Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
Chunk: 47

Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
---
 of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 69 |
| Proposal 3 Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation                                      | 72 |
| Proposal 4 Approval of an Amendment to the 2022 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan  | 73 |

|                                                                                | Election of Directors(Proposal 1) |
| ☑ The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the election of all nominees. |                                   |

The Board of Directors proposes that each of the nine director nominees named in this Proxy Statement be elected for a one-year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders or when his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified. Proxies cannot be voted for more than the number of nominees proposed for election. Our Board of Directors is comprised of individuals who collectively possess the particular qualifications and experiences we consider important to be represented on our Board of Directors as a whole. Each of our director nominees possesses the judgment and business and educational background required, has a proven track record of success in his or her field as well as a reputation for integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards. We believe each director has business acumen, ability to exercise sound judgment and a commitment of service to our Company, its stockholders and the Board of Directors. Each of the director nominees has consented to serve a one-year term if elected. If any director nominee should become unavailable to serve as a director, the Board of Directors may designate a substitute nominee. In that case, the persons named as proxies will vote for the substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors. Additionally, in accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles, each director nominee has submitted a contingent, irrevocable resignation that the Board may accept in the event that the votes cast for the director nominee's election do not exceed the votes cast against the director nominee's election (with abstentions and broker non-votes not counted as a vote cast either for or against the director nominee's election). In that event, the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee (or a special committee consisting solely of independent directors not subject to a failed vote) would make a recommendation to the Board about whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether to take other action. The Board would then act on this recommendation within 90 days of the date that the election results were certified, and the Company would promptly publicly disclose the Board’s decision.

#### 68ACCO BRANDS| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT
|                                                              | Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting