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 director Patrick Siewert reported routine equity compensation activity in company stock. On May 1, 2026, he exercised 1,087 shares of Common Stock from a 2025 director RSU award and had 327 shares withheld in a tax-withholding disposition.
After these transactions, Siewert directly held 19,284 shares of Common Stock. He also received a new 2026 Director RSU Award for 1,128 RSUs, each representing a contingent right to one share of common stock that will cliff-vest on the first anniversary of the grant date.
Avery Dennison director Francesca Reverberi reported routine equity compensation activity. She exercised 1,087 restricted stock units into common shares and had 327 shares withheld at $164.01 per share to cover tax obligations. Following these transactions, she directly owns 2,464 common shares.
Reverberi also received a 2026 director RSU award covering 1,128 units, which each represent a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. These RSUs cliff-vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, adding to her long-term, stock-based compensation.
Avery Dennison director Maria Fernanda Mejia reported routine equity compensation activity. She exercised 1,087 restricted stock units into an equal number of common shares at a reported price of $164.01 per share, resulting in 2,063 common shares held directly after the transaction.
At the same time, a 2025 director RSU award for 1,087 units was fully converted and now has a zero balance. Mejia also received a new 2026 director RSU award covering 1,128 restricted stock units that cliff-vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, each representing a right to one share of common stock.
Avery Dennison Corp director Andres Alberto Lopez reported equity compensation activity in company stock. On May 1, 2026, he exercised a 2025 Director RSU award into 1,087 shares of common stock, bringing his direct common stock holdings to 5,147 shares.
He also received a new 2026 Director RSU award for 1,128 restricted stock units, which, per the plan, cliff-vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, with each RSU delivering one share of common stock. In addition, he holds deferred stock units tied to 1,891.2084 underlying common shares under the DDECP.
Director Ward H. Dickson of Avery Dennison Corp acquired 1,087 shares of common stock on May 1, 2026 by exercising a 2025 director restricted stock unit (RSU) award at an indicated value of $164.01 per share. After this exercise, he directly owns 1,840 common shares. On the same date, he received a new 2026 director RSU award covering 1,128 RSUs, which are scheduled to cliff-vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, each RSU convertible into one share of common stock.
Avery Dennison Corp director Mitchell R. Butier reported routine equity compensation activity. He exercised 1,763 shares from a 2025 Director RSU Award at $164.01 per share into common stock held in a trust and received a new 2026 Director RSU Award for 1,829 restricted stock units (RSUs).
After these transactions, he holds 188,297 Avery Dennison shares indirectly through a trust, 11,613 shares directly, and about 4,340.8831 shares through a savings plan. The RSUs cliff-vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, with each RSU representing a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.
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.