ACCO Brands Corporation 401(k) Plan for Certain Hourly Employees



 Exhibit 4.5 
  
 ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION 401(k) PLAN 
 FOR CERTAIN HOURLY EMPLOYEES 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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	 ARTICLE I
	  	 
		
	 DEFINITIONS
	  	1
			
	 1.01.
	  	 Definitions
	  	1
		
	 ARTICLE II
	  	11
		
	 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
	  	11
			
	 2.01.
	  	 Eligibility
	  	11
			
	 2.02.
	  	 Transfers From Non-Participating Employers
	  	12
			
	 2.03.
	  	 Plan-to-Plan Transfers
	  	12
			
	 2.04.
	  	 Reemployment
	  	12
		
	 ARTICLE III
	  	13
		
	 [RESERVED]
	  	13
		
	 ARTICLE IV
	  	13
		
	 401(k) SAVINGS CONTRIBUTIONS
	  	13
			
	 4.01.
	  	 Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions
	  	13
			
	 4.02.
	  	 Company Matching Contributions
	  	14
			
	 4.03.
	  	 Rollover Contributions
	  	15
			
	 4.04.
	  	 Limitation on Annual Amount of Tax Deferred Contributions
	  	16
			
	 4.05.
	  	 Actual Deferral Percentage Tests
	  	17
			
	 4.06.
	  	 Actual Contribution Percentage Tests
	  	19
			
	 4.07.
	  	 Special Company Contributions
	  	22
			
	 4.08.
	  	 Uniformed Service Absence
	  	22
			
	 4.09.
	  	 Catch-Up Contributions
	  	22

  

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	 4.10.
	  	 Trust-to-trust Transfers
	  	23
		
	 ARTICLE V
	  	23
		
	 INVESTMENT PROVISIONS
	  	23
			
	 5.01.
	  	 Investment Funds
	  	23
			
	 5.02.
	  	 Investment Fund Elections
	  	23
			
	 5.03.
	  	 Administration of ACCO Stock Fund
	  	25
			
	 5.04.
	  	 Administration of Fortune Stock Fund
	  	26
			
	 5.05.
	  	 Administration of Gallaher Fund
	  	26
			
	 5.06.
	  	 Investment of Lifestyle Funds
	  	27
			
	 5.07.
	  	 Voting of Shares in ACCO Stock Fund
	  	27
			
	 5.08.
	  	 Tendering of Shares in ACCO Stock Fund
	  	30
			
	 5.09.
	  	 Certain Rights Held in ACCO Stock Fund
	  	33
			
	 5.10.
	  	 Voting of Shares in Fortune Stock Fund
	  	34
			
	 5.11.
	  	 Tendering of Shares in Fortune Stock Fund
	  	37
			
	 5.12.
	  	 Voting of Shares in Gallaher Fund
	  	41
			
	 5.13.
	  	 Tendering of Gallaher ADRs
	  	43
			
	 5.14.
	  	 Valuation of Investment Funds
	  	47
			
	 5.15.
	  	 Voting of Shares in Mutual Funds
	  	47
			
	 5.16.
	  	 Unitized ACCO Stock Fund, Fortune Stock Fund and Gallaher Fund
	  	47
		
	 ARTICLE VI
	  	48
		
	 ACCOUNTS
	  	48
			
	 6.01.
	  	 Participants’ Accounts
	  	48
			
	 6.02.
	  	 Allocation of Earnings and Losses to Account
	  	49
			
	 6.03.
	  	 Allocation of Contributions to Accounts
	  	49
			
	 6.04.
	  	 Annual Additions Limitation
	  	50

  

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	 6.05.
	  	 Definition of Compensation for Purposes of Sections 4.05(f), 4.06(e) and 6.04
	  	52
			
	 6.06.
	  	 Limitation of Compensation
	  	52
		
	 ARTICLE VII
	  	52
		
	 VESTING AND FORFEITURES
	  	52
			
	 7.01.
	  	 Participant Contributions
	  	52
			
	 7.02.
	  	 Employer Contributions
	  	52
			
	 7.03.
	  	 Vesting in Prior Plan
	  	53
			
	 7.04.
	  	 Amendments to Vesting Schedule
	  	53
			
	 7.05.
	  	 Forfeitures
	  	53
			
	 7.06.
	  	 Reinstatement of Account Balances
	  	53
		
	 ARTICLE VIII
	  	54
		
	 PAYMENTS
	  	54
			
	 8.01.
	  	 Form of Payment
	  	54
			
	 8.02.
	  	 Time of Payment
	  	56
			
	 8.03.
	  	 Certain Retroactive Payments
	  	58
			
	 8.04.
	  	 Designation of Beneficiary
	  	58
			
	 8.05.
	  	 Payment in Event of Legal Disability
	  	60
			
	 8.06.
	  	 Missing Distributees
	  	61
			
	 8.07.
	  	 Information Required of Distributees
	  	61
			
	 8.08.
	  	 Direct Rollover Provision
	  	61
			
	 8.09.
	  	 Waiver of 30-Day Notice Period
	  	62
			
	 8.10.
	  	 Minimum Distribution Requirements
	  	63
		
	 ARTICLE IX
	  	67
		
	 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS
	  	67
			
	 9.01.
	  	 Hardship Withdrawals
	  	67

  

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	 9.02.
	  	 Withdrawals Upon Attainment of Age 591⁄2
	  	69
			
	 9.03.
	  	 In-Service Withdrawals for Inactive Participants
	  	70
		
	 ARTICLE X
	  	70
		
	 LOANS
	  	70
			
	 10.01.
	  	 Availability
	  	70
			
	 10.02.
	  	 Effect on Account Balances and Investment Funds
	  	70
			
	 10.03.
	  	 Amount
	  	71
			
	 10.04.
	  	 Term of Loan
	  	71
			
	 10.05.
	  	 Promissory Note
	  	71
			
	 10.06.
	  	 Repayment
	  	71
			
	 10.07.
	  	 Reduction of Account Balance
	  	72
		
	 ARTICLE XI
	  	72
		
	 ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN
	  	72
			
	 11.01.
	  	 Fiduciaries
	  	72
			
	 11.02.
	  	 Administrative Committee
	  	73
			
	 11.03.
	  	 Investment Committee
	  	74
			
	 11.04.
	  	 Action by Administrative Committee and Investment Committee
	  	74
			
	 11.05.
	  	 Disqualification of Members of Administrative Committee and Investment Committee
	  	74
			
	 11.06.
	  	 Committee Rules; Conclusiveness of Determinations
	  	74
			
	 11.07.
	  	 Administrative Committee Powers and Duties
	  	75
			
	 11.08.
	  	 Reports
	  	76
			
	 11.09.
	  	 Claims Procedure
	  	76
			
	 11.10.
	  	 Data Concerning Participants
	  	76
			
	 11.11.
	  	 Certification of Data
	  	77

  

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	 11.12.
	  	 Indemnity of Board of Directors and Members of Administrative Committee and Investment Committee
	  	77
			
	 11.13.
	  	 Indemnity for Acts of Investment Managers
	  	77
			
	 11.14.
	  	 Non Discriminatory Action
	  	78
			
	 11.15.
	  	 Plan Expenses
	  	78
		
	 ARTICLE XII
	  	78
		
	 MANAGEMENT OF TRUSTS
	  	78
			
	 12.01.
	  	 Funds in Trust
	  	78
			
	 12.02.
	  	 Trustee and Trust Agreement
	  	78
			
	 12.03.
	  	 Investment Managers
	  	79
			
	 12.04.
	  	 Conclusiveness of Reports
	  	79
		
	 ARTICLE XIII
	  	79
		
	 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
	  	79
			
	 13.01.
	  	 Reserved Powers
	  	79
			
	 13.02.
	  	 Plan Termination
	  	80
			
	 13.03.
	  	 Plan Merger
	  	80
			
	 13.04.
	  	 Successor Employer
	  	80
		
	 ARTICLE XIV
	  	81
		
	 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	81
			
	 14.01.
	  	 Non-Alienation of Benefits
	  	81
			
	 14.02.
	  	 Action by Participating Employers
	  	81
			
	 14.03.
	  	 Exclusive Benefit
	  	81
			
	 14.04.
	  	 Gender and Number
	  	82
			
	 14.05.
	  	 Right to Discharge
	  	82
			
	 14.06.
	  	 Absence of Guaranty
	  	82

  

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	 14.07.
	  	 Headings
	  	82
			
	 14.08.
	  	 Governing Law
	  	82
		
	 ARTICLE XV
	  	83
		
	 TOP-HEAVY RULES
	  	83
			
	 15.01.
	  	 Top-Heavy Determination
	  	83
			
	 15.02.
	  	 Minimum Vesting
	  	86
			
	 15.03.
	  	 Minimum Contributions
	  	86
			
	 15.04.
	  	 Provisions Applicable if Plan Ceases To Be Top-Heavy
	  	87

  

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 ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION 401(k) PLAN 
 FOR CERTAIN HOURLY EMPLOYEES 
  
 ACCO Brands Corporation has established the ACCO Brands Corporation 401(k) Plan for Certain Hourly Employees as of the Effective Date in order to provide for participation by eligible employees of certain of its
subsidiary companies. As a result of the spin-off of ACCO Brands Corporation by Fortune Brands, Inc., the assets and liabilities of Participants in this Plan have been transferred from the Fortune Brands Hourly Employee Retirement Savings Plan to
this Plan. 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 DEFINITIONS 
  
 1.01. Definitions. The following words and phrases have the respective
meanings stated below unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: 
  
 (a) “ACCO” means ACCO Brands Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its successors and assigns. 
  
 (b) “ACCO Common Stock” means the common
stock of ACCO as now constituted and any other common stock into which it may be reclassified. 
  
 (c) “ACCO Stock Fund” means the portion of the Trust Fund so designated and provided for in Section 5.03. 
  
 (d) “Account(s)” means the Tax Deferred
Account, Company Matching Account, Rollover Account, After-Tax Account, Catch-Up Account and After-Tax Rollover Account so designated and provided for in Section 6.01. 
  
 (e) “Account Balance(s)” means, for each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary,
the total balance standing to his Account or Accounts on the date of reference determined in accordance with valuation procedures described in Article VI. Any Account Balances held in the ACCO Stock Fund, Fortune Stock Fund or Gallaher Fund are
represented by units standing to the credit of Account Balances in such funds. 
  
 (f) “Administrative Committee” means the Administrative Committee provided for in Article XI. 
  
 (g) “ADRs” means American Depositary
Receipts. 
  

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 (h) “After-Tax Account” means any one of the accounts so designated and
provided for in Section 6.01. 
  
 (i)
“After-Tax Contributions” means any contributions made by a Participating Employer that are attributable to the reduction in compensation on an after-tax basis that a Participant elects from such Participating Employer each Plan
Year as described in Section 4.01. 
  
 (j)
“After-Tax Rollover Account” means any one of the accounts so designated and provided for in Section 6.01. 
  
 (k) “After-Tax Rollover Contributions” means amounts of after-tax contributions attributable to part or all of an
“eligible rollover distributions” (within the meaning of Code Section 402(c)(4) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) transferred to this Plan pursuant to Section 4.03 as the result of the distribution of a Participant’s account
under another eligible retirement plan as described in Section 4.03. 
  
 (l) “Alternate Payee” means any spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant who is recognized by a Qualified Domestic Relations Order as having a right to receive all or a portion
of a Participant’s benefits payable under the Plan. 
  
 (m) “Approved Form of Election” means a request or an election made through the voice response system, Internet, intranet or other electronic media approved by the Administrative Committee or on a
written election form filed with the Participating Employer on a form approved by the Administrative Committee or its designee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no request or election will be deemed to have been made until all required documentation,
information, signatures, consents, notarizations and attestations required for such request or election are provided to the Administrative Committee or its designee. 
  
 (n) “Approved Leave of Absence” means an absence from work approved by the Participating
Employer under uniform rules and conditions for all Employees of such Participating Employer. In all events an Approved Leave of Absence by reason of service in the armed forces of the United States will end no later than the time at which a
Participant’s reemployment rights as a member of the armed forces cease to be protected by law. 
  
 (o) “Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated by a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to receive
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Plan which may be due upon the Participant’s, former Participant’s or Beneficiary’s death. 
  
 (p) “Board of Directors” means the Board of
Directors of ACCO. 
  
 (q) “Business
Day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open. 
  
 (r) “Catch-Up Account” means any one of the accounts so designated and provided for in Section 6.01. 
  
 (s) “Close of Business” means the normal closing time of the New York Stock Exchange or such other time as is designated
by the Administrative Committee. 
  
 (t)
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 
  
 (u) “Compensation” means the total cash remuneration paid by the Participating Employer to the Participant in a Plan Year
for services, including base pay, overtime pay, shift premiums, commissions, sales bonuses, performance awards in lieu of a merit increase, certain regularly occurring bonuses, military service pay gross-up payments made by the Participating
Employer and amounts, if any, deferred under Section 4.01 of the Plan or under Code Section 125 (including “deemed 125 compensation” as defined in Revenue Ruling 2002-27) or Code Section 132(f)(4), but excluding all other compensation,
such as, but not limited to, any production bonus, project bonus, referral bonus, sign-on bonus, stay bonus, severance payments and other special payments such as awards, gifts, prizes, reimbursement for moving expenses, tuition reimbursement,
amounts deferred under a deferred compensation plan of a Participating Employer and amounts under any long-term incentive plan or other employee benefit program. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Participant’s Compensation will be limited to
$200,000 in each Plan Year (as adjusted to reflect the dollar amount applicable under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code). 
  
 (v) “Company Matching Account” means any one of the accounts so designated and provided for in Section 6.01. 

 
 (w) “Company Matching Contributions”
means any contributions made to the Company Matching Account of a Participant by a Participating Employer as provided for in Section 4.02. 
  

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 (x) “Date of Employment” means the first day an Employee performs an
Hour of Service. 
  
 (y)
“Disability” means a physical or mental condition of a Participant which renders him permanently incapable of continuing any employment for wage or profit and for which such Participant receives Social Security disability benefits.
Proof of receipt by the Participating Employer of Social Security disability benefits will be required. 
  
 (z) “Effective Date” means August 16, 2005. 
  
 (aa) “Employee” means persons employed on an hourly-paid basis by ACCO Brands USA LLC with
a designation on the general ledger of Company Code 09 and Location Code 76, other than persons employed in (1) an executive or managerial position, (2) an office in a technical, professional, administrative or clerical position, or (3) a sales
position. In no event will an individual be an “Employee” under this Section 1.01(aa) for a Plan Year unless the individual is treated by a Participating Employer for such Plan Year as its employee for purposes of employment taxes and wage
withholding regardless of any subsequent reclassification by the Participating Employer, any governmental agency or court. A person classified as an independent contractor is not an Employee. 
  
 (bb) “Entry Date” means the first day of
any calendar month. 
  
 (cc)
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. 
  
 (dd) “Fair Market Value” on any date means the value reported by the Trustee as being the fair market value at such date
as determined by it according to its usual methods and procedures. 
  
 (ee) “Fiduciaries” means ACCO, each other Participating Employer, the Board of Directors and the board of directors or similar authority of each other Participating Employer, the Administrative
Committee, the Investment Committee and the Trustee, but only with respect to the specific responsibilities of each as described in Articles XI and XII. The term “Fiduciaries” also includes any Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary, but only to the extent such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary is acting as a named fiduciary (within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA) with respect to the exercise of voting rights of shares of ACCO Common Stock
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Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund or Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund or the tender, deposit, sale, exchange or transfer of such shares or ADRs
(and any rights within the meaning of Section 5.17(a)) as provided in Section 5.16 or 5.17. 
  
 (ff) “Forfeiture” means the portion of a Participant’s Account Balances to which he is not entitled at the
termination of his employment as determined in Section 7.05. 
  
 (gg) “Fortune” means Fortune Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its successors and assigns. 
  
 (hh) “Fortune Common Stock” means the common stock of Fortune as now constituted and any other common stock into which it
may be reclassified. 
  
 (ii) “Fortune
Stock Fund” means the portion of the Trust Fund so designated and provided for in Section 5.01. 
  
 (jj) “Gallaher” means Gallaher Group Plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.

  
 (kk) “Gallaher Fund” means
the portion of the Trust Fund so designated and provided for in Section 5.01. 
  
 (ll) “Highly Compensated Employee” means for a Plan Year any employee who: 
  
 (1) was at any time during the Plan Year or preceding Plan Year a 5% owner (within the meaning of Code Section 416(i)(1)) of any Related
Employer; or 
  
 (2) received compensation for
the preceding Plan Year from any Related Employer in excess of $80,000. 
  
 The
$80,000 amount will be adjusted at the same time and in the same manner as under Code Section 415(d), except that the base period is the calendar quarter ended September 30, 1996. 
  
 A former Employee will be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if such Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee when such Employee
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Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee at any time after attaining age 55. 
  
 (mm) “Hour of Service” means: 
  
 (1) each hour for which an Employee is paid or entitled to
payment for the performance of duties for a Participating Employer or Non-Participating Employer. These hours will be credited to the Employee for the computation period or periods in which the duties are performed; 
  
 (2) each hour for which an Employee is paid or entitled to
payment by a Participating Employer or Non-Participating Employer on account of a period of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity
(including disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence. No more than 501 Hours of Service will be credited under this paragraph for any single continuous period (whether or not such period occurs in a single computation
period). Hours under this paragraph will be calculated and credited pursuant to Section 2530.200b 2 of the Department of Labor Regulations, which are incorporated herein by reference; and 
  
 (3) each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation
of damages, is either awarded or agreed to by a Participating Employer or Non-Participating Employer. The same Hours of Service will not be credited under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) and under this paragraph (3). These hours will be credited to
the computation period or periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is made. 
  

(nn) “Investment Fund(s)” means the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund, the Gallaher Fund, the Lifestyle Funds
and other investment funds which are designated from time to time by the Investment Committee which are available for the investment of Accounts at the direction of Participants and the Loan Fund held under the Trust Fund. 
  
 (oo) “Investment Manager” means one or more
investment counsel appointed as provided in Section 12.04. 
  
 (pp) “Leased Employee” means any person who is not a Participant and who provides services to a Participating Employer pursuant to an 

  

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agreement between the Participating Employer and any other person (leasing organization) and has performed such services on a substantially full-time basis
for at least a year primarily under the direction or control of the Participating Employer. A Leased Employee will be deemed an Employee for purposes of crediting Vesting Service and Years of Eligibility Service, but will not be eligible for
benefits under the Plan unless he otherwise satisfies the criteria for eligibility under Section 2.01 as an Employee. 
  
 (qq) “Loan Fund” means the portion of the Trust Fund so designated and provided for in Section 5.01. 
  
 (rr) “Non-Participating Employer” means any
Related Employer which is not a Participating Employer. 
  
 (ss) “Normal Retirement Age” means age 65. 
  
 (tt) “Participant” means an Employee who meets the requirements of participation in the Plan as provided in Article II
and who continues to qualify for participation. 
  
 (uu) “Participating Employer” means ACCO Brands USA LLC and any other Related Employer that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of ACCO and which, with the approval of the Board of Directors, adopts this Plan for the benefit
of its employees, according to a resolution of the board of directors or equivalent authority of such Related Employer. 
  
 (vv) “Plan” means the ACCO Brands Corporation 401(k) Plan for Certain Hourly Employees. 
  
 (ww) “Plan Administrator” means ACCO.

  
 (xx) “Plan Year” means the
calendar year. 
  
 (yy) “Prior
Plan” means the Fortune Brands Hourly Employee Retirement Savings Plan. 
  
 (zz) “Qualified Domestic Relations Order” means any “domestic relations order” (as defined in Code Section
414(p)) that creates, recognizes or assigns to an Alternate Payee the right to receive all or a portion of a Participant’s benefits payable hereunder and that meets the requirements of Code Section 414(p), as determined by the Administrative
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 (aaa) “Related Employer” means any corporation or other business entity
which is included in a controlled group of corporations within which ACCO is also included, as provided in Code Section 414(b) (as modified for purposes of Sections 6.04 and 6.05 of this Plan by Code Section 415(h)), or which is a trade or business
under common control with ACCO, as provided in Code Section 414(c) (as modified, for purposes of Sections 6.04 and 6.05, by Code Section 415(h)), or which constitutes a member of an affiliated service group within which ACCO is also included, as
provided in Code Section 414(m), or which is required to be aggregated with ACCO pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 414(o). 
  
