Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 27

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 of willful or intentional misconduct by the executive in connection with the performance of his or her duties. |

Peer Group In establishing executive compensation, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee, in consultation with Meridian, reviews the compensation of our executive officers in relation to the compensation of executives at a group of comparable companies. We refer to that group of companies as our “Peer Group.” The Compensation and Human Capital Committee reviews and approves our Peer Group on a biennial basis. Given our unique mix of consumer, school, technology and office products, it can be difficult to identify companies whose size, business, industry dynamics and other characteristics are largely similar to those of ACCO Brands. Accordingly, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee, in consultation with Meridian, used the following peer-selection criteria to develop a representative Peer Group for the Company.

#### ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT39
Companies in the same Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS") category as current peers were considered and then scored for fit, based on: • Similar revenue size and market capitalization • Similar number of employees • Significant sales outside the United States • Non-durable products sold through stores or distributors • Company is listed in the respective peer groups of ACCO Brands peers, or lists ACCO Brands as a peer Companies meeting the criteria above generally participate in the same or similar industries, have product distribution models similar to ours, and are companies with which we compete for talented executives. Based on the foregoing criteria, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee, in consultation with Meridian, approved the following Peer Group in May 2022 that consists of 19 companies with median revenue of $2.1 billion (generally in line with our Company's revenues). For the named executive officers' 2024 compensation review in March 2024, the total compensation market data from the Peer Group listed below was used to evaluate pay against the market median of reported total compensation using proxy data and market survey data, appropriately aged, for each position.

| Peer Group Used for 2024 Compensation Review                                                                           |                                 |                                |
| Armstrong World Industries, Inc.                                                                                       | HNI Corporation                 | Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. |
| Brady Corporation                                                                                                      | Interface, Inc.                 | Steelcase Inc.                 |
| Cimpress plc                                                                                                           | Kimball International, Inc. (1) | The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company |
| Deluxe Corporation                                                                                                     | MillerKnoll, Inc.               | The Toro Company               |
| Edgewell Personal Care Company