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
Chunk 17
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 compensation plan;

develops, recommends and periodically reviews the non-employee director stock ownership guidelines; and

oversees management's administration of the Company's ERM.

Each member meets the independence standards of our Corporate Governance Principles and the NYSE.

Annual Meeting Attendance

We do not have a formal policy requiring members of the Board of Directors to attend stockholders' annual meetings, although all director nominees are currently expected to attend our live audio webcast.All of the director nominees serving on the Board of Directors at the time of the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders attended the 2024 annual meeting, which was also held virtually.

Board and Committee Self-Evaluation

The Board recognizes that a thorough, constructive self-evaluation process enhances its effectiveness and is an essential element of good corporate governance. Accordingly, the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, together with our Chairman, or Presiding Independent Director, as applicable, oversees an annual self-evaluation process to ensure that the full Board, each committee, and individual directors conduct a thorough self-assessment of performance and solicit feedback for improvement.

Evaluation topics include board meeting mechanics and content quality; board organization, composition and operation; performance of board members, including the quality and candor of board deliberations; board dynamics and culture; committee performance and director education opportunities. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee reviews and reassesses the format and effectiveness of the evaluation process each year and makes changes when considered necessary or appropriate. The purpose of the self-evaluation process is to identify ways in which to enhance the effectiveness of the Board’s and committees’ oversight of the Company’s business and financial performance and its corporate governance. Feedback on individual director performance is encouraged as part of the process.

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As part of the self-evaluation process, each director completes written questionnaires developed by the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee. The Chairman, or Presiding Independent Director, as applicable, receives a summary of all responses from the written questionnaires and has one-on-one discussions with each director. Each Committee Chair also receives the summary responses for his or her committee and may also have individual discussions with committee members. These results are then presented to the Board and each committee for discussion in executive session.

Compensation and Human Capital Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

All members of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee are considered independent under our Corporate Governance Principles. None of the members of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee nor any other member of our Board