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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-017255"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2022-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T00:08:19.163591+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands appoints Joseph B. Burton to Board of Directors, effective August 12, 2022

## Summary
- Joseph B. Burton elected immediately; expected candidate for 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Burton is CEO of Telesign Corp. and former CEO of Plantronics (Poly, Inc.) from 2016 to 2020.
- Will serve on Audit Committee and Compensation and Human Capital Committee from August 18, 2022.
- Board found Burton independent under NYSE rules; receives standard non-employee director compensation.
- Burton had no beneficial ownership of ACCO common stock at time of appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-017255
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2022-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017022017255/0000950170-22-017255-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017022017255/acco-20220812.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-017255
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-017255.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-017255.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph B. Burton was elected as Director at ACCO BRANDS Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 12, 2022, the Board of Directors of ACCO Brands Corporation (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Company’s Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, elected Joseph B. Burton as a director of the Company effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017022017255/0000950170-22-017255-index.htm

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