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accession: "0000008818-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVY"
cik: "0000008818"
company_name: "Avery Dennison Corp"
filed_at: "2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:58:19.999077+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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materiality_score: 0.65
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avery Dennison Board Authorizes $750M Share Repurchase

## Summary
- Board authorized additional share repurchases of up to $750M, effective April 28, 2022, supplementing prior buyback programs.
- At the annual meeting, all eight director nominees were elected; Patrick Siewert received lowest support with 60.9M votes for (93% of votes cast excl. broker non-votes).
- Advisory say-on-pay and ratification of PwC as auditor both passed with over 94% of votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008818-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVY
- cik: 0000008818
- company_name: Avery Dennison Corp
- filed_at: 2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881822000004/0000008818-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881822000004/avy-20220428.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008818-22-000004.txt

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