8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 18, 2010

 

 

ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-08454   36-2704017

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

300 Tower Parkway

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

  60069
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 541-9500

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

ACCO Brands Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 18, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected the nine people listed below to serve as directors for a term of one year expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2010: (iii) approved a proposal to amend and reapprove the performance measures under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan; and, (iv) rejected a proposal to transact such other business as may have properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Set forth below are the voting results for these proposals:

 

Item 1: The election of nine directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

     For    Withheld    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes

Robert J. Keller

   43,769,790    1,412,824    —      4,949,491

George V. Bayly

   44,674,776    507,838    —      4,949,491

Kathleen S. Dvorak

   44,895,617    286,997    —      4,949,491

G. Thomas Hargrove

   44,883,667    298,947    —      4,949,491

Robert H. Jenkins

   44,921,111    261,503    —      4,949,491

Thomas Kroeger

   44,884,528    298,086    —      4,949,491

Michael Norkus

   44,888,641    293,973    —      4,949,491

Sheila G. Talton

   44,894,224    288,390    —      4,949,491

Norman H. Wesley

   44,723,336    459,278    —      4,949,491

 

Item 2: The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

49,529,873

   574,628    27,604

 

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Item 3: The approval of a proposal to amend and reapprove the performance measures under the Amended and Restated ACCO Brands Corporation 2005 Incentive Plan

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

48,863,420

   921,430    287,255    —  

 

Item 4: The approval of a proposal to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

16,238,571

   32,988,238    905,296    —  

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 19, 2010    

ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION

(Registrant)

    By:  

/s/ Steven Rubin

    Name:   Steven Rubin
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

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