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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000008818-26-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVY"
cik: "0000008818"
company_name: "Avery Dennison Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:58:59.253888+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avery Dennison amends bylaws, increases mandatory director retirement age to 75

## Summary
- Board approved amended and restated bylaws effective February 26, 2026.
- New advance notice provision requires stockholder to disclose material interest in business to be brought before meeting.
- Secretary must deliver questionnaire to requesting stockholder within 10 days.
- Mandatory retirement age for directors increased from 72 to 75.
- Other non-substantive and clarifying changes made to multiple sections.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008818-26-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVY
- cik: 0000008818
- company_name: Avery Dennison Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881826000017/0000008818-26-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881826000017/avy-20260226.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008818-26-000017.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 0f168f05ff2a2769e3794f53c81a30b448df7944
  claim: Avery Dennison Corp: Amended and restated bylaws to update advance notice provisions, retiree age, and other clarifying changes (effective 2026-02-26).
  evidence_excerpt: On February 26, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Avery Dennison Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881826000017/0000008818-26-000017-index.htm

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