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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 President & CEO Deon Stander reported multiple equity-compensation transactions in company stock and stock units. On March 1, 2026, he received a grant of 16,622 restricted stock units (RSUs) that vest in four equal annual installments and 24,033 performance units (PUs) that vest at the end of fiscal 2028 if specified performance goals are met.
Several earlier multi-year stock unit (MSU) and performance unit awards vested at percentages of target ranging from 56% to 96%, based on absolute and relative total stockholder return and economic value added. These units were settled into common stock at $194.78 per share, with a portion of shares withheld to cover tax obligations. After these transactions, Stander directly owns 73,351 shares of Avery Dennison common stock.
Avery Dennison vice president and controller Santiago Divina Fe reported several equity compensation transactions. On March 1, 2026, he received a grant of 523 restricted stock units under a 2026 RSU award and 756 performance units under a 2026 PU award, both at no cash cost.
The RSUs vest in four equal annual installments, and each unit can convert into one share of common stock. The performance units may vest after fiscal year 2028 if specified performance goals are achieved, with each unit also representing a right to one share.
Multiple earlier MSU and PU awards vested based on total shareholder return and other performance measures, converting into shares of common stock. A portion of the newly issued common shares was surrendered at $194.78 per share to cover tax obligations, leaving the remaining shares held directly.
Avery Dennison SVP and CFO Gregory Lovins reported multiple equity-related transactions dated March 1, 2026. He received a grant of 4,329 restricted stock units under a 2026 RSU award and 6,259 performance units under a 2026 PU award, both at a stated price of $0.00 per unit.
Several prior awards of market share units, performance units and RSUs vested and were exercised into common stock, while shares were withheld to cover tax obligations through transactions coded “F” at a price of $194.78 per share. Following these conversions and tax-withholding dispositions, Lovins directly held 81,685 shares of Avery Dennison common stock and indirectly held 2,243.4669 shares through a savings plan.
Avery Dennison SVP & CIO Nicholas Colisto reported equity compensation activity involving restricted stock units, performance units, and common stock on 2026-03-01. He received a 2026 RSU Award for 1,462 units and a 2026 PU Award for 2,114 units, each representing the right to one share of common stock if vesting conditions are met.
Multiple tranches of prior-year market stock unit and performance unit awards vested into common shares, with related common stock transactions at $194.78 per share. Some of these shares were delivered back to the company to satisfy tax withholding obligations, leaving Colisto with 11,012 shares of common stock held directly after the reported transactions.
Avery Dennison senior vice president and chief HR officer Deena Baker-Nel reported multiple equity award transactions in company stock. On March 1, 2026, she exercised or converted several performance-based and market-based stock unit awards into common shares, and some of those shares were withheld to cover tax obligations.
The filing shows new grants of 2,119 restricted stock units and 3,063 performance units, which vest over future years if service and performance goals are met. Following these transactions, she directly held 7,125 common shares and indirectly held 1,721.9768 shares through a savings plan.
Avery Dennison senior vice president and chief strategy and development officer Danny Gilad Allouche reported a series of equity compensation transactions. He was granted 2,183 restricted stock units from a 2026 RSU award and 3,157 performance units from a 2026 PU award, each representing the right to receive one share of common stock if vesting conditions are met.
Multiple earlier performance-based MSU and PU awards vested on the same date at 56% to 96% of target based on absolute and relative total stockholder return and economic value added metrics, as described in the footnotes. These vestings resulted in common shares being acquired indirectly through a trust at a reference price of $194.78 per share, with several smaller tax-withholding dispositions reported under code F to satisfy exercise price or tax obligations.
Avery Dennison Corporation reported that its Board of Directors approved amended and restated bylaws effective February 26, 2026. The changes tighten advance notice rules by requiring any stockholder proposing business to disclose any material interest they and any beneficial owner have in the matter.
The bylaws now require the company’s secretary to provide a standard questionnaire and written representation and agreement to a requesting stockholder of record within ten days. The amendments also remove certain references to the nature of Board determinations and increase the mandatory retirement age for directors from 72 to 75, along with other non-substantive clarifications.
Avery Dennison Corporation provides a detailed look at its global labeling and digital identification business, where Materials Group generated about 69% of 2025 net sales and Solutions Group the remaining 31%. Roughly 69% of revenue came from outside the U.S., highlighting meaningful exposure to international markets and emerging economies.
The company acquired W.F. Taylor Holdings, a flooring adhesives business, for approximately $390 million and invested about $200 million in capital projects, including RFID capacity in India. It reports exceeding its 2025 greenhouse gas target with an estimated 60% absolute reduction from a 2015 baseline, and continues to target deeper cuts by 2030.
Avery Dennison also discusses extensive risk factors, including tariffs, geopolitical conflicts, climate-related regulation, supply chain and raw material volatility, cybersecurity threats, and interest-rate and tax changes. In 2025 it spent $137 million on research and development and about $47 million on restructuring, which delivered over $60 million of annual savings, while repurchasing 3.2 million shares for $575.6 million.
Avery Dennison Corporation senior vice president and chief legal officer Ignacio J. Walker sold 1,156 shares of common stock on February 6, 2026 at $192.95 per share. After this sale, he directly owned 7,588 common shares and indirectly held 587.3631 shares through a company savings plan.
Avery Dennison stock held by an investor is the subject of a notice to sell 1,156 shares of common stock through Fidelity Brokerage Services on or around 02/06/2026 on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value listed as 223049.97.
The filing shows these shares were acquired as restricted stock vesting from the issuer as compensation on 02/27/2020 and 03/01/2024, in amounts of 176 and 980 shares. The issuer reports 77,295,394 shares of this class outstanding.