---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000008818-24-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVY"
cik: "0000008818"
company_name: "Avery Dennison Corp"
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T07:01:00.285026+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avery Dennison appoints former WestRock CFO Ward Dickson to board, as Audit Chair

## Summary
- Ward Dickson appointed to Board effective June 1, 2024; named Chair of Audit Committee and member of Finance Committee.
- Dickson was EVP and CFO of WestRock Company ($20.3B revenue) from 2015-2021, and previously held finance roles at Cisco Systems.
- Received prorated grant of 753 restricted stock units vesting on first anniversary of grant date.
- Appointment strengthens financial and packaging-industry expertise on the board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008818-24-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVY
- cik: 0000008818
- company_name: Avery Dennison Corp
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000013/0000008818-24-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000013/avy-20240531.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008818-24-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008818-24-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008818-24-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ward Dickson was appointed as Director at Avery Dennison Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Ward Dickson as a director, effective June 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881824000013/0000008818-24-000013-index.htm

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