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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 the other requirements set forth in our Bylaws wants us to include director nominees (up to the greater of two nominees or 20% of the Board) in our 2026 proxy statement and form of proxy for election at our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the nominations must be received by ACI’s Secretary at ACI’s office located at 6060 Coventry Drive, Elkhorn, NE 68022 not earlier than November 22,

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2025 and not later than December 22, 2025. If a stockholder wishes only to recommend a candidate for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as a potential nominee for director, see the procedures discussed in “Stockholder Communications with our Board.” Any stockholder considering a proxy access nomination should carefully review our Bylaws, which are available on our website at aciworldwide.com.

In addition to satisfying the requirements under our Bylaws, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than our nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act to comply with the universal proxy rules, which notice must be postmarked or transmitted electronically to us at our principal executive offices no later than April 5, 2026. However, if the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting is changed by more than 30 calendar days from such anniversary date, then notice must be provided by the later of 60 calendar days prior to the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting or the 10th calendar day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting is first made.

What if the date of the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders changes by more than 30 days from the anniversary of this year’s Annual Meeting?

Under Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, if the date of the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders changes by more than 30 days from the anniversary of this year’s Annual Meeting, to be included in our proxy statement for such meeting, stockholder proposals must be received by us within a reasonable time before our solicitation is made. Under our Bylaws, if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to or delayed by more than 30 calendar days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of (A)