Company: ACIW
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000935036-25-000031
Chunk: 61

Company: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 61
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, or 9%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to higher personnel and related expenses.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expense increased $14.4 million, or 17%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024. 

•General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, included $6.3 million for cost reduction strategies and $0.5 million of other significant transaction-related expenses, compared to $4.3 million for cost reduction strategies and $1.0 million of other significant transaction-related expenses during the same period in 2024. 

•Adjusted for the impact of cost reduction strategies and significant transaction-related expenses, general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, increased $12.9 million, or 16%,  as compared to the same period in 2024. 

•The increase was primarily due to higher personnel and related expenses of $11.3 million, including a $8.4 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, as well as an increase in professional fees of $1.6 million.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization decreased $14.5 million, or 17%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.

•Depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, included $4.4 million of accelerated depreciation related to the closure of a facility. 

•Adjusted for the impact of the facility closure, depreciation and amortization expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, decreased $10.1 million, or 12%, 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.

Other Income and Expense

Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, decreased $11.8 million, or 21%, as 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 for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, was flat compared to the same period in 2024.

Other,