Company: ACIW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-086263
Chunk: 35

Company: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 35
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 urge our stockholders to read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the accompanying compensation tables and other related tables and narrative disclosures, which describe in more detail how our executive compensation policies and procedures operate and are designed to achieve our compensation objectives. Stockholders are being asked to approve the following resolution at the Annual Meeting: RESOLVED, that our stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the accompanying compensation tables and related narrative disclosures. Advisory Vote As this is an advisory vote, the outcome of the vote is not binding on ACI or the Board. However, we value the opinions expressed by our stockholders and the Compensation Committee will consider the outcome of the vote when making future executive compensation decisions. Currently, advisory say-on-payvotes are scheduled to be held once every year. It is anticipated that our next say-on-payvote will occur at our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Vote Required The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at the Annual Meeting and actually voting on this proposal is required for the approval of this proposal. OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

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Information Regarding Security Ownership The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 31, 2025 by (i) each of our directors, (ii) each of our Named Executive Officers (as defined in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” below), (iii) all of our executive officers and directors as a group, and (iv) each person known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. The percentages in these tables are based on 105,321,684 outstanding shares of common stock as of March 31, 2025. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting and/or investment power with respect to the securities. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares underlying options held by that person that will be exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2025 and shares underlying other equity awards that will vest within 60 days of March 31,