Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 18

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 of Directors served as an executive officer of another entity during 2024 for which any of our executive officers served as a director or a member of its compensation committee. None of the members of our Compensation and Human Capital Committee has a relationship with us that is required to be disclosed under Item 404 of SEC Regulation
S-K.

Stockholder Communication

The Board of Directors and management encourage communication from our stockholders. Stockholders who wish to communicate with our management should direct their communication to our CEO or the Office of the Corporate Secretary, Four Corporate Drive, Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047. Stockholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with the non-employee or independent directors, any individual director or the Chairman of the Board should direct their communication care of the Office of the Corporate Secretary at the address above. The Corporate Secretary will forward to our Chairman any communications intended for the full Board of Directors, for the non-employee or independent directors as a group, or for the Chairman. Communications intended for an individual director will be forwarded directly to that director. If multiple communications are received on a similar topic, the Corporate Secretary may, in their discretion, forward only representative correspondence. Any communications that are unrelated to the Company or Board business or that are abusive, inappropriate or in bad taste or present safety, security or privacy concerns may be handled differently.

#### 28ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT
Executive Compensation

| Compensation Discussion and Analysis            | 30 |
| Compensation and Human Capital Committee Report | 52 |
| Executive Compensation Tables                   | 53 |
| CEO Pay Ratio                                   | 63 |
| Pay Versus Performance                          | 63 |

| Executive Compensation |

Compensation Discussion and Analysis The Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes our executive compensation philosophy and programs, the compensation decisions the Compensation and Human Capital Committee has made under each program, and the considerations in making those decisions. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis focuses on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers listed below, whose compensation is set forth in the Summary Compensation Table and other compensation tables contained in this Proxy Statement. The following discussion contains statements regarding future plans, performance targets and/or goals. This information is disclosed in the limited context of the Company compensation programs and should not be understood to be statements of management's expectations or estimates of results or other guidance. We specifically caution investors not to apply these statements to other contexts. Executive Summary Our Named Executive Officers The following executive officers are the named executive officers ("NEOs") whose compensation is discussed and disclosed in this Proxy