments based upon customer and product. Expenses are attributed to the reportable segments in one of three methods: (1) direct costs of the segment, (2) labor costs that can be attributed based upon time tracking for individual projects, or (3) costs that are allocated. Allocated costs are generally marketing and sales related activities.
Segment Adjusted EBITDA is the measure reported to the CODM for purposes of making decisions on allocating resources and assessing the performance of the Company’s segments, including budget and forecast-to-actual variances, and, therefore, Segment Adjusted EBITDA is presented in conformity with ASC 280, Segment Reporting. Segment Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings from operations before interest, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) adjusted to exclude net other income (expense).
Corporate and unallocated expenses includes global facilities and information technology costs and long-term product roadmap expenses in addition to corporate overhead costs that are not allocated to reportable segments. The overhead costs relate to human resources, finance, legal, accounting, and merger and acquisition activity. These costs along with depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation are not considered when management evaluates segment performance.
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The following is selected financial data for the Company’s reportable segments for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payment Software | Biller | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Segment Adjusted EBITDA | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reconciliation of income before income taxes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate and unallocated expenses | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest, net | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Payment Software | Biller | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Segment Adjusted EBITDA | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reconciliation of loss before income taxes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate and unallocated expenses | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest, net | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss before income taxes | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Interchange – Interchange costs include all payment card interchange fees, amounts payable to banks, and payment card processing fees associated with providing services to Biller customers.
(b) Global Technology & Innovation – (“GTI”) costs include the costs of maintaining software products, as well as the costs required to deliver, install, and support software at customer sites. It also includes maintenance costs, which are the efforts associated with providing the customer with upgrades, 24-hour help desk, post go-live (remote) support, and production-type support for software that was previously installed at a customer location. GTI includes costs to provide SaaS and PaaS services including our data center operations. Service costs including human resource and other incidental costs such as travel and training required for both pre go-live and post go-live support. Such efforts include project management, delivery, product customization and implementation, installation support, consulting, configuration, and on-site support. GTI also includes research and development expenses which are primarily human resource costs related to the creation of new products, improvements made to existing products, as well as compatibility with new operating system releases and generations of hardware.
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(c) Other segment items – other includes selling and marketing, product management, third-party royalties and other cost of goods sold excluding interchange. Selling and marketing costs, which are the costs related to selling our products to current and prospective customers as well as the costs related to promoting the Company, its products and the research efforts required to measure customers’ future needs and satisfaction levels. Selling costs are primarily the human resource and travel costs related to the effort expended to license our products and services to current and potential clients within defined territories and/or industries as well as the management of the overall relationship with customer accounts. Selling costs also include the costs associated with assisting distributors in their efforts to sell our products and services in their respective local markets. Product management costs are primarily the human resource costs related to developing and documenting our product requirements.
Assets are not allocated to segments, and the Company’s CODM does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information.
The following is revenue by primary solution category for the Company’s reportable segments for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Payment Software | Biller | Total | |||||||||||||||
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| Bill Payments | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Merchant Payments | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Fraud Management | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Real-Time Payments | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Issuing and Acquiring | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Payment Software | Biller | Total | |||||||||||||||
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| Bill Payments | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Total | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Software as a service and platform as a service | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Software as a service and platform as a service | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The following is the Company's revenue by geographic location for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Revenue | |||||||||||
| United States | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Total | $ | $ | |||||||||
The following is the Company’s long-lived assets by geographic location for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Long-lived Assets | |||||||||||
| United States | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | |||||||||
No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. No other country outside the United States accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
10. Income Taxes
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company's effective tax rate was 18 %. The Company reported a tax charge on pretax income, with foreign entities recognizing earnings of $80.2 million. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025, was positively impacted by excess tax deductions on stock-based compensation expense.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company's effective tax rate was negative 4 %. The Company reported a tax charge on an overall pretax loss, with foreign entities reporting losses of $11.1 million. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was negatively impacted by excess tax limitations on stock-based compensation expense.
The Company’s effective tax rate could fluctuate on a quarterly basis due to the occurrence of significant and unusual or infrequent items, such as vesting of stock-based compensation or foreign currency gains and losses. The Company’s effective tax rate could also fluctuate due to changes in the valuation of its deferred tax assets or liabilities, or by changes in tax laws, regulations, accounting principles, or interpretations thereof. In addition, the Company is occasionally subject to examination of its income tax returns by tax authorities in the jurisdictions it operates. The Company regularly assesses the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of its provision for income taxes.
As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain tax positions was $21.1 million and $21.0 million, respectively, excluding related liabilities for interest and penalties of $0.4
The Company believes it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will decrease within the next 12 months by approximately $0.8 million, due to the settlement of various audits and the expiration of statutes of limitation.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Generally, forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and may include words or phrases such as “believes,” “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” and words and phrases of similar impact. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended.
Forward-looking statements in this report include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future operations, business strategy, business environment, key trends, and, in each case, statements related to expected financial and other benefits. Many of these factors will be important in determining our actual future results. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this report may turn out to be incorrect. They may be based on inaccurate assumptions or may not account for known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Actual future results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this report, except as required by law.
All forward-looking statements in this report are expressly qualified by the risk factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The cautionary statements in this report expressly qualify all of our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in our Risk Factors in Part 1, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and in Part 2, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q.
The following discussion should be read together with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and with our financial statements and related notes contained in this Form 10-Q. Results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, are not necessarily indicative of results that may be attained in the future.
Overview
ACI Worldwide, an innovator in global payments technology, delivers software solutions that power intelligent payments orchestration in real time so banks, merchants, and billers can drive growth, while continuously modernizing their payment infrastructures, simply and securely. With nearly 50 years of trusted payments expertise, we combine our global footprint with a local presence to offer enhanced payment experiences to stay ahead of constantly changing payment challenges and opportunities.
Our products are sold and supported directly and through distribution networks covering three geographic regions – the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”); and Asia Pacific. Each region has its own globally coordinated sales force, supplemented with local independent reseller and/or distributor networks. Our products and solutions are marketed under the ACI Worldwide brand and used globally by banks of all sizes, central banks, intermediaries, merchants, and billers, such as third-party digital payment processors, payment associations, switch interchanges, and a wide range of transaction-generating endpoints, including ATMs, merchant point-of-sale (“POS”) terminals, bank branches, mobile phones, tablets, corporations, and internet commerce sites.
We derive a majority of our revenues from domestic operations and believe we have large opportunities for growth in international markets, as well as continued expansion domestically in the United States. We also continue to maintain centers of expertise in Timisoara, Romania, and Pune and Bangalore in India, as well as key operational centers such as in Cape Town, South Africa and in multiple locations in the United States.
Our business and operating results are influenced by trends such as information technology spending levels, the growth rate of digital payments, mandated regulatory changes, and changes in the number and type of customers in the financial services industry, as well as economic growth, and purchasing habits.
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Key trends that currently impact our strategies and operations include:
Increasing digital payment transaction volumes. The adoption of digital payments continues to accelerate, propelled by the digitization of cash, financial inclusion efforts of countries throughout the world, rapid growth of eCommerce, and the adoption of real-time payments enabling more people, governments, and businesses to embrace digital payments. We leverage the growth in transaction volumes through the licensing of new systems to customers whose older systems cannot handle increased volume, through the sale of capacity upgrades to existing customers, and through the scalability of our platform-based solutions.
Adoption of real-time payments. Expectations from both consumers and businesses are continuing to drive the payments world to more real-time delivery. This is bolstered by the new data-rich ISO 20022 messaging format prevalent in account-to-account payments, which is delivering greater value to banks and their customers and has now been rolled out across the world and continues to see adoption with local schemes, such as FedWire, planned for 2025. We are seeing global players with existing schemes working to expand capacity in anticipation of volume growth and new payment types. Domestic schemes such as Unified Payments Interface ("UPI") in India and others are being made available to their citizens for cross-border transactions when abroad. Mature markets, including India, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, continue to accelerate innovation, especially in terms of overlay services, driving new transactions. The United States is driving real-time payments adoption through TCH Real-Time Payments and the FedNow Service. Asia is one of the most innovative markets for adoption of real-time payment systems. According to ACI’s Prime Time for Real-Time report, Asia Pacific is the largest regional market, with four of the global top five real-time payment markets by volume. ACI provides solutions for commercial and central banks across Asia. Latin American countries are pushing ahead with real-time payments modernization initiatives, looking to replicate Brazil’s success with PIX. ACI is also providing solutions centrally in Colombia and Peru. We are seeing success with real-time payments in the Middle East as well, as they have started to renovate their payment systems from legacy payment types to the modern digital and real-time world. ACI's broad software portfolio, experience, and strategic partnerships with Mastercard, Microsoft, and Red Hat, and Mindgate Solutions continue to position us as a leader in real-time payments, helping to drive seamless connectivity, increased security, and end-to-end modernization for organizations throughout the world.
