Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 34

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 34
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Defined Contribution - Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan - United States

Non-qualified plans provide a supplemental benefit to recognize and account for certain employee earnings that exceed the IRS maximum for a qualified plan. Contributions under the non-qualified deferred compensation plan are not eligible for Company matching contributions. All other plan benefits mirror, and are determined, on the same basis as those provided under our qualified defined contribution plan. The Company operates all applicable plans and agreements in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. A more detailed discussion of the Company’s non-qualified deferred

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compensation arrangements is provided under the heading “Executive Compensation — Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation.”

Defined Benefit - Pension - United States

The ACCO Brands Corporation Pension Plan for U.S. salaried and hourly employees (the “ACCO U.S. Pension”) was frozen in the first quarter of 2009. None of the current NEOs participate in the ACCO U.S. Pension.

Retirement Plans - Poland

Mr. Monko is entitled to a pension benefit under the Company's Polish broad-based defined benefit pension plan upon retirement on or after age 65, and he participates in Polish Private Employee Capital Plan, known as a PPK, which is a private long-term saving system established by the Polish government. The amount of benefits provided to Mr. Monko in the form of PPK employer contributions is included in the “All Other Compensation” column of the 2024 Summary Compensation Table and related footnotes. More information is provided under the heading “Executive Compensation Tables--2024 Summary Compensation Table” and “Executive Compensation Tables--Pension Benefits.”

Health and Other Benefits

The employee medical and welfare benefits provided to executive officers are offered through broad-based plans available to all employees in the given geography.

Perquisites

The Compensation and Human Capital Committee approved a limited number of low-cost perquisites for executive officers, which are either legacy in nature, or the perquisite is a common practice in a given geography. The costs to the Company and a description of personal benefits provided to our named executive officers are included in the “All Other Compensation” column of the 2024 Summary Compensation Table and related footnotes.

Executive Severance Plan

The Company does not provide individual employment contracts for executive officers, unless having an employment contract is a common practice in a given geography. All of the Company’s executive officers, including the currently serving named executive officers, participate in the Company’s Executive