Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
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Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 and Sustainability Committee as nominees for election to the Board of Directors can do so by writing to the Office of the Corporate Secretary at Four Corporate Drive, Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047. Recommendations must include the proposed nominee's name, biographical data and qualifications as well as a written statement from the proposed nominee consenting to be named as a nominee and, if nominated and elected, to serve as a director. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee will then consider the candidate and the candidate's qualifications. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee may contact the stockholder making the nomination to discuss the qualifications of the candidate and the reasons for making the nomination and may interview the candidate if the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee deems the candidate to be appropriate. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee may use the services of a third-party search firm to provide additional information about the candidate in determining whether to make a recommendation to the Board of Directors.

The process for considering stockholder-recommended candidates and all other candidates is designed to assist the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee in fulfilling its responsibility to recommend only candidates that are properly qualified to serve the Company for the benefit of all of its stockholders, consistent with the standards established in our Corporate Governance Principles. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to our Board of Directors must comply with our procedures for stockholder nominations set forth in our By-laws and as described under the heading “Additional Information--Submission of Stockholder Proposals and Nominations.”

#### ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT9
Board Refreshment In accordance with the Company's Corporate Governance Principles, a director will not be nominated for election to the Board of Directors following his or her 74th birthday unless the full Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, determines that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to extend the director's service for an additional period of time. Director Nominees The following paragraphs provide information about each director nominee’s background, including positions held, principal occupation and business experience for the past five years, and the names of other publicly traded companies for which he or she currently serves as a director or has served as a director during the past five years. For information about the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each director, see “Additional Information--Certain Information Regarding Security Holders.” There are no family relationships among any of the directors and executive officers of ACCO Brands.

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