 (bbb) “Retirement” means retirement on or after attaining age 55 and five years of service. 
  
 (ccc) “Rollover Account” means any of the
accounts so designated and provided for in Section 6.01(f). 
  
 (ddd) “Rollover Contributions” means amounts (other than after-tax contributions) attributable to part or all of an “eligible rollover distribution” (within the meaning of Code Section
402(c)(4) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) transferred to this Plan pursuant to Section 4.03 as the result of the distribution of a Participant’s account under another eligible retirement plan as described in Section 4.03. 

 
 (eee) “Severance From Service” means the
earlier of the following dates: 
  
 (1) the date
on which a Participant terminates employment with all Related Employers, is discharged, retires or dies; or 
  
 (2) the first anniversary of the first day of a period in which an Employee remains absent from service (with or without pay) with all
Related Employers for any reason other than one listed in paragraph (1). If such Employee is on an Approved Leave of Absence on such first anniversary, he will be deemed to have incurred a Severance From Service on the expiration of such Approved
Leave of Absence, unless he returns to active employment with a Related Employer on or before that date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an Employee will not incur a Severance From Service due to an absence for maternity or
paternity reasons until the second anniversary of the first date of such absence. For purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence: 
  
 (A) by reason of the pregnancy of the individual;

  

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 (B) by reason of a birth of a child of the individual; 
  
 (C) by reason of the placement of a child with the
individual in connection with the adoption of such child by such individual; or 
  
 (D) for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement. 
  
 The Employee will be required to furnish the Administrative Committee with such timely
information as the Administrative Committee may reasonably require to establish both that the absence from work is for maternity or paternity reasons and the number of days for which there was such an absence. 
  
 A transfer from employment with one Related Employer to another Related
Employer will not be considered a Severance From Service. 
  
 (fff) “Tax Deferred Account” means any one of the accounts so designated and provided for in Section 6.01. 
  
 (ggg) “Tax Deferred Contributions” means any contributions made by a Participating Employer that are attributable to the
reduction in compensation on a pre-tax basis a Participant agrees to accept from such Participating Employer each Plan Year as described in Section 4.01. 
  
 (hhh) “Termination of Employment Without Fault” means any involuntary separation of a Participant by a Participating
Employer or Non-Participating Employer other than by reason of Retirement, Disability, failure to maintain work standards, dishonesty or other misconduct prejudicial to the Participating Employer or Non-Participating Employer by which the
Participant is employed, absence without prescribed notice, or refusal to return from layoff or Approved Leave of Absence within the prescribed period. 
  
 (iii) “Trust Agreement” and “Trust” mean, respectively, the ACCO Brands Corporation 401(k) Plans Master
Trust Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, and the trust established thereunder. 
  
 (jjj) “Trustee” means the trustee from time to time acting under the Trust Agreement, including any successor trustee.

  

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 (kkk) “Trust Fund” means all money, securities and other property held
under the Trust Agreement for the purposes of the Plan, together with the income therefrom. 
  
 (lll) “Investment Committee” means the Investment Committee of ACCO provided for in Article XI. 
  
 (mmm) “Vesting Service” means a
Participant’s credit for purposes of determining his right to a nonforfeitable benefit under the Plan, as determined in accordance with Article VII. Vesting Service means service as an Employee with a Participating Employer or any Related
Employer, determined as follows: 
  
 (1) Vesting
Service will be determined from the Participant’s Date of Employment or reemployment in completed full years and fractions of years in excess of completed full years, each 12 months of employment constituting a full year of Vesting Service, and
each 30 days of employment completed in excess of full years of Vesting Service counted as 1/12th of a year of Vesting Service. 
  
 (2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, each Employee will be credited with Vesting Service during any period of employment with a
Participating Employer or any Related Employer, extending to the date he incurs a Severance From Service. 
  
 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant incurs a Severance From Service and is subsequently
reemployed by a Participating Employer or a Related Employer, his Vesting Service will be reinstated, as follows: 
  
 (A) if the Employee is reemployed within 12 months after the date he is first absent from active employment, the Vesting Service he had
at the date he is first absent from active employment will be reinstated upon his reemployment, and he will receive credit for Vesting Service for the period between the date he is first absent from active employment and the date of his
reemployment; or 
  
 (B) if the Employee is
reemployed after 12 months have elapsed from the date he is first absent from active employment, the Vesting Service he had at the date he is first absent from active employment will be reinstated upon his reemployment, but he will 

  

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not receive credit for Vesting Service for the period between the date he is first absent from active employment and the date of his reemployment.

  
 (4) Periods of employment with Boone
International, Inc. prior to the Effective Date shall be credited as Vesting Service under the Plan. 
  
 (nnn) “Year of Eligibility Service” means any consecutive 12-month period of employment, as herein set forth, during
which an Employee completes 1,000 or more Hours of Service. The first consecutive 12-month period to be taken into account for this purpose will be the consecutive 12-month period commencing with the Employee’s Date of Employment or the
Employee’s date of reemployment. The second consecutive 12-month period to be taken into account for this purpose will be the Plan Year which includes the first anniversary of the Employee’s Date of Employment or the Employee’s date
of reemployment. All subsequent 12-month periods to be taken into account for this purpose will correspond with Plan Years. Periods of employment with Boone International, Inc. prior to the Effective Date shall be credited for purposes of
determining a Year of Eligibility Service. 
  
 ARTICLE II

  
 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION 
  
 2.01. Eligibility. 
  
 (a) Participation Prior to Effective Date. Each
Employee who was a Participant in the Prior Plan on the day prior to the Effective Date will continue to be a Participant on the Effective Date, provided he remains an Employee. 
  
 (b) Participation after Effective Date. Each Employee who was not a Participant in the Prior Plan on
the day prior to the Effective Date will be eligible to have Tax Deferred Contributions made on his behalf and to make After-Tax Contributions in accordance with Article IV on the earlier of (1) the date he is employed in a position where he is
regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week, and (2) the first Entry Date coincident with or next succeeding the date on which he completes at least one Year of Eligibility Service, in each case provided he is an Employee on that date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Employee who is classified as a temporary employee will be eligible to have Tax Deferred Contributions made on his behalf and to make After-Tax Contributions in accordance with Article 

  

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IV only on completion of one Year of Eligibility Service, provided he is an Employee on that date. Employees of General Binding Corporation are not eligible
to participate in the Plan. 
  
 (c) Collective
Bargaining Employees. An Employee covered under a collective bargaining agreement will not become a Participant unless the collective bargaining agreement provides for coverage under the Plan. Each person who ceases to be covered under a
collective bargaining agreement but continues as an Employee will become a Participant in the Plan for purposes of Article IV on the later of (1) the date determined in Section 2.01(b) above, and (2) the date he ceases to be covered under a
collective bargaining agreement, in each case provided he is an Employee on that date. 
  
 (d) Change in Status. If a person is transferred from a position in which he was not an Employee to a position in which he is an
Employee, he will be eligible to become a Participant or resume Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions, as the case may be, as of the first day coincident with or next following the later to occur of (i) such transfer or (ii)
satisfaction of the requirements of this Section 2.01. 
  
 2.02.
Transfers From Non-Participating Employers. Each person who becomes an Employee of a Participating Employer upon transfer from a Non-Participating Employer will become a Participant in the Plan for purposes of Article IV on the later of (1)
the date determined in Section 2.01(b) above, and (2) the date of his transfer, in each case provided he is an Employee on that date. 
  
 2.03. Plan-to-Plan Transfers. If an individual who is participating in another plan within the Trust (the “Transferor Plan”) becomes
eligible to participate in this Plan due to a change in job position, the Trustee will transfer his account balance under the Transferor Plan into this Plan, and all salary reduction agreements and investment elections will remain the same as the
elections under the Transferor Plan immediately prior to such transfer. This automatic plan-to-plan transfer will occur as soon as practicable after the change in job position occurs. In the event a Participant, due to a change in job position,
becomes ineligible to participate in this Plan but becomes eligible to participate in another plan within the Trust (the “Transferee Plan”), the Trustee will cause his Account Balance to be transferred to the applicable Transferee Plan as
soon as practicable after the change in job position occurs. 
  
 2.04. Reemployment. Any Participant who terminates employment and is subsequently reemployed as an Employee will become a Participant upon his reemployment. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
  
 [RESERVED] 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 401(k) SAVINGS CONTRIBUTIONS 
  
 4.01. Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions. 
  
 (a) Rate of Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions. Each Participant may enter into a salary reduction agreement
with his Participating Employer which will apply to all Compensation received thereafter. The salary reduction agreement will provide that the Participant agrees to a reduction in salary from the Participating Employer on a pre-tax basis by an
amount equal to an integral percentage of up to 50% of his Compensation, except that a Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee will be limited to 15% of Compensation. The Participating Employer will make a Tax Deferred Contribution to the
Plan on behalf of such Participant, corresponding to the amount of such reduction. Each Participant may also enter into a salary reduction agreement to accept a reduction in salary from the Participating Employer on an after-tax basis by an amount
equal to an integral percentage of up to 50% of his Compensation (a lower percentage may apply to Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees), minus the percentage he elected to contribute on a pre-tax basis. The Participating Employer will
make an After-Tax Contribution to the Plan on behalf of such Participant, corresponding to the amount of such reduction. The Participating Employer may limit the maximum salary reduction percentage to a lesser percentage of Compensation, provided
such policy does not impermissibly discriminate against Employees who are not Highly Compensated Employees. Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions will be paid at least monthly to the Trustee by the Participating Employers. Any
election pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) must be made by an Approved Form of Election. Such election will be effective on the first day of 

  

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the first payroll period for which the Participating Employer can process such election. For purposes of this Section 4.01, the definition of
“Compensation” in Article I(u) applies. 
  
 (b) Automatic Enrollment. If an eligible Employee fails to affirmatively enroll in the Plan or fails to affirmatively decline enrollment in the Plan within 60 days from the date that the Employee is first eligible to make Tax
Deferred Contributions in accordance with Section 2.01(b), such Employee will be deemed to have entered into a salary reduction agreement with his Participating Employer to reduce his Compensation on a pre-tax basis by 3%. The Participating Employer
of the Employee will make a Tax Deferred Contribution on behalf of such Employee, corresponding to the amount of such reduction. Such deemed election will commence on the first day of the first pay period for which the Employee’s Participating
Employer can process the deemed election, provided such election will not take effect before the 60th day following the date the Employee first becomes eligible to make Tax Deferred Contributions. 
  
 (c) Changes in Rate of Tax Deferred Contributions and
After-Tax Contributions. Each Participant may elect to change the rate of, discontinue or resume his Tax Deferred Contributions or, if applicable, After-Tax Contributions at any time by making an Approved Form of Election. Any such election will
be effective on the first day of the first payroll period for which the Participating Employer can process such election. The Administrative Committee may establish additional rules regarding the timing and frequency of a change in the amount of Tax
Deferred Contributions or After-Tax Contributions, provided such policy is applied uniformly to all Participants of the Participating Employer. 
  
 (d) Additional Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, a Participating Employer may refuse
to give effect to any salary reduction agreement entered into by a Participant at any time if the Participating Employer determines that such refusal is necessary to ensure that the additions to a Participant’s Accounts for any Plan Year will
not exceed the limitations set forth in Sections 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, Sections 6.04, and 6.06 and Section 9.01(g) of the Plan. 
  
 4.02. Company Matching Contributions. 
  
 (a) Rate of Company Matching Contributions. Subject to the conditions and limitations of this Article IV and Article XIV, each
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Participant in its employ during such year an amount based on any Tax Deferred Contributions and, if applicable, After-Tax Contributions made on his behalf
during such year by such Participating Employer. Except as provided in Section 4.02(b), the Company Matching Contribution for each Participant will be equal to 100% of the Participant’s aggregate Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions to the extent the rate of such aggregate Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions in effect from time to time does not exceed 3% of his Compensation and an additional 50% of the Participant’s aggregate Tax-Deferred
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions to the extent the rate of such aggregate Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions in effect from time to time does not exceed the amount in excess of 3% of his Compensation but not in excess of
6% of his Compensation. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan to the contrary, no Company Matching Contributions will be paid on amounts a Participant elects to defer pursuant to Section 4.09 regardless of whether such deferrals are determined to satisfy the requirements of Section 414(v) of the Code
at the end of a Plan Year. Company Matching Contributions will be paid at least monthly to the Trustee by the Participating Employers. For purposes of this Section 4.02, the definition of “Compensation” in Section 4.01(d) apply.

  
 (b) Eligibility for Allocation. Each
Participant will be entitled to an allocation of Company Matching Contributions under this Section 4.02 if he made Tax Deferred Contributions or After-Tax Contributions during the Plan Year. 
  
 (c) Additional Limitations. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and in addition to the limitations set forth in Section 4.06, no Company Matching Contributions will be made with respect to excess Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions distributed pursuant to Sections 4.05 or 4.06 and
Company Matching Contributions made with respect to such excess contributions will be returned to the Participating Employer pursuant to Section 14.03. 
  
 4.03. Rollover Contributions. 
  
 (a) Eligible Amounts. Regardless of whether an Employee has become a Participant in the Plan, a Covered Employee who is eligible to
make Tax Deferred Contributions to the Plan in accordance with Section 2.01 may at any time transfer (or cause to be transferred) to the Trust Fund up to the entire amount of money and other property received from another eligible 

  

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retirement plan (as that term is defined in Code Section 402(c)(8)(B)), which constitutes an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of Code
Section 402(c), including any after-tax contributions that are not includible in gross income, provided that (A) such amount is received by the Trustee within 60 days after the Employee’s receipt of such payment, or (B) such amount is directly
transferred to the Trust Fund from such other eligible retirement plan, and (C) the Plan separately accounts for the portion of the eligible rollover distribution that is not includible in gross income and the portion that is so includible.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, after-tax contributions must be directly transferred to the Trust Fund. 
  
 The Employee must obtain the prior approval of his Participating Employer or its designee to make a rollover contribution to this Plan. The Employee must
furnish his Participating Employer or its designee with a written statement that the contribution to the Trust Fund is a rollover contribution, together with such other statements and information as may be required by his Participating Employer or
its designee in order to establish that such contribution does not contain amounts from sources other than provided above and that such rollover contribution otherwise meets the requirements of law. Acceptance by the Trustee of any amount under
these provisions may not be construed as a determination of the Employee’s tax consequences by either the Participating Employer, the Trustee or their respective designees. 
  
 (b) Limitation on Assets Transferred. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, assets may not be
transferred to the Plan or Trust Fund from any other plan or trust. 
  
 4.04. Limitation on Annual Amount of Tax Deferred Contributions. 
  
 (a) Maximum Annual Amount. The maximum amount of Tax Deferred Contributions (other than contributions described in Section 4.09)
that may be made on behalf of each Participant in any calendar year pursuant to this Plan and any other qualified plan may not exceed the dollar limitation for such year under Code Section 402(g). 
  
 (b) Procedure for Requesting Return of Excess
Deferrals. If a Participant makes elective deferrals to this Plan and to any other qualified plan in excess of the dollar limit specified above for the Participant’s taxable year, then the Participant must notify his Participating Employer
in writing by March 1 of the following year of the amount, if any, to be refunded from this Plan. The notice must specify the amount of excess Tax Deferred Contributions received by the Plan for the preceding year. The notice must be 

  

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accompanied by the Participant’s written statement that if the excess is not distributed, the Tax Deferred Contributions when added to amounts deferred
under other qualified plans, exceed the limit imposed on the Participant by Code Section 402(g) for the taxable year in which the deferral occurred. If the Participant fails to notify the Administrative Committee by March 1, no refund will be made
pursuant to this Section 4.04. 
  
 (c) Return
of Excess Deferrals. The amount to be refunded will be paid to the Participant in a single payment no later than April 15 following the close of the taxable year and will include any income or loss allocated to the refund, as determined in
Section 4.04(d), for the period during the Participant’s taxable year. Although the excess deferral may be refunded, it will still be considered as an elective deferral for the Plan Year in which it was originally made and will be included in
the Actual Deferral Percentage of a Highly Compensated Employee. 
  
 (d) Income or Loss Allocable for Taxable Year. The income or loss allocable to excess pre-tax elective deferrals for the Participant’s taxable year will be determined by multiplying the income or loss for
the Participant’s taxable year allocable to the Participant’s elective deferrals for such year by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of excess elective deferrals for such taxable year and the denominator of which is equal to
the sum of (1) the total Account Balances in the Participant’s Tax Deferred Account as of the beginning of the taxable year, plus (2) the Participant’s Tax Deferred Contributions for such taxable year. No adjustment will be made for any
period following such taxable year. 
  
 4.05. Actual Deferral
Percentage Tests. 
  
 (a) Tests. The
Actual Deferral Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employees may not exceed for any Plan Year the greater of: 
  
 (1) the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Employees, multiplied by 1.25; or 
  
 (2) the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Employees,
multiplied by two; provided, however, the Actual Deferral Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Employees by more than two percentage points. 
  

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 For the purpose of the foregoing tests: 
  
 (1) those Employees who were not directly or indirectly eligible to have Tax Deferred Contributions made for
them at any time during the Plan Year will be disregarded; 
  
 (2) if two or more plans which include cash or deferred arrangements are considered one plan for purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), the cash or deferred
arrangements included in those plans will be treated as one arrangement; 
  
 (3) if two or more plans are permissibly aggregated for purposes of the foregoing tests, the aggregated plans must also satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) as though they were one plan; and 
  
 (4) if a Highly Compensated Employee is a participant in two
or more cash or deferred arrangements of the Participating Employers or Related Employers, all such cash or deferred arrangements will be treated as one cash or deferred arrangement for purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage of that
Highly Compensated Employee. 
  
 (b) Actual
Deferral Percentage. The Actual Deferral Percentage for a specified group of Employees for a Plan Year will be the average of the ratios (calculated separately) for the Employees in such group of: 
  
 (1) the amount of Tax Deferred Contributions and Special
Company Contributions pursuant to Section 4.07 actually paid to the Trustee on behalf of each such Employee for such Plan Year, to 
  
 (2) his Compensation for such Plan Year. 
  
 (c) Return of Excess Contributions. ACCO or its designee will determine after the end of the Plan Year whether the Actual Deferral
Percentage results satisfy either of the tests contained in Section 4.05(a). If neither test is satisfied, the excess contributions for the Highly Compensated Employee(s) will be determined by the ratio leveling method by first hypothetically
reducing the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employee(s) with the highest Actual Deferral Percentage to the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employee(s) with the next highest Actual Deferral Percentage. If
neither of the tests contained in Section 4.05(a) is then met, the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employee(s) with such next highest Actual Deferral Percentage shall be further hypothetically reduced to the Actual Deferral
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the Highly Compensated Employee(s) with the next highest Actual Deferral Percentage. If neither of the tests contained in Section 4.05(a) is then met, the
ratio leveling method shall continue to be applied by hypothetically reducing the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees with the next highest Actual Deferral Percentage until one of the tests is met. The amount of excess
contributions is equal to the sum of the hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee’s Compensation. 
  
 These excess contributions so determined and any income allocable thereto will be distributed to the Highly Compensated Employees with the largest dollar
amounts of Tax Deferred Contributions taken into account in calculating the tests contained in Section 4.05(a) for the Plan Year in which the excess arose, beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the largest dollar amount of such Tax
Deferred Contributions and continuing in descending order until all excess contributions (and income) have been distributed. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “largest dollar amount” will be determined after distribution of any
excess contributions (and income). These excess contributions (together with any income allocable thereto) will be distributed within 12 months following the Plan Year for which the excess Tax Deferred Contributions were made. 
  
 (d) Adjustment for Income or Losses. The excess
Elective Contributions for each Highly Compensated Employee will be adjusted for income or loss during the Plan Year, in the manner prescribed in Section 4.04(d). 
  
