---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000008818-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVY"
cik: "0000008818"
company_name: "Avery Dennison Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T16:13:51.214903+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avery Dennison director Julia Stewart not standing for reelection; appoints Maria Fernanda Mejia to board

## Summary
- Julia A. Stewart, director for 21 years, will not stand for reelection at April 25, 2024 annual meeting to focus on her health venture.
- Maria Fernanda Mejia, 60, retired CEO International of Newell Brands, appointed to board effective Feb 22, 2024.
- Mejia receives prorated equity award of 132 RSUs vesting on first anniversary; serves on Audit Committee.
- Board amended bylaws with technical updates including director number fixed by board, majority vote for bylaw changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008818-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVY
- cik: 0000008818
- company_name: Avery Dennison Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000004/0000008818-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000004/avy-20240220.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008818-24-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julia A. Stewart departed as Director at Avery Dennison Corp.
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 20, 2024, Julia A. Stewart, a 21-year member of the Board of Directors ('Board') of Avery Dennison Corporation (the 'Company'), notified the Company’s Executive Chairman and Lead Independent Director of her decision not to stand for reelection at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 25, 2024 (the 'Annual Meeting') in order to dedicate her efforts to the health and wellness venture she founded.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000004/0000008818-24-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  Maria Fernanda Mejia was appointed as Director at Avery Dennison Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 22, 2024, upon the recommendation of its Governance Committee, the Board appointed Maria Fernanda Mejia as a director, effective on that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000004/0000008818-24-000004-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Avery Dennison Corp: Amended and restated bylaws to make various changes including registered office, advance notice procedures, voting standard for contested elections, director count, indemnification, and adoption amendment procedures (effective 2024-02-22).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-22
  source text: Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. On February 22, 2024, the Board amended and restated the Company’s bylaws, effective as of that date (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), to, among other things: • Amend the provision governing the location of the Company’s registered office to provide that the registered office of the Company shall be fixed in the Company’s certificate of incorporation; • As to a stockholder’s obligation to update and supplement such stockholder’s notice of director nominations and proposals of business, clarify that such updated information shall not limit the Company’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice, to extend any applicable deadlines or to permit a stockholder to amend or update any proposal or to submit a new proposal; • Specify the time period for determining whether a contested election exists for purposes of the voting standard for the election of directors; •
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000004/0000008818-24-000004-index.htm

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