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Avery Dennison Corp (symbol: AVY) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC.
Avery Dennison Corp (symbol: AVY) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC.
Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) announced Board leadership changes as part of its long-term succession planning. The Board unanimously elected William Wagner as independent Board Chair, effective September 1, 2026, to serve for the remainder of the one-year term ending at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Mitchell Butier will remain non-executive Chairman through August 31, 2026 and then continue as a non-independent Board member for the rest of the term ending at the 2027 Annual Meeting. The Board determined that Mr. Wagner is independent under New York Stock Exchange listing standards, so a Lead Independent Director is no longer required under the company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines; accordingly, Patrick Siewert will cease serving in that role on August 31, 2026 but will remain an independent director.
Given the time commitments of Mr. Wagner’s new role and his ongoing chairmanship of the Cybersecurity Committee, the Board appointed Mr. Siewert as Chair of the Governance Committee, effective September 1, 2026, for the remainder of the current one-year term, while Mr. Wagner continues as a member of that committee.
For Avery Dennison Corp, reporting person Mitchell R. Butier reported two indirect dispositions of Common Stock (Savings Plan) held in an Employee Savings Plan. On August 13, 2026, a discretionary transaction under Rule 16b-3(f) disposed of 2,184.5792 shares at $180.01 per share, and on August 14, 2026, a similar discretionary transaction disposed of 2,184.5792 shares at $178.93 per share. A footnote states these transactions reflect diversification out of a unitized company stock fund into alternative investments available under the Employee Savings Plan. Following these updates, indirect holdings in Common Stock (Trust) are reported at 188,297 shares, and direct holdings of Common Stock are reported at 11,613 shares.
State Street Corporation reported beneficial ownership of Avery Dennison Corp common stock. It listed 4,048,625 shares as beneficially owned, representing 5.3% of the outstanding common stock. All voting and disposition authority is reported as shared through various State Street Global Advisors entities, with 2,666,867 shares under shared voting power and 4,044,695 shares under shared dispositive power. No other person is identified as having rights to more than 5% of this class of securities, and no group or group dissolution is reported.
Avery Dennison Corp executive Ignacio J. Walker, SVP and Chief Legal Officer, sold 1,742 shares of common stock on 2026-08-04 at $171.61 per share in an open-market or private transaction, leaving 7,585 shares held directly and 604.2075 shares held indirectly through a Savings Plan.
Avery Dennison Corporation reported higher sales and earnings for the second quarter and first half of 2026. Net sales were $2,462.9 million in the quarter and $4,761.4 million year to date, while net income reached $204.1 million for the quarter and $372.2 million year to date. Diluted EPS was $2.67 for the quarter and $4.85 year to date. Growth was led by Materials Group, which delivered 10% organic sales growth in the quarter; Solutions Group organic sales grew 3%.
Operating cash flow was $544.7 million in the first six months, driving adjusted free cash flow of $469.8 million. The company recorded $34.7 million of restructuring charges tied to roughly 600 position reductions and footprint optimization. Fair value of total debt was $3.60 billion, with no borrowings under the $1.20 billion revolver. Management expects 2026 results to reflect favorable foreign currency translation and incremental restructuring savings, partly offset by higher interest expense and a full-year effective tax rate in the high‑twenty percent range.
The issuer related to ticker AVY filed a notice of intent under Rule 144 to sell common stock through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC on August 4, 2026 on the NYSE. The filing references a quantity of 1742 and an associated value of 298944.62 for the planned sale. It also lists prior and future restricted stock vesting events used as compensation, including quantities of 3 on September 1, 2023 and 1739 on February 27, 2026.
Avery Dennison (symbol AVY) has a shareholder planning to sell 4,889 shares of common stock through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC on August 3, 2026, with an aggregate market value of $842,179.14 on the NYSE. The disclosure also lists prior equity compensation events: 2,110 restricted shares vested on March 1, 2024 and 2,779 restricted shares vested on March 1, 2025, both described as compensation from the issuer.
Avery Dennison reported preliminary second quarter 2026 results with net sales of $2.46 billion, up 10.9% year over year. Organic sales grew 7.6% and sales change ex. currency 8.9%. Net income was $204.1 million ($2.67 diluted EPS), while adjusted net income was $220.5 million and adjusted EPS $2.89, up 19.4%. Adjusted operating income reached $334.6 million, for a 13.6% margin versus 12.9% a year ago; adjusted EBITDA was $421.0 million with a 17.1% margin, up 50 basis points.
Materials Group sales rose 15.9% to $1.80 billion, with 9.7% organic growth driven by high single-digit volume/mix and low single-digit price increases; high-value categories grew mid-single digits and base categories low double digits. Its adjusted operating margin was 15.8% and adjusted EBITDA margin 18.0%. Solutions Group sales were $666.8 million, down 0.5% reported but up 2.6% organically, with adjusted operating margin improving to 11.5% and adjusted EBITDA margin to 18.6%. Management estimates customer inventory stocking contributed roughly half of organic growth and about $0.25 of EPS in the quarter.
Adjusted free cash flow was $365.4 million in Q2 and $469.8 million year to date, supported by $544.7 million in operating cash flow for the first half. Net debt to adjusted EBITDA was 2.3x, with total debt of $3.68 billion and cash of $227.3 million. The company returned $347 million to shareholders in the first half of 2026, including $198.2 million of share repurchases and $148.5 million of dividends, and the diluted share count declined to 76.4 million from 78.3 million a year earlier. For full-year 2026, Avery Dennison guides to reported EPS of $9.40–$9.70 and adjusted EPS of $10.00–$10.30, assuming 5–6% reported sales growth, 3–4% organic sales growth, and that customer inventory stocking seen in the first half largely unwinds in the second half, with the majority of destocking expected in the third quarter.