Adoption of cloud technology. ACI has recognized the industry's technical inflection point in the transition from traditional on-premises infrastructure to the private and public cloud, and we are supporting our customers' cloud strategies. Cloud technology innovations allow the financial services ecosystem to remove technical risk from their operations, accelerate innovation and time to market for new revenue-generating solutions for their customers, and accelerate innovation and ensure scalability and resiliency while improving operating economics over time. As banks and intermediaries, merchants, and billers seek to transition their systems to make use of cloud technology, our investments and partnerships, as demonstrated by our product enablement and initial optimization onto Microsoft Azure, enable us to leverage those cloud technology benefits today and for the future while preserving ACI's fundamental base of performance, resiliency, and scalability. Cloud-native solutions running in a multi-tenant SaaS environment also allow ACI to expand our market coverage to smaller institutions, offering scalable solutions which are easy to integrate with but at price points that fit their budgets.
Payments intelligence, fraud, and compliance. The accelerated adoption of real-time payments, fraudsters leveraging artificial intelligence, and the ramping up of mandates increase the urgency for industry-wide collaboration to mitigate fraud with precision and achieve operational excellence. As the threat of sophisticated fraud becomes a greater concern for remitting and receiving institutions, consumers are challenged with increased friction to prevent illegitimate access of genuine accounts or funds to protect the consumer trust and confidence, while achieving their strategic objectives. Regulators are beginning to litigate between consumers and financial institutions on the losses, and between remitting and receiving banks on the accountability. Banks and intermediaries, merchants, and billers are pursuing solutions to mitigate their risks while improving their customer experience, protecting their margins, and securing their revenue streams, especially with their new products and offerings. We continue to evolve our advanced machine learning and network intelligence capabilities to stop criminals and enable frictionless, legitimate business. Meanwhile, with payments intelligence, organizations can integrate intelligent services to enhance consumer relationships while achieving precise, real-time fraud and risk mitigation capabilities.
Omni-commerce. Shoppers are increasingly browsing, buying, and returning items across channels, including in-store, online, and mobile. This trend has led to an increase in contactless payments, click and collect, and curbside collection. Merchants from all industries, including grocers, fuel and convenience stores, are being tasked with delivering seamless experiences that include pay-in-aisle, kiosks, mobile app payments, QR code payments, eCommerce, traditional and mobile POS, buy online pickup in-store (BOPIS), and buy online return in-store (BORIS). We believe there is significant opportunity to provide merchants with the tools to deliver a seamless, secure, personalized experience that creates loyalty and satisfaction, and drives conversion rates while protecting consumer data and preventing fraud.
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Open banking. Open banking is gaining momentum globally, and while it has been accelerated in Europe by regulations like PSD3, the United States is also seeing significant shifts driven by market demand and technology innovation rather than regulatory mandates. In the United States, the growing adoption of Request to Pay (RTP) offers an alternative to traditional bill payment methods, allowing payers to respond directly to payment requests with flexibility on timing, method, and amount. This aligns with the broader movement toward real-time payments, supported by platforms like the FedNow® Service and The Clearing House’s RTP network. While the United States doesn't have a regulatory equivalent to PSD3, there's a strong push for open banking solutions that provide greater control and transparency for consumers, and RTP is a key trend within that space. By embracing both RTP and open banking trends in the United States, payment processors and financial institutions can offer more dynamic, flexible payment options, driving innovation and improving customer experience, while staying competitive in a rapidly evolving payments landscape. ACI is in a unique position to deliver service that takes advantage of our real-time payments software, our relationships with banks, merchants, and billers, and global connectivity.
Several other factors related to our business may have a significant impact on our operating results from year to year. For example, the accounting rules governing the timing of revenue recognition are complex, and it can be difficult to estimate when we will recognize revenue generated by a given transaction. Factors such as creditworthiness of the customer and timing of transfer of control or acceptance of our products may cause revenues related to sales generated in one period to be deferred and recognized in later periods. For arrangements in which services revenue is deferred, related direct and incremental costs may also be deferred. Additionally, while the majority of our contracts are denominated in the U.S. dollar, a substantial portion of our sales are made, and some of our expenses are incurred, in the local currency of countries other than the United States. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates in a given period may result in the recognition of gains or losses for that period.
We continue to seek ways to grow through organic sources, partnerships, alliances, and acquisitions. We continually look for potential acquisitions designed to improve our solutions’ breadth or provide access to new markets. As part of our acquisition strategy, we seek acquisition candidates that are strategic, capable of being integrated into our operating environment, and accretive to our financial performance.
Backlog
Backlog is comprised of:
•Committed Backlog, which includes (1) contracted revenue that will be recognized in future periods (contracted but not recognized) from software license fees, maintenance fees, service fees, and SaaS and PaaS fees specified in executed contracts (including estimates of variable consideration if required under ASC 606, Revenue From Contracts with Customers) and included in the transaction price for those contracts, which includes deferred revenue and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods and (2) estimated future revenues from software license fees, maintenance fees, services fees, and SaaS and PaaS fees specified in executed contracts.
•Renewal Backlog, which includes estimated future revenues from assumed contract renewals to the extent we believe recognition of the related revenue will occur within the corresponding backlog period.
We have historically included assumed renewals in backlog estimates based upon automatic renewal provisions in the executed contract and our historic experience with customer renewal rates.
Our 60-month backlog estimates are derived using the following key assumptions:
•License arrangements are assumed to renew at the end of their committed term or under the renewal option stated in the contract at a rate consistent with historical experience. If the license arrangement includes extended payment terms, the renewal estimate is adjusted for the effects of a significant financing component.
•Maintenance fees are assumed to exist for the duration of the license term for those contracts in which the committed maintenance term is less than the committed license term.
•SaaS and PaaS arrangements are assumed to renew at the end of their committed term at a rate consistent with our historical experiences.
•Foreign currency exchange rates are assumed to remain constant over the 60-month backlog period for those contracts stated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
•Our pricing policies and practices are assumed to remain constant over the 60-month backlog period.
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In computing our 60-month backlog estimate, the following items are specifically not taken into account:
•Anticipated increases in transaction, account, or processing volumes by our customers.
•Optional annual uplifts or inflationary increases in recurring fees.
•Services engagements, other than SaaS and PaaS arrangements, are not assumed to renew over the 60-month backlog period.
•The potential impact of consolidation activity within our markets and/or customers.
We review our customer renewal experience on an annual basis. The impact of this review and subsequent updates may result in a revision to the renewal assumptions used in computing the 60-month backlog estimates. In the event a significant revision to renewal assumptions is determined to be necessary, prior periods will be adjusted for comparability purposes.
The following table sets forth our 60-month backlog estimate, by reportable segment, as of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024 (in millions). Dollar amounts reflect foreign currency exchange rates as of each period end. This is a non-GAAP financial measure being presented to provide comparability across accounting periods. We believe this measure provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our financial performance.
