Company: ACIW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-086263
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Company: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
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’s compensation consultant in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive compensation, see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee(the “Corporate Governance Committee”) operates under a formal charter, which is available on our website at https://investor.aciworldwide.com/. The Corporate Governance Committee assists our Board in ensuring that we are governed in a manner consistent with the interests of our stockholders, including the integration of corporate responsibility and ESG principles into our business strategy and decision making. The Corporate Governance Committee conducts the Board evaluations and assessments, including assessments of stockholder nominees to the Board, and the identification and recommendation of director nominees. The Corporate Governance Committee also assists the Board in its evaluation of the Board and its committees, as well as the succession planning for our CEO and other executive officers. The Corporate Governance Committee has the power to investigate any matter brought to its attention within the scope of its duties and the authority to retain counsel and advisors at our expense to fulfill its responsibilities and duties. The Corporate Governance Committee is comprised of Ms. McCallum, Ms. Estep, and Ms. Harman. Ms. Harman is the Chair of the Committee. Each of the committee members meets the independence requirements set forth in the rules of NASDAQ. The Corporate Governance Committee met four times during the year ended December 31, 2024. Meeting Attendance Our Board and committees held the following meetings during 2024:

| Type of Meeting        |     | Full Board |     |   |     | Audit |     |   |     | Compensation |     |   |     | Corporate   Governance |     |   |
| Total Meetings in 2024 |     |            |     | 6 |     |       |     | 8 |     |              |     | 6 |     |                        |     | 4 |

Each director attended at least 75% of Board and applicable committee meetings in 2024. Director nominees are expected to attend our annual meetings of stockholders. All of the 2024 director nominees attended our 2024 annual meeting. Board Leadership Structure Under our Bylaws, the positions of Chairman of the Board and CEO are separate positions that may be occupied by the same person at the discretion of the Board. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that our Board may decide whether it is best for our company, at a given point in time, for the roles of Chairman and CEO to be separate or combined and, if separate, whether the Chairman should be selected from