Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 9

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 RSUs under the Deferred Plan.

Under the terms of the Incentive Plan and each individual director’s RSU award agreements, each RSU represents the right to receive one share of our common stock. Director RSUs vest in full on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or the date of the next annual stockholders’ meeting, provided that the director has been a member of the Board through the vesting date, and subject to accelerated vesting upon certain events. The payment of such RSUs to non-employee directors is deferred under the Deferred Plan. The Deferred Plan provides that such awards are payable within 30 days after the conclusion of service as a director. Directors holding deferred RSUs are credited with additional RSUs based on the amount of any dividend that may be paid by the Company.

Director Charitable Matching Gift Program

The Company has established a program under which it will make matching charitable gifts of up to $5,000 annually on behalf of each of its directors. During 2024, three directors participated in this program.

#### ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT17
Corporate Governance

| Director Independence      | 19 |
| Board Leadership Structure | 20 |
| Risk Oversight             | 20 |
| Committees                 | 23 |
| Stockholder Communication  | 28 |

| Corporate Governance |

The Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Principles to assist it in the exercise of its responsibility to oversee the performance of the Company's management for the benefit of the Company's stockholders and the creation of stockholder value. These principles, along with the charters of the Board of Directors' committees and other key policies and practices of the Board of Directors, provide a framework for the governance of the Company and can be found on our Investor Relations website at https://ir.accobrands.com/governance/governance-documents/default.aspx. Director Independence Our Corporate Governance Principles provide that a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, and each member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, must meet certain criteria for independence. Based on NYSE independence requirements, the Corporate Governance Principles set forth certain standards to assist the Board of Directors in determining director independence. Our Board of Directors affirmatively determines director independence on an annual basis after considering all relevant facts and circumstances, namely that the director has no material relationship with the Company, either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with