A Leader in Office Products With World-Class Brands and Global Scale

ACCO Brands Corporation is one of the world's largest suppliers of branded office products, with annual revenues of nearly $2 billion. ACCO Brands markets products in over 100 countries across the globe through its own sales force and distribution networks. We're proud of our long history of industry leadership and innovation, and we're focused on delivering exceptional value for our stockholders and customers by providing unique, leading-edge, branded office products.

Today, products that support consumers' needs for greater productivity at work, at home, at school and on the road are more critical than ever. That's why we've designed our product offerings with six specific consumer needs in mind:

1) Workspace Tools, including staplers, shredders, punches and trimmers; 2) Document Communication, including sheet protectors, report covers, and binding and laminating machines and supplies; 3) Visual Communication, including white boards, easels, overhead projectors, transparencies and screens; 4) Storage & Organization, including binders, filing systems, storage boxes, labels, clips and fasteners, and accounting supplies; and, 5) Computer Accessories, including mice, trackballs, keyboards, computer security devices and mobile accessories. 6) Time Management, including planners and calendars.

Underpinning our focus on consumer needs is the unparalleled strength of our portfolio of leading brands. Brands such as Swingline, Kensington, Wilson Jones, Quartet, GBC, Day-Timer, and Rexel, among others, command instant recognition from consumers worldwide and are essential in offices, schools and workspaces everywhere. Because our business is oriented almost exclusively towards the office products industry, we are able to maintain a sharp focus on assuring that our brands remain at the forefront of our marketplace. With consolidation among customers, particularly large office product retailers, strong and recognizable brands are a critical advantage for long-term success.

Under the GBC banner, ACCO Brands is also a leader in serving the professional printing market. Our GBC brand offers innovative print finishing solutions for a range of printing applications, as well as high-speed and wide format lamination and a variety of commercial binding solutions.

ACCO Brands Corporation Facts

2007 Sales: $1.9 billion
$76 million in 2007 net income⁽¹⁾
Employees: approximately 6,000
Headquarters: Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA
Stock: Traded on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol ABD)

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How We Will Grow

Our Commitment to Shareholder Value

Our History

How We Will Grow

As one of the world's only publicly-traded, pure-play global office products suppliers, we see multiple opportunities for robust growth in the years ahead. The need to organize information, present documents effectively, and communicate visually will continue to be a driving force in the information age in which we all live today. At the same time, other trends – from long-term growth in white collar employment, to the growth of small, home and mobile offices, to exploding rates of computer usage, to the increased concern of identity theft that has prompted greater use of shredders and computer security devices – all clearly demonstrate the potential for the products we offer.

We intend to capitalize on these favorable market trends and to grow our company by not only meeting the needs of our customers today, but also by anticipating and being prepared to meet their evolving needs tomorrow and in the years ahead. Our brands have a history of being at the forefront of our industry and that will continue to be a critical element of our success going forward. In addition, we expect to grow by:

• Continuing to Provide Excellent Products on a Highly Cost Competitive Basis. We are proud to be able to offer our worldwide customer base the most innovative, highest quality branded office products available on a highly cost competitive basis. Our attractive business model and global operations provide us with the ability to manufacture our products on a cost basis that is among the lowest in the industry.
• Maintaining a Well-Managed Supply Chain. Complementing our cost competitive manufacturing operations is our well-managed global supply chain. Our state-of-the-art system provides our retail customers with a consistently reliable response to their product needs and allows them to do business with us with minimal investment in inventories. This positions our customers to grow their businesses in tandem with ours.
• Remaining Focused on Innovation. As a company with industry-leading brands – a number of which have been in existence for over a century – we have a track record of innovation in bringing new products to market to meet emerging consumer preferences and demands. As new economic, social and technological trends usher in dramatic new changes across the workspaces of the twenty-first century, we are committed to continuing to bring a spirit of innovation to all of the products that we develop.

Our Commitment To Shareholder Value

ACCO Brands Corporation is committed to delivering long-term value for our shareholders. The power of our brands, our unmatched global customer reach, and our strategic and market strengths put us in a strong position to achieve this goal.

Going forward, we are committed to solidifying our industry and market leadership while building enhanced shareholder value through steady growth in our sales, operating income and earnings per share.

Our History Of Innovation

ACCO Brands Corporation is a new company, but our roots stretch back more than a century. Over the years, our businesses have consistently been guided by a spirit of innovation and a commitment to delivering superior, cutting-edge products for our customers. This has enabled us to flourish and grow in a continually evolving office products environment.

ACCO Brands Corporation became an independent publicly traded company on August 17, 2005. The Company was formed through the spin-off of the ACCO World office products unit of Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO) and its subsequent merger with General Binding Corporation (GBC). This transaction brought together the complementary businesses, brands and strengths of ACCO and GBC to form the world's largest supplier of branded office products – a global office products powerhouse. As a highly focused office products company, we are now uniquely positioned to capitalize on the opportunities for growth in our industry.

ACCO's businesses got their start with the founding of Wilson Jones in 1893, the American Clip Company (ACCO) in 1903, and the Swingline Company in 1925. These were among the first companies to revolutionize the basic ways in which we record, store and organize information in offices, schools and workspaces through the creation of the ring binder, the mass production of the paper clip, and the widespread popularization of staplers.

GBC was founded in 1947 to manufacture and sell desktop binding products, and eventually broadened its product base to include a range of binding solutions, as well as laminating products, shredders, visual communication products and calculators. Over the years, the company established itself as a leader in the office products industry, offering products under the well-known GBC, Quartet and Ibico brands as well as a range of professional-grade print finishing solutions.

We at ACCO Brands are proud to have played a critical role in shaping the office products industry for more than 100 years, and we look forward to continuing our tradition of leadership for years to come.