---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-023205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:15:41.916727+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands shareholders approve 8.275M share increase in incentive plan, elect directors

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2022 Incentive Plan, increasing shares available for grant by 8,275,000.
- All nine director nominees elected; Graciela Monteagudo received 63.7M for, 13.1M against.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for 2023 passed with 84.5M for, 0.85M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved (73.0M for, 3.5M against).
- Say-on-frequency vote favored annual (69.0M for 1 year); company will hold annual votes until 2030.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-023205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017023023205/0000950170-23-023205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017023023205/acco-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Item 4: The approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 68,955,976 70,906 7,578,795 260,870
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017023023205/0000950170-23-023205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Election of nine directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Item 1: The election of nine directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Joseph B. Burton 74,371,250 2,420,888 74,409 8,493,997 Kathleen S. Dvorak 73,391,598 3,413,173 61,776 8,493,997 Boris Elisman 72,843,695 3,954,228 68,624 8,493,997 Pradeep Jotwani 72,535,588 4,256,194 74,765 8,493,997 Robert J. Keller 73,201,358 3,598,987 66,202 8,493,997 Thomas Kroeger 71,222,579 5,573,527 70,441 8,493,997 Ron Lombardi 73,953,389 2,836,549 76,609 8,493,997 Graciela I. Monteagudo 63,708,847 13,092,001 65,699 8,493,997 E. Mark Rajkowski 73,322,161 3,403,930 140,456 8,493,997
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017023023205/0000950170-23-023205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Item 3: The approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 73,031,819 3,470,112 364,616 8,493,997
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017023023205/0000950170-23-023205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Item 2: The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 84,458,408 854,590 47,546 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017023023205/0000950170-23-023205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the 2022 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Item 5: The approval of an amendment to the 2022 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 56,192,342 20,486,719 187,486 8,493,997
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017023023205/0000950170-23-023205-index.htm

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