---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000712034-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:09:36.949113+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands reports record FY sales $2.03B, adj. EPS $1.41; CFO Fenwick plans retirement

## Summary
- FY net sales $2.03B (+22.4%); adj. EPS $1.41 (+48.4%); free cash flow $138.4M.
- Q4 sales $570.3M (+24%); adj. EPS $0.54 (+38.5%); debt reduced $123.5M.
- 2022 guidance: sales growth 1-6%, adj. EPS $1.48-$1.58, FCF at least $165M.
- Quarterly dividend $0.075/sh declared, payable March 29, 2022.
- CFO Neal Fenwick to retire later in 2022; search for successor underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000712034-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000071203422000003/0000712034-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000071203422000003/abd-20220215.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712034-22-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712034-22-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712034-22-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Neal Fenwick departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ACCO BRANDS Corp.
  - Action: plans to retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 15, 2022, the Company announced that Neal Fenwick, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire later this year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000071203422000003/0000712034-22-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.