ACI Worldwide Announces Agreement with IBM to Repurchase Outstanding Warrants
Naples, FL—September 21, 2012—ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading international provider of payments systems, announced today it has entered into an agreement to repurchase from IBM warrants to purchase 1,415, 565 shares of ACI common stock ($27.50 exercise price) and 1,077,035 shares of ACI common stock ($33.00 exercise price). This repurchase is conducted pursuant to ACI’s previously announced $113 million share repurchase program.
The warrants that are being repurchased were originally issued on December 16, 2007 in connection with the formation of the companies’ strategic alliance.
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide powers electronic payments and banking for more than 1,650 financial institutions, retailers and processors around the world. ACI software enables $12 trillion in payments each day, processing transactions for 14 of the leading global retailers, and 24 of the world’s 25 largest banks. Through our integrated suite of software products and hosted services, we deliver a broad range of solutions for payments processing, card and merchant management, online banking, mobile, branch and voice banking, fraud detection, and trade finance. To learn more about ACI and the reasons why our solutions are trusted globally, please visit www.aciworldwide.com. You can also find us on www.paymentsinsights.com or on Twitter @ACI_Worldwide.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. All opinions, forecasts, projections, future plans or other statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and include words or phrases such as “believes,” “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “our view,” “we see,” “would” and words and phrases of similar import. The safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 do not apply to any forward-looking statements made in connection with an exchange offer.
We can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Actual results could differ materially as a result of a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of the control of management. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) negative effects on ACI’s business or S1’s business resulting from the pendency of the proposed transaction, (2) that ACI may not achieve the synergies and other expected benefits within the expected time or in the amounts it anticipates, and (3) that ACI may not be able to promptly and effectively integrate the merged businesses. Other factors that could materially affect ACI’s and S1’s respective businesses and actual results of operations are discussed in their most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as well as other filings with the SEC, available on the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov.
Contact details
Media Contact (ACI):
Rick Sheehy
Public Relations Manager
P: 781-370-3643
richard.sheehy@aciworldwide.com
Investor Contact
Jennifer Almquist
+1 402 778 1990
invrel@aciworldwide.com
