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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 the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Board of Directors used their performance assessment and Peer Group compensation information. On a total compensation basis, Mr. Tedford's 2024 target total compensation as CEO was below the 50thpercentile of CEOs in our Peer Group due to his tenure as a new CEO. The target total compensation of each of our named executive officers other than Mr. Tedford, was generally aligned with the median for comparable positions in our Peer Group and/or comparable survey benchmarks following the 2024 compensation actions.

The following graphs show the CEO's and the other named executive officers' 2024 pay mix at total target compensation (i.e., base salary, target annual incentive and target long-term incentive). Each compensation component is described in further detail below. Approximately 84 percent of Mr. Tedford's total target compensation was variable and at risk and approximately 71 percent of the other named executive officers' average, as a group, total target compensation was variable and at risk.

2024 Target Total Direct Compensation

#### ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT41
Annual Compensation In establishing annual compensation, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee reviewed the relevant Peer Group base salary and annual incentive compensation data for each of the named executive officers and other relevant factors that are described below. Base Salaries In March 2024, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee approved the following base salaries for the named executive officers, effective date of April 1, 2024:

| Name and Principal Position                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Prior Base 
  Salary(1) | New Base 
   Salary | %      
 Change |
| Thomas W. Tedford                                              
 President and Chief Executive Officer                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   $850,000 | $900,000 | 5.88%  |
| Deborah A. O'Connor                                            
 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   $562,680 | $590,814 | 5.00%  |
| Cezary Monko(2)                                                
 Executive Vice President and President, International          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   $619,473 | $657,880 | 6.20%  |
| Patrick H. Buchenroth(3)                                       
 Executive Vice President and President, Americas               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   $531,484 | $584,633 | 10.00% |
| Pamela R. Schneider                                            
 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   $