Company: ACIW
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000935036-25-000019
Chunk: 132

Company: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 132
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 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 expenses in the same period in 2024. 

•Adjusted for the impact of significant transaction-related expenses, general and administrative expense increased $8.0 million, or 33%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.

•The increase was primarily due to higher personnel and related expenses and higher professional fees of $5.2 million, including $3.2 million of stock-based compensation expenses, and other legal fees of $2.8 million.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization decreased $3.5 million, or 13%, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, 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.

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Other Income and Expense

Interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2025, decreased $3.9 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 includes the portion of software license fees paid by customers under extended payment terms