ACI Worldwide, Inc. Reports Financial Results For The Quarter And Year Ended December 31, 2010

OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS

• Full year diluted EPS of $0.80, an increase of 40% over prior year
• The most significant sales year in ACI's 35-year history with $525 million in deals closed
• Achieved record quarterly revenue of $141.2 million
• Quarterly Operating Income and Operating EBITDA growth of 22%

	Quarter Ended			Year Ended
$ MMs	Quarter ended Dec 31, 2010	Better / (Worse) Quarter ended Dec 31, 2009	Better / (Worse) Quarter ended Dec 31, 2009	Year ended Dec 31, 2010	Better / (Worse) Year ended Dec 31, 2009	Better / (Worse) Year ended Dec 31, 2009
Diluted EPS	$0.80	$0.23	40%	$0.80	$0.23	40%
Revenue	$141.2	$15.3	12%	$418.4	$12.6	3%
Operating Income	$42.8	$7.8	22%	$53.6	$12.0	29%
Operating EBITDA	$51.7	$9.4	22%	$87.8	$14.9	20%

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ACI Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACIW), a leading international provider of payment systems, today announced financial results for the period ended December 31, 2010. We will hold a conference call on February 15, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. EST to discuss this information. Interested persons may also access a real-time audio broadcast of the teleconference at www.aciworldwide.com/investors .

"2010 was a year in which ACI began to accelerate along its profitability curve. We achieved solid growth in revenue over the prior year and extraordinary growth in sales as customers purchased global or multi-country product offerings.  Critically, we achieved a 260 basis point improvement in operating income profitability. Our 60-month backlog of committed and renewable client bookings continues to grow nicely and we anticipate another good year in 2011, characterized by continued progress on global account deals, better products with faster and improved services implementations and more incremental growth in profitability and EBITDA margin," said Chief Executive Officer Philip Heasley.