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Issuer:     Avery Dennison Corp (AVY)
CIK:        0000008818
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-19T10:45:55+00:00
Accession:  0000008818-26-000141
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avery Dennison names William Wagner independent Board Chair effective Sept 1, 2026
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- William Wagner elected independent Board Chair effective Sept 1, 2026; board member since Oct 2022.
- Mitchell Butier remains non-executive Chairman through Aug 31, 2026, then continues as non-independent board member.
- Patrick Siewert ceases as Lead Independent Director Aug 31, 2026; remains independent board member.
- Siewert replaces Wagner as Governance Committee Chair effective Sept 1, 2026; Wagner stays as Cybersecurity Committee Chair.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881826000141/0000008818-26-000141-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000000881826000141/avy-20260818.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008818-26-000141

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