---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-230964"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCO"
cik: "0000712034"
company_name: "ACCO BRANDS Corp"
filed_at: "2026-05-19T20:45:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T20:49:45.096197+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACCO Brands shareholders approve incentive plan amendment adding 4.1M shares; all directors elected

## Summary
- Plan amendment increases share reserve by 4.1M and eliminates fungible share counting for new awards.
- All nine director nominees elected; Ron Lombardi received highest support (98.5% of votes cast).
- KPMG ratified as auditor for 2026 with 79.5M votes in favor (98.2% of votes cast).
- Non-binding say-on-pay resolution passed with 89.5% of votes cast in favor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-230964
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCO
- cik: 0000712034
- company_name: ACCO BRANDS Corp
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T20:45:08+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000119312526230964/0001193125-26-230964-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000119312526230964/acco-20260519.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 2: The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026: For Against Abstain 79,491,039 1,333,465 146,153
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000119312526230964/0001193125-26-230964-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 3: The approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 59,136,827 6,219,517 1,394,730 14,219,583
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000119312526230964/0001193125-26-230964-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACCO BRANDS Corp shareholders approved Election of nine directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 1: The election of nine directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Joseph B. Burton 59,406,897 7,245,230 98,946 14,219,584 Kathleen S. Dvorak 64,967,946 1,623,874 159,253 14,219,584 Pradeep Jotwani 58,508,954 8,083,263 158,857 14,219,583 Robert J. Keller 63,750,799 1,887,979 1,112,294 14,219,585 Ron Lombardi 65,649,677 986,849 114,548 14,219,583 Graciela I. Monteagudo 58,396,697 8,254,606 99,771 14,219,583 E. Mark Rajkowski 65,038,039 1,552,984 160,052 14,219,582 Elizabeth A. Simermeyer 59,097,091 7,553,888 100,095 14,219,583 Thomas W. Tedford 63,714,464 1,919,864 1,116,745 14,219,584
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000119312526230964/0001193125-26-230964-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 available for future grant and eliminate the fungible share counting provisions with respect to new awards.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 4: The approval of an amendment to the 2022 ACCO Brands Corporation Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for future grant and eliminate the fungible share counting provisions with respect to new awards: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 49,638,543 16,875,041 237,488 14,219,585
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712034/000119312526230964/0001193125-26-230964-index.htm

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