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Avery Dennison filings document formal disclosures for an operating company with common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange and senior notes registered on Nasdaq. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish preliminary financial results and presentation materials, record annual meeting voting outcomes, disclose amendments to bylaws and governance guidelines, and describe material debt agreements, including senior notes issued under an indenture.
The company's proxy materials cover director elections, advisory executive compensation votes, auditor ratification and stockholder proposals. Its event filings also identify risk factors and operating exposures tied to demand conditions, raw-material and energy costs, tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty, environmental standards, competitive pricing, acquisitions, currency movements and capital-structure actions.
Avery Dennison Corporation reported the results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held in a virtual-only format on April 30, 2026. Stockholders representing 71,592,791 shares, or 93.1% of the 76,917,031 shares outstanding as of the March 2, 2026 record date, were present, providing a quorum.
All ten director nominees were elected for one-year terms, stockholders approved on an advisory basis the Company’s executive compensation, and they ratified the appointment of PwC as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026. A stockholder proposal calling for an independent Board Chairman did not receive sufficient support and was not approved.
Vanguard Capital Management reports beneficial ownership of 5,795,652 shares of Avery Dennison Corp common stock, representing 7.53% of the class as of 03/31/2026. The filing shows sole voting power for 785,945 shares and sole dispositive power for 5,795,652 shares. The report is signed on 04/29/2026.
Avery Dennison Corp: Vanguard Portfolio Management reported beneficial ownership of 4,873,512 shares of Common Stock, representing 6.33% of the class as of 03/31/2026. The filing states Vanguard exercises sole dispositive power over these shares and discloses that holdings include securities held for Vanguard funds and client accounts.
Avery Dennison reported preliminary first quarter 2026 results showing modest top-line growth and higher earnings. Net sales were $2.30 billion, up 7.0% year over year and 1.1% higher on an organic basis. Reported EPS was $2.18, while adjusted EPS rose to $2.47, up 7.4%.
The Materials Group delivered reported sales of $1.65 billion, up 11.4% with organic growth of 1.9% and a 15.4% adjusted operating margin. Solutions Group sales were $649 million, down 2.8% with organic decline of 0.9% and margin compression to a 9.0% adjusted operating margin. Adjusted EBITDA margin for the company held at 16.4%.
Cash generation improved significantly, with adjusted free cash flow of $104.4 million versus a prior-year outflow. The company returned $133 million through dividends and share repurchases and ended the quarter with a net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio of 2.4x. For second quarter 2026, Avery Dennison guides to reported EPS of $2.21–$2.31 and adjusted EPS of $2.43–$2.53, implying continued year-over-year earnings growth.
The Vanguard Group filed an amendment to Schedule 13G/A reporting 0 shares beneficially owned of Avery Dennison Corp common stock. The filing explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, that disaggregates certain subsidiaries' holdings from The Vanguard Group, Inc.
The amendment states Vanguard entities that formerly were aggregated will now report separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538; the filing is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration.
Avery Dennison director Mitchell R. Butier reported open-market sales of a total of 33,000 shares of Avery Dennison common stock on March 11–12, 2026. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at weighted average prices ranging from about $169.71 to $174.53 per share.
The filing states these sales occurred automatically under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on November 24, 2025, which permits potential total sales of up to 113,000 shares. After the transactions, Butier directly holds 198,147 shares and indirectly holds 4,312.4948 shares through a savings plan.
AVY reported Section 144 notices for secondary sales by an affiliate. The excerpt lists five reported offloads of 20,000 shares each by Butier Trust on 03/05/2026, 03/06/2026, 03/09/2026, 03/10/2026, and 03/11/2026 with listed gross proceeds of $3,691,784.84, $3,585,055.86, $3,519,678.85, $3,512,599.73, and $3,477,687.25 respectively.
The filing also shows an entry for Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC with 13,000 common shares and an amount field of $2,263,040.00 dated 03/12/2026. The transactions are labeled as resale/compensation-related in the excerpt.
Avery Dennison Corporation is soliciting proxies for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held virtually on April 30, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Stockholders of record on March 2, 2026 may vote online, by phone, by mail, or during the meeting in certain cases.
Stockholders will vote on electing ten directors, an advisory say-on-pay proposal, ratifying PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for 2026, and a stockholder proposal to require an independent Board Chairman. The Board recommends voting FOR the director slate, say-on-pay and auditor ratification, and AGAINST the independent chair proposal.
The proxy highlights 2025 results including net sales of $8.9 billion, reported EPS of $8.79, adjusted EPS of $9.53, net income of $688.0 million, and net cash provided by operating activities of $881.4 million. It also emphasizes long-term financial targets, capital deployment of over $2 billion to acquisitions and nearly $2.8 billion to dividends and buybacks over five years, and TSR performance that outpaced the Dow Jones U.S. Container & Packaging Index over five years.
The filing outlines five strategic pillars focused on high-value categories, base business profitability, digital-physical integration, disciplined capital allocation and productivity, and environmental and social leadership. It details progress toward 2025 and 2030 sustainability goals, including significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, a high share of certified paper and sustainability-driven products, and a “gold” EcoVadis rating in 2025.
Governance and board topics include an 80% independent board, a non-independent Chairman with a robust Lead Independent Director, creation of a standalone Cybersecurity Committee effective January 2026, and an updated mandatory director retirement age of 75. The proxy also describes active stockholder engagement, strong stock ownership and insider trading policies, and an executive compensation program with a high pay-for-performance mix, featuring performance units tied to EVA and relative TSR, market-leveraged stock units based on absolute TSR, and annual incentives driven by financial goals and individual performance modifiers.
Avery Dennison Corp director Mitchell R. Butier reported open-market sales of 40,000 shares of Common Stock on March 9–10, 2026. The sales were executed in multiple trades at weighted-average prices in ranges disclosed in the filing.
The transactions occurred automatically under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on November 24, 2025, which allows potential total sales of up to 113,000 shares. Following these trades, Butier directly holds 231,147 common shares and indirectly holds 4,312.4948 shares through a savings plan.