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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 set by the Board of Directors upon a recommendation from the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee. The key objective of our non-employee directors’ compensation program is to attract and retain highly qualified directors with the necessary skills, experience and character to oversee our management. In addition, our compensation program is designed to align the interests of our Board with the long-term interests of our stockholders by linking a significant portion of director compensation to common stock performance. The compensation program is also designed to recognize the time commitment, expertise and potential liability associated with active Board membership. We compensate our non-employee directors with a combination of cash and equity-based compensation.

The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee reviews non-employee director compensation annually and periodically engages the Compensation and Human Capital Committee’s independent consultant to conduct comprehensive reviews, including a review of director compensation of our Peer Group as described in “Executive Compensation--Compensation Discussion and Analysis--Peer Group.” The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee uses the data and advice provided by the independent consultant, along with information from benchmarking studies conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors and others, in formulating its recommendation to the Board regarding non-employee director compensation.

The following table sets forth the compensation paid to members of our Board of Directors in 2024 (other than Mr. Tedford and Mr. Elisman, who received no additional compensation for their service on our Board of Directors). Mr. Elisman retired on March 31, 2024. Both Messrs. Elisman's and Tedford's compensation is included in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table.

#### ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT15
| Name                    | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) | Stock Awards(1)($) | All Other Compensation(2)($) | Total($) |
| Joseph B. Burton        |                         101,126 |            125,000 |                              |  226,126 |
| Kathleen S. Dvorak      |                         116,126 |            125,000 |                              |  241,126 |
| Pradeep Jotwani         |                         121,126 |            125,000 |                              |  246,126 |
| Robert J. Keller        |                         101,126 |            125,000 |                              |  226,126 |
| Thomas Kroeger(3)       |                          44,300 |            125,000 |                        5,000 |