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payment Software | $ | 3,142 | $ | 3,102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biller | 3,597 | 3,604 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 6,739 | $ | 6,706 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Committed | $ | 2,257 | $ | 2,413 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renewal | 4,482 | 4,293 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 6,739 | $ | 6,706 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estimates of future financial results require substantial judgment and are based on several assumptions, as described above. These assumptions may turn out to be inaccurate or wrong for reasons outside of management’s control. For example, our customers may attempt to renegotiate or terminate their contracts for many reasons, including mergers, changes in their financial condition, or general changes in economic conditions in the customer’s industry or geographic location. We may also experience delays in the development or delivery of products or services specified in customer contracts, which may cause the actual renewal rates and amounts to differ from historical experiences. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates may also impact the amount of revenue recognized in future periods. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that amounts included in backlog estimates will generate the specified revenues or that the actual revenues will be generated within the corresponding 60-month period. Additionally, because certain components of Committed Backlog and all of Renewal Backlog estimates are operating metrics, the estimates are not required to be subject to the same level of internal review or controls as contracted but not recognized Committed Backlog.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table presents the condensed consolidated statements of operations, as well as the percentage relationship to total revenues for items included in our condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
Three Month Period Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Month Period Ended March 31, 2024
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | % of Total Revenue | $ Change vs 2024 | % Change vs 2024 | Amount | % of Total Revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Software as a service and platform as a service | $ | 237,083 | 60 | % | $ | 21,351 | 10 | % | $ | 215,732 | 68 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| License | 84,493 | 22 | % | 54,520 | 182 | % | 29,973 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maintenance | 48,642 | 12 | % | 888 | 2 | % | 47,754 | 15 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 24,347 | 6 | % | 1,787 | 8 | % | 22,560 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | 394,565 | 100 | % | 78,546 | 25 | % | 316,019 | 100 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 213,378 | 54 | % | 22,271 | 12 | % | 191,107 | 60 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 38,908 | 10 | % | 3,915 | 11 | % | 34,993 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling and marketing | 32,186 | 8 | % | 5,436 | 20 | % | 26,750 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 27,592 | 7 | % | 1,592 | 6 | % | 26,000 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 23,985 | 6 | % | (3,624) | (13) | % | 27,609 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 336,049 | 85 | % | 29,590 | 10 | % | 306,459 | 96 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | 58,516 | 15 | % | 48,956 | 512 | % | 9,560 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (14,683) | (4) | % | 4,327 | (23) | % | (19,010) | (6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 4,064 | 1 | % | 55 | 1 | % | 4,009 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | 23,740 | 6 | % | 25,765 | 1,272 | % | (2,025) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other income (expense) | 13,121 | 3 | % | 30,147 | 177 | % | (17,026) | (6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 71,637 | 18 | % | 79,103 | 1,060 | % | (7,466) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | 12,767 | 3 | % | 12,482 | 4,380 | % | 285 | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 58,870 | 15 | % | $ | 66,621 | 860 | % | $ | (7,751) | (2) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $78.5 million, or 25%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $1.4 million decrease in total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $79.9 million, or 25%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
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Software as a Service (“SaaS”) and Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) Revenue
The Company’s SaaS arrangements allow customers to use certain software solutions (without taking possession of the software) in a single-tenant cloud environment on a subscription basis. The Company’s PaaS arrangements allow customers to use certain software solutions (without taking possession of the software) in a multi-tenant cloud environment on a subscription or consumption basis. Included in SaaS and PaaS revenue are fees paid by our customers for use of our Biller solutions. Biller-related fees may be paid by our clients or directly by their customers and may be a percentage of the underlying transaction amount, a fixed fee per executed transaction, or a monthly fee for each customer enrolled. SaaS and PaaS costs include payment card interchange fees, the amounts payable to banks and payment card processing fees, which are included in cost of revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. All fees from SaaS and PaaS arrangements that do not qualify for treatment as a distinct performance obligation, which includes set-up fees, implementation or customization services, and product support services, are included in SaaS and PaaS revenue.
SaaS and PaaS revenue increased $21.4 million, or 10%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.3 million decrease in SaaS and PaaS revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, SaaS and PaaS revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $21.7 million, or 10%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The increase was primarily driven by new customer go-lives since March 31, 2024, and higher transaction volumes during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
License Revenue
Customers purchase the right to license ACI software under multi-year, time-based software license arrangements that vary in length but are generally five years. Under these arrangements the software is installed at the customer’s location (i.e. on-premise). Within these agreements are specified capacity limits typically based on customer transaction volume. ACI employs measurement tools that monitor the number of transactions processed by customers and if contractually specified limits are exceeded, additional fees are charged for the overage. Capacity overages may occur at varying times throughout the term of the agreement depending on the product, the size of the customer, and the significance of customer transaction volume growth. Depending on specific circumstances, multiple overages or no overages may occur during the term of the agreement.
Included in license revenue are license and capacity fees that are payable at the inception of the agreement. License revenue also includes license and capacity fees payable annually, quarterly, or monthly due to negotiated customer payment terms. The Company recognizes revenue in advance of billings for software license arrangements with extended payment terms and adjusts for the effects of the financing component, if significant.
License revenue increased $54.5 million, or 182%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.2 million decrease in license revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, license revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $54.7 million, or 184%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The increase was driven by the relative size of new license and capacity events during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
Maintenance Revenue
Maintenance revenue includes standard and premium customer support and any post contract support fees received from customers for the provision of product support services.
Maintenance revenue increased $0.9 million, or 2%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.6 million decrease in maintenance revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, maintenance revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $1.5 million, or 3%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
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Services Revenue
Services revenue includes fees earned through implementation services and other professional services. Implementation services include product installations, product configurations, and custom software modifications (“CSMs”). Other professional services include business consultancy, technical consultancy, on-site support services, product education, and testing services. These services include new customer implementations as well as existing customer migrations to new products or new releases of existing products.
Services revenue increased $1.8 million, or 8%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.2 million decrease in services revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, services revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $2.0 million, or 9%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The increase was primarily driven by the timing and magnitude of project-related work during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $29.6 million, or 10%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024, included $2.6 million for cost reduction strategies and $0.3 million of other significant transaction-related expenses.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $2.0 million decrease in total operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for significant transaction-related expenses and foreign currency, total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $34.5 million, or 11%, compared to the same period in 2024.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue includes costs to provide SaaS and PaaS, third-party royalties, amortization of purchased and developed software for resale, the costs of maintaining our software products, as well as the costs required to deliver, install, and support software at customer sites. SaaS and PaaS service costs include payment card interchange fees, amounts payable to banks, and payment card processing fees. Maintenance costs include the efforts associated with providing the customer with upgrades, 24-hour help desk, post go-live (remote) support, and production-type support for software that was previously installed at a customer location. Service costs include human resource costs and other incidental costs such as travel and training required for both pre go-live and post go-live support. Such efforts include project management, delivery, product customization and implementation, installation support, consulting, configuration, and on-site support.
Cost of revenue increased $22.3 million, or 12%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.7 million decrease in cost of revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $23.0 million, or 12%, compared to the same period in 2024.
•The increase was primarily due to higher payment card interchange fees and personnel and related expenses of $18.4 million and $4.6 million, respectively.
Research and Development
Research and development (“R&D”) expenses are primarily human resource costs related to the creation of new products, improvements made to existing products as well as compatibility with new operating system releases and generations of hardware.
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R&D expense increased $3.9 million, or 11%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.3 million decrease in R&D expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, R&D expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $4.2 million, or 12%, compared to the same period in 2024.
•The increase was primarily due to higher personnel and related expenses.
Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing includes both the costs related to selling our products to current and prospective customers as well as the costs related to promoting the Company, its products and the research efforts required to measure customers’ future needs and satisfaction levels. Selling costs are primarily the human resource and travel costs related to the effort expended to license our products and services to current and potential clients within defined territories and/or industries as well as the management of the overall relationship with customer accounts. Selling costs also include the costs associated with assisting distributors in their efforts to sell our products and services in their respective local markets. Marketing costs include costs incurred to promote the Company and its products, perform or acquire market research to help the Company better understand impending changes in customer demand for and of our products, and the costs associated with measuring customers’ opinions toward the Company, our products and personnel.
Selling and marketing expense increased $5.4 million, or 20%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.5 million decrease in selling and marketing expense during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, selling and marketing expense increased $5.9 million, or 23%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The increase was primarily due to higher personnel and related expenses of $6.6 million, partially offset by a decrease in advertising and professional fees of $0.7 million.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses are primarily human resource costs including executive salaries and benefits, personnel administration costs, and the costs of corporate support functions such as legal, administrative, human resources, and finance and accounting.
