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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT
    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
                               DECEMBER 16, 1996

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                          AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                                               
       DELAWARE                            001-07685               95-1492269
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                             Identification Number)
150 NORTH ORANGE GROVE BOULEVARD PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91103 (Address of principal executive offices) (818) 304-2000 (Registrant's telephone number) --------------------- ================================================================================ ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits 1 Distribution Agreement dated December 16, 1996 between Registrant, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 4.1 Certificate establishing a series of Securities entitled "Medium-Term Notes, Series D" under the Indenture between Registrant and Security Pacific National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of March 15, 1991, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 16, 1993, between Registrant and BankAmerica National Trust Company, as successor Trustee, which was acquired by First Trust of New York, N.A., without exhibits. 4.2 Form of Fixed Rate Note described in Exhibit 4.1 4.3 Form of Floating Rate Note described in Exhibit 4.1 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Date: December 16, 1996 AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION By: /s/ R. GREGORY JENKINS -------------------------------------------- R. Gregory Jenkins Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer 3

                                                                       EXHIBIT 1

                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

                               U.S. $150,000,000

                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES D

                             DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
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                                                               December 16, 1996


Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York  10004

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York  10260

Dear Sirs:

          Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Medium-Term Notes, Series D
(the "Securities") in an aggregate amount up to $150,000,000 and agrees with
each of you (individually, an "Agent," and collectively, the "Agents") as set
forth in this Agreement.

          Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and to the
reservation by the Company of the right to sell Securities directly on its own
behalf, the Company hereby (i) appoints each Agent as an agent of the Company
for the purpose of soliciting and receiving offers to purchase Securities from
the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof and (ii) agrees that, except as
otherwise contemplated herein, whenever it determines to sell Securities
directly to any Agent as principal, it will enter into a separate agreement
(each a "Terms Agreement"), substantially in the form of Annex I hereto,
relating to such sale in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof.

          The Securities will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of March
15, 1991, between the Company and Security Pacific

 
National Bank, as trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of March 16, 1993 between the Company and BankAmerica National Trust
Company, which was acquired by First Trust of New York, National Association, as
successor trustee (the "Trustee").  The Indenture, as amended by the First
Supplemental Indenture, shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Indenture."
The Securities shall have the maturity ranges, interest rates, if any,
redemption provisions, if any, and other terms set forth in the Prospectus
referred to below as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.  The
Securities will be issued, and the terms and rights thereof established, from
time to time by the Company in accordance with the Indenture.

          1.     The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each
Agent that:

          (a) A registration statement on Form S-3 in respect of $150,000,000
     aggregate amount of debt securities of the Company, including the
     Securities, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
     "Commission"); such registration statement and any post-effective amendment
     thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to such
     Agent, excluding exhibits to such registration statement, but including all
     documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus included therein,
     have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; no other
     document with respect to such registration statement or document
     incorporated by reference therein, other than the prospectus and prospectus
     supplement filed or to be filed with the Commission under Rule 424(b) of
     the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act of
     1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the Current Report on Form 8-K dated
     concurrently herewith, has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing
     with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
     registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
     has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary
     prospectus included in such registration statement or filed with the
     Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act being hereinafter called a
     "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of such registration statement,
     including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference
     in the prospectus

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contained in the registration statement, at the time such part of the
registration statement became effective, but excluding Form T-1 and, if
applicable, including the information contained in the form of final prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, each as amended
at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, being
hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus
(including, if applicable, any prospectus supplement) relating to the
Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted
for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, being
hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the applicable form
under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as
the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any supplement to the Prospectus that
sets forth only the terms of a particular issue of the Securities (a "Pricing
Supplement"), shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after
the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
incorporated therein by reference; any reference to any amendment to the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report
of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to and include the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented (including by the applicable Pricing Supplement filed
in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof) in relation to Securities sold pursuant
to this Agreement, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof, including any
documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing);

