Acxiom(R) Corporation Reports Inducement Grant Under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350

  
    
  
  
    
      Acxiom® Corporation 
      (Nasdaq: ACXM) announced today that in connection with its hiring of 
      John A. Meyer as its Chief Executive Officer and President, and as 
      previously reported in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 17, 
      2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Meyer was granted 
      inducement awards consisting of nonqualified stock options to purchase 
      265,000 shares of the Company’s common stock 
      and restricted stock units in respect of 115,000 shares of the Company’s 
      common stock. The stock options have a per share exercise price equal to 
      the fair market value on the date of the grant, have a 10-year term and 
      will vest ratably over four years, 25 percent per year, beginning on the 
      first anniversary of the grant. The restrictions on the restricted stock 
      units granted to Meyer will lapse ratably over four years, 25 percent 
      per year, beginning on the first anniversary of the grant. These 
      inducement awards were granted outside of the 2005 Equity Compensation 
      Plan of Acxiom Corporation, approved by the independent members of the 
      Company’s board of directors and granted as an 
      inducement material to Meyer’s employment with 
      the Company in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350(i)(1)(iv). 
      As previously reported by the Company in its Current Report on Form 8-K 
      filed January 17, 2008, Meyer was also granted certain equity incentive 
      awards under the 2005 Equity Compensation Plan of Acxiom Corporation in 
      connection with his employment, and he is to be granted certain 
      performance share units in respect of the Company’s 
      common stock as an inducement award no later than May 15, 2008 pursuant 
      to his employment agreement.
    
    
      About Acxiom Corporation
    
    
      Acxiom Corporation (NASDAQ: ACXM) integrates data, services and 
      technology to create and deliver customer and information management 
      solutions for many of the largest, most respected companies in the 
      world. The core components of Acxiom’s 
      innovative solutions are Customer Data Integration (CDI) technology, 
      data, database services, IT outsourcing, consulting and analytics, and 
      privacy leadership. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little 
      Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout the United States and Europe, 
      and in Australia, China, and Canada. For more information, visit www.acxiom.com.
    
    
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