As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 1999

                                                       Registration No. 33-37610
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       to
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                               ACXIOM CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

              DELAWARE                                  71-0581897
   (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

      P.O. BOX 2000, 301 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, CONWAY, ARKANSAS 72033-2000
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (501) 336-1000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                               Acxiom Corporation
                            U.K. Share Option Scheme
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                Charles D. Morgan
              Chairman of the Board and President (Company Leader)
                     P.O. Box 2000, 301 Industrial Boulevard
                           Conway, Arkansas 72033-2000
                                  501-336-1000
                 (Name, address and telephone number, including
                        area code, of agent for service)

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Acxiom  Corporation  is amending  this  registration  statement  to  de-register
4,000,000 of the 5,600,000 shares of Company common stock originally  registered
on November 5, 1990 for issuance  under the Company's  U.K. Share Option Scheme.
Acxiom  will  transfer  the  de-registered  shares  (including  the fee  paid to
register such shares) to a registration  statement  covering shares to be issued
under Acxiom's Key Associate Stock Option Plan.


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 Conway, State of Arkansas, on the 21st day of May, 1999. ACXIOM CORPORATION /s/ Catherine L. Hughes ----------------------------------- Catherine L. Hughes Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 21st day of May, 1999. /s/ Robert S. Bloom* Chief Financial Officer - --------------------------------- (Principal accounting officer) Robert S. Bloom /s/ Dr. Ann H. Die* Director - --------------------------------- Dr. Ann H. Die /s/ William T. Dillard II* Director - --------------------------------- William T. Dillard II /s/ Harry C. Gambill* Director - --------------------------------- Harry C. Gambill /s/ Rodger S. Kline* Chief Operating Officer, - --------------------------------- Treasurer and Director Rodger S. Kline (Principal financial officer) /s/ Charles D. Morgan* Chairman of the Board and President - --------------------------------- (Company Leader)(Principal executive Charles D. Morgan officer) /s/ Robert A. Pritzker* Director - --------------------------------- Robert A. Pritzker /s/ James T. Womble* Division Leader and Director - --------------------------------- James T. Womble *By: /s/ Catherine L. Hughes - --------------------------------- Catherine L. Hughes Attorney-in-Fact