          (b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with

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     the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to
     the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the
     rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such
     documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
     state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
     the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed
     and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, or any further amendment
     or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed
     with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material
     respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable,
     and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not
     contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
     fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
     therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
     warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
     upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
     by any Agent expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
     to relate to the Securities;

          (c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any
     further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
     Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
     the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
     Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
     and the Registration Statement does not and will not, as of the effective
     date of any part of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto,
     contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
     fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
     therein not misleading, and the Prospectus does not and will not, as of the
     applicable filing date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
     thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
     material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
     made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and
     warranties contained in this Section 1(c) shall not apply to any statements
     or omissions made in

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reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by any Agent expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented to relate to the Securities;

          (d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
     since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
     incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any loss or interference with
     its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
     covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
     action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
     Prospectus as amended or supplemented, which would individually or in the
     aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business, management,
     financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
     Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and, since the respective
     dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and
     the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, there has not been any decrease
     in the capital stock of the Company in excess of $20 million or any
     increase in total debt of the Company and its subsidiaries of more than $50
     million (excluding the issuance of any of the Securities) or any material
     adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse
     change, in or affecting the business, management, financial position,
     stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
     subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated
     in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;

          (e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
     a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
     incorporation, with power

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     and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
     business as described in the Prospectus;

          (f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
     Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
     have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
     non-assessable;

          (g) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and
     delivered pursuant to this Agreement and any Terms Agreement, will have
     been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute
     valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
     benefits provided by the Indenture, which will be substantially in the form
     filed and incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as an exhibit to
     the Registration Statement, subject to the effect of bankruptcy,
     insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
     hereafter in effect relating to or limiting the rights and remedies of
     creditors generally and to the unavailability of specific performance,
     injunctive relief or other equitable remedies; the Indenture has been duly
     authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes
     a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its
     terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
     moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
     limiting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and to the
     unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
     equitable remedies; and the Indenture conforms and the Securities of any
     particular issuance of Securities will conform to the descriptions thereof
     contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to relate to such
     issuance of Securities;

          (h) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the
     Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this
     Agreement and any Terms Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions
     herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a
     breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
     default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
     other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which
     the Company is 

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     bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject,
     nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
     Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or the Bylaws of the Company or
     any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
     agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
     properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
     qualification of or

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     with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
     solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, the issue and sale of the
     Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions
     contemplated by this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or the Indenture,
     except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Commencement Date
     (as defined in Section 3 hereof), obtained under the Act or the Trust
     Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders,
     registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities
     or Blue Sky laws in connection with the solicitation by such Agent of
     offers to purchase Securities from the Company and with purchases of
     Securities by such Agent as principal, as the case may be, in each case in
     the manner contemplated hereby;

          (i) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
     governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of
     its subsidiaries is subject, which, if determined adversely to the Company
     or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a
     material adverse effect on the financial position, stockholders' equity or
     results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
     and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are
     threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by
     others; and

          (j) Immediately after any sale of Securities by the Company hereunder
     or under any Terms Agreement, the aggregate amount of Securities which
     shall have been issued and sold by the Company hereunder or under any Terms
     Agreement and of any debt securities of the Company (other than such
     Securities) that shall have been issued and sold pursuant to the
     Registration Statement will not exceed the amount of debt securities
     registered under the Registration Statement.

          2.   (a)  On the basis of the representations and warranties, and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Agents hereby
severally and not jointly agrees, as agent of the Company, to use its reasonable
efforts to solicit and receive offers to purchase the Securities from the
Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus 

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as amended or supplemented from time to time. So long as this Agreement shall
remain in effect with respect to any Agent, the Company shall not, without the
consent of such Agent, solicit or accept offers to purchase, or sell, any debt
securities with a maturity at the time of original issuance of 9 months or more
except pursuant to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement, a private placement not
constituting a public offering under the Act, in connection with a firm
commitment underwriting pursuant to an

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underwriting agreement that does not provide for a continuous offering of
medium-term debt securities or as otherwise provided in this Section 2(a).
However, the Company reserves the right to sell, and may solicit and accept
offers to purchase, Securities directly on its own behalf, and, in the case of
any such sale not resulting from a solicitation made by any Agent, no commission
will be payable with respect to such sale.  These provisions shall not limit
Section 4(f) hereof or any similar provision included in any Terms Agreement.
In addition, after notice to the Agents, the Company may appoint one or more
additional agents to solicit and receive offers to purchase Securities from the
Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented from time to time, provided that any such additional agent is made
a party to this Agreement or executes a distribution agreement substantially
identical to this Agreement.

          Procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of Securities,
the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities and the payment in each case
therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative Procedure attached hereto
as Annex II as it may be amended from time to time by written agreement between
the Agents and the Company (the "Administrative Procedure").  The provisions of
the Administrative Procedure shall apply to all transactions contemplated
hereunder other than those made pursuant to a Terms Agreement.  Each Agent and
the Company agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically
provided to be performed by each of them in the Administrative Procedure.  The
Company will furnish to the Trustee a copy of the Administrative Procedure as
from time to time in effect.

          The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion,  to instruct
the Agents to suspend at any time, for any period of time or permanently, the
solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities.  As soon as practicable, but
in any event not later than one business day in New York City, after receipt of
notice from the Company, the Agents will suspend solicitation of offers to
purchase Securities from the Company until such time as the Company has advised
the Agents that such solicitation may be resumed.

          The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission, at the time of
settlement of any sale of a Security by the Company as a result of a
solicitation made by such Agent, in an amount 

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equal to the following applicable percentage of the principal amount of such
Security sold:

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                                               Commission
                                             (percentage of
                                               aggregate
                                            principal amount
    Range of Maturities                    of Securities sold)
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From 9 months to less than 1 year ..........       .125%
From 1 year to less than 18 months .........       .150%
From 18 months to less than 2 years ........       .200%
From 2 years to less than 3 years ..........       .250%
From 3 years to less than 4 years ..........       .350%
From 4 years to less than 5 years ..........       .450%
From 5 years to less than 6 years ..........       .500%
From 6 years to less than 7 years ..........       .550%
From 7 years to less than 10 years .........       .600%
From 10 years to less than 15 years ........       .625%
From 15 years to less than 20 years ........       .675%
20 years to 30 years .......................       .750%

        (b) Each sale of Securities to any Agent as principal shall be made in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (unless the Company and such
Agent shall otherwise agree) a Terms Agreement which will provide for the sale
of such Securities to, and the purchase thereof by, such Agent.  A Terms
Agreement may also specify certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such
Securities by such Agent.  The commitment of any Agent to purchase Securities as
principal, whether pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall be deemed
to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the
Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein
set forth.  Each Terms Agreement shall specify the principal amount of
Securities to be purchased by any Agent pursuant thereto, the price to be paid
to the Company for such Securities, any provisions relating to rights of, and
default by, underwriters acting together with such Agent in the reoffering of
the Securities and the time and date and place of delivery of and payment for
such Securities.  Such Terms Agreement shall also specify any requirements for
opinions of counsel, accountants' letters and officers' certificates pursuant to
Section 4 hereof.

        For each sale of Securities to an Agent as principal that is not made
pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the procedural details relating to the issue and
delivery of such Securities and payment therefor shall be as set forth in the
Administrative 

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Procedure. For each such sale of Securities to an Agent as principal that is not
made pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company agrees to pay such Agent a
commission (or grant an equivalent discount) as provided in Section 2(a) hereof
and in accordance with the schedule set forth therein.

        Each time and date of delivery of and payment for Securities to be
purchased by an Agent as principal, whether set

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forth in a Terms Agreement or in accordance with the Administrative Procedure,
is referred to herein as a "Time of Delivery".

        3.  The documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof
on the Commencement Date (as defined below) shall be delivered to the Agents at
the offices of Latham & Watkins at 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles time, on the date of
this Agreement, which date and time of such delivery may be postponed by
agreement between the Agents and the Company but in no event shall be later than
the day prior to the date on which solicitation of offers to purchase Securities
is commenced or on which any Terms Agreement is executed (such time and date
being referred to herein as the "Commencement Date").

