Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 73

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 73
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 on March 24, 2025 are entitled to vote. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote per share. There were 90,099,055 shares of common stock outstanding on March 24, 2025.

What is the difference between being a record holder and holding shares in street name?

A record holder holds shares in his or her own name. Shares held in “street name” are shares that are held in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee on a person’s behalf. If the shares you own are held in “street name,” the bank, broker or other nominee will vote your shares according to your instructions. Under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), if you do not give instructions

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to your bank, broker or other nominee, it will still be able to vote your shares on any “discretionary” items but will not be allowed to vote your shares with respect to any “non-discretionary” items.

Only the ratification of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm (Proxy Item 2) is considered to be a discretionary item under the NYSE rules, and your bank, broker or other nominee will be able to vote on that item even if it does not receive voting instructions from you, so long as it holds your shares in its name.The election of directors (Proxy Item 1), the advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers (Proxy Item 3) and approval ofan amendment to the 2022 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance (Proxy Item 4) are non-discretionary items. Therefore, if you hold your shares in “street name,” your bank, broker or other nominee cannot vote your shares with respect to these items unless it receives your voting instructions.Non-discretionary proxy items as to which no voting instructions are received are counted as “broker non-votes.” Broker non-votes are shares that are held in “street name” by a bank, broker or other nominee that indicates on its proxy that it does not have or did not exercise discretionary authority to vote on a particular matter.

How do I vote?

Stockholders of record can vote by telephone or through the Internet by following the instructions printed on the accompanying proxy card or in the Notice, or by filling out and returning the accompanying proxy card. Stockholders may also vote at the meeting by following the procedures for voting