Company: ACCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-046374
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Company: ACCO BRANDS Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 46
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 Compensation Actually Paid to PEO 2 and the Non-PEO NEOs in 2024. Adjusted operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted operating income is defined and reconciled to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure in Appendix B "Supplemental Non-GAAP Financial Measures" of this Proxy Statement.

Relationship Between PEOs and Non-PEO NEO Compensation Actually Paid and Company and Peer Group TSR The following chart sets forth the relationship between Compensation Actually Paid to our PEOs, the average of Compensation Actually Paid to our Non-PEO NEOs, the Company’s cumulative TSR over the four most recently

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completed fiscal years, and the S&P Office Services and Supplies (SuperCap1500) Index TSR over the same period.

Relationship Between PEOs and Non-PEO NEO Compensation Actually Paid and Net Income

The following chart sets forth the relationship between Compensation Actually Paid to our PEOs, the average of Compensation Actually Paid to our Non-PEO NEOs, and our Net Income during the four most recently completed fiscal years.

Relationship Between PEOs and Non-PEO NEO Compensation Actually Paid and Adjusted Operating Income

The following chart sets forth the relationship between Compensation Actually Paid to our PEOs, the average of Compensation Actually Paid to our Non-PEO NEOs, and our Adjusted Operating Income during the four most recently completed fiscal years.

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Tabular List of Most Important Financial Performance Measures

The following table presents the financial performance measures that the Company considers to have been the most important in linking Compensation Actually Paid to our PEO 2 and Non-PEO NEOs for 2024 to Company performance. The measures in the table are not ranked.

| Adjusted EPS              |
| Adjusted Operating Income |
| Net Sales                 |

Pursuant to SEC rules, the information in this “Pay Versus Performance Disclosure” sectionshall 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.

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Proposals

| Proposal 1 Election of Directors                                                        | 68 |
| Proposal 2 Ratification