        4.    The Company covenants and agrees with each Agent:

          (a) (i) To make no amendment or supplement to the Registration
     Statement or the Prospectus (A) prior to the Commencement Date which shall
     be reasonably disapproved by any Agent promptly after reasonable notice
     thereof or (B) after the date of any Terms Agreement or other agreement by
     an Agent to purchase Securities as principal and prior to the related Time
     of Delivery which shall be reasonably disapproved by any Agent party to
     such Terms Agreement or so purchasing as principal promptly after
     reasonable notice thereof; (ii) to prepare, with respect to any Securities
     to be sold through or to such Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Pricing
     Supplement with respect to such Securities in a form previously approved by
     such Agent and to file such Pricing Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
     under the Act not later than the close of business of the Commission on the
     fifth business day after the date on which such Pricing Supplement is first
     used; (iii) to make no amendment or supplement to the Registration
     Statement or Prospectus, other than any Pricing Supplement, at any time
     prior to having afforded each Agent a reasonable opportunity to review and
     comment thereon; (iv) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy
     or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
     Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
     Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection
     with the offering or sale of the Securities, and during such same period to
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     Agent, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when
     any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or has become
     effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus
     (other than any Pricing Supplement that relates to Securities not purchased
     through or by such Agent) has been filed with the Commission, of the
     issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
     suspending the use of

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     any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the
     qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
     of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or
     of any request by the Commission for the amendment or supplement of the
     Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and (v)
     in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order
     preventing or suspending the use of any such prospectus or suspending any
     such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its
     withdrawal;

          (b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as such Agent may
     reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under
     the securities laws of such jurisdictions as such Agent may request and to
     comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings
     therein for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution or
     sale of the Securities; provided, however, that in connection therewith the
     Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
     file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

          (c) To furnish such Agent with copies of the Registration Statement
     and each amendment thereto, with copies of the Prospectus as each time
     amended or supplemented, other than any Pricing Supplement (except as
     provided in the Administrative Procedure), in the form in which it is filed
     with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and with copies of
     the documents incorporated by reference therein, all in such quantities as
     such Agent may reasonably request from time to time; and, if the delivery
     of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or
     sale of the Securities (including Securities purchased from the Company by
     such Agent as principal) and if at such time any event shall have occurred
     as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
     include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
     material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
     light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus
     is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
     necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or
     to file under the 

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     Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in
     order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act,
     to notify such Agent and request such Agent, in its capacity as agent of
     the Company, to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from
     the Company (and, if so notified, such Agent shall cease such solicitations
     as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than one business day
     later); and if the Company

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     shall decide to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
     Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, to so advise such Agent
     promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and to prepare and
     cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement
     to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or
     supplemented that will correct such statement or omission or effect such
     compliance; provided, however, that if during such same period such Agent
     continues to own Securities purchased from the Company by such Agent as
     principal or such Agent is otherwise required to deliver a prospectus in
     respect of transactions in the Securities, the Company shall promptly
     prepare and file with the Commission such an amendment or supplement;

          (d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
     practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
     effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)) an
     earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be
     audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and
     regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the
     Company, Rule 158);

          (e) So long as any Securities are outstanding, to furnish to such
     Agent copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other)
     furnished to stockholders, and deliver to such Agent (i) as soon as they
     are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to
     or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which
     any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional
     information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company
     as such Agent may from time to time reasonably request (such financial
     statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the
     Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its
     stockholders generally or to the Commission);

          (f) That, from the date of any Terms Agreement with such Agent or
     other agreement by such Agent to purchase Securities as principal and
     continuing to and including the earlier of (i) the termination of the
     trading restrictions for the Securities purchased thereunder, as notified
     to the 

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     Company by such Agent and (ii) the related Time of Delivery, not to offer,
     sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the
     Company which both mature more than 9 months after such Time of Delivery
     and are substantially similar to the Securities without the prior written
     consent of such Agent;