 (e) Forfeiture of Company Matching Contributions. Tax Deferred Contributions which are refunded will
cause the corresponding Company Matching Contributions, whether vested or nonvested, to be forfeited. 
  
 (f) Definition of Compensation. For purposes of this Section 4.05, the term “Compensation” has the meaning prescribed in
Code Section 414(s). 
  
 4.06. Actual Contribution Percentage
Tests. 
  
 (a) Tests. The Actual
Contribution Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employees may not exceed for any Plan Year the greater of: 
  
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 (2) the Actual Contribution Percentage for all other Employees, multiplied by two;
provided, however, the Actual Contribution Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the Actual Contribution Percentage for all other Employees by more than two percentage points. 
  
 For the purpose of the foregoing tests: 
  
 (1) those Employees who were not directly or indirectly
eligible to have Company Matching Contributions or After-Tax Contributions made for them at any time during the Plan Year will be disregarded; 
  
 (2) if two or more plans to which employee contributions and matching contributions are made are considered one plan for purposes of Code
Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), all employee contributions and matching contributions will be treated as made under the same plan; 
  
 (3) if two or more plans are permissively aggregated for purposes of the foregoing tests, the aggregated
plans must also satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) as though they were one plan; and 
  
 (4) if a Highly Compensated Employee is a participant in two or more plans of the Participating Employers or Related Employers to which
employee contributions or matching contributions are made, all such plans will be treated as one plan for purposes of determining the Actual Contribution Percentage of that Highly Compensated Employee. 
  
 (b) Actual Contribution Percentage. The Actual
Contribution Percentage for a specified group of Employees for a Plan Year will be the average of the ratios (calculated separately) for the Employees in such group of: 
  
 (1) the amount of Company Matching Contributions and After-Tax Contributions actually paid to the Trustee on
behalf of each such Employee for such Plan Year, to 
  
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 (3) To the extent permitted by Treasury Regulations, Tax Deferred Contributions and
non-elective employer contributions under any other tax-qualified retirement plan may be added to (1) above. 
  
 (c) Return of Excess Aggregate Contributions. ACCO or its designee will determine after the end of the Plan Year whether the Actual
Contribution Percentage results satisfy either of the tests contained in Section 4.06(a). If neither test is satisfied, the excess amount (“Excess Aggregate Contributions”) for the Highly Compensated Employees will be determined by the
ratio leveling method by first hypothetically reducing the Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employee(s) with the highest Actual Contribution Percentage to the Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated
Employee(s) with the next highest Actual Contribution Percentage. If neither of the tests set forth in Section 4.06(a) is then met, the Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employee(s) with such next highest Actual Contribution
Percentage shall be further hypothetically reduced to the Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employee(s) with the next highest Actual Contribution Percentage. If neither of the tests contained in Section 4.06(a) is then met,
the ratio leveling method shall continue to be applied by hypothetically reducing the Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees with the next highest Actual Contribution Percentage until one of the tests is met. 

 
 These Excess Aggregate Contributions so determined and any income
allocable thereto will be distributed to the Highly Compensated Employees with the largest dollar amounts of Matching Contributions and After-Tax Contributions taken into account in calculating the tests contained in Section 4.06(a) hereof for the
Plan Year in which the excess arose, beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the largest dollar amount of such Matching Contributions and After-Tax Contributions and continuing in descending order until all the Excess Aggregate
Contributions (and income) have been distributed. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “largest dollar amount” will be determined after distribution of any Excess Aggregate Contributions (and income). The amount of Excess Aggregate
Contributions is equal to the sum of the hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee’s Compensation. These Excess Aggregate Contributions (together with any income allocable thereto) will be distributed
within 12 months following the Plan Year for which the excess Matching Contributions and After-Tax Contributions were made. 
  
 (d) Adjustment for Income and Loss. The Excess Aggregate Contributions for each Highly Compensated Employee will be adjusted for


  

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income or loss during the Plan Year, in the manner prescribed in Section 4.04(d). 
  
 (e) Definition of Compensation. For purposes of this Section 4.06, the term “Compensation”
has the meaning prescribed in Code Section 414(s). 
  
 4.07.
Special Company Contributions. 
  
 (a)
Determination of Special Rate. In order to meet the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Sections 401(k) and 401(m) (as set forth in Sections 4.05 and 4.06 of the Plan), any Participating Employer may, in its discretion and by action of its
board of directors, establish a special rate of employer contributions applicable only to certain Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees of such Participating Employer. 
  
 (b) Allocation of Special Company Contributions. If contributions made under this Section 4.07 are
made to meet the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(k) (as set forth in Section 4.05 of the Plan), then such contributions will be deemed, for all Plan purposes except Section 9.01, to be Tax Deferred Contributions, and will be
allocated to the Tax Deferred Accounts of the Participants for whom the contributions were made; provided, however, that Company Matching Contributions will not be made based upon such contributions. If contributions made under this Section 4.07 are
made to meet the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(m) (as set forth in Section 4.06 of the Plan), then such contributions will be deemed, for all Plan purposes except Section 9.01, to be Company Matching Contributions, but will be
allocated to the Tax Deferred Accounts of the Participants for whom the contributions were made employed by such Participating Employer who made Tax Deferred Contributions and such contributions will be fully vested upon deposit. 
  
 4.08. Uniformed Service Absence. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Code Section 414(u). 
  
 4.09. Catch-Up Contributions. All Participants who are eligible to make elective deferrals under this Plan and who
have attained age 50 before the close of a Plan Year shall be eligible to make catch-up contributions in such year in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Section 414(v) of the Code. Such catch-up contributions shall not be taken into
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and 415 of the Code. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Sections 401(k)(3),
401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 410(b), or 416 of the Code, as applicable, by reason of the making of such catch-up contributions. A Participant’s elective deferrals under the Plan, including catch-up contributions under this section, shall not exceed
75% of his Compensation. 
  
 4.10. Trust-to-trust
Transfers. The Administrative Committee may, in its discretion, direct the Trustee to accept a trust-to-trust transfer of assets and liabilities from a tax-qualified defined contribution plan with respect to a person who becomes an Employee of a
Participating Employer in connection with the transfer of employment of such Employee if the transferor plan permits such transfer. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
  
 INVESTMENT PROVISIONS 
  
 5.01. Investment Funds. 
  
 (a) Separate Funds. The Trustee shall maintain the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund, the Gallaher Stock Fund, the Lifestyle Funds and other Investment Funds as may be directed by the Investment Committee
to be administered as provided in this Article V and the Loan Fund to be administered as provided in Article X. Any earnings from investments in each Investment Fund shall be segregated and reinvested in the same Investment Fund. 
  
 (b) Assets Pending Allocation, Investment in Investment
Funds and Maturity and Redemption. Contributions to the Plan may be uninvested pending allocation to the Investment Funds. The Investment Manager of each Investment Fund, or the Trustee if there will be no Investment Manager, may invest the
Investment Fund in short term investments or hold the assets thereof uninvested pending orderly investment and to permit distributions, reallocations and transfers therefrom. 
  
 5.02. Investment Fund Elections. A Participant’s Account Balances and contributions allocable to a
Participant’s Accounts will be invested in the Investment Funds as follows: 
  
 (a) Investment of Contributions. Except as provided in Section 5.02(d), each Participant may elect that any Tax Deferred
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After-Tax Contributions, Company Matching Contributions, After-Tax Rollover Contributions and Rollover Contributions allocable to his Accounts be invested,
collectively with investment gains and losses allocated on a pro rata basis, in whole multiples of 1%, in any one or more of the Investment Funds. The same investment election will apply to all Tax Deferred Contributions, After-Tax Contributions and
Company Matching Contributions allocable to the Participant’s Accounts. Any Tax Deferred Contributions that are automatically made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) and Company Matching Contributions thereon will be invested in the age-appropriate
Lifestyle Fund, based on uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator, until the Participant elects to change his investment of such contributions in accordance with this Section 5.02(a) or Section 5.02(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a separate investment election may be made for Rollover Contributions and After-Tax Rollover Contributions. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02(d), each Participant may elect to change his investment elections with respect to new
contributions allocable to his Accounts. 
  
 (b)
Interfund Transfers. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02(d) or Section 5.02(f), each Participant may at any time elect that his Account Balances be rearranged, in amounts determined by the Administrative Committee or its designee, in
any one or more of the Investment Funds. 
  
 (c)
Election Procedures. Any election to invest contributions, change the investment for new contributions or make interfund transfers within the Plan (other than an automatic election made pursuant to Section 4.01(b)) must be made through an
Approved Form of Election. Any such election made before the Close of Business on a Business Day will be effective and valued as of the day such election is made. Any such election made on a day other than a Business Day or after the Close of
Business on a Business Day will be effective and valued as of the next Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions on the effective date of elections, any election with respect to the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund or the
Gallaher Fund shall be subject to the availability of short-term investments in such Fund. 
  
 (d) Limitations on Investments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no contributions may be invested in the Fortune Stock Fund or the
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 (e) Investment in Absence of Election. If a Participant fails to make an
investment election in accordance with Section 5.02(a), the contributions referred to in Section 5.02(a) will be invested in the age-appropriate Lifestyle Fund, based on uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator. 
  
 (f) Transition Period. As of the Effective Date and
the spin-off of ACCO by Fortune, the account balances of persons who participated in the Prior Plan and who become Participants in this Plan have been transferred to the same type of Accounts in this Plan from the Fortune Brands Retirement Savings
Plan and have been allocated to substantially the same Investment Funds as the Participants had directed under the Prior Plan. Deferral elections and investment elections in effect for such Participants under the Prior Plan immediately before the
Effective Date will continue in effect under this Plan until subsequently modified in accordance with this Plan. Pending the establishment of Participants’ Accounts under this Plan, transactions will be suspended and any amounts deposited in
this Plan may be invested in a money market fund pending the completion of such administration. 
  
 5.03. Administration of ACCO Stock Fund. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Agreement and Sections 5.07 through 5.09, the Trustee will
administer the ACCO Stock Fund as follows: 
  
 (a) Investment. ACCO Common Stock received by the Fortune Stock Fund as a result of the spin-off of ACCO by Fortune will be transferred to the ACCO Stock Fund. The assets of the ACCO Stock Fund, including all income thereon and
increments thereto, will be invested primarily in ACCO Common Stock; provided, however, that, in order to permit orderly investment in ACCO Common Stock and pending such investment, the Trustee may hold uninvested any monies received by it in or for
the ACCO Stock Fund or may invest in short term investment funds. 
  
 (b) Registration Upon Distribution. Upon any distribution from the ACCO Stock Fund as a single distribution pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(2), all whole shares of ACCO Common Stock distributable therefrom will be
registered in the name of the distributee and delivered to him together with any cash from the ACCO Stock Fund to which the distributee is entitled. 
  
 (c) Distributions Other Than in Stock. Upon any distribution from the ACCO Stock Fund pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII
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in lieu thereof their Fair Market Value on the applicable Business Day described in Article VIII. 
  
 (d) Transfers Among Investment Funds. Upon any
transfer from any Investment Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.02(c), the Trustee will, to the extent practicable, retain all shares which would otherwise have to be liquidated by reason of such transfer and transfer in lieu thereof their
Fair Market Value on the applicable Business Day described in Section 5.02(c). 
  
 (e) Rights Exercise; Sale of Stock. To the extent practicable, the Trustee will make transactions with respect to or sell all
rights to buy ACCO Common Stock (other than rights within the meaning of Section 5.09, which will be covered under Section 5.09) received with respect to any shares held in the ACCO Stock Fund. The Trustee may determine to sell or exercise such
rights. To the extent that there is insufficient cash in the ACCO Stock Fund with which to exercise any such rights, or to make distribution or transfer of the Fair Market Value of any stock subject to retention, the Trustee may, in its discretion,
sell such rights or retained stock or any part thereof; in the case of any retained stock so sold the Fair Market Value thereof will be the net proceeds of sale instead of the Fair Market Value determined as provided in Article I. The Trustee may
also obtain cash in such other manner deemed appropriate by the Trustee provided such other manner is permitted by applicable law, will not affect the continued qualified status of the Plan or the tax exempt status of the Trust under the Code and
will not result in a “prohibited transaction” (as defined in the Code or ERISA). 
  
 5.04. Administration of Fortune Stock Fund. The proceeds of any distribution received by the Fortune Stock Fund with respect to Fortune will be invested in the other Investment Funds on a pro rata basis in
accordance with each Participant’s current investment election under Section 5.02 for Tax Deferred Contributions. Nothing in this Section 5.04, however, restricts the Trustee’s ability to retain in the Fortune Stock Fund any additional
Common Stock received as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction. Contributions will not be invested in the Fortune Stock Fund, nor may any transfers be made to the Fortune Stock Fund from any of the other Investment Funds.

  
 5.05. Administration of Gallaher Fund. 
  
 (a) Gallaher ADRs Transferred to Gallaher Fund. ADRs
with respect to Gallaher stock (“Gallaher ADRs”) received by the Fortune Stock Fund in the spin-off of Gallaher by Fortune were transferred to the Gallaher Fund. 
  

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 (b) Distributions With Respect to Gallaher ADRs. The proceeds of any distribution
received by the Gallaher Fund with respect to Gallaher ADRs will be invested in the other Investment Funds on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Participant’s current investment election under Section 5.02 for Tax Deferred Contributions.
Nothing in this Section 5.05, however, restricts the Trustee’s ability to retain in the Gallaher Fund any additional Gallaher ADRs received as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction. Contributions will not be invested
in the Gallaher Fund, nor may any transfers be made to the Gallaher Fund from any of the other Investment Funds. 
  
 5.06. Investment of Lifestyle Funds. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Agreement, the assets of the Lifestyle Funds, including all income
thereon and increments thereto, will be invested and reinvested in a combination of stock, bond and money market mutual funds, with the Lifestyle 2040 Fund (initially invested primarily in stock funds) and each other Lifestyle Fund that has a
retirement horizon (2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2035) becoming more conservatively invested over time, and the Lifestyle Income Fund investing in a higher percentage of money market and bond funds and a smaller percentage of equity funds,
all as selected by the Investment Manager or, if there is no such Investment Manager, by the Trustee; provided, however, that the Investment Committee may determine that the each of the Lifestyle Funds be comprised of mutual funds having
substantially the foregoing characteristics. 
  
 5.07. Voting
of Shares in ACCO Stock Fund. 
  
 (a)
Trustee Voting. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee will have no discretion or authority to exercise any voting rights with respect to ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock
Fund except as provided in this Section 5.07. 
  
 (b) Participant Direction. Each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee will solicit the direction of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, as to the
manner in which any voting rights of shares of ACCO Common Stock attributable to his proportionate interest in the ACCO Stock Fund are to be exercised with respect to any matter on which holders of ACCO Common Stock are entitled to vote by proxy,
consent or otherwise, and the Trustee will exercise the voting rights of such shares with respect to such matter in accordance with the most recent timely direction received by the Trustee from such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary.
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rights of shares of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund as to which timely directions have not been received by the Trustee as provided in the
preceding sentence, the Trustee will exercise the voting rights of such shares in the same manner and in the same proportion in which the voting rights of shares as to which such directions were received by the Trustee are to be exercised as
provided in the preceding sentence. The Trustee will combine fractional interests of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries in shares of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund to the extent possible so that the voting rights with
respect to such matter are exercised in a manner which reflects as accurately as possible the collective directions given by Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries. In giving directions to the Trustee as provided in this Section
5.07(b), each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be acting as a named fiduciary within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA (“Named Fiduciary”) with respect to the exercise of voting rights of shares of ACCO Common
Stock in accordance with such directions pursuant to both the first and the second sentences of this Section 5.07(b). For purposes of this Section 5.07, the number of shares of ACCO Common Stock attributable at any particular time to the interest of
a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in the ACCO Stock Fund will be the product of the total number of shares then held in the ACCO Stock Fund multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount allocated to the ACCO Stock Fund
then in his Accounts and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of ACCO Common Stock in the ACCO Stock Fund. 
  
 (c) Trustee to Communicate Voting Procedures. The Trustee will communicate or cause to be communicated to all Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries the procedures regarding the exercise of voting rights of shares of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund. The Trustee will distribute or cause to be distributed as promptly as possible to all Participants,
former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions to the Trustee as to the exercise of voting rights with respect to any matter all communications and other materials, if any, that the Trustee may receive from any person or entity
(including ACCO) that are being distributed to the holders of ACCO Common Stock and either are directed generally to such holders or relate to any matter on which holders of ACCO Common Stock are entitled to vote by proxy, consent or otherwise, and
ACCO will promptly furnish to the Trustee all such communications and other materials, if any, as are being distributed by or on behalf of ACCO. ACCO will provide the Trustee with such information, documents and assistance as the Trustee may
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information will include the names and current addresses of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries and the number of shares of ACCO Common Stock
credited to the accounts of each of them, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.07, the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, except if the Participating Employers serve as
recordkeeper, to the extent necessary to provide the Participating Employers with information necessary accurately to maintain records of the interest in the Plan of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, the Trustee will use its best
efforts (1) to keep confidential the direction (or the absence thereof) from each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in connection with the exercise of voting rights of shares of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund and the
identity of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, and (2) not to divulge such direction or identity to any person or entity, including, without limitation, ACCO, any other Participating Employer and any Non-Participating Employer and
any director, officer, employee or agent thereof. It is the intent of this Section 5.07 that ACCO, each other Participating Employer, and each Non-Participating Employer and their directors, officers, employees and agents not be able to ascertain
the direction given (or not given) by any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in connection with the exercise of voting rights of such shares. 
  
 (d) Invalidity. If a court of competent jurisdiction issues an opinion, order or decree which, in the opinion of counsel to ACCO or
the Trustee, will, in all or any particular circumstances, (1) invalidate under ERISA or otherwise any provision or provisions of the Plan or the Trust Agreement with respect to the exercise of voting rights of shares of ACCO Common Stock held in
the ACCO Stock Fund, (2) cause any such provision or provisions to conflict with ERISA, or (3) require the Trustee not to act or such voting rights not to be exercised in accordance with such provision or provisions, then, upon written notice
thereof to the Trustee (in the case of an opinion of counsel to ACCO) or to ACCO (in the case of an opinion of counsel to the Trustee) such provision or provisions will be given no further force or effect in such circumstances. Except to the extent
otherwise specified in such opinion, order or decree, the Trustee will have no discretion or authority in such circumstances to exercise voting rights with respect to shares of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund, but will exercise such
voting rights in accordance with the most recent dated timely directions received from Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries to the extent such directions have not been invalidated. To the extent that the Trustee is not permitted to
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or decree or under ERISA, ACCO and the Trustee shall jointly determine a mutually agreeable approach with respect to the exercise of voting rights of shares
of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund as permitted under the aforementioned opinion, order or decree, and consistent with ERISA. Absent the determination of a mutually agreeable approach, the Trustee shall otherwise vote the shares
consistent with its responsibilities under ERISA. 
  
 5.08.
Tendering of Shares in ACCO Stock Fund. 
  
 (a) Tender by Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee will have no discretion or authority to tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer any shares of ACCO Common
Stock (which, for purposes of this Section 5.08, will include any rights within the meaning of Section 5.09(a)) held in the ACCO Stock Fund pursuant to any tender offer (as defined herein) except as provided in this Section 5.08. For purposes of
this Section 5.08, a “tender offer” will mean any tender or exchange offer for or request or invitation for tenders or exchanges of shares of ACCO Common Stock and will include, without limitation, any such tender offer made by or on
behalf of ACCO. 
  
