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        <footnote id="F1">These shares were sold by the reporting person in connection with the payment of taxes due upon the vesting on May 22, 2010 of 2,433 restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares were sold by the reporting person in connection with the payment of taxes due upon the vesting on May 26, 2010 of 2,750 restricted stock units.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Catherine L. Hughes, Attorney-in-Fact  For: Jerry C. Jones</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-27</signatureDate>
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4
2010-05-26
0
0000733269
ACXIOM CORP
ACXM
0001179680
JONES JERRY C
ACXIOM CORPORATION
601 E. THIRD STREET
LITTLE ROCK
AR
72201
0
1
0
0
Chief Legal Officer &
Common Stock, $.10 Par Value
2010-05-26
4
S
0
826
15.98
D
65936.3938
D
Common Stock, $.10 Par Value
2010-05-27
4
S
0
939
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D
64997.3938
D
Common Stock, $.10 Par Value
2091.8169
I
by Managed Account 1
Common Stock, $.10 Par Value
848.0375
I
by Managed Account 2
These shares were sold by the reporting person in connection with the payment of taxes due upon the vesting on May 22, 2010 of 2,433 restricted stock units.
These shares were sold by the reporting person in connection with the payment of taxes due upon the vesting on May 26, 2010 of 2,750 restricted stock units.
By: Catherine L. Hughes, Attorney-in-Fact  For: Jerry C. Jones
2010-05-27