Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 63

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
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 covered by an award that are not issued or are canceled because the award expires or is forfeited or terminated (for example, for a failure to vest or to achieve applicable performance conditions) will be again available for award and will not be considered as having been made subject to an award.

Any shares surrendered or withheld as payment for all or a portion of the exercise price of a stock option, or surrendered or withheld in satisfaction of withholding taxes with respect to an award, will not be again available for award.

The exercise or settlement of an SAR will reduce the shares available under the Plan by the total number of shares to which the exercise or settlement relates, and not just the net amount of shares actually issued upon exercise or settlement.

Any shares that are reacquired by the Company with the amount received upon the exercise of stock options will not be added to the pool of shares available for awards under the Plan.

Awards partially or wholly settled in cash will only reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan to the extent shares are issued.

Shares of common stock issued in connection with awards that are assumed, converted or substituted pursuant to a merger or other business combination will not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan.

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The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan and the limitations described above may be adjusted by the events described below under the headings “Adjustments” and “Change in Control”.

Award Forms

Under the Plan, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee may grant various types of awards, including the following:

Stock options.Stock option awards may be either incentive stock options (“ISOs”) or NQSOs. Stock options are exercisable in whole or in part following the completion of a required employment period (or service period for a non-employee director) and the satisfaction of any performance objectives as specified in the discretion of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee. Stock options expire no later than the tenth anniversary of the date of grant, and the exercise price of stock options may not be less than the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant. As of March 24, 2025, the fair market value of a share of our common stock, based on the average of the high and low sales price as reported on the NYSE on that date, was $4.83 per share.

Stock appreciation rights.SARs may be granted independently of any stock option or in tandem with all or any part of