 (b) Participant
Direction. Each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee will solicit the direction of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, as to the tendering, depositing, selling,
exchanging or transferring of shares of ACCO Common Stock attributable to his proportionate interest in the ACCO Stock Fund pursuant to any tender offer, and the Trustee will tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer such shares (or will retain
such shares in the ACCO Stock Fund) pursuant to such tender offer in accordance with the most recent timely direction received by the Trustee from such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. With respect to shares of ACCO Common Stock held
in the ACCO Stock Fund as to which timely directions have not been received by the Trustee from Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries to whose interests in the ACCO Stock Fund such shares are attributable, such Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries will be deemed to have directed the Trustee that such shares be retained in the ACCO Stock Fund subject to all provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement and applicable law and not be tendered, deposited, sold,
exchanged or transferred pursuant to such tender offer, and the Trustee will not tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer any of such shares pursuant thereto. If, under the terms of such tender offer or otherwise, any shares of ACCO Common Stock
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use its best efforts to solicit the direction of each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary as to the exercise of withdrawal rights with respect to
shares of ACCO Common Stock that have been tendered or deposited pursuant to this Section 5.08, and (2) exercise (or refrain from exercising) such withdrawal rights in the same manner as will reflect the most recent timely directions received with
respect to the exercise of such withdrawal rights. The Trustee will not withdraw shares except pursuant to a timely direction of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. The Trustee will combine fractional interests of Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries in shares of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund to the extent possible so that such shares are tendered, deposited, sold, exchanged or transferred, and withdrawal rights with respect thereto are exercised,
in a manner which reflects as accurately as possible the collective directions given or deemed to have been given by Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries in accordance with this Section 5.08. In giving or being deemed to have given
directions to the Trustee as provided in this Section 5.08(b), each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be acting as a Named Fiduciary with respect to the tender, deposit, sale, exchange or transfer of shares of ACCO Common Stock (or
the retention of such shares in the ACCO Stock Fund) in accordance with such directions pursuant to both the first and second sentences of this Section 5.08(b) and the exercise of (or the refraining from exercising) withdrawal rights with respect to
shares of ACCO Common Stock tendered or deposited pursuant to the third sentence of this Section 5.08(b). 
  
 (c) Trustee to Communicate Tender Procedures. In the event of a tender offer as to which Participants, former Participants and
Beneficiaries are entitled to give directions as provided in this Section 5.08, the Trustee will communicate or cause to be communicated to all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions the procedures relating
to their right to give directions as Named Fiduciaries to the Trustee and in particular the consequences of any failure to provide timely direction to the Trustee. In the event of such a tender offer, the Trustee will distribute or cause to be
distributed as promptly as possible to all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions to the Trustee with respect to such tender offer all communications and other materials, if any, that the Trustee may receive
from any person or entity (including ACCO) that are being distributed to the holders of the securities to whom such tender offer is directed and either are directed generally to such holders or relate to such tender offer, and ACCO will promptly
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behalf of ACCO. ACCO will provide the Trustee with such information, documents and assistance as the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with any
communications or distributions to Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries as aforesaid. This information will include the names and current addresses of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries and the number of shares of
ACCO Common Stock credited to the accounts of each of them, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.08, the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, except if the Participating
Employers serve as recordkeeper, to the extent necessary to provide the Participating Employers with information necessary accurately to maintain records of the interest in the Plan of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, the Trustee
will use its best efforts (1) to keep confidential the direction (or the absence thereof) from each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary with respect to any tender offer and the identity of such Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary, and (2) not to divulge such direction or identity to any person or entity, including, without limitation, ACCO, any other Participating Employer and any Non-Participating Employer and any director, officer, employee or agent thereof. It
is the intent of this Section 5.08 that ACCO, each other Participating Employer and each Non-Participating Employer and their directors, officers, employees and agents not be able to ascertain the direction given (or not given) or deemed to have
been given by any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary with respect to any tender offer. 
  
 (d) Invalidity. If a court of competent jurisdiction issues an opinion, order or decree which, in the opinion of counsel to ACCO or
the Trustee, will, in all or any particular circumstances, (1) invalidate under ERISA or otherwise any provision or provisions of the Plan or the Trust Agreement with respect to the tendering, depositing, sale, exchange or transfer of shares of ACCO
Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund or the exercise of any withdrawal rights with respect to shares tendered or deposited pursuant to a tender offer, (2) cause any such provision or provisions to conflict with ERISA, or (3) require the Trustee
not to act or such shares not to be tendered, deposited, sold, exchanged or transferred or such withdrawal rights not to be exercised in accordance with such provision or provisions, then, upon written notice thereof to the Trustee (in the case of
an opinion of counsel to ACCO) or to ACCO (in the case of an opinion of counsel to the Trustee) such provision or provisions will be given no further force or effect in such circumstances. Except to the extent otherwise specified in such opinion,
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ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund (or the retention of such shares in the ACCO Stock Fund) pursuant to a tender offer or with respect to the
exercise of (or refraining from exercising) any withdrawal rights with respect to shares tendered or deposited pursuant to a tender offer, but will act in accordance with the most recent timely directions received from Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries to the extent such directions have not been invalidated. To the extent that the Trustee is not permitted to follow the directions of the Participants under the opinion, order or decree or under ERISA, ACCO and the
Trustee shall jointly determine a mutually agreeable approach with respect to the tendering, depositing, sale, exchange or transfer of shares of ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund, or the exercise of any withdrawal rights with respect to
shares tendered or deposited pursuant to a tender offer, as permitted under the aforementioned opinion, order or decree, and consistent with ERISA. Absent the determination of a mutually agreeable approach, the Trustee shall otherwise tender and
withdraw the shares consistent with its responsibilities under ERISA. 
  
 (e) Proceeds of Tender. The proceeds of any sale, exchange or transfer of shares of ACCO Common Stock pursuant to the direction of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with this
Section 5.08 will be allocated to his Accounts in the same manner, in the same proportion and as of the same date as were the shares sold, exchanged or transferred and will be governed by the provisions of this Section 5.08(e) and all other
applicable provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. Such proceeds will be deemed to be held in the ACCO Stock Fund and will be subject to the other applicable provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. Pending receipt of directions as to
which of the remaining Investment Funds the proceeds should be invested in, the proceeds shall be invested as designated in the Trust Agreement based on uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator. 
  
 5.09. Certain Rights Held in ACCO Stock Fund. 
  
 (a) Disposition of Preferred Share Purchase Rights.
If the Preferred Share Purchase Rights of ACCO (or any rights issued by ACCO in substitution or replacement thereof) held in the ACCO Stock Fund (“rights”) become separately transferable or exercisable, the Trustee shall dispose of the
rights by selling the rights to ACCO at a price recommended by an independent financial advisor retained by the Trustee at ACCO’s expense. 
  

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 (b) Exchange of Rights. If, prior to the sale of the rights by the Trustee to
ACCO, ACCO determines to exchange the rights for shares of ACCO Common Stock, the Trustee will surrender the rights that it holds in exchange for shares of ACCO Common Stock. 
  
 (c) Invalidity. If a court of competent jurisdiction issues an opinion, order or decree which, in the
opinion of counsel to ACCO or the Trustee, will, in all or any particular circumstances, (1) invalidate under ERISA or otherwise any provision or provisions of the Plan or the Trust Agreement with respect to the sale, exchange or retention of any
rights held in the ACCO Stock Fund, (2) cause any such provision or provisions to conflict with ERISA, or (3) require the Trustee not to act or such rights not to be sold, exchanged or retained in accordance with such provision or provisions, then,
upon written notice thereof to the Trustee (in the case of an opinion of counsel to ACCO) or to ACCO (in the case of an opinion of counsel to the Trustee) such provision or provisions will be given no further force or effect in such circumstances.
To the extent that the Trustee is not permitted to follow the provisions of the Plan under the opinion, order or decree or under ERISA, ACCO and the Trustee shall jointly determine a mutually agreeable approach with respect to the exercise, sale or
exchange of the rights, as permitted under the aforementioned opinion, order or decree, and consistent with ERISA. Absent the determination of a mutually agreeable approach, the Trustee shall exercise, sell or exchange the rights consistent with its
responsibilities under ERISA. The Trustee shall in no event be required to retain the rights. 
  
 (d) Allocation of Proceeds. The proceeds of any sale, exercise or exchange of rights in accordance with this Section 5.09 will be
allocated to the Account of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in the same manner, in the same proportion and as of the same date as were the shares to which the sold, exercised or exchanged rights were attributable and will be
governed by all other applicable provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. Such proceeds will be deemed to be held in the ACCO Stock Fund and will be subject to provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. Pending receipt of directions as
to which of the remaining Investment Funds the proceeds should be invested in, the proceeds shall be invested as designated in the Trust Agreement based on uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator. 
  
 5.10. Voting of Shares in Fortune Stock Fund. 
  
 (a) Trustee Voting. Notwithstanding any other
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discretion or authority to exercise any voting rights with respect to Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund except as provided in this Section
5.10. 
  
 (b) Participant Direction. Each
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee will solicit the direction of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, as to the manner in which any voting rights of shares of
Fortune Common Stock attributable to his proportionate interest in the Fortune Stock Fund are to be exercised with respect to any matter on which holders of Fortune Common Stock are entitled to vote by proxy, consent or otherwise, and the Trustee
will exercise the voting rights of such shares with respect to such matter in accordance with the most recent timely direction received by the Trustee from such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. With respect to the voting rights of
shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund as to which timely directions have not been received by the Trustee as provided in the preceding sentence, the Trustee will exercise the voting rights of such shares in the same manner
and in the same proportion in which the voting rights of shares as to which such directions were received by the Trustee are to be exercised as provided in the preceding sentence. The Trustee will combine fractional interests of Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries in shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund to the extent possible so that the voting rights with respect to such matter are exercised in a manner which reflects as accurately as possible the
collective directions given by Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries. In giving directions to the Trustee as provided in this Section 5.10(b), each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be acting as a named fiduciary
within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA (“Named Fiduciary”) with respect to the exercise of voting rights of shares of Fortune Common Stock in accordance with such directions pursuant to both the first and the second sentences of
this Section 5.10(b). For purposes of this Section 5.10, the number of shares of Fortune Common Stock attributable at any particular time to the interest of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in the Fortune Stock Fund will be the
product of the total number of shares then held in the Fortune Stock Fund multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount allocated to the Fortune Stock Fund then in his Accounts and the denominator of which is the total number of
shares of Fortune Common Stock in the Fortune Stock Fund. 
  
 (c) Trustee to Communicate Voting Procedures. The Trustee will communicate or cause to be communicated to all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries the procedures regarding the exercise of voting


  

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rights of shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund. The Trustee will distribute or cause to be distributed as promptly as possible to
all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions to the Trustee as to the exercise of voting rights with respect to any matter all communications and other materials, if any, that the Trustee may receive from any
person or entity (including Fortune) that are being distributed to the holders of Fortune Common Stock and either are directed generally to such holders or relate to any matter on which holders of Fortune Common Stock are entitled to vote by proxy,
consent or otherwise, and Fortune will promptly furnish to the Trustee all such communications and other materials, if any, as are being distributed by or on behalf of Fortune. ACCO will provide the Trustee with such information, documents and
assistance as the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with any communications or distributions to Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries as aforesaid. This information will include the names and current addresses of
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries and the number of shares of Fortune Common Stock credited to the accounts of each of them, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.11,
the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, except if the Participating Employers serve as recordkeeper, to the extent necessary to provide the Participating Employers with information necessary accurately to maintain records of the interest in
the Plan of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, the Trustee will use its best efforts (1) to keep confidential the direction (or the absence thereof) from each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in connection with the
exercise of voting rights of shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund and the identity of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, and (2) not to divulge such direction or identity to any person or entity, including,
without limitation, Fortune, ACCO, any other Participating Employer and any Non-Participating Employer and any director, officer, employee or agent thereof. It is the intent of this Section 5.10 that Fortune, ACCO, each other Participating Employer,
and each Non-Participating Employer and their directors, officers, employees and agents not be able to ascertain the direction given (or not given) by any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in connection with the exercise of voting
rights of such shares. 
  
 (d) Invalidity.
If a court of competent jurisdiction issues an opinion, order or decree which, in the opinion of counsel to Fortune or the Trustee, will, in all or any particular circumstances, (1) invalidate under ERISA or otherwise any provision or provisions of
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Agreement with respect to the exercise of voting rights of shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund, (2) cause any such provision or
provisions to conflict with ERISA, or (3) require the Trustee not to act or such voting rights not to be exercised in accordance with such provision or provisions, then, upon written notice thereof to the Trustee (in the case of an opinion of
counsel to ACCO) or to ACCO (in the case of an opinion of counsel to the Trustee) such provision or provisions will be given no further force or effect in such circumstances. Except to the extent otherwise specified in such opinion, order or decree,
the Trustee will have no discretion or authority in such circumstances to exercise voting rights with respect to shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund, but will exercise such voting rights in accordance with the most recent
dated timely directions received from Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries to the extent such directions have not been invalidated. To the extent that the Trustee is not permitted to follow the directions of the Participants under the
opinion, order or decree or under ERISA, ACCO and the Trustee shall jointly determine a mutually agreeable approach with respect to the exercise of voting rights of shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund or permitted under the
aforementioned opinion, order or decree, and consistent with ERISA. Absent the determination of a mutually agreeable approach, the Trustee shall otherwise vote the shares consistent with its responsibilities under ERISA. 
  
 5.11. Tendering of Shares in Fortune Stock Fund. 
  
 (a) Tender by Trustee. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee will have no discretion or authority to tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer any shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund pursuant to any tender
offer (as defined herein) except as provided in this Section 5.11. For purposes of this Section 5.11, a “tender offer” will mean any tender or exchange offer for or request or invitation for tenders or exchanges of shares of Fortune Common
Stock and will include, without limitation, any such tender offer made by or on behalf of Fortune. 
  
 (b) Participant Direction. Each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the
Trustee will solicit the direction of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, as to the tendering, depositing, selling, exchanging or transferring of shares of Fortune Common Stock attributable to his proportionate interest in the
Fortune Stock Fund pursuant to any tender offer, and the Trustee will tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer such shares (or will retain such shares in the Fortune 

  

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Stock Fund) pursuant to such tender offer in accordance with the most recent timely direction received by the Trustee from such Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary. With respect to shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund as to which timely directions have not been received by the Trustee from Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries to whose interests
in the Fortune Stock Fund such shares are attributable, such Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries will be deemed to have directed the Trustee that such shares be retained in the Fortune Stock Fund subject to all provisions of the Plan
and the Trust Agreement and applicable law and not be tendered, deposited, sold, exchanged or transferred pursuant to such tender offer, and the Trustee will not tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer any of such shares pursuant thereto. If,
under the terms of such tender offer or otherwise, any shares of Fortune Common Stock tendered or deposited pursuant thereto may be withdrawn, the Trustee will (1) use its best efforts to solicit the direction of each Participant, former Participant
or Beneficiary as to the exercise of withdrawal rights with respect to shares of Fortune Common Stock that have been tendered or deposited pursuant to this Section 5.11, and (2) exercise (or refrain from exercising) such withdrawal rights in the
same manner as will reflect the most recent timely directions received with respect to the exercise of such withdrawal rights. The Trustee will not withdraw shares except pursuant to a timely direction of a Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary. The Trustee will combine fractional interests of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries in shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund to the extent possible so that such shares are tendered, deposited,
sold, exchanged or transferred, and withdrawal rights with respect thereto are exercised, in a manner which reflects as accurately as possible the collective directions given or deemed to have been given by Participants, former Participants and
Beneficiaries in accordance with this Section 5.11. In giving or being deemed to have given directions to the Trustee as provided in this Section 5.11(b), each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be acting as a Named Fiduciary with
respect to the tender, deposit, sale, exchange or transfer of shares of Fortune Common Stock (or the retention of such shares in the Fortune Stock Fund) in accordance with such directions pursuant to both the first and second sentences of this
Section 5.11(b) and the exercise of (or the refraining from exercising) withdrawal rights with respect to shares of Fortune Common Stock tendered or deposited pursuant to the third sentence of this Section 5.11(b). 
  

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 (c) Trustee to Communicate Tender Procedures. In the event of a tender offer as to
which Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries are entitled to give directions as provided in this Section 5.11, the Trustee will communicate or cause to be communicated to all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled
to give directions the procedures relating to their right to give directions as Named Fiduciaries to the Trustee and in particular the consequences of any failure to provide timely direction to the Trustee. In the event of such a tender offer, the
Trustee will distribute or cause to be distributed as promptly as possible to all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions to the Trustee with respect to such tender offer all communications and other
materials, if any, that the Trustee may receive from any person or entity (including Fortune) that are being distributed to the holders of the securities to whom such tender offer is directed and either are directed generally to such holders or
relate to such tender offer, and ACCO will promptly furnish to the Trustee all such communications and other materials, if any, it has received. ACCO will provide the Trustee with such information, documents and assistance as the Trustee may
reasonably request in connection with any communications or distributions to Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries as aforesaid. This information will include the names and current addresses of Participants, former Participants and
Beneficiaries and the number of shares of Fortune Common Stock credited to the accounts of each of them, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.11, the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the
contrary, except if the Participating Employers serve as recordkeeper, to the extent necessary to provide the Participating Employers with information necessary accurately to maintain records of the interest in the Plan of Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries, the Trustee will use its best efforts (1) to keep confidential the direction (or the absence thereof) from each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary with respect to any tender offer and the identity of such
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, and (2) not to divulge such direction or identity to any person or entity, including, without limitation, Fortune, ACCO, any other Participating Employer and any Non-Participating Employer and any
director, officer, employee or agent thereof. It is the intent of this Section 5.11 that Fortune, ACCO, each other Participating Employer and each Non-Participating Employer and their directors, officers, employees and agents not be able to
ascertain the direction given (or not given) or deemed to have been given by any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary with respect to any tender offer. 
  

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 (d) Invalidity. If a court of competent jurisdiction issues an opinion, order or
decree which, in the opinion of counsel to ACCO or the Trustee, will, in all or any particular circumstances, (1) invalidate under ERISA or otherwise any provision or provisions of the Plan or the Trust Agreement with respect to the tendering,
depositing, sale, exchange or transfer of shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund or the exercise of any withdrawal rights with respect to shares tendered or deposited pursuant to a tender offer, (2) cause any such provision or
provisions to conflict with ERISA, or (3) require the Trustee not to act or such shares not to be tendered, deposited, sold, exchanged or transferred or such withdrawal rights not to be exercised in accordance with such provision or provisions,
then, upon written notice thereof to the Trustee (in the case of an opinion of counsel to ACCO) or to ACCO (in the case of an opinion of counsel to the Trustee) such provision or provisions will be given no further force or effect in such
circumstances. Except to the extent otherwise specified in such opinion, order or decree, the Trustee will have no discretion or authority in such circumstances to tender, deposit, sell, transfer or exchange shares of Fortune Common Stock held in
the Fortune Stock Fund (or the retention of such shares in the Fortune Stock Fund) pursuant to a tender offer or with respect to the exercise of (or refraining from exercising) any withdrawal rights with respect to shares tendered or deposited
pursuant to a tender offer, but will act in accordance with the most recent timely directions received from Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries to the extent such directions have not been invalidated. To the extent that the Trustee
is not permitted to follow the directions of the Participants under the opinion, order or decree or under ERISA, ACCO and the Trustee shall jointly determine a mutually agreeable approach with respect to the tendering, depositing, sale, exchange or
transfer of shares of Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund, or the exercise of any withdrawal rights with respect to shares tendered or deposited pursuant to a tender offer, as permitted under the aforementioned opinion, order or
decree, and consistent with ERISA. Absent the determination of a mutually agreeable approach, the Trustee shall otherwise tender and withdraw the shares consistent with its responsibilities under ERISA. 
  
 (e) Proceeds of Tender. The proceeds of any sale,
exchange or transfer of shares of Fortune Common Stock pursuant to the direction of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with this Section 5.11 will be allocated to his Accounts in the same manner, in the same proportion
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all other applicable provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. Such proceeds will be deemed to be held in the Fortune Stock Fund and will be subject to
the other applicable provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. Pending receipt of directions as to which of the remaining Investment Funds the proceeds should be invested in, the proceeds shall be invested as designated in the Trust Agreement
based on uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator. 
  
 5.12. Voting of Shares in Gallaher Fund. 
  
 (a) Trustee Voting. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee will have no discretion or authority to provide any voting instructions with respect to
Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund except as provided in this Section 5.12. 
  