General and administrative expense increased $1.6 million, or 6%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•General and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024, included $2.6 million for cost reduction strategies and $0.3 million of other significant transaction-related expenses.
•The impact of foreign currencies weakening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.4 million decrease in general and administrative expense during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•Adjusted for the impact of cost reduction strategies, significant transaction-related expenses, and foreign currency, general and administrative expense increased $4.9 million, or 22%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The increase was primarily due to higher personnel and related expenses, including a $2.9 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization decreased $3.6 million, or 13%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
•The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in amortization for fully amortized intangibles acquired through acquisitions.
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Other Income and Expense
Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025, decreased $4.3 million, or 23% compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to lower comparative debt balances during 2025 as well as a decrease in interest rates.
Interest income includes the portion of software license fees paid by customers under extended payment terms that is attributed to the significant financing component. Interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased $0.1 million, or 1%, as compared to the same period in 2024.
Other, net is primarily comprised of foreign currency transaction gains and losses. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, other, net also included the $25.9 million gain on the sale of the Company's equity method investment. Other, net was $23.7 million of income and $2.0 million of expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Income Taxes
See Note 10, Income Taxes, to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I of this Form 10-Q for additional information.
Segment Results
See Note 9, Segment Information, to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding segments.
The following is selected financial data for our reportable segments for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payment Software | $ | 200,725 | $ | 141,157 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Biller | 193,840 | 174,862 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 394,565 | $ | 316,019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Segment Adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payment Software | $ | 106,561 | $ | 52,289 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Biller | 30,895 | 30,737 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (23,985) | (27,609) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | (11,627) | (8,099) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate and unallocated expenses | (43,328) | (37,758) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest, net | (10,619) | (15,001) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | 23,740 | (2,025) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | 71,637 | $ | (7,466) | |||||||||||||||||||
Payment Software Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased $54.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, due to a $59.6 million increase in revenue primarily due to an increase in license and services revenues, partially offset by a $5.3 million increase in cash operating expense.
Biller Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, due to a $19.0 million increase in revenue, partially offset by a $18.8 million increase in cash operating expense, primarily payment card interchange and processing fees.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
General
Our primary liquidity needs are: (i) to fund normal operating expenses; (ii) to meet the interest and principal requirements of our outstanding indebtedness; and (iii) to fund acquisitions, capital expenditures, and lease payments. We believe these needs will be satisfied using cash flow generated by our operations, our cash and cash equivalents, and available borrowings under our revolving credit facility over the next 12 months and beyond.
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Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. As of March 31, 2025, we had $230.1 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which $117.3 million was held by our foreign subsidiaries. If these funds were needed for our operations in the United States, we may potentially be required to accrue and pay foreign and U.S. state income taxes to repatriate these funds. As of March 31, 2025, only the earnings from our Indian foreign subsidiaries are indefinitely reinvested. We are also permanently reinvested in the outside book/tax basis differences related to foreign subsidiaries. These outside basis differences could reverse through the sale of foreign subsidiaries, as well as various other events, none of which are considered probable as of March 31, 2025.
Available Liquidity
The following table sets forth our available liquidity for the dates indicated (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 230,057 | $ | 216,394 | |||||||
| Availability under revolving credit facility | 598,100 | 528,100 | |||||||||
| Total liquidity | $ | 828,157 | $ | 744,494 | |||||||
The increase in total liquidity is primarily attributable to cash flows generated from operations.
The Company and ACI Payments, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, maintain a $75.0 million uncommitted overdraft facility with Bank of America, N.A. The overdraft facility acts as a secured loan under the terms of the Credit Agreement to provide an additional funding mechanism for timing differences that can occur in the bill payment settlement process. As of March 31, 2025, the full $75.0 million was available.
Stock Repurchase Program
The board approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the Company, as market and business conditions warrant, to acquire its common stock and periodically authorizes additional funds for the program. In June 2024, the board approved the repurchase of the Company's common stock of up to $400.0 million in place of the remaining purchase amounts previously authorized.
We repurchased 264,936 shares for $14.4 million under the program during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Under the program to date, we have repurchased 63,132,773 shares for approximately $1.1 billion. As of March 31, 2025, the maximum remaining amount authorized for purchase under the stock repurchase program was approximately $358.1 million. See Note 6, Common Stock and Treasury Stock, to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I of this Form 10-Q for additional information.
Cash Flows
The following table sets forth summarized cash flow data for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used by): | |||||||||||
| Operating activities | $ | 78,221 | $ | 123,241 | |||||||
| Investing activities | 37,092 | (17,790) | |||||||||
| Financing activities | (15,351) | (108,490) | |||||||||
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities
The primary source of operating cash flows is cash collections from our customers for purchase and renewal of licensed software products and various services including software and platform as a service, maintenance, and other professional services. Our primary uses of operating cash flows include employee expenditures, taxes, interest payments, and leased facilities.
Cash flows provided by operating activities of $78.2 million were $45.0 million lower for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $123.2 million for the same period in 2024. Operating cash flows for the current quarter decreased primarily due to lower customer receipt collections as a result of lower invoiced amounts at the prior year-end and higher income taxes paid, partially offset by improved profitability.
Our cash flow from operating activities can fluctuate from period to period due to several factors, including: the timing of billings, which are typically higher in the third and fourth quarters in conjunction with sales timing and are variable based upon license renewal timing; collections, which will lag the quarters with higher billings; the timing and amounts of interest due to interest rate fluctuations and semi-annual Senior Notes interest payments; income tax and other payments; and our operating results.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
The changes in cash flows from investing activities primarily relate to the timing of our purchases and investments in capital and other assets, including strategic acquisitions, that support our growth.
During the first three months of 2025, we received net proceeds of $46.0 million from the sale of our equity method investment. In addition, we used cash of $8.9 million to purchase software, property, and equipment, as compared to $17.8 million during the same period in 2024.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
The changes in cash flows from financing activities primarily relate to borrowings and repayments related to our debt instruments and other debt, stock repurchases, and net proceeds related to employee stock programs.
During the first three months of 2025, we repaid a net $9.4 million on the Term Loan under the Amendment, $70.0 million on the Revolving Credit Facility, and $4.2 million of other debt payments. In addition, we used $14.4 million to repurchase common stock and $7.1 million for the repurchase of stock-based compensation awards for tax withholdings. We received net proceeds of $1.4 million from the exercise of stock options and the issuance of common stock under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and $88.3 million for settlement assets and liabilities due to processing timing. During the first three months of 2024, we repaid a net $29.1 million on the Term Loan under the Amendment, $2.7 million of other debt payments, and $5.1 million of debt issuance costs. In addition, we used $62.5 million to repurchase common stock, $3.3 million for the repurchase of stock-based compensation awards for tax withholdings, and $18.9 million for settlement assets and liabilities due to processing timing. We received net proceeds of $12.0 million on the Revolving Credit Facility, and proceeds of $1.2 million from the exercise of stock options and the issuance of common stock under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.
Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, there have been no material changes to the contractual obligations and commercial commitments disclosed in Item 7 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and other assumptions we believe to be proper and reasonable under the circumstances. We continually evaluate the appropriateness of estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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The accounting policies that reflect our more significant estimates, judgments, and assumptions, and that we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, include the following:
•Revenue Recognition
•Intangible Assets and Goodwill
•Stock-Based Compensation
•Accounting for Income Taxes
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates. Please refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, for a more complete discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Excluding the impact of changes in interest rates, inflationary pressures, and the uncertainty in the global financial markets, there have been no material changes to our market risk for the three months ended March 31, 2025. We conduct business in all parts of the world and are thereby exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The U.S. dollar is the single largest currency in which our revenue contracts are denominated. Any decline in the value of local foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar results in our products and services being more expensive to a potential foreign customer. In those instances where our goods and services have already been sold, receivables may be more difficult to collect. Additionally, in jurisdictions where the revenue contracts are denominated in U.S. dollars and operating expenses are incurred in the local currency, any decline in the value of the U.S. dollar will have an unfavorable impact to operating margins. At times, we enter into revenue contracts that are denominated in the country’s local currency, primarily in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, other European countries, Brazil, India, and Singapore. This practice serves as a natural hedge to finance the local currency expenses incurred in those locations. We have not entered into any foreign currency hedging transactions. We do not purchase or hold any derivative financial instruments for speculation or arbitrage.
