Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 51

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 51
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 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC. In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with KPMG the firm's independence from the Company, including the matters in the written disclosures and letter provided to the Audit Committee by KPMG regarding the firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence as required by the PCAOB and has considered the compatibility of non-audit services with the auditing firm's independence.

The Audit Committee discussed with KPMG the overall scope and plans for its integrated audit. The Audit Committee meets with KPMG, with and without management present, to discuss the results of the firm's examinations, its evaluations of the Company’s internal controls and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting. Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors has approved, that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for filing with the SEC.

Members of the Audit Committee:

Ronald Lombardi (Chairperson)

Joseph B. Burton

Kathleen S. Dvorak

This report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such acts.

#### ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT71
|                                                              | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation(Proposal 3) |
| ☑ The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposal 3. |                                                     |

We are providing our stockholders with an opportunity to vote to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, as required under Section 14A of the Exchange Act. The proposal, commonly known as a “Say-on-Pay” proposal, is designed to give our stockholders the opportunity to endorse or not endorse our executive compensation program through the following resolution: “RESOLVED, that the stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, including in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the executive compensation tables and other related disclosures contained therein.” As discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, we have designed our executive compensation program to attract,