 (b) Participant Direction. Each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the
Trustee will solicit the direction of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, as to the manner in which the Gallaher ADR depositary should be instructed to vote the Gallaher shares underlying the Gallaher ADRs attributable to his
interest in the Gallaher Fund. The Trustee will instruct the Gallaher ADR depositary that such Gallaher ADRs be voted with respect to any matter in accordance with the most recent timely direction received by the Trustee from such Participant,
former Participant or Beneficiary. With respect to the voting of Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund as to which timely directions have not been received by the Trustee, the Trustee will instruct the Gallaher ADR depositary to vote the Gallaher
shares underlying the Gallaher ADRs in the same manner and in the same proportion in which the Gallaher ADRs as to which such directions were timely received by the Trustee are to be voted. The Trustee will combine fractional interests of
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries in Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund to the extent possible so that the voting instructions to the Gallaher ADR depositary with respect to such matter are provided in a manner which reflects
as accurately as possible the collective directions given by Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries. In giving directions to the Trustee as provided in this Section 5.12(b), each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be
acting as a named fiduciary within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA (“Named Fiduciary”) with respect to the voting rights of Gallaher ADRs in accordance with such directions pursuant to this Section 5.12(b). 
  

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 (c) Trustee to Communicate Voting Procedures. The Trustee will communicate or
cause to be communicated to all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries the procedures regarding the voting of Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund. The Trustee will distribute or cause to be distributed as promptly as possible to all
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions to the Trustee as to voting with respect to any matter all communications and other materials, if any, that the Trustee may receive from any person or entity that are
being distributed to the holders of Gallaher ADRs and either are directed generally to such holders or relate to any matter on which holders of Gallaher ADRs are entitled to provide voting instructions by proxy, consent or otherwise, and ACCO will
promptly furnish to the Trustee all such communications and other materials, if any, as are being distributed by or on behalf of Gallaher. ACCO will provide the Trustee with such information, documents and assistance as the Trustee may reasonably
request in connection with any communications or distributions to Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries as aforesaid. This information will include the names and current addresses of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries
and the Gallaher ADRs credited to the accounts of each of them, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.12, the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, except if the Participating
Employers serve as recordkeeper, to the extent necessary to provide the Participating Employers with information necessary accurately to maintain records of the interest in the Plan of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, the Trustee
will use its best efforts (1) to keep confidential the direction (or the absence thereof) from each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in connection with the voting of Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund and the identity of such
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, and (2) not to divulge such direction or identity to any person or entity, including, without limitation, Gallaher, ACCO, any other Participating Employer and any Non-Participating Employer and any
director, officer, employee or agent thereof. It is the intent of this Section 5.12 that Gallaher, ACCO, each other Participating Employer, and each Non-Participating Employer and their directors, officers, employees and agents not be able to
ascertain the direction given (or not given) by any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in connection with the voting of Gallaher ADRs. 
  
 (d) Invalidity. If a court of competent jurisdiction issues an opinion, order or decree which, in the opinion of counsel to ACCO or
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Agreement with respect to the voting of Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund, (2) cause any such provision or provisions to conflict with ERISA, or (3)
require the Trustee not to act or such voting rights not to be exercised in accordance with such provision or provisions, then, upon written notice thereof to the Trustee (in the case of an opinion of counsel to ACCO) or to ACCO (in the case of an
opinion of counsel to the Trustee) such provision or provisions will be given no further force or effect in such circumstances. Except to the extent otherwise specified in such opinion, order or decree, the Trustee will have no discretion or
authority in such circumstances to provide voting instructions with respect to Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund, but will exercise such voting rights in accordance with the most recent timely directions received from Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries to the extent such directions have not been invalidated. To the extent that the Trustee is not permitted to follow the directions of the Participants under the opinion, order or decree or under ERISA, ACCO and the
Trustee shall jointly determine a mutually agreeable approach with respect to the exercise of voting rights of Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher ADR Fund as permitted under the aforementioned opinion, order or decree, and consistent with ERISA.
Absent the determination of a mutually agreeable approach, the Trustee shall otherwise vote the shares consistent with its responsibilities under ERISA. 
  
 5.13. Tendering of Gallaher ADRs 
  
 (a) Tender by Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee will
have no discretion or authority to tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer any Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund (or to give directions to the Gallaher ADR depositary with respect to securities underlying the Gallaher ADRs) pursuant to any
tender offer (as defined herein) except as provided in this Section 5.13. For purposes of this Section 5.13, a “tender offer” will mean any tender or exchange offer for or request or invitation for tenders or exchanges of Gallaher ADRs (or
securities underlying the Gallaher ADRs) and will include, without limitation, any such tender offer made by or on behalf of Gallaher. 
  
 (b) Participant Direction. Each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the
Trustee will solicit the direction of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, as to the tendering, depositing, selling, exchanging or transferring of Gallaher ADRs attributable to his proportionate interest in the Gallaher Fund (or to
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underlying the Gallaher ADRs) pursuant to any tender offer, and the Trustee will tender, deposit, sell, exchange or transfer Gallaher ADRs (or will retain
such shares in the Gallaher Fund) (or will provide instructions to the Gallaher ADR depositary with respect to securities underlying the Gallaher ADRs) pursuant to such tender offer in accordance with the most recent timely direction received by the
Trustee from such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. With respect to Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund as to which timely directions have not been received by the Trustee from Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries,
such Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries will be deemed to have directed the Trustee to retain such Gallaher ADRs in the Gallaher Fund (or to provide instructions to the Gallaher ADR depositary that securities underlying the Gallaher
ADRs be retained by the Gallaher ADR depositary) subject to all provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement and not be tendered, deposited, sold, exchanged or transferred pursuant to such tender offer, and the Trustee will act in accordance
therewith. In the event that, under the terms of such tender offer or otherwise, any Gallaher ADRs (or securities underlying Gallaher ADRs) tendered or deposited pursuant thereto may be withdrawn, the Trustee will use its best efforts to solicit the
direction of each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary as to the exercise of withdrawal rights with respect to Gallaher ADRs (or securities underlying Gallaher ADRs) that have been tendered or deposited pursuant to this Section 5.13, and
the Trustee will exercise (or refrain from exercising) (or instruct the Gallaher ADR depositary to exercise or refrain from exercising) such withdrawal rights in the same manner as will reflect the most recent timely directions received with respect
thereto. The Trustee will not withdraw Gallaher ADRs (or instruct the Gallaher ADR depositary to withdraw securities underlying Gallaher ADRs) except pursuant to a timely direction of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. The Trustee
will combine fractional interests of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries in Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund to the extent possible so that such Gallaher ADRs are tendered, deposited, sold, exchanged or transferred, and
withdrawal rights with respect thereto are exercised, in a manner which reflects as accurately as possible the collective directions given or deemed to have been given by Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries in accordance with this
Section 5.13. In giving or being deemed to have given directions to the Trustee as provided in this Section 5.13(b), each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be acting as a Named Fiduciary in accordance with such directions pursuant
to this Section 5.13(b). 
  
 (c) Trustee to
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entitled to give directions as provided in this Section 5.13, the Trustee will communicate or cause to be communicated to all Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions the procedures relating to their right to give directions as Named Fiduciaries to the Trustee and in particular the consequences of any failure to provide timely direction to the Trustee. In
the event of such a tender offer, the Trustee will distribute or cause to be distributed as promptly as possible to all Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries entitled to give directions to the Trustee with respect to such tender offer
all communications and other materials, if any, that the Trustee may receive from any person or entity that are being distributed to the holders of the securities to whom such tender offer is directed and either are directed generally to such
holders or relate to such tender offer. ACCO will provide the Trustee with such information, documents and assistance as the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with any communications or distributions to Participants, former Participants
and Beneficiaries as aforesaid. This information will include the names and current addresses of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries and the Gallaher ADRs or securities underlying such Gallaher ADRs credited to the accounts of each
of them, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.13, the Plan or the Trust Agreement to the contrary, except if the Participating Employers serve as recordkeeper, to the extent necessary to
provide the Participating Employers with information necessary accurately to maintain records of the interest in the Plan of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, the Trustee will use its best efforts (1) to keep confidential the
direction (or the absence thereof) from each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary with respect to any tender offer and the identity of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, and (2) not to divulge such direction or identity
to any person or entity, including, without limitation, Gallaher, ACCO, any other Participating Employer and any Non-Participating Employer and any director, officer, employee or agent thereof. It is the intent of this Section 5.13 that Gallaher,
ACCO, each other Participating Employer and each Non-Participating Employer and their directors, officers, employees and agents not be able to ascertain the direction given (or not given) or deemed to have been given by any Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary with respect to any tender offer. 
  
 (d) Invalidity. If a court of competent jurisdiction issues an opinion, order or decree which, in the opinion of counsel to Fortune or the Trustee, will, in all or any particular circumstances, (1) invalidate
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Agreement with respect to the tendering, depositing, sale, exchange or transfer of Gallaher ADRs (or securities underlying Gallaher ADRs) held in the
Gallaher Fund or the exercise of any withdrawal rights with respect to Gallaher ADRs (or securities underlying Gallaher ADRs) tendered or deposited pursuant to a tender offer, (2) cause any such provision or provisions to conflict with ERISA, or (3)
require the Trustee not to act or such Gallaher ADRs (or securities underlying Gallaher ADRs) not to be tendered, deposited, sold, exchanged or transferred or such withdrawal rights not to be exercised in accordance with such provision or
provisions, then, upon written notice thereof to the Trustee (in the case of an opinion of counsel to ACCO) or to ACCO (in the case of an opinion of counsel to the Trustee) such provision or provisions will be given no further force or effect in
such circumstances. Except to the extent otherwise specified in such opinion, order or decree, the Trustee will have no discretion or authority in such circumstances to tender, deposit, sell, transfer or exchange Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher
Fund (or the retention of such shares in the Gallaher Fund), or to give instructions to the Gallaher ADR depositary with respect to securities underlying Gallaher ADRs, pursuant to a tender offer or with respect to the exercise of (or refraining
from exercising) any withdrawal rights with respect thereto, but will act in accordance with the most recent timely directions received from Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries to the extent such directions have not been invalidated.
To the extent that the Trustee is not permitted to follow the directions of the Participants under the opinion, order or decree under ERISA, ACCO and the Trustee shall jointly determine a mutually agreeable approach with respect to the tendering,
depositing, sale, exchange or transfer of Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher ADR Fund, or the exercise of withdrawal rights with respect to shares tendered or deposited pursuant to a tender offer, as permitted under the aforementioned opinion, order
or decree, and consistent with ERISA. Absent the determination of a mutually agreeable approach, the Trustee shall otherwise tender and withdraw the shares consistent with its responsibilities under ERISA. 
  
 (e) Proceeds of Tender. The proceeds of any sale,
exchange or transfer of Gallaher ADRs (or securities underlying Gallaher ADRs) pursuant to the direction of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will be allocated pursuant to the directions of a Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary and, absent a direction, will be invested as designated in the Trust Agreement based on uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator and will not be held in the Gallaher Fund. 
  

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 5.14. Valuation of Investment Funds. As of each Business day, the Trustee will report to the
Investment Committee the Fair Market Value of the assets of each Investment Fund and the number of units and value of units in the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund and the Gallaher Fund. The Fair Market Value of an Investment Fund will be the
value of such Investment Fund as of the Close of Business on such Business Day. The number of units and value of units in the ACCO Stock Fund, Fortune Stock Fund and Gallaher Fund will be determined in accordance with Section 5.16. 
  
 5.15. Voting of Shares in Mutual Funds. At the time of mailing of
notice of each annual or special stockholders’ meeting of any mutual fund under any Investment Fund, the Trustee will send a copy of the notice and all proxy solicitation materials to each Participant, former Participant and Beneficiary who has
shares of the mutual fund credited to such Participant’s, former Participant’s or Balanced Accounts, together with a voting direction form for return to the Trustee or its designee. Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries will
have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which the Trustee is to vote shares credited to the Accounts of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary that are invested in mutual funds under Investment Funds. The Trustee will
vote the shares as directed by the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. The Trustee will not vote shares for which it has not received a direction from the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. During the Transition Period
described in Section 5.02(f), the Investment Committee will have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which the Trustee is to vote the shares of the mutual funds in the Investment Funds. Following the Transition Period described in
Section 5.02(f), the Investment Committee will continue to have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which the Trustee is to vote the mutual fund shares held in the short-term liquidity reserves in the ACCO Stock Fund, Fortune Stock
Fund and Gallaher Fund. With respect to all additional rights relating to shares held in the mutual funds under the Investment Funds, the Trustee will follow the directions of the Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries and, if no such
directions are received, the directions of the Investment Committee. 
  
 5.16. Unitized ACCO Stock Fund, Fortune Stock Fund and Gallaher Fund. The value of a unit in the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund or Gallaher Fund (“Closing Unit Value”) will be determined by dividing the Fair Market
Value of such fund by the number of units in such fund before taking into account Additions to and Reductions from such fund (as defined below). After the Closing Unit Value is determined, at the Close of Business on each Business Day, the total
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from Additions to such fund (as defined below) and canceled units resulting from Reductions from such fund (as defined below). As of the Close of Business on
such Business Day, the total number of new units resulting from Additions to the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund or Gallaher Fund will be the number equal to (A) the total amount of the Additions to such fund divided by (B) the Closing Unit
Value. As of the Close of Business on such Business Day, the total number of units to be canceled under the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund and Gallaher Fund will be the number equal to (A) the total amount of Reductions from such fund
divided by (B) the Closing Unit Value. Whenever all or any part of the Account Balances in the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund or Gallaher Fund is reduced from such fund as a result of a Reduction, the value of the reduced amount will equal
the Closing Unit Value multiplied by the number of whole and fractional units credited to such Accounts. For purposes of this Section 5.16, “Additions” means any amounts added to the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund or Gallaher Fund
during the day as a result of contributions to, reinstatement of Account Balances under and interfund transfers pursuant to the provisions of the Plan into such fund since the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Business Day. For purposes
of this Section 5.16 “Reductions” means any amounts reduced from the ACCO Stock Fund, the Fortune Stock Fund or Gallaher Stock Fund as a result of any in-service withdrawals, loans, distributions, interfund transfers, return of any excess
amounts and forfeitures pursuant to the provisions of the Plan from such fund since the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Business Day. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 ACCOUNTS 
  
 6.01. Participants’ Accounts. The Administrative Committee will maintain or cause to be maintained the following separate Accounts for each Participant (and, as long as may be appropriate, for each former Participant and
Beneficiary): 
  
 (a) Tax Deferred
Account. A Tax Deferred Account will be maintained for each Participant on whose behalf Tax Deferred Contributions are made pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Plan and on whose behalf any tax deferred contributions were made under a Prior Plan,
and such contributions and any earnings and losses thereon will be allocated to such Tax Deferred Account. 
  
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pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Plan and such contributions and any earnings and losses thereon will be allocated to such After-Tax Account. 
  
 (c) Company Matching Account. A Company Matching
Account will be maintained for each Participant on whose behalf Company Matching Contributions are made pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Plan and on whose behalf any company matching contributions were made under a Prior Plan, and such contributions
and any earnings and losses thereon will be allocated to such Company Matching Account. 
  
 (d) Rollover Account. A Rollover Account will be maintained for each Participant, on whose behalf any contributions (other than
after-tax contributions) have been rolled over to this Plan pursuant to Section 4.03 of this Plan and, except as otherwise specified in this Section 6.01, on whose behalf any contributions (other than after-tax contributions) have been transferred
or rolled over from a Prior Plan, and such amounts and any earnings and losses thereon will be allocated to such Account. 
  
 (e) Catch-Up Account. A Catch-Up Account will be maintained for each Participant, on whose behalf catch-up contributions are made
pursuant to Section 4.10 of this Plan and on whose behalf any catch-up contributions were made under a Prior Plan, and such contributions and any earnings and losses thereon will be allocated to such Catch-Up Account. 
  
 (f) After-Tax Rollover Account. An After-Tax Rollover
Account will be maintained for each Participant, on whose behalf any after-tax contributions have been rolled over to this Plan pursuant to Section 4.03 of this Plan and on whose behalf any after-tax contributions have been transferred or rolled
over from a Prior Plan, and such amounts and any earnings and losses thereon will be allocated to such After-Tax Rollover Account. 
  
 6.02. Allocation of Earnings and Losses to Account. Earnings and losses will be allocated to the Accounts of all Participants as of each Business
Day by credit or deduction therefrom, as the case may be, of the increase or decrease in the value of the Investment Funds in which such Accounts are invested since the immediately preceding Business Day attributable to interest, dividends, changes
in market value, expenses and gains and losses realized from the sale of assets. 
  
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Rollover Contributions made to the Plan during the period then ended by or on behalf of each Participant will be credited to such Participant’s Tax
Deferred Account, After-Tax Account, Company Matching Account, Catch-Up Account and Rollover Account or After-Tax Rollover Account, respectively. 
  
 6.04. Annual Additions Limitation. 
  
 (a) Maximum Annual Additions. Except as permitted under Section 4.09, the sum of Annual Additions (as defined in Section 6.04(c))
to a Participant’s Accounts in any Plan Year will not exceed the lesser of: 
  
 (1) $40,000; or 
  
 (2) 100% of the Participant’s Compensation (as defined for this purpose in Section 6.06). 
  
 The limitations set forth in (1) above will be adjusted annually for
increases in the cost of living, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 415(d) (or such other Federal income tax statutory provisions as will at the time be applicable).

  
 (b) Procedure for Preventing and
Correcting Excess Annual Additions. If the Annual Additions to a Participant’s Accounts in any Plan Year would exceed the maximum annual limits as a result of the allocation of Forfeitures, a reasonable error in estimating Compensation, a
reasonable error in determining the amount of elective deferrals or under such other facts and circumstances which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue finds justifiable, the portion of any After-Tax Contributions, and thereafter any Profit-Sharing
Contributions, and thereafter any Company Matching Contributions otherwise allocable to a Participant’s Accounts will be reduced by the amount necessary to reduce the amount apportionable to a Participant to the lesser of the amounts set forth
in Section 6.04(a)(1) or (2). If the Annual Additions to a Participant’s Accounts exceed the maximum annual limits as a result of a reasonable error in estimating Compensation, a reasonable error in determining the amount of elective deferrals
or under any such other facts and circumstances which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue finds justifiable, the excess amount will be held unallocated in a suspense account. If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a Plan Year
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Participants’ Accounts before any After-Tax Contributions, Company Matching Contributions or Tax Deferred Contributions may be made to the Plan for that
Plan Year. Amounts allocated from the suspense account will be applied to reduce After-Tax Contributions, Company Matching Contributions and Tax Deferred Contributions in the order that they otherwise would have been contributed to the Plan. Except
as permitted under regulations issued by the Secretary of Treasury pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 415, excess amounts may not be distributed to Participants or former Participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, excess contributions
referred to in Section 4.05(c) and excess aggregate contributions referred to in Section 4.06(c) cannot be held unallocated in the suspense account. 
  
 (c) Definition of Annual Additions. For purposes of this Plan, the term “Annual Additions” means the amounts allocated to
a Participant’s Accounts during the year that constitute: 
  
 (1) the Company Matching Contributions allocated to such Participant’s Accounts; 
  
 (2) the Tax Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions allocated to such Participant’s Accounts; and 
  
 (3) Forfeitures. 
  
 (d) Consolidation of Defined Contribution Plans. For
purposes of this Section 6.04, this Plan and any other qualified defined contribution plan maintained by a Participating Employer or Related Employer will be considered as a single defined contribution plan if a Participant is a participant in both
plans. Amounts allocated to a Participant’s individual medical benefit account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(1), which is part of a defined benefit plan maintained by a Participating Employer or Related Employer will be treated as annual
additions to a defined contribution plan. Amounts derived from contributions which are attributable to post retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account of a Participant who is a key employee, as defined in Code Section 419A(d),
under a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Code Section 419(e), maintained by a Participating Employer or Related Employer, will be treated as annual additions to a defined contribution plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the compensation limit
described in Section 6.04(a)(2) will not apply to any contribution for medical benefits (within the meaning of Code Section 419A(f)(2)) after separation from service which is otherwise treated as an annual addition under Code Section 415(l)(1). If a
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made to the Annual Additions under one of such plans as determined by the Administrative Committee and the governing bodies of such other plans. 