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          (g) That each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase
     Securities hereunder (including any purchase by such Agent as principal not
     pursuant to a Terms Agreement), and each execution and delivery by the
     Company of a Terms Agreement with such Agent, shall be deemed to be an
     affirmation to such Agent that the representations and warranties of the
     Company contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and
     correct as of the date of such acceptance or of such Terms Agreement, as
     the case may be, as though made at and as of such date, and an undertaking
     that such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of the
     settlement date for the Securities relating to such acceptance or as of the
     Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, as though made
     at and as of such date (except that such representations and warranties
     shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
     as amended and supplemented relating to such Securities);

          (h) That reasonably in advance of each time the Registration Statement
     or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by a Pricing
     Supplement) and each time a document filed under the Act or the Exchange
     Act is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, and each time the
     Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms
     Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of an opinion or
     opinions by O'Melveny & Myers LLP, counsel to the Agents, as a condition to
     the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Company
     shall furnish to such counsel such papers and information as they may
     reasonably request to enable them to furnish to such Agent the opinion or
     opinions referred to in Section 6(b) hereof;

          (i) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall
     be amended or supplemented (other than by a Pricing Supplement), each time
     a document filed under the Act or the Exchange Act is incorporated by
     reference into the Prospectus and each time the Company sells Securities to
     such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms
     Agreement specifies the delivery of an opinion under this Section 4(i) as a
     condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement,
     the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to such 

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     Agent a written opinion of Robert G. van Schoonenberg, General Counsel of
     the Company, and of Latham & Watkins, counsel to the Company, or other
     counsel for the Company satisfactory to such Agent, dated the date of such
     amendment, supplement, incorporation or Time of Delivery relating to such
     sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect
     that such Agent may rely on the opinions of such counsel referred to in

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     Section 6(c) (1) and (2) hereof which were last furnished to such Agent to
     the same extent as though they were dated the date of such letter
     authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last opinion shall
     be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as
     amended and supplemented to such date) or, in lieu of such opinion, an
     opinion of the same tenor as the opinion of such counsel referred to in
     Section 6(c) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement
     and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date;

          (j) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall
     be amended or supplemented and each time that a document filed under the
     Act or the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus,
     in either case to set forth financial information included in or derived
     from the Company's consolidated financial statements or accounting records,
     and each time the Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal
     pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the
     delivery of a letter under this Section 4(j) as a condition to the purchase
     of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Company shall cause the
     independent certified public accountants who have certified the financial
     statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by
     reference in the Registration Statement forthwith to furnish such Agent a
     letter, dated the date of such amendment, supplement, incorporation or Time
     of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory
     to such Agent, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 6(d)
     hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the
     Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter, with such
     changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial statements
     and other information derived from the accounting records of the Company,
     to the extent such financial statements and other information are available
     as of a date not more than five business days prior to the date of such
     letter; provided, however, that, with respect to any financial information
     or other matter, such letter may reconfirm as true and correct at such date
     as though made at and as of such date, rather than repeat, statements with
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     in the letter referred to in Section 6(d) hereof which was last furnished
     to such Agent;

          (k) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall
     be amended or supplemented (other than by a Pricing Supplement), each time
     a document filed under the Act or the Exchange Act is incorporated by
     reference into the Prospectus, and each time the Company sells Securities
     to such Agent as principal and the applicable Terms

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     Agreement specifies the delivery of a certificate under this Section 4(k)
     as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms
     Agreement, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to
     such Agent a certificate, dated the date of such supplement, amendment,
     incorporation or Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may
     be, in such form and executed by such officers of the Company as shall be
     satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that the statements contained in
     the certificate referred to in Section 6(g) hereof which was last furnished
     to such Agent are true and correct at such date as though made at and as of
     such date (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the
     Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to
     such date) or, in lieu of such certificate, certificates of the same tenor
     as the certificates referred to in said Section 6(g) but modified to relate
     to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and
     supplemented to such date; and

