Avery Dennison Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On November 4, 2024, Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), closed its previously announced issuance of €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.750% senior notes due 2034 (the “Notes”). The net proceeds from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses, were approximately €495.0 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay in full the €500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.250% senior notes due 2025 when they mature on March 3, 2025 and for general corporate purposes.
The offering of the Notes was registered under an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by the Company on April 22, 2022 (Registration No. 333-264452). The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 20, 2007, as supplemented by a tenth supplemental indenture, dated as of November 4, 2024 (as supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.750% per year and will mature on November 4, 2034. Interest on the Notes is payable annually in arrears on November 4 of each year, beginning on November 4, 2025.
The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (b) a “make-whole” amount as described in the Indenture, plus in either case accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that, if the Company redeems any Notes on or after August 4, 2034, the redemption price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
In the event of a change of control triggering event as described in the Indenture, the Company would be required to offer to repurchase the Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date.
The Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company. The Notes rank equally and ratably with all of the Company’s other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and other liabilities; senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s future subordinated indebtedness, if any; effectively junior to all of the Company’s future secured indebtedness, if any, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries. The descriptions of the Indenture and the Notes contained herein are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the Indenture and Notes attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, which are incorporated by reference.
Attached hereto as exhibits are the agreements and opinion relating to the offering. The exhibits are expressly incorporated by reference and into the aforementioned Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any amendments thereto.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement. |
The disclosure in Item 1.01 above is incorporated in this section by reference.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
The disclosure in Item 1.01 above is incorporated in this section by reference.
In connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, on October 30, 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Merrill Lynch International, Mizuho International plc and SMBC Bank International plc and the other underwriters named in Schedule 2 therein, relating to the Notes.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| + | Exhibits marked with a (+) exclude certain portions of the exhibit pursuant to Item 601(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-K. A copy of the omitted portions will be furnished to the SEC upon request. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: November 4, 2024 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Gregory S. Lovins | |||||
| Name: | Gregory S. Lovins | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||