---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-018799"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T21:17:33.202108+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands Q4 adj. EPS $0.39 beats outlook; FY23 adj. EPS $1.09; 2024 guidance $1.07-$1.11

## Summary
- FY23 net sales $1.833B (-5.9% YoY); Q4 net sales $488.6M (-2.2% YoY).
- FY23 adj. operating income $204.8M (+17% YoY); Q4 adj. operating income $68.3M (+30.6%).
- FY23 reported EPS -$0.23 (includes $89.5M goodwill impairment); adj. EPS $1.09 above outlook.
- New multi-year restructuring program targets at least $60M annual savings; FY24 adj. EPS guided $1.07-$1.11.
- FY23 free cash flow $117.5M; net leverage 3.4x; quarterly dividend $0.075/share declared.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-018799
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017024018799/0000950170-24-018799-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017024018799/acco-20240222.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-018799.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ACCO BRANDS Corp reported financial results for fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 22, 2024, ACCO Brands Corporation (the "Company") announced its results for the period ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017024018799/0000950170-24-018799-index.htm

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