The primary objective of our cash investment policy is to preserve principal without significantly increasing risk. If we maintained similar cash investments for a period of one year based on our cash investments and interest rates at March 31, 2025, a hypothetical ten percent increase or decrease in effective interest rates would increase or decrease interest income by $0.1 million annually.
We had approximately $0.9 billion of debt outstanding as of March 31, 2025, with $453.1 million outstanding under our Credit Facility and $400.0 million in 2026 Notes. Our Credit Facility has a floating rate, which was 6.17% as of March 31, 2025. Our 2026 Notes are fixed-rate long-term debt obligations with a 5.750% interest rate. A hypothetical ten percent increase or decrease in effective interest rates would increase or decrease interest expense related to the Credit Facility by approximately $2.8 million.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of March 31, 2025.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we are involved in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, we believe would be likely to have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Additional risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, could also have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and/or results of operations.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information regarding our repurchases of common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2025:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program | |||||||||||||||||||
| January 1, 2025 through January 31, 2025 | — | $ | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| February 1, 2025 through February 28, 2025 | 31,143 | (1) | 52.36 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| March 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025 | 362,565 | (1) | 54.74 | 264,936 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 393,708 | $ | 358,120,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Pursuant to our 2020 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, we granted RSUs. Under each arrangement, shares are issued without direct cost to the employee. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, 362,138 shares of RSUs vested. We withheld 128,772 of these RSUs to pay the employees’ portion of the applicable minimum payroll withholding taxes.
In 2005, the board approved a stock repurchase program authorizing us, as market and business conditions warrant, to acquire our common stock and periodically authorizes additional funds for the program, with the intention of using existing cash and cash equivalents to fund these repurchases. In June 2024, the board approved the repurchase of the Company's common stock of up to $400.0 million, in place of the remaining purchase amounts previously authorized. As of March 31, 2025, the maximum remaining amount authorized for purchase under the stock repurchase program was approximately $358.1 million.
There is no guarantee as to the exact number of shares we will repurchase. Repurchased shares are returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock. In March 2005, the board approved a plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to facilitate the repurchase of shares of common stock under the existing stock repurchase program. Under our Rule 10b5-1 plan, we have delegated authority over the timing and amount of repurchases to an independent broker who does not have access to inside information about the Company. Rule 10b5-1 allows us, through the independent broker, to purchase shares at times when we ordinarily would not be in the market because of self-imposed trading blackout periods, such as the time immediately preceding the end of the fiscal quarter through a period of three business days following our quarterly earnings release.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Rule 10b5-1 Plans
None of the Company’s directors or officers adopted terminated
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The following lists exhibits filed as part of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q:
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||||||||
| 3.01 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 3.02 | (2) | ||||||||||
| 4.01 | (3) | Form of Common Stock Certificate (P) | |||||||||
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10.02 | |||||||||||
| 31.01 | |||||||||||
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| 32.01 | ** | ||||||||||
| 32.02 | ** | ||||||||||
| 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | ||||||||||
| 101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema | ||||||||||
| 101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | ||||||||||
| 101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase | ||||||||||
| 101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | ||||||||||
| 101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | ||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | ||||||||||
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** This certification is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.
(P)Paper Exhibit
(1)Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed August 17, 2017.
(2)Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed April 1, 2022.
(3)Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 33-88292 on Form S-1.
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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. (Registrant) | ||||||||
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ SCOTT W. BEHRENS | ||||||
Scott W. Behrens | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||||
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Exhibit 10.01
PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth in Schedule A hereto (the “Grant Date”) by and between ACI Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) and the individual identified in Schedule A (the “Grantee”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the ACI Worldwide, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Board has duly adopted, and the stockholders of the Corporation have approved, the Plan, which authorizes the Corporation to grant to eligible individuals performance shares, each such performance share being equal in value to one share of the Corporation’s common stock, par value of $0.005 per share (the “Common Shares”); and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to grant the Grantee a certain number of performance shares, in order to provide the Grantee with an incentive to advance the interests of the Corporation, all according to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
1.Grant of Performance Shares.
(a)Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Corporation hereby grants to the Grantee the number of performance shares (the “Performance Shares”) set forth in Schedule A, payment of which depends on the Corporation’s performance as set forth in this Agreement and in the Statement of Performance Goals attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the “Statement of Performance Goals”) approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”); provided, however, that at the discretion of the Board, this Plan may be administered by the Board, including with respect to the administration of any responsibilities and duties held by the Committee hereunder. The Performance Shares are not intended to be a Qualified Performance-Based Award.
(b)The Grantee’s right to receive all or any portion of the Performance Shares will be contingent upon the achievement of certain management objectives (the “Management Objectives”), as set forth in the Statement of Performance Goals. The achievement of the Management Objectives will be measured during the performance period set forth on the Statement of Performance Goals.
(c)The Management Objectives for the Performance Period will be as set forth on the Statement of Performance Goals.
2.Earning of Performance Shares.
(a)Earning Calculation. If, upon the conclusion of the Performance Period, the applicable Management Objective equals or exceeds the threshold level set forth in the performance matrix contained in the Statement of Performance Goals (the “Performance Matrix”), a proportionate number of the Performance Shares shall become earned for the
applicable Management Objective, as determined by mathematical interpolation and rounded down to the nearest whole share.
(b)Modification. If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Corporation, the manner in which it conducts business or other events or circumstances render the Management Objectives to be unsuitable, the Committee may modify such Management Objectives or the related levels of achievement, in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate.
(c)Conditions; Determination of Earned Award. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Grantee’s right to receive any Performance Shares is contingent upon his or her remaining in the continuous employ of the Corporation or a Subsidiary through the end of the Performance Period. For purposes of this Agreement, the continuous employ of the Grantee shall not be considered interrupted or terminated in the case of transfers between locations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries. Following the Performance Period, the Committee shall certify that the Management Objectives have been satisfied and shall determine the number of Performance Shares that shall have become earned hereunder.
3.Retirement, Disability, Death or Termination without Cause. If the Grantee’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary terminates following completion of the first full fiscal quarter of the Performance Period but before the payment of the Performance Shares as set forth in Section 6 below due to (a) the Grantee’s Retirement (as defined below), provided that such termination due to Retirement occurs at least six months following the Grant Date, (b) Disability (as defined below), (c) death or (d) a termination by the Corporation without cause, the Corporation shall pay to the Grantee or his or her executor or administrator, as the case may be, at the time specified in Section 6, a number of Performance Shares equal to (i) the number of Performance Shares to which the Grantee would have been entitled under Section 2 above based on the performance of the Corporation for the full Performance Period, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full fiscal quarters the Grantee was employed during the Performance Period and the denominator of which is the number of full fiscal quarters in the Performance Period. The remaining Performance Shares shall be forfeited. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means the Grantee’s permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. For purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement” means any termination of the Grantee’s employment, if, at the time of such termination, the Grantee (x) is at least 63 years of age and (y) has at least five years of continuous employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary.
4.Other Termination. If the Grantee’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary terminates before the payment of the Performance Shares as provided in Section 6 hereof for any reason other than as set forth in Section 3 above, the Performance Shares will be forfeited.
5.Leaves of Absence. If the Grantee was on short-term disability, long-term disability or unpaid leave of absence approved by the Corporation for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days during any fiscal quarter during Performance Period, the number of Performance Shares earned by the Grantee will be reduced such that the Grantee will only be entitled to (i) the number of Performance Shares to which the Grantee would have been entitled under Section 2 above based on the performance of the Corporation during the Performance Period, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of fiscal quarters the Grantee was employed during the Performance Period (excluding any fiscal quarters during which the Grantee was on a leave of absence for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days) and the denominator of which is the number of full fiscal quarters in the Performance Period.
