---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000712034-21-000137"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:12:41.477136+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands Q3: sales $527M (+19%), EPS $0.21; dividend raised 15.4% to $0.075

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $526.7M, up 18.6% YoY; comparable sales up 4.3%.
- EPS $0.21 (adj. $0.33) vs $0.20 ($0.25); gross margin +120 bps.
- Generated $99M operating cash flow; reduced debt $117M.
- Quarterly dividend raised 15.4% to $0.075/share, payable Dec 15 to record Nov 24.
- FY outlook: sales $2.0-2.04B, adj. EPS $1.30-1.40, tax rate 31% (up from 29%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000712034-21-000137
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000071203421000137/0000712034-21-000137-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000071203421000137/abd-20211026.htm

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