secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. (ACIW)
CIK:        0000935036
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000935036-26-000009
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000093503626000009/0000935036-26-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000093503626000009/aciw-20260223.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000935036-26-000009

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