          (l) To offer to any person who has agreed to purchase Securities as
     the result of an offer to purchase solicited by such Agent the right to
     refuse to purchase and pay for such Securities if, on the related
     settlement date fixed pursuant to the Administrative Procedure, any
     condition set forth in Section 6(a), 6(e) or 6(f) hereof shall not have
     been satisfied (it being understood that the judgment of such person with
     respect to the impracticability or inadvisability of such purchase of
     Securities shall be substituted, for purposes of this Section 4(1), for the
     respective judgments of an Agent with respect to certain matters referred
     to in such Sections 6(a), 6(e) and 6(f), and that such Agent shall have no
     duty or obligation whatsoever to exercise the judgment permitted under such
     Sections 6(a), 6(e) and 6(f) on behalf of any such person).

          5.   The Company covenants and agrees with each Agent that the Company
will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and
expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Pricing
Supplements and all other amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and
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Agent; (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel for the Agents in
connection with any opinions to be rendered by such counsel hereunder and under
any Terms Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and under any
Terms Agreement; (iii) the cost of printing, producing or reproducing this
Agreement, any Terms Agreement, any Indenture, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment
Memoranda and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase,
sale and delivery of the

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Securities; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the
Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in
Section 4(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Agents in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky
and legal investment surveys; (v) any fees charged by securities rating services
for rating the Securities; (vi) any filing fees incident to any required review
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale
of the Securities; (vii) the cost of preparing the Securities; (viii) the fees
and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and any transfer or
paying agent of the Company and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any
Trustee or such agent in connection with any Indenture and the Securities; (ix)
any advertising expenses connected with the solicitation of offers to purchase
and the sale of Securities so long as such advertising expenses have been
approved by the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section.  Except as provided in Sections 7 and 8 hereof,
each Agent shall pay all other expenses it incurs.

          6.   The obligation of any Agent, as agent of the Company, at any time
("Solicitation Time") to solicit offers to purchase the Securities and the
obligation of any Agent to purchase Securities as principal, pursuant to any
Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall in each case be subject, in such Agent's
discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other
statements of the Company herein (and, in the case of an obligation of an Agent
under a Terms Agreement, in or incorporated in such Terms Agreement by
reference) are true and correct at and as of the Commencement Date and any
applicable date referred to in Section 4(k) hereof that is prior to such
Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, and at and as of such
Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the condition that
prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the
Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be
performed, and the following additional conditions:

          (a) (i) With respect to any Securities sold at such Solicitation Time
     or at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the Prospectus
     as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing Supplement) with respect

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     to such Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to
     Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for
     such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance
     with Section 4(a) hereof; (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness
     of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for
     that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and
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     additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
     complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of such Agent;

          (b) O'Melveny & Myers LLP, counsel to the Agents, shall have furnished
     to such Agent (i) such opinion or opinions, dated the Commencement Date,
     with respect to the incorporation of the Company, this Agreement, the
     validity of the Indenture, the Securities, the Registration Statement, the
     Prospectus as amended or supplemented and other related matters as such
     Agent may reasonably request, and (ii) if and to the extent requested by
     such Agent, with respect to each applicable date referred to in Section
     4(h) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of
     Delivery, as the case may be, an opinion or opinions, dated such applicable
     date, to the effect that such Agent may rely on the opinion or opinions
     which were last furnished to such Agent pursuant to this Section 6(b) to
     the same extent as though it or they were dated the date of such letter
     authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last opinion or
     opinions shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the
     Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in any case, in
     lieu of such an opinion or opinions, an opinion or opinions of the same
     tenor as the opinion or opinions referred to in clause (i) but modified to
     relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and
     supplemented to such date; and in each case such counsel shall have
     received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
     enable them to pass upon such matters;

          (c) (1) Robert G. van Schoonenberg, General Counsel of the Company, or
     other counsel for the Company satisfactory to such Agent, shall have
     furnished to such Agent his written opinions, dated the Commencement Date
     and each applicable date referred to in Section 4(i) hereof that is on or
     prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in
     form and substance satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that:

