ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION

Offer to exchange its 6.75% Senior Notes
due 2020, which have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, for any and all of its outstanding
6.75% Senior Notes due 2020
(CUSIP Nos. and )

THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2013, UNLESS EXTENDED.

Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus dated , 2013 (the "prospectus") and the accompanying letter of transmittal (which together constitute the "exchange offer") relating to the offer by ACCO Brands Corporation (the "Company") to exchange up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "new notes"), for any and all of the Company's outstanding 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (the "old notes"). As set forth in the prospectus, the terms of the new notes are identical in all material respects to the old notes, except that the new notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and therefore will not be subject to certain restrictions on their transfer and will not provide any additional interest as a result of the Company's failure to fulfill certain registration obligations. Old notes may be tendered in a principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

We are forwarding the enclosed materials to you as the beneficial owner of old notes held by us for your account or benefit but not registered in your name. We may only tender old notes in the exchange offer as the registered holder if you so instruct us. Therefore, the Company urges beneficial owners of old notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to contact such holder promptly if they wish to exchange old notes in the exchange offer.

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to exchange any or all old notes held by us for your account or benefit pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus and the letter of transmittal. We urge you to read carefully the prospectus and the letter of transmittal before instructing us to exchange your old notes.

You should forward instructions to us as promptly as possible in order to permit us to exchange old notes on your behalf before the exchange offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 2013, unless extended.

1. The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 2013, unless extended. Old notes may be withdrawn, subject to the procedures described in the prospectus, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the expiration date.

2. The exchange offer is for the exchange of $2,000 principal amount of new notes, and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, for each $2,000 principal amount of old notes, and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. An aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 of old notes was outstanding as of , 2013.

3. The exchange offer is subject to certain conditions. See "The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer" in the prospectus.

4. The Company has agreed to pay certain of the expenses of the exchange offer. It will pay any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of old notes from the tendering holder to the Company, except as provided in the prospectus and the letter of transmittal. See "The Exchange Offer—Fees and Expenses" in the prospectus and instruction 8 of the letter of transmittal.

5. Based on an interpretation of the Securities Act of 1933 by the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission, the Company believes that the new notes issued in the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 as long as:

The Company is not making the exchange offer to, nor will it accept tenders from or on behalf of, holders of old notes residing in any jurisdiction in which the making of the exchange offer or the acceptance of tenders would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction.

If you wish us to tender any or all of your old notes held by us for your account or benefit, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the attached instruction form. The accompanying letter of transmittal is furnished to you for informational purposes only and may NOT be used by you to exchange old notes held by us and registered in our name for your account or benefit.

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the material enclosed with and referred to in your letter relating to the exchange offer of ACCO Brands Corporation.

This will instruct you to tender for exchange the aggregate principal amount of old notes indicated below (or, if no aggregate principal amount is indicated below, all old notes) held by you for the account or benefit of the undersigned, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus and the letter of transmittal.

* I (we) understand that if I (we) sign this instruction form without indicating an aggregate principal amount of old notes in the space above, all old notes held by you for my (our) account will be tendered for exchange.


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