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6.Payment of Performance Shares. Payment of any Performance Shares that become earned as set forth herein will be made in the form of Common Shares, in cash, or in a combination of the two, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee. Payment will be made as soon as practicable after the end of the applicable Performance Period. If the Grantee is subject to U.S. taxation, payment will be made in all events within the short-term deferral period specified in Section 409A of the Code. Performance Shares will be forfeited if they are not earned at the end of the Performance Period and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, if the Grantee ceases to be employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary at any time prior to such shares becoming earned.
7.Withholding of Taxes.
(a)The Grantee shall be liable for any and all federal, state, local or non-US taxes applicable to the Grantee, including, without limitation, withholding taxes, social security/national insurance contributions and employment taxes, arising out of this grant of Performance Shares, the issuance of Common Shares as payment for earned Performance Shares hereunder or the payment of cash for earned Performance Shares. In the event that the Corporation or the Grantee’s employer (the “Employer”) is required to withhold taxes as a result of the grant of the Performance Shares, the issuance of Common Shares as payment for earned Performance Shares or the payment of cash for earned Performance Shares, the Grantee shall at the election of the Corporation, in its sole discretion, either (i) surrender a sufficient number of whole Common Shares, having a Market Value per Share on the date such Performance Shares become taxable equal to the amount of such taxes, or (ii) make a cash payment, as necessary to cover all applicable required withholding taxes and required social security/national insurance contributions on the date such Performance Shares become taxable, unless the Corporation, in its sole discretion, has established alternative procedures for such payment. If the number of shares required to cover all applicable withholding taxes and required social security/national insurance contributions includes a fractional share, then Grantee shall deliver cash in lieu of such fractional share. All matters with respect to the total amount to be withheld shall be determined by the Corporation in its sole discretion.
(b)Regardless of any action the Corporation or the Grantee’s Employer takes with respect to any or all income tax, social security/national insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by him is and remains the Grantee’s responsibility and that the Corporation and or the Employer (i) make no representations nor undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this grant of Performance Shares, including the grant of Performance Shares, the issuance of Common Shares as payment for earned Performance Shares, the payment of cash for earned Performance Shares or the subsequent sale of any Common Shares issued hereunder and receipt of any dividends; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms or any aspect of this grant of Performance Shares to reduce or eliminate the Grantee’s liability for Tax-Related Items. The Grantee shall pay the Corporation or the Employer any amount of Tax-Related Items that the Corporation or the Employer may be required to withhold as a result of the Grantee’s participation in the Plan or the Grantee’s grant of Performance Shares, the Common Shares issued as payment for earned Performance Shares or the payment of cash for earned Performance Shares that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described above in Section 7(a). The Corporation may refuse to issue Common Shares as payment of earned Performance Shares related thereto if the Grantee fails to comply with the Grantee’s obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
8.Forfeiture and Right of Recoupment. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, by accepting these Performance Shares, Grantee understands and agrees that if (a) the Corporation is required to restate its consolidated financial statements because of
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material noncompliance due to irregularities with the federal securities laws, which restatement is due, in whole or in part, to the misconduct of Grantee, or (b) it is determined that the Grantee has otherwise engaged in misconduct (whether or not such misconduct is discovered by the Corporation prior to the termination of Grantee’s employment), the Corporation may take such action with respect to the Performance Shares as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate and in the best interest of the Corporation and its stockholders. Such action may include, without limitation, causing the forfeiture of unearned Performance Shares, requiring the transfer of ownership back to the Corporation of Common Shares issued as payment for earned Performance Shares and still held by the Grantee, cash received by the Grantee as payment for earned Performance Shares and the recoupment of any proceeds from the sale of Common Shares issued as payment for Performance Shares earned pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 8, “misconduct” shall mean a deliberate act or acts of dishonesty or misconduct which either (i) were intended to result in substantial personal enrichment to the Grantee at the expense of the Corporation or (ii) have a material adverse effect on the Corporation. Any determination hereunder, including with respect to Grantee’s misconduct, shall be made by the Board or its designee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, Grantee expressly acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the Corporation set forth in this Section 8 shall continue after Grantee’s employment with the Corporation or its Subsidiary is terminated, whether termination is voluntary or involuntary, with or without cause, and shall be in addition to every other right or remedy at law or in equity that may otherwise be available to the Corporation.
9.Cash Dividends. Cash dividends on the Performance Shares covered by this Agreement shall be sequestered by the Corporation from and after the Grant Date until such time as any of such Performance Shares become earned in accordance with this Agreement, whereupon such dividends shall be converted into a number of Common Shares (based on the Market Value per Share on the date such Performance Shares become earned) to the extent such dividends are attributable to Performance Shares that have become earned. To the extent that Performance Shares covered by this Agreement are forfeited, all of the dividends sequestered with respect to such Performance Shares shall also be forfeited. No interest shall be payable with respect to any such dividends.
10.Non-Assignability. The Performance Shares and the Common Shares subject to this grant of Performance Shares are personal to the Grantee and may not be sold, exchanged, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of by the Grantee until they become earned as provided in this Agreement; provided, however, that the Grantee’s rights with respect to such Performance Shares and Common Shares may be transferred by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order (within the meaning of Rule 16a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Any purported transfer or encumbrance in violation of the provisions of this Section 10, shall be void, and the other party to any such purported transaction shall not obtain any rights to or interest in such Performance Shares or Common Shares.
11.Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement and the Plan comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code do not apply to the Grantee. This Agreement and the Plan shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Agreement or the Plan to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Corporation without the consent of the Grantee).
12.Consent To Transfer Personal Data. By accepting these Performance Shares, Grantee voluntarily acknowledges and consents to the collection, use, processing and transfer of
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personal data as described in this Section 12. Grantee is not obliged to consent to such collection, use, processing and transfer of personal data. However, failure to provide the consent may affect Grantee’s ability to participate in the Plan. The Corporation and its Subsidiaries hold certain personal information about Grantee, that may include Grantee’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other employee identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock held in the Corporation, or details of any entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, purchased, vested, or unvested, for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (“Data”). The Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries will transfer Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementation, administration and management of Grantee’s participation in the Plan, and the Corporation and/or any of its Subsidiaries may each further transfer Data to any third parties assisting the Corporation in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. These recipients may be located throughout the world, including the United States. Grantee authorizes them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing Grantee’s participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required for the administration of the Plan and/or the subsequent holding of shares of stock on Grantee’s behalf by a broker or other third party with whom Grantee or the Corporation may elect to deposit any shares of stock acquired pursuant to the Plan. Grantee may, at any time, review Data, require any necessary amendments to it or withdraw the consents herein in writing by contacting the Corporation; however, withdrawing consent may affect Grantee’s ability to participate in the Plan.
13.Electronic Delivery and Acceptance. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents or notices related to current or future participation in the Plan by electronic means. By accepting the Performance Shares, electronically or otherwise, Grantee hereby consents to receive such documents or notices by electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Corporation or a third party designated by the Corporation, including the use of electronic signatures or click-through acceptance of terms and conditions or other electronic means such as an e-mail acknowledgement.
14.Miscellaneous.
(a)The Performance Shares granted pursuant to this Agreement are granted subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, a copy of which has been delivered to the Grantee. All terms and conditions of the Plan, as may be amended from time to time, are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement, without regard to whether such terms and conditions (including, for example, provisions relating to certain changes in capitalization of the Corporation) are otherwise set forth in this Agreement. In the event that there is any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.
(b)All decisions and interpretations made by the Board or its designee with regard to any question arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be binding and conclusive on the Grantee, the Grantee’s estate, executor, administrator, beneficiaries, personal representative and guardian and the Corporation and its successors and assigns.
(c)The grant of the Performance Shares is discretionary and no provision in this Agreement shall be considered to be an employment contract or a part of the Grantee’s terms and conditions of employment, nor shall any provision be construed to confer upon the Grantee the right to be employed or be retained in the employ by the Corporation or any Subsidiary, or to interfere in any way with the right and authority of the Corporation or any Subsidiary either to increase or decrease the compensation of the Grantee at any time, or to terminate any employment or other relationship between the Grantee and the Corporation or any Subsidiary.
