---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-022635"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:06:21.095014+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands amends credit agreement, temporarily raises leverage covenant to 5.00x

## Summary
- Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement executed Nov 7, 2022; eases leverage constraints through 2023.
- Max leverage ratios: 4.50x (Dec 2022), 5.00x (Mar/Jun 2023), 4.75x (Sep 2023), 4.25x (Dec 2023).
- Post-2023: 4.50x for Q1/Q2, 4.00x for Q3/Q4; acquisition step-ups capped at 5.00x.
- Reference rate switched from LIBOR to SOFR; removed anti-cash hoarding provision.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-022635
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017022022635/0000950170-22-022635-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017022022635/acco-20221107.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ACCO BRANDS Corp reported financial results for for the period ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: for the period ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 7, 2022, ACCO Brands Corporation (the "Company") announced its results for the period ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017022022635/0000950170-22-022635-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  ACCO BRANDS Corp amended Sixth Amendment with Bank of America, N.A. (effective 2022-11-07).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A.
  - Effective: 2022-11-07
  source text: Effective November 7, 2022, ACCO Brands Corporation (the “ Company ”) entered into a Sixth Amendment (the “ Sixth Amendment ”) to its Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017022022635/0000950170-22-022635-index.htm

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