ACCO Brands Corporation (ACCO) CEO Boris Elisman on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

ACCO Brands Corporation (NYSE:ACCO) Q2 2020 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 2020 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Christine Hanneman - Senior Director of Investor Relations
Boris Elisman - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Neal Fenwick - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Chris McGinnis - Sidoti & Company
Kevin Steinke - Barrington Research
Joe Gomes - NOBLE Capital
Hale Holden - Barclays
Hamed Khorsand - BWS Financial

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the 2Q 2020 ACCO Brands Corp. Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participant are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to hand the conference to your speaker today, Christine Hanneman, Senior Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead ma'am.

Christine Hanneman

Good morning. This is Christine Hanneman, Senior Director of Investor Relations. Welcome to ACCO Brands Second Quarter 2020 Conference Call. Speaking on the call today are Boris Elisman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ACCO Brands Corporation; and Neal Fenwick, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Slides that can accompany this call have been posted to the Investor Relations section of accobrands.com. When speaking about our results, we may refer to adjusted results. Adjusted results exclude transaction, integration and restructuring costs and reflect an adjusted tax rate. Schedules of adjusted results and other non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are in the earnings release and slides that accompany this call.

Due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts, we do not reconcile our forward-looking adjusted earnings per share, free cash flow, net leverage ratio or adjusted tax rate guidance. Forward-looking statements made during the call, including statements concerning the impacts