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(d)This Agreement, and the terms and conditions of the Plan, shall bind, and inure to the benefit of the Grantee, the Grantee’s estate, executor, administrator, beneficiaries, personal representative and guardian and the Corporation and its successors and assigns.
(e)This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (but not including the choice of law rules thereof).
(f)Any action relating to or arising out of this Agreement shall be brought only in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Delaware and the parties expressly consent to such venue. The parties consent to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Delaware over them.
(g)Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto. The terms and conditions of this Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived, except by an instrument in writing signed by a duly authorized executive officer at the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall adversely affect the Grantee’s rights under this Agreement without the Grantee’s consent; provided, however, that the Corporation unilaterally may waive any provision hereof in writing to the extent that such waiver does not adversely affect the interests of the Grantee hereunder, but no such waiver shall operate as or be construed to be a subsequent waiver of the same provision or a waiver of any other provision hereof.
(h)Any notice hereunder by the Grantee to the Corporation shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if mailed or delivered to the Corporation at its principal office, addressed to the attention of Stock Plan Administration, (ii) if electronically delivered to the e-mail address, if any, for Stock Plan Administration or (iii) if so mailed, delivered or electronically delivered to such other address or e-mail address as the Corporation may hereafter designate by notice to the Grantee. Any notice hereunder by the Corporation to the Grantee shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if mailed or delivered to the Grantee at Grantee’s address listed in the Corporation’s records, (ii) if electronically delivered to the e-mail address, if any, for Grantee listed in the Corporation’s records or (iii) if so mailed, delivered or electronically delivered to such other address or e-mail address as the Grantee may hereafter designate by written notice given to the Corporation.
(i)If one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.
(j)This Agreement, the Plan, any applicable severance plan or policy, and any Change-in-Control Employment Agreement between the Corporation and the Grantee together constitute the entire agreement and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, written or oral, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(k)In the event that it is determined that the Grantee was not eligible to receive this award of Performance Shares, the award of Performance Shares and this Agreement shall be null and void and of no further effect.
(l)This Agreement will be deemed to be signed by the Corporation and Grantee upon Grantee’s acceptance of the Notice of Grant of Award attached as Schedule A.
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Exhibit 10.02
RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth in Schedule A hereto (the “Grant Date”) by and between ACI Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) and the individual identified in Schedule A (the “Grantee”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the ACI Worldwide, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Board has duly adopted, and the stockholders of the Corporation have approved, the Plan, which authorizes the Corporation to grant to eligible individuals restricted share units, each such restricted share unit being equal in value to one share of the Corporation’s common stock, par value of $0.005 per share (the “Common Shares”); and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to grant the Grantee a certain number of restricted share units, in order to provide the Grantee with an incentive to advance the interests of the Corporation, all according to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
1.Grant of Restricted Share Units.
(a)Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Corporation hereby grants to the Grantee the number of restricted share units (the “Restricted Share Units”) set forth in Schedule A, payment of which is subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(b)The Grantee’s right to receive all or any portion of the Restricted Share Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the vesting in accordance with Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 hereof.
2.Vesting of Restricted Share Units.
(a)Except as provided herein and subject to such other exceptions as may be determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”); provided, however, that at the discretion of the Board, this Plan may be administered by the Board, including with respect to the administration of any responsibilities and duties held by the Committee hereunder, in its discretion, the Restricted Share Units shall vest in increments as set forth in Schedule A.
(b)Conditions; Determination of Vested Award. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Grantee’s right to receive any Restricted Share Units is contingent upon his or her remaining in the continuous employ of the Corporation or a Subsidiary through the end of the applicable vesting date set forth on Schedule A (each such vesting date, a “Regular Vesting Date”). For purposes of this Agreement, the continuous employ of the Grantee shall not be considered interrupted or terminated in the case of transfers between locations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.
3.Disability or Death. If the Grantee’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary terminates due to Disability (as defined below) or death, the unvested portion of any Restricted Stock Units shall become immediately vested. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means the Grantee’s permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
4.Retirement. If the Grantee’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary terminates as a result of the Grantee’s Retirement (as defined below) and such termination occurs at least six months following the Grant Date, the unvested portion of any Restricted Stock Units shall become immediately vested. For purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement” means any termination of the Grantee’s employment if, at the time of such termination, the Grantee (a) is at least 63 years of age and (b) has at least five years of continuous employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary.
5.Other Termination. If the Grantee’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary terminates before the vesting of the Restricted Share Units for any reason other than as set forth in Section 3 or 4 above, the Restricted Share Units will be forfeited.
6.Payment of Restricted Share Units. Payment of any Restricted Share Units that vest as set forth herein will be made in the form of Common Shares, in cash, or in a combination of the two, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee. Payment of any vested Restricted Share Units will be made within 30 days following the applicable Regular Vesting Date specified on Schedule A. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent that the Restricted Share Units are not subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(d)(1)), the Restricted Share Units shall be paid on an accelerated basis within 30 days after any of the following events in a manner and to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code:
(a)The date of the Grantee’s Disability or death;
(b)The occurrence of a Change in Control (but only if only if such event qualifies as a “change in the ownership or effective control,” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Corporation, as applicable, within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(5)) (a “409A Change in Control”); or
(c)The date of the Grantee’s “separation from service” (as such term is used in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code) that occurs within two years after a 409A Change in Control; provided, however, that if the Grantee is determined to be a “specified employee” (as such term is used in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code), such payment shall be delayed until the date which is six months after the Grantee’s “separation from service” (or if earlier, the death of the Grantee).
7.Withholding of Taxes.
(a)The Grantee shall be liable for any and all federal, state, local or non-US taxes applicable to the Grantee, including, without limitation, withholding taxes, social security/national insurance contributions and employment taxes, arising out of this grant of Restricted Share Units, the issuance of Common Shares as payment for vested Restricted Share Units hereunder or the payment of cash for vested Restricted Share Units. In the event that the Corporation or the Grantee’s employer (the “Employer”) is required to withhold taxes as a result of the grant of the Restricted Share Units, the issuance of Common Shares as payment for vested Restricted Share Units or the payment of cash for vested Restricted Share Units, the Grantee shall at the election of the Corporation, in its sole discretion, either (i) surrender a sufficient number of whole Common Shares, having a Market Value per Share on the date such Restricted
Share Units become taxable equal to the amount of such taxes, or (ii) make a cash payment, as necessary to cover all applicable required withholding taxes and required social security/national insurance contributions on the date such Restricted Share Units become taxable, unless the Corporation, in its sole discretion, has established alternative procedures for such payment. If the number of shares required to cover all applicable withholding taxes and required social security/national insurance contributions includes a fractional share, then Grantee shall deliver cash in lieu of such fractional share. All matters with respect to the total amount to be withheld shall be determined by the Corporation in its sole discretion.
(b)Regardless of any action the Corporation or the Grantee’s Employer takes with respect to any or all income tax, social security/national insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by Grantee is and remains the Grantee’s responsibility and that the Corporation and or the Employer (i) make no representations nor undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this grant of Restricted Share Units, including the grant of Restricted Share Units, the issuance of Common Shares as payment for vested Restricted Share Units, the payment of cash for vested Restricted Share Units or the subsequent sale of any Common Shares issued hereunder and receipt of any dividends; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms or any aspect of this grant of Restricted Share Units to reduce or eliminate the Grantee’s liability for Tax-Related Items. The Grantee shall pay the Corporation or the Employer any amount of Tax-Related Items that the Corporation or the Employer may be required to withhold as a result of the Grantee’s participation in the Plan or the Grantee’s grant of Restricted Share Units, the Common Shares issued as payment for vested Restricted Share Units or the payment of cash for vested Restricted Share Units that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described above in Section 7(a). The Corporation may refuse to issue Common Shares as payment of vested Restricted Share Units related thereto if the Grantee fails to comply with the Grantee’s obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
8.Forfeiture and Right of Recoupment. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, by accepting these Restricted Share Units, Grantee understands and agrees that if (a) the Corporation is required to restate its consolidated financial statements because of material noncompliance due to irregularities with the federal securities laws, which restatement is due, in whole or in part, to the misconduct of Grantee, or (b) it is determined that the Grantee has otherwise engaged in misconduct (whether or not such misconduct is discovered by the Corporation prior to the termination of Grantee’s employment), the Corporation may take such action with respect to the Restricted Share Units as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate and in the best interest of the Corporation and its stockholders. Such action may include, without limitation, causing the forfeiture of unvested Restricted Share Units, requiring the transfer of ownership back to the Corporation of Common Shares issued as payment for vested Restricted Share Units and still held by the Grantee, cash received by the Grantee as payment for vested Restricted Share Units and the recoupment of any proceeds from the sale of Common Shares issued as payment for Restricted Share Units vested pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 8, “misconduct” shall mean a deliberate act or acts of dishonesty or misconduct which either (i) were intended to result in substantial personal enrichment to the Grantee at the expense of the Corporation or (ii) have a material adverse effect on the Corporation. Any determination hereunder, including with respect to Grantee’s misconduct, shall be made by the Board or its designee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, Grantee expressly acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the Corporation set forth in this Section 8 shall continue after Grantee’s employment with the Corporation or its Subsidiary is terminated, whether termination is voluntary or involuntary, with or without cause, and shall be in addition to every other right or remedy at law or in equity that may otherwise be available to the Corporation.
