Acxiom® Receives Direct Marketing Education Leadership Award

Business Wire, Nov 7, 2005

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Acxiom(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) was honored with the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation's Corporate Leadership Award during the Direct Marketing Association's 2005 conference and exhibition.

The DMEF Corporate Leadership Award honors a corporation that makes significant contributions to direct marketing education, actively supports DMEF, and actively supports industry educational programs and activities to foster and promote excellence.

"We are proud to recognize this year's recipients for their remarkable success in the direct marketing community as well as their support of DMEF industry education," said David Chancy, DMEF executive director. "Their significant contribution to direct marketing education ensures that we have the talent we need for the future of direct marketing."

Acxiom Company Leader Charles D. Morgan accepted the award for Acxiom. "Acxiom has always believed that quality education and innovative thinking will determine the destiny of this industry," Morgan said. "We are deeply honored to receive the Corporate Leadership Award and to continue our support of DMEF's goals and objectives."

The Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (www.the-dma.org/dmef) is the industry's premier nonprofit organization working to increase the quality and expand the scope of college-level direct and interactive marketing education. DMEF programs include college faculty and student programs as well as the well-known John D. Yeck Center for Advanced Studies and the highly respected Collegiate ECHO Award national competition.

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 and China. For more information, visit www.acxiom.com.

Acxiom is a registered trademark of Acxiom Corporation.