Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 52

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 52
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 retain and motivate highly skilled executive officers, link pay to performance, and build sustainable value for our stockholders. When you cast your vote, we urge you to consider the description of our executive compensation program contained in this Proxy Statement, including under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and the accompanying executive compensation tables and related footnotes. Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon our Board of Directors, it will not overrule any decision by the Board of Directors, and it will not create or imply any additional fiduciary duties on the Board of Directors or any member thereof. However, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and our Board of Directors will take into account the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation arrangements. In May 2023, stockholders voted to hold a "Say-on-Pay" vote annually. The next vote on the frequency of the "Say-on-Pay" vote will be held at the 2029 Annual Meeting.

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|                                                              | Approval of an Amendment to the 2022 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan(Proposal 4) |
| ☑ The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposal 4. |                                                                                         |

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will vote on a proposal to approve an amendment to the 2022 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to increase the number of shares available for future grant under the Plan by 4,550,000 shares. The Plan was previously filed as Annex A to the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 1, 2022 and amended on May 16, 2023 to increase the share pool. In addition to the Plan, the Company currently also maintains both the 2019 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) and the ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan as Amended and Restated effective May 12, 2015 (the “2015 Plan”). The 2019 Plan and the 2015 Plan are collectively known as the “Prior Plans”. No additional shares are available for grant under either of the Prior Plans, but there are outstanding awards under the Prior Plans, and to the extent such awards are forfeited or expire, the shares will be added to the shares available for grant under the Plan. The Compensation and Human Capital Committee, with the assistance of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee's independent