 
 6.05. Definition of Compensation for Purposes of Sections 4.05(f),
4.06(e) and 6.04. Solely for the purpose of applying the limitations of Sections 4.05(f), 4.06(e) and 6.04, the term “Compensation” will mean a Participant’s W-2 income for the limitation year. Compensation for a limitation year
will include compensation actually paid or includible in gross income during such limitation year as well as any amount which is contributed or deferred by a Participating Employer at the election of the Participant and which is not includible in
the gross income of the Participant by reason of Code Sections 125 (including “deemed 125 compensation” as defined in Revenue Ruling 2002-27), 402(e)(3), 402(h), 403(b) or 132(f) 
  
 6.06. Limitation of Compensation. For purposes of this Plan, the
Compensation of a Participant will be limited to $200,000 in each Plan Year (adjusted to reflect the dollar amount applicable under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code). 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 VESTING AND FORFEITURES 
  
 7.01. Participant Contributions. A Participant will at all times be 100% vested in his Tax Deferred Account, Rollover Account, After-Tax Account,
After-Tax Rollover Account and Catch-Up Account. 
  
 7.02.
Employer Contributions. 
  
 (a) Company
Matching Accounts. Each Employee will be 100% vested in his Company Matching Account on the day after he completes one year of Vesting Service. 
  
 (b) Accelerated Vesting. A Participant will also be 100% vested in his Company Matching Account (if not 100% vested under Section
7.02(a)) on the first to occur of the following: 
  
 (1) his Retirement; 
  
 (2) his
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 (4) his attainment of age Normal Retirement Age; and 
  
 (5) his Termination of Employment Without Fault. 

 
 7.03. Vesting in Prior Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan to the contrary, a Participant who participated in a Prior Plan will be vested in his Accounts at least to the extent he was vested under such Prior Plan. 
  
 7.04. Amendments to Vesting Schedule. No amendment to the Plan’s vesting schedules will deprive a Participant of
his nonforfeitable rights to benefits accrued to the date of such amendment. If any vesting schedule of the Plan is amended, each Participant with at least three years of Vesting Service may elect to have his nonforfeitable percentage determined
without regard to such amendment. The period during which the election may be made will commence with the date the amendment is adopted and will end on the later of: 
  
 (a) 60 days after the amendment is adopted; 
  
 (b) 60 days after the amendment is effective; and 
  
 (c) 60 days after the Participant is issued written notice
of the amendment by ACCO. 
  
 7.05. Forfeitures. Any
Account Balances in a Participant’s Accounts that do not become distributable pursuant to Article VIII will be regarded as Forfeitures upon the fifth anniversary of such Participant’s Severance From Service. All amounts forfeited in
accordance with this Article VII will be used to reduce contributions of the Participant’s Participating Employer. Pending allocation to reduce contributions of the Participant’s Participating Employer, such amounts will be invested in the
Investment Fund directed by the Investment Committee. If a Participant or former Participant who has received a distribution of less than the full amount of his Account Balances resumes employment before incurring a Severance From Service of five
years, the amount of the Account Balances that the Participant or former Participant did not receive will not be forfeited unless the Participant again incurs a Severance From Service of at least five years. 
  
 7.06. Reinstatement of Account Balances. If a former Participant who
has received a distribution of less than the full amount of his Account Balances thereafter becomes a Participant, the Participant may, provided a Severance From Service of five years has not occurred, repay in cash the amount of his Account
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Upon such repayment, the amount so repaid will be reinstated (a) as of the day on which such repayment is made if such repayment is received by the Trustee
before the Close of Business on a Business Day, or (b) as of the next Business Day, if such repayment is received by the Trustee on a day other than a Business Day or after the Close of Business on a Business Day. Any such repaid amount will be
nonforfeitable. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 PAYMENTS 
  
 8.01. Form of Payment. 
  
 (a) Payment Forms. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 8.03, the vested percentage of the Participant’s Account Balances
will be paid to or for the benefit of the Participant or his Beneficiary, as of the payment dates specified in Section 8.02 and in such one or more of the following forms of settlement as the Participant or his Beneficiary elects provided that the
periodic installment form of distribution referred to in Section 8.01(a)(3) below shall not be available to an Alternate Payee: 
  
 (1) by a single payment in cash; 
  
 (2) by a single payment in whole shares of ACCO Common Stock, Fortune Common Stock or Gallaher ADRs to the extent that the portion of such
Participant’s Account Balances allocated to the ACCO Stock Fund, Fortune Stock Fund or to the Gallaher Fund is evenly divisible by the fair market value of such stock or Gallaher ADRs on the Business Day as of which such Account Balances are
determined and the remainder of such Participant’s Account Balances in cash; or 
  
 (3) by periodic installments in cash during a period not to exceed the life expectancy of the Participant or former Participant or the
joint life expectancy of the Participant or former Participant and his designated Beneficiary determined at the date payments begin. 
  
 (b) Conversion From Periodic Installments to Lump Sum. If a Participant, former Participant or his Beneficiary is receiving
periodic installments or is entitled to a deferred payment pursuant to Section 8.02, upon the request of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary through an Approved Form of Election, all of the Account Balances will be paid in a single
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Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary. Such Account Balances will be valued (1) as of the day on which such request is received by the
Administrative Committee or its designee, if such request is received before the Close of Business on a Business Day, or (2) as of the next Business Day, if such request is received by the Administrative Committee or its designee on a day other than
a Business Day or after the Close of Business on a Business Day. Except as otherwise provided in Article IX, a Participant, former Participant or his Beneficiary who is receiving periodic installments or who is entitled to a deferred payment
pursuant to Section 8.02 may not receive a partial single sum payment of his Account Balances. 
  
 (c) Retiree Withdrawals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a former Participant who has attained age 55 or his Beneficiary who has
attained age 55 and who is receiving periodic installments or is entitled to a deferred payment pursuant to Section 8.02, may elect through an Approved Form of Election to receive partial single sum payments of his Account Balances in cash. Whenever
a Participant’s Account Balances are withdrawn pursuant to this Section 8.01(b), such Account Balances will be reduced from his Accounts in the order prescribed in Section 9.02(d). Such Account Balances will be valued (1) as of the day on which
such request is received by the Administrative Committee or its designee, if such request is received before the Close of Business on a Business Day, or (2) as of the next Business Day, if such request is received by the Administrative Committee or
its designee on a day other than a Business Day or after the Close of Business on a Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each former Participant no more than two such partial payments may be made in any 12-month period and the minimum
amount of such partial payment will be $1,000. 
  
 (d) Allocation of Earnings and Losses. As long as a Participant, former Participant or his Beneficiary is receiving periodic installments pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(3) or is entitled to a deferred payment pursuant to Section 8.02,
such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will continue to share proportionately in the net income or losses of the Investment Funds but will not share in any contributions of the Participating Employer for any Plan Year after the
Participant becomes a former Participant other than the contribution for his last year of participation if he is otherwise eligible for such contributions. 
  
 (e) Lump Sum Payment of Amounts of $1,000 or Less. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at the time the Account Balances of a
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of the Participant’s Rollover Account and After-Tax Rollover Account, payment will be made as soon as practicable in a single cash payment. If the
vested value of such Account Balances is zero, then such vested value will be deemed paid to the Participant immediately as a full payment of the vested value of his Account Balances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary has begun receiving payments and there is at least one periodic payment that has yet to be made, such vested value will not be paid in a single payment in cash without such Participant’s or former Participant’s
consent (and his spouse’s or surviving spouse’s consent, if applicable) 
  
 (f) Reduction of Account Balances and Investment Funds From Periodic Installments. Payments made in periodic installments pursuant
to Section 8.01(a)(3) will be withdrawn from a Participant’s Account Balances in the order prescribed in Section 9.02(d). Payments in periodic installments made pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(3) will be withdrawn from the Investment Funds on a pro
rata basis in which such Accounts are invested. 
  
 8.02. Time
of Payment. 
  
 (a) Payment Upon
Termination of Employment. Subject to Section 8.02(c) below, if a Participant terminates employment for any reason (whether Retirement, Disability, Termination of Employment Without Fault, death or other reason), his vested Account Balances will
be paid to or applied for the Participant’s benefit as soon as practicable following the later of the Participant’s termination of employment or receipt by the Administrative Committee or its designee of a request for payment through an
Approved Form of Election. Such Account Balances will be valued (1) as of the day on which such request is received by the Administrative Committee or its designee, if such request is received before the Close of Business on a Business Day, or (2)
as of the next Business Day, if such request is received by the Administrative Committee or its designee on a day other than a Business Day or after the Close of Business on a Business Day. Payment will be made in one of the forms specified in
Section 8.01 or Section 8.03, where applicable. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01(b), if a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary elects payment of his Account Balances in periodic installments pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(3), the
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary may change the amount (either through a decrementing counter or fixed dollar amount) of such periodic installments no more frequently than once per calendar year. 
  

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 (b) Payment Beginning Date. Unless a Participant elects otherwise in accordance
with Section 8.02(c), payment of the Participant’s Account Balances will be paid in a single cash payment in accordance with Section 8.01(a)(1) not later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65
or terminates employment, whichever is later. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a Participant must file a claim for benefits through an Approved Form of Election before payment of benefits will commence. 
  
 (c) Deferred Payment. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 8.02(b), if at the time the Account Balances of a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary become payable, the vested value of such Account Balances exceeds $1,000, including the value of the Participant’s Rollover Account and
After-Tax Rollover Account, the Account Balances will not be paid to him or applied for his benefit unless the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary elects otherwise through an Approved Form of Election. The Participant or former
Participant may elect that payments be deferred until the minimum required beginning date described in Section 8.02(d). So long as the Account Balances are being so held, such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary will, to the extent
provided in Section 6.02, continue to share proportionately the net income or net loss and expenses of the Investment Funds but will not share in any contributions made by a Participating Employer for any Plan Year after the Participant became a
former Participant. 
  
 (d) Minimum Payment
Requirements. A Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 8.04(a) may also elect through an Approved Form of Election before payment of Account Balances begins, that payment be further deferred (except as
otherwise provided herein or in Section 8.04(b)). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, a Participant or former Participant who has incurred Severance From Service or who is a 5% owner as defined in Code Section 416(i)(1)
(whether he incurred Severance From Service or not), must begin receiving benefits no later than April 1 of the calendar year that follows the calendar year in which the Participant or former Participant attains age 701⁄2. Benefits must be paid
(1) over a period not longer than the life of the Participant or former Participant and his designated Beneficiary, or (2) over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or former Participant or the joint life expectancies
of the Participant or former Participant and his designated Beneficiary. If a Participant or former Participant dies before his entire interest has been paid to him, or if payment has begun to his designated Beneficiary, the Participant’s or
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has begun) will be paid within five years after his death (or the death of his designated Beneficiary). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the preceding sentence
will not apply if (A) the payment of the Participant’s or former Participant’s interest has begun and is for a certain term permitted under (2) and such payment to the designated Beneficiary begins within one year after the
Participant’s or former Participant’s death, or (B) the portion of the Participant’s or former Participant’s Accounts to which his surviving spouse is entitled will be paid over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy
of the surviving spouse and such payment begins no later than the date on which the Participant or former Participant would have attained age 701⁄2. If the Participant or former Participant dies after payments have begun, the remaining portion of
such interest will continue to be paid at least as rapidly as under the method of payment being used before the Participant’s or former Participant’s death. All payments will be made in accordance with the regulations under Code Section
401(a)(9), including Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-2. 
  
 (e) Notice Requirement. Any election pursuant to Section 8.01 or this Section 8.02 must be made through an Approved Form of Election. 
  
 (f) Earlier Payments to Alternate Payees. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary,
an Alternate Payee may elect to receive, pursuant to the terms of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, payment at any time sooner than the “earliest retirement age” (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)(4)(B)). Such payment will be
made from the Plan as soon as practicable after the election has been received by the Participant’s Participating Employer. 
  
 8.03. Certain Retroactive Payments. If the amount of the payment required to be made or to begin on the date determined under Section 8.02 cannot
be ascertained by such date, a payment retroactive to such date may be made no later than 60 days after the earliest date on which the amount of such payment can be ascertained under the Plan. 
  
 8.04. Designation of Beneficiary. 
  
 (a) Designation by Participant. At any time before
payment of the Account Balances in a Participant’s Accounts or, if payment has begun in periodic installments, then at any time before payment of the last installment, a Participant or former Participant may designate a Beneficiary or
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Form of Election. The Participant or former Participant may change or revoke any such designation in a writing filed with his Participating Employer or its
designee on an Approved Form of Election, at any time before payment of his Account Balances or, if payment has begun in periodic installments, then at any time before the last installment has been paid. The spouse of a Participant or former
Participant will in all cases be deemed to be the Beneficiary of the Participant or former Participant unless (1) the Participant or former Participant has filed with the Participating Employer or its designee on a form approved by the
Administrative Committee a designation of someone else as Beneficiary, and (2) the spouse of the Participant or former Participant has consented in writing to such designation and the consent acknowledges the effect of the designation and is
witnessed by a notary public. The spouse’s consent may be dispensed with only if the Participant establishes to the satisfaction of the Participating Employer or its designee that the spouse’s consent cannot be obtained because the spouse
cannot be located or because of such other reasons as may be prescribed by Treasury Regulations. If there is no effective Beneficiary designation by a Participant or former Participant on file with the Participating Employer or its designee when
Account Balances would otherwise be payable to a Beneficiary designated by a Participant or former Participant, then such balance will be distributed to (1) the spouse of the Participant or former Participant, or (2) if there is no spouse, to the
executor of the will or the administrator of the estate of the Participant or former Participant, or (3) if no such executor or administrator is appointed within six months after the death of such Participant or former Participant, the
Administrative Committee will direct that payment be made, in such shares as the Administrative Committee will determine, to the child, parent or other blood relative of such Participant or former Participant, or any of them, or to such other person
or persons as the Administrative Committee may determine. An Alternate Payee may also designate a Beneficiary in accordance with the foregoing procedures. 
  
 (b) Designation by Surviving Primary Beneficiary. Each primary Beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 8.04(a) who survives the
Participant or former Participant (“Surviving Primary Beneficiary”) may designate a secondary Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (“Secondary Beneficiary”) to receive all or any portion of the Account Balances otherwise payable to the
Surviving Primary Beneficiary as of the Surviving Beneficiary’s date of death. The Surviving Primary Beneficiary may only make such designation after the Participant’s or former Participant’s death. Such Secondary Beneficiary may be
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to the contrary, any balance payable to any Secondary Beneficiary will be paid pursuant to one of the payment methods provided in Section 8.01(a)(1) or
(a)(2), as elected by the Secondary Beneficiary as soon as practicable after the date of the Surviving Primary Beneficiary’s death. Such balance will be computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding or coincident with the Surviving
Primary Beneficiary’s date of death. Any designation made pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) may be made at any time before the payment of the Participant’s or former Participant’s Accounts to the Surviving Primary Beneficiary, or if
payment has begun in periodic installments, before payment of the last installment to the Surviving Primary Beneficiary. Any designation by a Surviving Primary Beneficiary must be made by an Approved Form of Election. Any Surviving Primary
Beneficiary may revoke or change his designation of a Secondary Beneficiary, in a writing filed with the Participating Employer or its designee on a form approved by the Administrative Committee or its designee, at any time before such Account
Balances have been paid to the Surviving Primary Beneficiary or, if payment has begun in periodic installments, at any time before payment of the last installment to the Surviving Primary Beneficiary. If no effective designation of Beneficiary
pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) is on file with the Participating Employer or its designee upon the death of the Surviving Primary Beneficiary, any balance otherwise then payable to the Surviving Primary Beneficiary will be (1) paid to the spouse
of the Surviving Primary Beneficiary, or (2) if there is no spouse, to the executor of the will or the administrator of the estate of the Surviving Primary Beneficiary, or (3) if no such executor or administrator is appointed within six months after
the death of the Surviving Primary Beneficiary, the Administrative Committee will direct that distribution be made, in such shares as the Administrative Committee will determine, to the child, parent or other blood relative of the Surviving Primary
Beneficiary, or any of them, or to such other person or persons as the Administrative Committee may determine. 
  
 8.05. Payment in Event of Legal Disability. If a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary is under a legal disability or, by reason of
illness or mental or physical disability, is unable, in the opinion of the Administrative Committee, to attend to his personal financial matters properly, the Trustee may make such payments in such of the following ways as the Administrative
Committee directs to the spouse, child, parent or other blood relative of such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, or any of them, or to such other person or persons as the Administrative Committee determines until such date as the
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 8.06. Missing Distributees. If all or any part of the interest of any Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary becomes payable hereunder and his whereabouts is then unknown to the Participating Employer or its designee and the Participating Employer or its designee fails to receive a claim for such payment from the person entitled
to such payment, or from any other person validly acting in his behalf, then within two years thereafter, the amount of such payment will be forfeited as of the next Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the person entitled to receive such
payment subsequently claims it, the amount will be restored. Any such Forfeiture will be applied as soon as practicable to reduce Participating Employer contributions under the Plan. 
  
 8.07. Information Required of Distributees. Each Participant, former Participant and Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant will file with the Participating Employer from time to time in writing his post office address and each change of post office address. Any communication, statement or notice addressed to such person at his last post office address filed
with the Participating Employer or its designee, or if no such address was filed with the Participating Employer or its designee then at his last post office address as shown in a Participating Employer’s records, if any, will be binding on
such person for all purposes of this Plan. If any communication, statement or notice that is so addressed is returned, the Participating Employer or its designee may attempt to find the current address of the Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary through the U.S. Postal Service or other vendor; provided that neither any Participating Employer, Trustee or their respective designees will be obligated to search for or ascertain the whereabouts of any Participant, former Participant
or Beneficiary. 
  
 8.08. Direct Rollover Provision.

  
 (a) Direct Rollover Option.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee’s election under this paragraph (a), a distributee may elect, at the time and manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to have any portion
of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover. 
  
 (b) Eligible Rollover Distribution Defined. For purposes of this Section 8.08, an eligible rollover distribution is any
distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution will not include: (1) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less
frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the distributee and the distributee’s designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more,
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distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9), and (3) any distribution which is made upon the hardship of an
Employee. A portion of a distribution will not fail to be an eligible rollover distribution merely because it consists of After-Tax Contributions. However, such portion may be transferred only to a qualified plan or individual retirement account or
annuity that agrees to separately account for the amounts transferred, including the portion of the distribution that is not includable in gross income. 
  
 (c) Eligible Retirement Plan Defined. For purposes of this Section 8.08, an eligible retirement plan is (1) an individual
retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), (2) an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), (3) an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a) or (b), (4) an eligible governmental plan under Section 457(b) that
agrees to separately account for amounts transferred from this Plan, or (5) a qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a), that accepts the distributee’s eligible rollover distribution. The definition of eligible retirement plan shall also
apply in the case of a distribution to a surviving spouse, or to a spouse or former spouse who is an Alternate Payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. 
  
 (d) Distributee Defined. For purposes of this Section 8.08, a distributee is an Employee or former
Employee. In addition, the Employee’s or former Employee’s surviving spouse and the Employee’s or former Employee’s spouse or former spouse who is the Alternate Payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order are distributees
with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse. 
  
 (e) Direct Rollover Defined. For purposes of this Section 8.08, a direct rollover is any payment by the Plan to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee. 
  
 8.09. Waiver of 30-Day Notice Period. If a payment is one to which
Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 do not apply, such payment may begin less than 30 days after the notice required under Treasury Regulation 1.411(a)-11(c) is given, provided that: 
  
 (a) the Participant is informed that the Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days after
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 (b) the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a distribution.

  
 8.10. Minimum Distribution Requirements. 
  
 (a) Precedence. The requirements of this Article will
take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the Plan. 
  
 (b) Requirements of Treasury Regulations Incorporated. All distributions required under this article will be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury regulations under section 401(a)(9) of the Code.

  
 (c) Required Beginning Date. The
Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant’s required beginning date, as described in Section 8.02(d). 
  