9.Cash Dividends. Cash dividends on the Restricted Share Units covered by this Agreement shall be sequestered by the Corporation from and after the Grant Date until such time as any of such Restricted Share Units become vested in accordance with this Agreement, whereupon such dividends shall be converted into a number of Common Shares (based on the Market Value per Share on the date such Restricted Share Units become vested) to the extent such dividends are attributable to Restricted Share Units that have become vested. To the extent that Restricted Share Units covered by this Agreement are forfeited, all of the dividends sequestered with respect to such Restricted Share Units shall also be forfeited. No interest shall be payable with respect to any such dividends.
10.Non-Assignability. The Restricted Share Units and the Common Shares subject to this grant of Restricted Share Units are personal to the Grantee and may not be sold, exchanged, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of by the Grantee until they become vested as provided in this Agreement; provided, however, that the Grantee’s rights with respect to such Restricted Share Units and Common Shares may be transferred by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order (within the meaning of Rule 16a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Any purported transfer or encumbrance in violation of the provisions of this Section 10, shall be void, and the other party to any such purported transaction shall not obtain any rights to or interest in such Restricted Share Units or Common Shares.
11.Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement and the Plan comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code do not apply to the Grantee. This Agreement and the Plan shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Agreement or the Plan to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Corporation without the consent of the Grantee).
12.Consent To Transfer Personal Data. By accepting these Restricted Share Units, Grantee voluntarily acknowledges and consents to the collection, use, processing and transfer of personal data as described in this Section 12. Grantee is not obliged to consent to such collection, use, processing and transfer of personal data. However, failure to provide the consent may affect Grantee’s ability to participate in the Plan. The Corporation and its Subsidiaries hold certain personal information about Grantee, that may include Grantee’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other employee identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock held in the Corporation, or details of any entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, purchased, vested, or unvested, for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (“Data”). The Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries will transfer Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementation, administration and management of Grantee’s participation in the Plan, and the Corporation and/or any of its Subsidiaries may each further transfer Data to any third parties assisting the Corporation in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. These recipients may be located throughout the world, including the United States. Grantee authorizes them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing Grantee’s participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required for the administration of the Plan and/or the subsequent holding of shares of stock on Grantee’s behalf by a broker or other third party with whom Grantee or the Corporation may elect to deposit any shares of stock acquired pursuant to the Plan. Grantee may, at any time, review Data, require any necessary amendments to it or withdraw the consents herein in writing by contacting the Corporation; however, withdrawing consent may affect Grantee’s ability to participate in the Plan.
13.Electronic Delivery and Acceptance. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents or notices related to current or future participation in the Plan by electronic means. By accepting the Restricted Share Units, electronically or otherwise, Grantee hereby consents to receive such documents or notices by electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Corporation or a third party designated by the Corporation, including the use of electronic signatures or click-through acceptance of terms and conditions or other electronic means such as an e-mail acknowledgement.
14.Miscellaneous.
(a)The Restricted Share Units granted pursuant to this Agreement are granted subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, a copy of which has been delivered to the Grantee. All terms and conditions of the Plan, as may be amended from time to time, are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement, without regard to whether such terms and conditions (including, for example, provisions relating to certain changes in capitalization of the Corporation) are otherwise set forth in this Agreement. In the event that there is any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.
(b)All decisions and interpretations made by the Board or its designee with regard to any question arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be binding and conclusive on the Grantee, the Grantee’s estate, executor, administrator, beneficiaries, personal representative and guardian and the Corporation and its successors and assigns.
(c)The grant of the Restricted Share Units is discretionary and no provision in this Agreement shall be considered to be an employment contract or a part of the Grantee’s terms and conditions of employment, nor shall any provision be construed to confer upon the Grantee the right to be employed or be retained in the employ by the Corporation or any Subsidiary, or to interfere in any way with the right and authority of the Corporation or any Subsidiary either to increase or decrease the compensation of the Grantee at any time, or to terminate any employment or other relationship between the Grantee and the Corporation or any Subsidiary.
(d)This Agreement, and the terms and conditions of the Plan, shall bind, and inure to the benefit of the Grantee, the Grantee’s estate, executor, administrator, beneficiaries, personal representative and guardian and the Corporation and its successors and assigns.
(e)This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (but not including the choice of law rules thereof).
(f)Any action relating to or arising out of this Agreement shall be brought only in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Delaware and the parties expressly consent to such venue. The parties consent to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Delaware over them.
(g)Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto. The terms and conditions of this Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived, except by an instrument in writing signed by a duly authorized executive officer at the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall adversely affect the Grantee’s rights under this Agreement without the Grantee’s consent; provided, however, that the Corporation unilaterally may waive any provision hereof in writing to the extent that such waiver does not adversely affect the interests of the
Grantee hereunder, but no such waiver shall operate as or be construed to be a subsequent waiver of the same provision or a waiver of any other provision hereof.
(h)Any notice hereunder by the Grantee to the Corporation shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if mailed or delivered to the Corporation at its principal office, addressed to the attention of Stock Plan Administration, (ii) if electronically delivered to the e-mail address, if any, for Stock Plan Administration or (iii) if so mailed, delivered or electronically delivered to such other address or e-mail address as the Corporation may hereafter designate by notice to the Grantee. Any notice hereunder by the Corporation to the Grantee shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (x) if mailed or delivered to the Grantee at Grantee’s address listed in the Corporation’s records, (y) if electronically delivered to the e-mail address, if any, for Grantee listed in the Corporation’s records or (z) if so mailed, delivered or electronically delivered to such other address or e-mail address as the Grantee may hereafter designate by written notice given to the Corporation.
(i)If one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.
(j)This Agreement, the Plan and any Change in Control Employment Agreement between the Corporation and the Grantee together constitute the entire agreement and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, written or oral, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(k)In the event that it is determined that the Grantee was not eligible to receive this award of Restricted Share Units, the award of Restricted Share Units and this Agreement shall be null and void and of no further effect.
(l)This Agreement will be deemed to be signed by the Corporation and Grantee upon Grantee’s acceptance of the Notice of Grant of Award attached as Schedule A.
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Exhibit 31.01
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I, Thomas Warsop, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ACI Worldwide, Inc.;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and have:
(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting, which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: May 8, 2025 | /s/ THOMAS W. WARSOP, III | ||||
Thomas W. Warsop, III Interim President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||
Exhibit 31.02
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
I, Scott W. Behrens, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ACI Worldwide, Inc.;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and have:
(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting, which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: May 8, 2025 | /s/ SCOTT W. BEHRENS | ||||
Scott W. Behrens Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||
Exhibit 32.01
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the quarterly report of ACI Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas Warsop, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
| Date: May 8, 2025 | /s/ THOMAS W. WARSOP, III | ||||
Thomas W. Warsop, III Interim President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||
Exhibit 32.02
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the quarterly report of ACI Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Scott W. Behrens, Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
| Date: May 8, 2025 | /s/ SCOTT W. BEHRENS | ||||
Scott W. Behrens Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||