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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000935036-26-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACIW"
cik: "0000935036"
company_name: "ACI WORLDWIDE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:00:37.649523+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACI Worldwide reports 10% revenue growth in FY2025; guides 7-9% growth for FY2026

## Summary
- FY2025 revenue $1.76B (+10% YoY); recurring revenue $1.21B (+11%); net income $227M (+12%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $506M (+9%); operating cash flow $323M; net debt leverage 1.2x.
- FY2026 guidance: revenue $1.88B-$1.91B (7-9% growth), adj. EBITDA $530M-$550M.
- Board refresh: Kimberly deBeers appointed independent director; Estep and Peters resigned as planned succession.
- Returned $203M to shareholders via buybacks (4.2M shares); $456M remaining repurchase authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000935036-26-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACIW
- cik: 0000935036
- company_name: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000093503626000009/0000935036-26-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000093503626000009/aciw-20260223.htm

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