---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000008818-23-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVY"
cik: "0000008818"
company_name: "Avery Dennison Corp"
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T07:15:32.110953+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avery Dennison stockholders elect ten directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected with over 63.8 million votes in favor each.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 64.3 million for, 5.0 million against.
- Stockholders chose one-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes: 68.5 million votes.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2023 approved with 69.7 million votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008818-23-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVY
- cik: 0000008818
- company_name: Avery Dennison Corp
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881823000008/0000008818-23-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881823000008/avy-20230427.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Avery Dennison Corp shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of advisory votes to approve the Company's executive compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: The final results of the voting for proposal 3 described in the 2023 Proxy Statement were as follows : Proposal One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of advisory votes to approve the Company's executive compensation 68,468,972 75,387 1,033,688 81,340 3,869,951
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881823000008/0000008818-23-000008-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Avery Dennison Corp shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 69,678,409 3,072,583 778,346 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881823000008/0000008818-23-000008-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Avery Dennison Corp shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company's executive compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: The final results of the voting for proposals 2 and 4 described in the 2023 Proxy Statement were as follows : Proposal For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company's executive compensation 64,324,839 4,972,134 362,414 3,869,951
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881823000008/0000008818-23-000008-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Avery Dennison Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: The final results of the voting for the ten director nominees named in the Company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2023 (the “2023 Proxy Statement”) were as follows: Director Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Bradley Alford 66,157,855 3,357,322 144,210 3,869,951 Anthony Anderson 67,461,764 2,059,628 137,995 3,869,951 Mitchell Butier 65,348,679 4,153,346 157,362 3,869,951 Ken Hicks 67,062,694 2,455,708 140,985 3,869,951 Andres Lopez 69,028,250 491,445 139,692 3,869,951 Francesca Reverberi 69,372,134 153,885 133,368 3,869,951 Patrick Siewert 63,847,281 4,941,831 870,275 3,869,951 Julia Stewart 64,144,397 4,647,882 867,108 3,869,951 Martha Sullivan 68,229,989 1,292,787 136,611 3,869,951 William Wagner 69,371,002 148,586 139,799 3,869,951
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881823000008/0000008818-23-000008-index.htm

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