 (d) Death of Participant Before Distributions Begin.
If the Participant dies before distributions begin, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than as follows: 
  
 (1) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, distributions to
the surviving spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1/2, if later.

  
 (2) If the Participant’s surviving
spouse is not the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, distributions to the Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died. 
  
 (3) If there is no designated Beneficiary as of September 30
of the year following the year of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death. 
  
 (4) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the
Participant’s sole Beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to the surviving spouse begin, this Section 8.10(d), other than Section 8.10(d)(1), will apply as if the surviving spouse were the
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 For purposes of this Section 8.10(d) and Section 8.10(g), unless Section 8.10(d)(4) applies,
distributions are considered to begin on the Participant’s required beginning date. If Section 8.10(d)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section
8.10(d)(1). 
  
 (e) Forms of Distribution.
Unless the Participant’s interest is distributed in a single sum on or before the required beginning date, as of the first distribution calendar year distributions will be made in accordance with Sections 8.10(f) and 8.10(g). If the
Participant’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder will be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the Treasury regulations.

  
 (f) Required Minimum Distributions During
Participant’s Lifetime. 
  
 (1)
Amount of Required Minimum Distribution For Each Distribution Calendar Year. During the Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each distribution calendar year is the lesser of: 
  
 (A) the quotient obtained by dividing the
Participant’s account balance by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations, using the Participant’s age as of the Participant’s birthday in the distribution
calendar year; or 
  
 (B) if the
Participant’s sole Beneficiary for the distribution calendar year is the Participant’s spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s account balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in Section
1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations, using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained ages as of the Participant’s and spouse’s birthdays in the distribution calendar year. 
  
 (2) Lifetime Required Minimum Distributions Continue
Through Year of Participant’s Death. Required minimum distributions will be determined under this Section 8.10(f) beginning with the first distribution calendar year and up to and including the distribution calendar year that includes the
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 (g) Required Minimum Distribution After Participant’s Death. 
  
 (1) Death On or After Date Distributions Begin.

  
 (A) Participant Survived by Designated
Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is a designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each distribution calendar year after the year of the Participant’s death
is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s account balance by the longer of the remaining life expectancy of the Participant or the remaining life expectancy of the Participant’s designated Beneficiary, determined as follows:

  
 (i) The Participant’s remaining life
expectancy is calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year. 
  
 (ii) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, the remaining life expectancy of the
surviving spouse is calculated for each distribution calendar year after the year of the Participant’s death using the surviving spouse’s age as of the spouse’s birthday in that year. For distribution calendar years after the year of
the surviving spouse’s death, the remaining life expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving spouse as of the spouse’s birthday in the calendar year of the spouse’s death, reduced by one for each
subsequent calendar year. 
  
 (iii) If the
Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s remaining life expectancy is calculated using the age of the Beneficiary in the year following the year of the Participant’s death,
reduced by one for each subsequent year. 
  
 (B)
No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is no designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year after the year of the Participant’s death, the minimum amount that will be
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Participant’s account balance by the Participant’s remaining life expectancy calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death,
reduced by one for each subsequent year. 
  
 (2)
Death Before Date Distributions Begin. 
  
 (A) Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is a designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each distribution calendar year
after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s account balance by the remaining life expectancy of the Participant’s designated Beneficiary, determined as provided in Section
8.10(g)(1). 
  
 (B) No Designated
Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is no designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant’s death, distribution of the Participant’s entire
interest will be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death. 
  
 (C) Death of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse Are Required to Begin. If the Participant dies before the
date distributions begin, the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole designated Beneficiary, and the surviving spouse dies before distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 8.10(d), this
Section 8.10(g)(2) will apply as if the surviving spouse were the Participant. 
  
 (h) Definitions. 
  
 (1) Designated Beneficiary. The individual who is designated as the Beneficiary under Section 8.05 and is the designated
beneficiary under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code and Section 1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4, of the Treasury regulations. 
  
 (2) Distribution calendar year. A calendar year for which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before
the Participant’s death, the first distribution calendar year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant’s required beginning date. For distributions beginning after the Participant’s


  

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death, the first distribution calendar year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to begin under Section 8.10(d). The required minimum
distribution for the Participant’s first distribution calendar year will be made on or before the Participant’s required beginning date. The required minimum distribution for other distribution calendar years, including the required
minimum distribution for the distribution calendar year in which the Participant’s required beginning date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that distribution calendar year. 
  
 (3) Life expectancy. Life expectancy as computed by
use of the Single Life Table in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations. 
  
 (4) Participant’s account balance. The account balance as of the last valuation date in the calendar year immediately
preceding the distribution calendar year (valuation calendar year) increased by the amount of any contributions made and allocated or forfeitures allocated to the account balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date
and decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date. The account balance for the valuation calendar year includes any amounts rolled over or transferred to the plan either in the valuation calendar year or in
the distribution calendar year if distributed or transferred in the valuation calendar year. 
  
 (5) Required beginning date. The date specified in Section 8.02(d). 
  
 ARTICLE IX 
  
 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS 
  
 9.01. Hardship Withdrawals. 
  
 (a) Amount. A Participant may, prior to his Severance From Service, apply for a hardship withdrawal of all or any part of the
vested Account Balances in his Accounts, not previously withdrawn (excluding earnings credited on Tax Deferred Contributions after December 31, 1988). 
  
 (b) Amount and Frequency. Subject to such uniform and nondiscriminatory rules as may be promulgated from time to time by the
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credited on Tax Deferred Contributions after December 31, 1988). The minimum amount that may be withdrawn for any hardship withdrawal is $500 or the total
remaining balance in the Participant’s Accounts, whichever is less. 
  
 (c) Hardship Required. The withdrawal must be for an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant for which funds are not reasonably available from other resources of the Participant. A Participant
will be deemed to have an immediate and heavy financial need if the hardship is on account of (1) unreimbursed medical expenses incurred by the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or any dependents, or necessary for such person to obtain
medical care, (2) the purchase of the principal residence of the Participant (excluding regular mortgage payments), (3) tuition and related educational fees for post-secondary education for the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or any
dependents for the following 12 months, and (4) the need to prevent eviction from or foreclosure on the Participant’s principal residence. A Participant will be deemed to have established that the amount to be withdrawn is not reasonably
available from other resources if the Participant has obtained all other in-service withdrawals, distributions and nontaxable loans available under this Plan and any other plan maintained by his Participating Employer. The Participating Employer
will determine whether a financial hardship exists and the amount to be paid as a result of the hardship. Such determinations will be made in accordance with the Code and the applicable regulations and using a uniform and nondiscriminatory standard.
If the Participating Employer or its designee approves the hardship withdrawal, the hardship withdrawal will not exceed the amount required to meet the need created by the hardship, including any amounts necessary to pay any Federal income taxes or
penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the withdrawal. 
  
 (d) Notice Requirement. Any application for a hardship withdrawal must be made through an Approved Form of Election. 
  
 (e) Effective Date and Valuation Date. A hardship withdrawal will be effective and valued (1) as of the day on which such request
is approved by the Participating Employer or its designee, if such approval is made before the Close of Business on a Business Day, or (2) as of the next Business Day, if such request is approved by the Administrative Committee or its designee on a
day other than a Business Day or after the Close of Business on a Business Day. Payment of any amount withdrawn pursuant to this Section 9.01 will be made as soon as practicable on or after the effective date of such hardship withdrawal. 

 

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 (f) Effect on Account Balances and Investment Funds. Whenever a Participant’s
vested Account Balances are withdrawn pursuant to this Section 9.01, such vested Account Balances will be reduced from his Accounts in the following order: (1) any After-Tax Account; (2) any After-Tax Rollover Account; (3) any Rollover Account; (4)
any Tax Deferred Account; (5) any Catch-Up Account; and (6) any Company Matching Account. Amounts allocated to the Investment Funds in the Accounts from which amounts are withdrawn pursuant to this Section 9.01 will be reduced on a pro rata basis.

  
 (g) Limitations. If a hardship
withdrawal is made pursuant to this Section 9.01, the Participant may not make Tax Deferred Contributions or After-Tax Contributions for a period of 6 months following the date he receives the payment. 
  
 9.02. Withdrawals Upon Attainment of Age 591⁄2. 
  
 (a) Amount. In addition to any other withdrawals that
may be made pursuant to this Article IX, and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9.02(e), a Participant may before his Severance From Service apply for a withdrawal of all or any portion of his vested Account Balances in his Accounts
after he has attained age 591⁄2. 
  
 (b)
Notice Requirement. Any application for a withdrawal made pursuant to this Section 9.02 must be made through an Approved Form of Election. 
  
 (c) Effective Date and Valuation Date. A withdrawal made pursuant to this Section 9.02 will be effective and valued (1) as of the
day on which such request is approved by the Administrative Committee or its designee, if such approval is made before the Close of Business on a Business Day, or (2) as of the next Business Day, if such request is approved by the Administrative
Committee or its designee on a day other than a Business Day or after the Close of Business on a Business Day. Payment of any amount withdrawn pursuant to this Section 9.02 will be made as soon as practicable on or after the effective date of such
withdrawal in a single sum payment in cash. 
  
 (d) Effect on Account Balances and Investment Funds. Whenever a Participant’s vested Account Balances are withdrawn pursuant to this Section 9.02, such vested Account Balances will be reduced from his Accounts in the following
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Tax Rollover Account; (3) any Rollover Account; (4) any Tax Deferred Account; (5) any Catch-Up Account; and (6) any Company Matching Account. Amounts
allocated to the Investment Funds in the Accounts from which amounts are withdrawn pursuant to this Section 9.02 will be reduced on a pro rata basis. 
  
 (e) Limitations. In addition to any hardship withdrawal, a Participant may not receive more than two in-service withdrawals under
this Article IX in any 12-month period. The minimum amount that may be withdrawn for any in-service withdrawal (except a hardship withdrawal) is $1,000 or the total remaining balance in the Participant’s Accounts, whichever is less. 

 
 9.03. In-Service Withdrawals for Inactive Participants.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, any Participant who is transferred to a Non-Participating Employer or a class of employees that is not eligible to participate in this Plan will be eligible to receive in-service
withdrawals under Sections 9.01 and 9.02. 
  
 ARTICLE X

  
 LOANS 
  
 10.01. Availability. Loans may be made to Participants in accordance
with this Article X under uniform rules and conditions as the Administrative Committee may prescribe. A Participant may apply to borrow from the vested portion of his Account Balances. A loan must be requested through an Approved Form of Election.
The Administrative Committee or its designee may require the Participant to sign certain documents and provide certain written documentation as it deems necessary. A Participant may not have outstanding at any one time more than one loan to acquire
any dwelling unit which within a reasonable time is to be used as the principal residence of the Participant and one loan for any other purpose. A Participant may not apply for a new loan until the prior loan is repaid in full. A Participant who
transfers employment to a Non-Participating Employer or a class of employees that is not eligible to participate in this Plan may also apply to borrow in accordance with this Section 10.01. A former Participant whose Accounts have not been paid out
and who is a party-in-interest within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA may also apply to borrow to the extent required by Federal law. 
  
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representing such vested Account Balances or part thereof transferred to the Loan Fund will be reduced in the following order: (a) any Company Matching
Account; (b) any Tax Deferred Account; (c) any Catch-Up Account; (d) any Rollover Account; (e) any After-Tax Account; and (f) any After-Tax Rollover Account. A loan will be withdrawn from the respective Investment Funds in which such vested Account
Balances are invested on a pro rata basis. A loan will be effective and the amount of the loan will be transferred to the Loan Fund (1) as of the day on which such loan application is approved by the Administrative Committee or its designee, if such
approval is made before the Close of Business on a Business Day, or (2) as of the next Business Day, if such loan application is approved by the Administrative Committee or its designee on a day other than a Business Day or after the Close of
Business on a Business Day. 
  
 10.03. Amount. The amount
of any loan made pursuant to this Article X will not be less than $1,000. The aggregate amount of all such loans to a Participant or eligible former Participant will not exceed 50% of the vested portion of his Account Balances under the Plan, and
will not exceed $50,000 minus his highest outstanding Plan loan balance during the 12-month period ending the day before the loan is made. 
  
 10.04. Term of Loan. The term of a loan will not exceed five years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term of a loan will not exceed ten years if
its purpose is to acquire any dwelling unit which within a reasonable time is to be used as the principal residence of the Participant. 
  
 10.05. Promissory Note. A secured promissory note will be delivered to the Trustee or its agent pledging as collateral a portion of the
Participant’s vested interest in his Accounts not less than the amount of the borrowing. Interest on a loan will be fixed by the Administrative Committee at a rate reasonably equivalent to prevailing market interest rates. 
  
 10.06. Repayment. The loan will be repaid in regular installments in
each pay period, by means of payroll deductions. Prepayment of a loan in its entirety without penalty will be permitted at any time. Partial prepayment of a loan will not be permitted unless the Participant is terminating employment in which event
the Participant or former Participant may repay his loan in part if the loan becomes due and payable as a result of his termination of employment for any reason for up to 60 days after such termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
repayment by (a) a Participant who is on an Approved Leave of Absence, (b) a Participant who transfers employment to a Non-Participating Employer or class of employees that is not eligible to participate in the Plan, (c) a Participant whose payroll
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Participant’s bankruptcy proceedings, or (d) a former Participant who is a party-in-interest within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA will be made
by such Participant or former Participant on at least a monthly basis to the Trustee by means of a certified check or money order delivered to the Trustee or its agent. A loan which is not repaid when due will be deemed to be in default and will be
treated as a “deemed distribution” if not repaid within the cure period specified in uniform rules and guidelines established by the Administrative Committee. A loan under the Plan will constitute an earmarked investment of the borrowing
Participant’s Accounts. Loan repayments will be credited to the Participant’s Account or Accounts from which the loan was made as of the date such payment is received by the Trustee or its agent on a pro rata basis. Loan repayments will be
credited to the Investment Funds in accordance with the Participant’s investment election under Section 5.02 in effect at the time of repayment of the loan or, in the absence of such investment election, to the age-appropriate Lifestyle Fund
based on uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator. 
  
 10.07. Reduction of Account Balance. Upon a Participant’s termination of employment or at such other time as the Participant’s Account Balances are distributed before a loan is repaid in full, the unpaid balance thereof,
together with interest due and payable thereon, will become due and payable, and the Trustee will first satisfy the indebtedness from the amount payable to the Participant before making any payments to Participant. If a loan becomes in default,
foreclosure on the promissory note and attachment of security on such loan will not occur until a distributable event occurs under the Plan. 
  
 ARTICLE XI 
  
 ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN 
  
 11.01. Fiduciaries. 
  
 (a) Allocation of Responsibility Among Fiduciaries for Plan and Trust Administration. The Fiduciaries will have only those specific powers, duties, responsibilities and obligations as are specifically given
them under this Plan or the Trust Agreement or delegated to them by ACCO. In general, the respective Participating Employers will have the sole responsibility for making the contributions provided for under Article IV. The Board of Directors will
have the sole authority to appoint and remove the members of the Administrative Committee and the members of the Investment Committee, and to amend or terminate, in whole or in part, this Plan; provided, however, that the Administrative Committee
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to the extent permitted under a written delegation of authority by the Board of Directors. ACCO will be the Plan Administrator for purposes of ERISA and will
have the sole responsibility for the administration of this Plan, except that the Administrative Committee, or its delegate, the Participating Employers and the Investment Committee will have the sole responsibility for the performance of those
administrative duties specifically given them as described in this Plan. The Investment Committee will have the sole authority to appoint the Trustee and Investment Managers, amend or terminate the Trust and select mutual funds. The Trustee will
have the sole responsibility for the administration of the Trust and the management of the assets held thereunder, except that, if one or more Investment Managers are appointed, each Investment Manager will have sole authority and responsibility for
the investment and reinvestment of such portion of the Investment Funds as the Investment Committee directs. The Investment Managers will have the sole authority to exercise the right to vote proxies with respect to any securities held in the Trust,
except as otherwise provided in Section 5.15 and except for proxies with respect to ACCO Common Stock held in the ACCO Stock Fund, Fortune Common Stock held in the Fortune Stock Fund and Gallaher ADRs held in the Gallaher Fund. 
  
 (b) Reliance of Fiduciaries. Each Fiduciary may rely
upon any direction, information or action of another Fiduciary with respect to matters within the responsibility of such other Fiduciary as being proper under this Plan or any funding instrument and is not required under this Plan or funding
instrument to inquire into the propriety of any such direction, information or action. To the maximum extent permitted by law, it is intended under this Plan that each Fiduciary will be responsible for the proper exercise of its own powers, duties,
responsibilities and obligations under this Plan and will not be responsible for any act or failure to act of another Fiduciary. To the maximum extent permitted by ERISA, no other Fiduciary will be liable for any loss which may result from a
decision of an Investment Manager with respect to Plan assets under its control. 
  
 (c) Named Fiduciary. ACCO will be the “Named Fiduciary” for purposes of ERISA. The Secretary of ACCO will be subject to
service of process on behalf of the Plan. 
  
 11.02.
Administrative Committee. The general administration of the Plan and the responsibility for carrying out its provisions will be placed in an Administrative Committee appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors to serve at its
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Administrative Committee because he is, was or may become a Participant of the Plan. 
  
 11.03. Investment Committee. The Board of Directors shall appoint the members of the Investment Committee to serve at
the pleasure of the Board. ACCO shall advise the Trustee in writing of the names of the Investment Committee and any changes in its membership. The Investment Committee shall prepare and submit to the Board each year a report summarizing the
operation of the Plan for the preceding year. The Investment Committee shall appoint and remove any Trustee and any Investment Manager and designate the portion of the Trust Fund to be managed by Investment Managers. The Investment Committee shall
receive and review the financial reports received from the Trustee and any Investment Manager. 
  
 11.04. Action by Administrative Committee and Investment Committee. The Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee will hold meetings upon such notice, at such place or places and at such time or
times, as they may from time to time determine. A majority of the members of the Administrative Committee and a majority of the members of the Investment Committee at the time in office will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All
resolutions adopted or other action taken by the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee will be by vote of a majority of the members thereof present at any meeting or without a meeting by instrument in writing signed by a majority of
the members of the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee, as the case may be. A dissenting member of the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee who, within a reasonable time after he has knowledge of any action or
failure to act by the majority, takes such reasonable and legal steps in opposing such action or failure to act as may be appropriate, will not be responsible for any such action or failure to act. 
  
 11.05. Disqualification of Members of Administrative Committee and
Investment Committee. No member of the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee will have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself or solely to any of his rights or benefits under the Plan. 

 
 11.06. Committee Rules; Conclusiveness of Determinations. The
Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee, subject to the limitations of the Plan, will from time to time establish rules for the administration of the Plan and the transaction of their respective business and will make determination of
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Participating Employer or the independent public accountants who audit the books of ACCO and its consolidated subsidiaries, and any such determination will
be conclusive upon all persons having an interest in or under the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Administrative Committee may delegate any of its responsibilities for administration of the Plan. The
foregoing powers of the Administrative Committee and any of its delegates will be exercised in accordance with the provisions of Sections 11.07 and 11.14. 
  
 11.07. Administrative Committee Powers and Duties. The Administrative Committee will have such powers and duties as may be necessary to discharge
its responsibilities hereunder, which shall be exercised in its sole discretion and whose determination shall be conclusive, including, but not by way of limitation, the following: 
  
 (a) to construe and interpret the Plan, decide all questions of eligibility, status and rights of
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries and determine the manner, amount and time of payment of any benefits hereunder; 
  
 (b) to prescribe procedures to be followed by Participants, former Participants and/or Beneficiaries filing applications for benefits;

  
 (c) to prepare and distribute, in such manner
as the Administrative Committee determines to be appropriate, information explaining the Plan; 
  
 (d) to receive from the Participating Employers, the Trustee and Participants such information as is necessary for the proper
administration of the Plan; 
  
 (e) to prepare
such reports in accordance with Section 11.08; 
  
 (f) to receive, review, and keep on file (as it deems convenient or proper) reports of the financial condition, and of the receipts and disbursements, of the Trust; 
  
 (g) to amend the Plan to the extent permitted under a written delegation of authority by the Board of
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 (i) to employ agents, attorneys, accountants, or other persons (who also may be employed
by any Participating Employer or the Trustee) and to allocate or delegate to them such powers, rights, and duties as the Administrative Committee may consider necessary or advisable to properly carry out the administration of the Plan, including but
not limited to maintaining the accounts of Participants and determining eligibility and claims for benefits and applications for loans and in-service withdrawals, provided that such allocation or delegation, and the acceptance thereof by such
agents, attorneys, accountants, or other persons, will be in writing. 
  
