UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

601 E. 3^rd Street

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1709

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

2008 Nonqualified Equity Compensation Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

Jerry C. Jones

Chief Legal Officer

Acxiom Corporation

601 E. 3^rd Street

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1709

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copies of all correspondence to:

 

H. Watt Gregory, III

Kutak Rock LLP

124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3706

 

 

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by Acxiom Corporation (the “Registrant”) pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register an additional 80,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued to participants under the 2008 Nonqualified Equity Compensation Plan of Acxiom Corporation (the “Plan”). The contents of the registration statement on Form S-8, file number 333-148946 previously filed on January 30, 2008 by the Registrant and relating to the registration of shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan, are hereby incorporated by reference to this registration statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

 

The following documents of the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated herein by reference:

In addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this registration statement (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K containing Regulation FD Disclosure furnished under Item 7.01 or Results of Operations and Financial Condition disclosure furnished under Item 2.02 and exhibits relating to such disclosures, unless otherwise specifically stated in such Current Report on Form 8-K), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

Item 8. Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, on May 30, 2008.

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 30, 2008.

 

 

William T. Dillard II

 

Michael J. Durham

 

Mary L. Good

 

Ann Die Hasselmo

 

William J. Henderson

 

Thomas F. McLarty, III

 

 

Stephen M. Patterson

 

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Kevin M. Twomey

 

Jeffrey W. Ubben

 

R. Halsey Wise

 

 

 

Catherine L. Hughes

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

May 30, 2008

Acxiom Corporation

601 E. 3^rd Street

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1709

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are acting as counsel to Acxiom Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of up to 80,000 additional shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company issuable under the 2008 Nonqualified Equity Compensation Plan of Acxiom Corporation (the “Plan”).

 

We have examined such documents, records, and matters of law as we have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. Based on such examination and on the assumptions set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Shares to be offered and sold, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan, against receipt of the consideration provided for therein, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

 

In rendering this opinion, we have (i) assumed and have not independently verified that all signatures on all certificates and other documents examined by us are genuine, and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies and (ii) as to certain factual matters, relied upon certificates of public officials and of the Company and its officers and have not independently checked or verified the accuracy of the factual statements contained therein. In addition, our examination of matters of law has been limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws and the federal laws of the United States of America and reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws, in each case as in effect on the date hereof.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Kutak Rock LLP

 

 

 

 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors

Acxiom Corporation:

We consent to the use of our reports dated May 30, 2008 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Acxiom Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2008, incorporated herein by reference.

Our report dated May 30, 2008 contains an explanatory paragraph that refers to a restatement of the consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2007 and 2006.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, during 2007, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based Payment.

Our report dated May 30, 2008, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2008, expresses our opinion that Acxiom Corporation and subsidiaries did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2008, because of the effect of two material weaknesses on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the Company did not have effective policies and procedures to apply the appropriate revenue recognition criteria under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles relating to certain types of customer contracts and did not maintain effective controls over the preparation and review of the consolidated statement of cash flows related to deferred costs.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas

May 30, 2008

 

 

 

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned, a director or officer of Acxiom Corporation ("the Company”), acting pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby appoints Catherine L. Hughes and Jerry C. Jones, or any one of them, attorneys-in-fact and agents for me and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as a director or officer, or both, of the Company, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8, together with all necessary exhibits, and any amendments (including post effective amendments) and supplements thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the issuance and sale of up to 80,000 shares of common stock, $.10 par value, of Acxiom to be issued and delivered in accordance with the 2008 Nonqualified Equity Compensation Plan of Acxiom Corporation, and generally to do and perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as fully in all respects as I could do personally.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the 14th day of May, 2008.

 

William T. Dillard II

 

Michael J. Durham

(Non-Executive Chairman of the Board)

 

Mary L. Good

 

 

William J. Henderson

 

Thomas F. McLarty, III

 

Stephen M. Patterson

 

Kevin M. Twomey

 

Jeffrey W. Ubben

R. Halsey Wise

 

Christopher W. Wolf,

Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial & accounting officer)