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

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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• discusses with management, the internal auditors and the independent auditor, the Company’s policies and procedures governing risk assessment and risk management; • establishes and oversees procedures for receiving and responding to concerns regarding accounting, internal control over financial reporting and auditing matters; and • reviews and approves (or ratifies where appropriate) certain related-party transactions. Each member meets the independence standards of our Corporate Governance Principles and the NYSE and the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Each member meets the financial literacy requirements of the NYSE and has been determined by the Board of Directors to be an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

| Compensation and Human Capital Committee | Current Members:Pradeep Jotwani (Chair)Joseph BurtonGraciela Monteagudo |
| 5 meetings held in 2024                  |                                                                         |

Primary Functions Oversees compensation and benefit programs for our executive officers and other members of senior management, with a view towards attracting, motivating, and retaining high-quality leadership and compensating those individuals in a manner that is aligned with stockholder interests, consistent with competitive practices, commensurate with performance and in compliance with the requirements of appropriate regulatory bodies. Our programs also support the Company's human capital strategies related to its strategic business plans and social responsibility initiatives. As part of its responsibility, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee, among other things: • establishes the Company's compensation philosophy; • considers the impact of say-on-pay vote outcomes and stockholder engagement feedback on executive compensation; • reviews and approves, at least biennially, the compensation Peer Group used to establish executive pay levels and design practices and assess relative performance; • reviews and approves the use of cash and equity incentives, as well as the metrics used for short-term and long-term incentives and the range of performance requirements and payout caps for each incentive program; • annually reviews and recommends to the Board of Directors the compensation of our CEO and evaluates his performance, and establishes and approves the compensation for our other executive officers; • oversees our independent compensation consultant services to the organization;

#### 24ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT
• administers and reviews the Company's incentive compensation plans; determines and approves, or recommends for approval, grants of awards under such plans to executive officers; and delegates, at its discretion, to the CEO the authority to grant equity-based