Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 35

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 35
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 Severance Plan (the “ESP”), which is administered by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee. The ESP is intended to help the Company attract and retain executives in a talent marketplace where such employment protections are commonly offered, including among our Peer Group companies. Though Mr. Monko has an employment contract, which is governed by Polish law, his severance benefits are established by the ESP.

Further details regarding severance benefits provided under the ESP is provided under the heading “Executive Compensation Tables--Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control” and the related tables.

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

To further align executive officers' interests with those of our stockholders, the Company maintains the following stock ownership guidelines, which apply to all executive officers. Executives must attain the level of stock ownership appropriate to their position as a multiple of base salary or a number of shares, whichever is lower.

#### ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT49
| Executive Level                                | Number of Shares | Multiple of Base Salary |
| Chief Executive Officer                        |          500,000 | 6.0X                    |
| Chief Financial Officer and Segment Presidents |          125,000 | 3.0X                    |
| Other Executives                               |           60,000 | 2.0X                    |

Executive officers are generally expected to achieve their respective ownership goals within five years of becoming an officer. If an executive is promoted to a higher level requiring greater stock ownership, he or she has five years from the date of such promotion to achieve the new level. All executive officers either attained or are on track to attain the requirements of the guidelines within the required time frame. Shares that count towards ownership targets include shares owned directly, in joint accounts or by a spouse or dependent child(ren); shares held through Company retirement plans; shares beneficially-owned through a trust or similar estate planning device; vested and unvested restricted stock units (RSUs), including dividend equivalents; and earned performance stock units (PSUs), including dividend equivalents. Attainment is achieved at either the lower of a multiple of salary or a number of shares, which the Compensation and Human Capital Committee believes reduces the impact of stock price volatility. Following the vesting of PSUs or RSUs, or the exercise of stock options, executive officers who have not yet met their applicable stock ownership goals (in number of shares or value) are expected to retain at least 50 percent of the net value of shares of stock received (e.g., the net value after deduction