 11.08. Reports. The Administrative Committee will prepare annually a report showing in reasonable detail the assets of the Plan and giving a brief account of the operation of the Plan for the preceding Plan Year. Such report will be
submitted to the Board of Directors and a copy thereof will be filed with the Secretary of the Administrative Committee. The Administrative Committee will exercise such authority and responsibility as it deems appropriate in order to comply with
ERISA and governmental regulations issued thereunder relating to records of Participants’ employment, Account Balances and the percentages thereof which are vested under the Plan; notifications to Participants; annual registration with the
Internal Revenue Service and annual reports to the Department of Labor. 
  
 11.09. Claims Procedure. The Participating Employers will make all determinations as to the right of any person to a benefit. Any denial by the Participating Employer of the claim for benefits under the Plan by a Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary will be stated in writing by the Participating Employer and delivered or mailed to the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary within 90 days after receipt by the Participating Employer; and such notice will set
forth the specific reasons for the denial. In the event of a denial of a claim, a claimant may notify the Administrative Committee in writing within 60 days after receipt of written denial of the claim that the claimant wishes a review of the denial
of the claim and present to the Administrative Committee a written statement of the claimant’s position. The Administrative Committee will act upon such request for review within 60 days after receipt thereof unless special circumstances
require further time, but in no event later than 120 days after receipt. If the Administrative Committee confirms the denial, in whole or in part, the Administrative Committee will present in a written notice to the claimant the specific reasons for
denial and specific references to the Plan provisions on which the decision was based, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. 
  
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Plan. The Administrative Committee may require each Participating Employer to certify to it such data with respect to employees or Participants who are or
may be eligible for benefits under the Plan (including, without limitation, dates of birth, marital status, dates of entry into employment, Hours of Service and compensation), and such data relating to the Participating Employer, as the
Administrative Committee may deem appropriate from time to time in order properly to administer the plan. In determining Disability, the Participating Employer will require as proof thereof evidence of receipt of Social Security disability benefits.

  
 11.11. Certification of Data. Any certification by a
Participating Employer of information required or permitted to be certified pursuant to the Plan will be conclusive on all parties in interest; provided, however, that whenever any employee, Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary proves to
its satisfaction that the period of employment or Hours of Service or compensation or date of birth or marital status or other data as so certified is incorrect, the Participating Employer may correct such certification where it deems this action
appropriate in the circumstances. 
  
 11.12. Indemnity of Board
of Directors and Members of Administrative Committee and Investment Committee. The members of the Board of Directors, the members of the boards of directors of each other Participating Employer, the members of the Administrative Committee and
the members of the Investment Committee will be entitled to rely on any certification furnished by a Participating Employer and upon reports or opinions furnished by any accountant, actuary, Investment Manager, investment adviser of a mutual fund
which comprises an Investment Fund or legal counsel employed or retained by ACCO. The Participating Employers will indemnify members of the Board of Directors, members of the boards of directors of each other Participating Employer, members of the
Administrative Committee and members of the Investment Committee and any other employee who may act on their behalf, and each of them, and save them and each of them harmless from the effects and consequences of their acts, omissions and conduct in
their official capacity, except to the extent that such effects and consequences result from their own willful misconduct. 
  
 11.13. Indemnity for Acts of Investment Managers. The members of the Board of Directors, the members of the boards of directors of each other
Participating Employer, the members of the Administrative Committee and the members of the Investment Committee and any other employee who may act on their behalf, and each of them, will be indemnified and saved harmless from all liability, joint or
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principal or loss of income resulting from the purchase or retention of any property or any other investment action made or taken by any Investment Manager
or investment adviser of a mutual fund which comprises an Investment Fund or any such action made or taken by the Trustee acting on their instructions. 
  
 11.14. Non Discriminatory Action. Whenever in the administration of the Plan action by the Board of Directors or the Administrative Committee is
required or permitted with respect to eligibility or classification of employees, contributions or benefits, such action will be consistently and uniformly applied to all persons similarly situated, and no such action will be taken which will
discriminate in favor of employees who are officers, stockholders or highly compensated employees. 
  
 11.15. Plan Expenses. All reasonable expenses in connection with the administration of the Plan, including fees of the Trustee and its counsel or
agents, expenses incident to investments of the Trust and any Federal, state or other taxes levied against the Trust, fees of accountants, actuaries, attorneys, and Investment Managers and any other proper expenses of administering the Plan shall be
paid by the Participating Employers except for those expenses designated in the Trust Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE XII 
  
 MANAGEMENT OF TRUSTS 
  
 12.01. Funds in
Trust. All the assets of the Plan will be held in the Trust for use in accordance with the provisions of the Plan in providing benefits for Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries. To the extent permitted by the Trust Agreement, the
Trust may also hold assets of any tax qualified defined contribution plan maintained by a Participating Employer or Non Participating Employer for use in accordance with the provisions of such plan. The assets of the Trust will be held, invested and
disposed of in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement. All contributions under this Plan will be paid to the Trustee and, except as otherwise provided in Section 14.03, all assets of the Trust Fund allocable to the Plan, including income
from investments and from all other sources, will be retained for the exclusive benefit of Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, and will be used to pay benefits to such persons or to pay expenses of administration of the Plan and the
Trust to the extent not paid by ACCO or another Participating Employer. 
  
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powers in the Trustee as will be provided in the Trust Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The Trust Agreement may provide for the
administration thereunder of the funds of any other defined contribution plan established by ACCO or any other Related Employer and for the commingling of all funds administered under the Trust Agreement. The Trustee will be such bank or trust
company as may be appointed by the Investment Committee from time to time. The Investment Committee may remove a Trustee at any time, upon reasonable notice, and upon such removal, or upon the resignation of a Trustee, the Board of Directors will
appoint a successor Trustee. 
  
 12.03. Investment
Managers. The Investment Committee may appoint one or more investment counsel as Investment Managers of all or a portion of the Investment Funds held in the Trust and grant to each such Investment Manager full and sole authority and
responsibility for the investment and reinvestment of such portion thereof as the Investment Committee so directs. The Investment Committee may remove an Investment Manager at any time, upon reasonable notice, and upon such removal, or upon the
resignation of an Investment Manager, the Investment Committee may appoint another Investment Manager. The Investment Committee will also have authority to designate mutual funds for investments of the Plan. 
  
 12.04. Conclusiveness of Reports. Any report of the Trustee required
or permitted under the Plan will be conclusive upon all Participants, former Participants, and Beneficiaries. 
  
 ARTICLE XIII 
  
 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 
  
 13.01. Reserved
Powers. ACCO will have the power by action of its Board of Directors at any time and from time to time to amend, replace or terminate, in whole or in part, this Plan; provided that the Administrative Committee will have the power at any time to
amend the Plan to the extent permitted under a written delegation of authority by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, under any circumstances, may be adopted, the effect of which would be to (a) revest in any
Participating Employer any interest in the assets of the Plan or any part thereof, or (b) decrease, either directly or indirectly, the accrued benefit of any Participant (except as permitted by Code Section 411(d)(6) and applicable regulations and
rulings); except that amendments may be so made if, in the opinion of counsel for ACCO, such action is necessary to qualify, or maintain the qualification of, this Plan under the provisions of the Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
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Participating Employer reserves the right to completely discontinue its contributions hereunder and its participation in this Plan at any time. 

 
 13.02. Plan Termination. The Plan may be terminated, completely or
partially, at any time by ACCO, by action of the Board of Directors. In the event of complete termination of the Plan or upon the complete discontinuance of contributions under the Plan by all Participating Employers, and regardless of any formal
corporate action, all Account Balances of all Participants will be fully vested and nonforfeitable, after payment of all expenses of the Plan. In the event of complete termination of the Plan or upon complete discontinuance of contributions under
the Plan, the Account Balances of all Participants and former Participants will be distributable as provided in Article VIII, except that the Administrative Committee may direct, then or at any subsequent time, distribution of all assets of the Plan
to those entitled thereto at the time of such direction. In the event of partial termination of the Plan, all Account Balances of Participants as to whom the partial termination applies, and all amounts thereafter credited to the Accounts of such
Participants that arise from any employer contributions for any period ending prior to or on the date of such partial termination, will be fully vested and nonforfeitable and will be distributable in accordance with Article VIII. 
  
 13.03. Plan Merger. The Plan may be merged or consolidated with, and
Plan assets and liabilities may be transferred to, any other plan that is qualified under Code Section 401(a), at any time upon action by the Administrative Committee. In the event of any merger or consolidation of the Plan with, or transfer of Plan
assets or liabilities to, any other plan qualified under Code Section 401(a), provision will be made so that each Participant in the Plan on the date thereof (if either the Plan or such other plan then terminated) would receive a benefit immediately
after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately prior to the merger, consolidation or transfer if the Plan had then terminated. 
  
 13.04. Successor Employer. In the event of the disposition of an
operating unit by ACCO or another Participating Employer whereby a successor person, firm or company continues to carry on all or a substantial part of its business, and such successor elects to carry on the provisions of this Plan in such manner as
is satisfactory to ACCO, ACCO may cause the assets of the Plan allocable to the Employees of such operating unit to be transferred to the successor funding agent. In the absence of such a transfer, distribution may be made with respect to such
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 ARTICLE XIV 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 14.01. Non-Alienation of Benefits. 
  
 (a) Interest Non-Transferable. Except as may be required by a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, benefits under this Plan may not
in any way be subject to the debts or other obligations of any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily sold, transferred or assigned. 
  
 (b) Application of Benefits. If any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary or other person
having an interest in or under this Plan or the Trust becomes bankrupt or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge any benefit under the Plan or interest in the Trust, then such benefit or interest will
cease and determine, and in that event the Trustee will hold or apply it, in such shares as the Administrative Committee determines, to or for the benefit of such Participant, former Participant or other person, or his spouse, child, parent or other
blood relative, or any of them, or to such other person or persons as the Administrative Committee may determine, but the Trustee will be under no duty to see to the application of any distributions so made. 
  
 14.02. Action by Participating Employers. Any action by a
Participating Employer regarding participation in or withdrawal from this Plan will be evidenced by a resolution of its board of directors certified by its secretary or assistant secretary under its corporate seal. All actions taken in
administration of this Plan will be taken by the appropriate members of the Administrative Committee or officers of the Participating Employer or its other employees authorized to take such actions by such officers. 
  
 14.03. Exclusive Benefit. The Participating Employers will have no
right, title or interest in the assets of the Trust, nor will any part of the assets of the Trust at any time revert to any Participating Employer or be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants, former
Participants or their Beneficiaries, or for defraying Plan expenses, except as follows: 
  
 (a) If the Internal Revenue Service initially determines that the Plan, as applied to any Participating Employer, does not meet the
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Trust attributable to contributions made by that Participating Employer under the Plan will be returned to that Participating Employer within one year of the
date of denial of qualification of the Plan as applied to that Participating Employer. 
  
 (b) If a contribution or a portion of a contribution is made by a Participating Employer as a result of a mistake of fact, such
contribution or portion of a contribution will not be considered to have been contributed to the Trust by that Participating Employer and, after having been reduced by any losses of the Trust attributable thereto, will be returned to that
Participating Employer within one year of the date the amount is paid to the Trust. 
  
 (c) Each contribution made by a Participating Employer is conditioned upon the deductibility of such contribution as an expense for
Federal income tax purposes and, therefore, to the extent that the deduction for a contribution made by a Participating Employer is disallowed, then such contribution, or portion of a contribution, after having been reduced by any losses of the
Trust attributable thereto will be returned to that Participating Employer within one year of the date of disallowance of the deduction. 
  
 14.04. Gender and Number. Where the context admits, words in the masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders, the singular will
include the plural and the plural will include the singular. 
  
 14.05. Right to Discharge. Every Employee and Participant will be subject to dismissal from the service of every and all Related Employers to the same extent as if this Plan had never been created. 
  
 14.06. Absence of Guaranty. No Participating Employer in any way
guarantees the Trust against loss or depreciation. The liability of the Trustee or the Participating Employers to make any payment or distribution under the Plan related to assets held or to be held in the Trust, is limited to the available assets
of the Trust. 
  
 14.07. Headings. The headings of Articles
and Sections are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended in any way to modify or otherwise to affect the text of the Plan. 
  
 14.08. Governing Law. The Plan will be governed by and administered and construed under the laws of the State of Illinois except to the extent that
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required to be governed by and administered and construed under the laws of the United States of America. 
  
 ARTICLE XV 
  
 TOP-HEAVY RULES 
  
 15.01. Top-Heavy Determination. 
  
 (a) Top-Heavy Test. The Plan is top-heavy for a Plan
Year if: 
  
 (1) the top-heavy ratio for the Plan
exceeds 60% and the Plan is not part of a required aggregation group or a permissive aggregation group; 
  
 (2) the Plan is part of a required aggregation group, but not part of a permissive aggregation group, and the top-heavy ratio for the
required aggregation group exceeds 60%; or 
  
 (3) the Plan is part of a required aggregation group and part of a permissive aggregation group and the top-heavy ratio for every permissive aggregation group exceeds 60%. 
  
 (b) Top-Heavy Ratio. The top-heavy ratio is a fraction: 
  
 (1) the numerator of which is the sum of the present value
of accrued benefits under the aggregate defined benefit plans for all key employees and the sum of account balances under the aggregate defined contribution plans for all key employees as of the determination date(s); and 
  
 (2) the denominator of which is the sum of the present
values of accrued benefits under the aggregate defined benefit plans for all Participants and the sum of the account balances under the aggregate defined contribution plans for all Participants as of the determination date(s). 
  
 Both the numerator and the denominator are determined in accordance with Code
Section 416 and the applicable regulations. In both the numerator and denominator of the top-heavy ratio, the present value of the accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of an employee are increased by any distribution to the employee
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the five-year period ending on the determination date(s) if a distribution is made for a reason other than separation from service, disability or death),
including distributions under a terminated plan that, if it had not been terminated, would have been required to be included in the aggregation group under Code Section 416(g)(2)(A). The value of account balances and the present value of accrued
benefits will be determined as of the most recent valuation date that falls within or ends with the 12-month period ending on the determination date, except as provided in Code Section 416 and the applicable regulations for the first and second plan
years of a defined benefit plan. The account balances and accrued benefits will be disregarded if the Participant: 
  
 (1) is not a key employee, but was a key employee in a prior year; or 
  
 (2) has not been credited with at least one Hour of Service with any Related Employer at any time during the
one-year period ending on the determination date. 
  
 The
calculation of the top-heavy ratio, and the extent to which distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in accordance with Code Section 416 and the applicable regulations. Proportional subsidies and nondeductible
employee contributions are ignored in computing the top-heavy ratio. Nonproportional subsidies are considered in computing the top-heavy ratio. When aggregating plans, the value of account balances and accrued benefits will be calculated using the
determination dates that fall within the same calendar year. 
  
 (c) Required Aggregation Group. A required aggregation group consists of: 
  
 (1) each qualified plan of a Related Employer in which at least one key employee participates or participated at any time during the
determination period (regardless of whether the plan has terminated); and 
  
 (2) any other qualified plan of a Related Employer (regardless of whether the plan has terminated) which enables a plan described in subparagraph (1) to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410.

  

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 (d) Permissive Aggregation Group. A permissive aggregation group consists of:

  
 (1) the required aggregation group; and

  
 (2) any other plans of the Related Employers
(regardless of whether the plan has terminated) which, when considered as a group with the required aggregation group, would continue to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410. 
  
 (e) Key Employee. A key employee is any employee or
former employee of a Related Employer (and the beneficiaries of such employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the determination date is: 
  
 (1) an officer of a Related Employer with annual compensation exceeding $130,000 (as adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(1) for Plan Years
beginning after December 31, 2002); 
  
 (2) a 5%
owner of a Related Employer; or 
  
 (3) a 1%
owner of a Related Employer with annual compensation exceeding $150,000. 
  
 For purposes of defining a key employee, annual compensation means compensation within the definition of Code Section 415(c)(3). The determination of who is a key employee will be made in accordance with Code Section
416(i)(1), the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability thereunder. 
  
 (f) Non-Key Employee. A non-key employee is an employee of a Related Employer who is not a key employee, including an employee who
is a former key employee. 
  
 (g)
Determination Period. The determination period is the Plan Year containing the determination date and the four preceding Plan Years. 
  
 (h) Determination Date and Valuation Date. The last day of the preceding Plan Year is the determination date and the valuation
date. 
  
 (i) Accrual Method. Solely for
determining if the Plan, or any other plan included in a required aggregation group of which this Plan is a part, is top-heavy the accrued benefit of an employee of a Related Employer other than a key employee will be determined under (1) the
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rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional accrual rate of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C). 
  
 15.02. Minimum Vesting. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article VII,
if the Plan is top-heavy in any Plan Year, each Participant who has an Hour of Service in such Plan Year will have and retain a 100% vested interest in his Account Balances if he has at least three years of Vesting Service. 
  
 15.03. Minimum Contributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan to the contrary, for any Plan Year for which the Plan is top-heavy, unless a Participant who is a non-key employee accrues a benefit under a retirement plan of a Related Employer for such Plan Year of not less than 2% of his average annual
compensation during the five consecutive years of his Vesting Service during which his compensation was the greatest multiplied by his years of Vesting Service not in excess of ten (disregarding any years after the last Plan Year with respect to
which the Plan is top-heavy), each Participating Employer will make such additional contributions as is necessary to provide contributions for each Employee eligible to participate under Article II who is not a key employee equal to 3% of that
Participant’s compensation; provided that such contribution need not exceed the greatest contribution for any key employee for such Plan Year. The minimum contribution under this Section 15.03 will apply even though under other Plan provisions
the Employee would not otherwise be entitled to receive an allocation or would have received a lesser allocation for the year because: 
  
 (1) the individual failed to complete 1,000 Hours of Service; 
  
 (2) the individual failed to make mandatory contributions to the Plan; or 
  
 (3) the individual’s compensation is less than a stated
amount. 
  
 If an Employee is eligible to participate under
Article II and is not a key employee, then, with respect to any Plan Year in which this Plan is top-heavy and the Employee is similarly eligible to participate in a defined benefit plan sponsored by ACCO or a Related Company which is also top-heavy,
then the appropriate Participating Employer will make such additional contribution to this Plan as will be necessary to provide a contribution to such Employee equal to 5% of that Employee’s compensation, unless another top-heavy coordination
scheme is provided for under such defined benefit plan. 
  
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shall be taken into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution requirements of Section 416(c)(2) of the Code and the Plan. The preceding
sentence shall apply with respect to matching contributions under the Plan or, if the Plan provides that the minimum contribution requirement shall be met in another plan, such other plan. Employer matching contributions that are used to satisfy the
minimum contribution requirements shall be treated as matching contributions for purposes of the actual contribution percentage test and other requirements of Section 401(m) of the Code. The Employer may provide that the minimum benefit requirement
shall be met in another plan (including another plan that consists solely of a cash or deferred arrangement which meets the requirements of Section 401(k)(12) of the Code and matching contributions with respect to which the requirements of Section
401(m)(11) of the Code are met). 
  
 15.04. Provisions
Applicable if Plan Ceases To Be Top-Heavy. If the Plan is top-heavy with respect to a Plan Year and ceases to be top-heavy for a subsequent Plan Year and a Participant has completed three years of Vesting Service on or before the last day of the
most recent Plan Year for which the Plan was top-heavy, the applicable vesting schedule set forth in Section 15.02 will continue to apply with respect to a Participant. 
  

											
	 	 	 	 	 ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION

					
	 Date: August 16, 2005
	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	/S/     SAM H.
WHEELER        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	Sam H. Wheeler
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	Vice President of Human Resources

  

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