---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-279722"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACIW"
cik: "0000935036"
company_name: "ACI WORLDWIDE, INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T04:55:57.719560+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACI Worldwide CEO Odilon Almeida departs; Thomas Warsop named interim CEO

## Summary
- Odilon Almeida's employment terminated without cause; entitled to severance subject to release and non-compete/ non-solicit covenants.
- Thomas Warsop, formerly non-executive Chair, appointed interim President & CEO; paid $325k/month plus potential $325k discretionary bonus.
- Adalio Sanchez (board member since 2015) named non-executive Chair of the Board.
- Board will conduct a comprehensive CEO search with assistance of an executive search firm.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-279722
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACIW
- cik: 0000935036
- company_name: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000119312522279722/0001193125-22-279722-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000119312522279722/d405654d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-279722
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-279722.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-279722.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas Warsop was appointed as interim President & CEO at ACI WORLDWIDE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim President & CEO
  source text: Thomas Warsop, formerly the non-executive Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), has been appointed as interim President & CEO of the Company until a permanent President & CEO is identified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000119312522279722/0001193125-22-279722-index.htm
- Executive change
  Odilon Almeida was terminated as President & CEO at ACI WORLDWIDE, INC..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: President & CEO
  source text: On November 8, 2022, ACI Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Odilon Almeida’s employment terminated as President & CEO of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000119312522279722/0001193125-22-279722-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adalio Sanchez was appointed as non-executive Chair of the Board at ACI WORLDWIDE, INC..
  - Action: selected
  - Role: non-executive Chair of the Board
  source text: Adalio Sanchez, a member of the Board since 2015, was selected as non-executive Chair of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000119312522279722/0001193125-22-279722-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.