Company: ACIW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-086263
Chunk: 53

Company: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 53
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 directly, and was directly accountable, to the Compensation Committee, and the Compensation Committee retained the sole authority to retain, terminate and obtain the advice of its compensation consultant at the Company’s expense.

The Compensation Committee selected Compensia as its compensation consultant because of Compensia’s expertise and reputation and the fact that Compensia provided no other services to the Company at the time of selection, had no ties to our management team that could jeopardize their independent status, and had strong internal governance policies that help ensure the firm would maintain its independence.

2025 PROXY STATEMENT49

#### During 2024, representatives of Compensia regularly attended the meetings of the Compensation Committee (both with and without management present) and provided the following services:In 2024, Compensia did not provide any services to us except those listed above. The Compensation Committee regularly reviews the objectivity and independence of the advice provided by its compensation consultant. With respect to 2024, the Compensation Committee considered the six specific independence factors adopted by the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market and determined that Compensia was independent and that their work did not raise any conflicts of interest. The Compensation Committee will continue to monitor the independence of its compensation consultant on an annual basis.Market DataEach year, the Compensation Committee identifies a group of peer companies for purposes of comparing and analyzing our executive compensation levels, policies, and practices against the competitive market. The companies in the compensation peer group for 2024 were selected in May 2023 based on their similarity to us, as determined using the following criteria:•Companies in the software or information technology services industries;•Companies with a similar focus in terms of products or customers that would likely compete against us for financial capital and employees;•Companies with revenue ranging between 50% and 200% of our trailing twelve months’ revenue,•Companies with a market capitalization ranging between 25% and 400% of our then-current market capitalization; and•Independent publicly traded companies headquartered in the U.S.50

#### The Compensation Committee reviews our compensation peer group at least annually and adjusts its composition, considering changes in our business and the businesses of the peer companies. After consultation with its compensation consultant, the Compensation Committee made adjustments to our peer group as appropriate taking into consideration our selection criteria and merger and acquisition activity over the past year and approved the compensation peer group set forth below for use with respect to 2024 executive compensation decisions. To analyze the compensation practices of the companies in our compensation peer group, the