---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-024182"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T09:52:50.365102+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands reports FY2024 net sales down 9.1%; provides cautious 2025 outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $1.67B (-9.1% YoY); net loss $101.6M ($1.06 loss per share) due to $165.2M impairment charges.
- Adjusted EPS $1.02, down from $1.09; free cash flow $132.3M, net debt reduced $94M; leverage ratio 3.4x.
- Q4 net sales $448.1M (-8.3%); adjusted EPS $0.39 flat YoY; cost savings target raised to $100M annualized by 2026.
- 2025 outlook: FY comparable sales down 1-5%; adjusted EPS $1.00-$1.05; free cash flow $105-$115M.
- Q1 comparable sales expected down 5-8%; adjusted loss per share ($0.03)-($0.05).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-024182
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017025024182/0000950170-25-024182-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000095017025024182/acco-20250220.htm

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