Company: ACIW
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000935036-25-000019
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Company: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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R&D expense increased $5.7 million, or 16%, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024. 

•The impact of foreign currencies strengthening against the U.S. dollar resulted in a $0.3 million increase in R&D expenses during the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.

•Adjusted for the impact of foreign currency, R&D expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2025, increased $5.4 million, or 15%, 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 $0.2 million, or 1%, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024. 

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 $12.7 million, or 51%, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024. 

•General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2025, included $5.1 million for cost reduction strategies and $0.4 million of other significant transaction-related expenses, compared to $0.4 million for cost reduction strategies and $0.4 million of other significant transaction-related