               (i) Each of the significant subsidiaries (as that term is defined
          in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the Company has been duly
          incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
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          laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power
          and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
          described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;

               (ii) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no
          legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any
          of its subsidiaries is a

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          party or to which any property of the Company or any of its
          subsidiaries is subject, which, if determined adversely to the Company
          or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
          have a material adverse effect on the financial position,
          stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
          subsidiaries taken as a whole; and to the best of such counsel's
          knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
          governmental authorities or threatened by others;

               (iii) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the
          Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture,
          this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement and the consummation
          of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict
          with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
          provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage,
          deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
          which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which
          the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
          property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
          subject, or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such
          counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
          jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its
          properties, which breach or violation would individually or in the
          aggregate have a material adverse effect on the financial position,
          stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
          subsidiaries taken as a whole, nor will such action result in any
          violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as
          amended, of the Company or the Bylaws of the Company;

               (iv) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
          qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is
          required for the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, the
          issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of
          the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any applicable
          Terms Agreement, or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained
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          Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals,
          authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be
          required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with
          the solicitation by the Agents of offers to purchase Securities from
          the Company and with purchases of Securities by an Agent as principal,
          as the case may be, in each case in the manner contemplated hereby;
          and

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               (v) Such counsel does not know of any amendment to the
          Registration Statement required to be filed or any contracts or other
          documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the
          Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by reference
          into the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or required to be
          described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended
          or supplemented which are not filed or incorporated by reference or
          described as required;

          (2) Latham & Watkins, counsel for the Company, or other counsel for
     the Company satisfactory to such Agent, shall have furnished to such Agent
     their written opinions, dated the Commencement Date and each applicable
     date referred to in Section 4(i) hereof that is on or prior to such
     Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in form and
     substance satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that:

               (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
          existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
          of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties
          and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as amended or
          supplemented;

               (ii) This Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement have been
          duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

               (iii)  The Securities have been duly authorized and, when duly
          executed, authenticated, issued and delivered by the Company, and paid
          for as contemplated by this Agreement and any applicable Terms
          Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of
          the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture,
          subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
          moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating
          to or limiting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, the
          unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
          equitable remedies, the unavailability of strict enforcement in
          California courts, the

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          limitation of certain rights, remedies and waivers by California laws,
          and the possible limitation of damage awards to United States Dollars;
          and the Indenture conforms and the Securities will conform in all
          material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as
          amended or supplemented;

               (iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
          delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization,
          execution and delivery by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally
          binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
          to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
          other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or limiting
          the rights and remedies of creditors generally and to the
          unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
          equitable remedies; and the Indenture has been duly qualified under
          the Trust Indenture Act;

               (v) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the
          Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture,
          this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement and the consummation
          of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not result in
          any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of
          the Company, as amended, or the Bylaws of the Company;

               (vi) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
          (other than the financial statements, related schedules and other
          financial or statistical data therein, as to which such counsel need
          express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the
          Commission, as the case may be, appeared on their face to comply as to
          form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the
          Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
          Commission thereunder; and

               (vii)  The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended
          and supplemented and any further amendments and supplements thereto
          made by the Company prior to the date of such opinion (other than the
          financial 

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          statements, related schedules and other financial or statistical data
          therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) appeared on
          their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the
          requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
          regulations thereunder;

          Such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences
with officers and other representatives of the Company at which the contents of
the Registration Statement and

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Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel may
state that they are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for,
the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and have not made any independent
check or verification thereof, such counsel shall state that during the course
of such participation (relying in connection with questions of materiality, on
representations of factual matters of officers and other representatives of the
Company), nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that
the Registration Statement, at the time any part of it became effective,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or the Prospectus, as of its date and at the date of such
opinion, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being understood
that such counsel need express no belief with respect to the financial
statements, schedules and other financial or statistical data included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or with respect to the Form T-1.

          (d) Not later than 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles time, on the Commencement
     Date and not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each applicable
     date referred to in Section 4(j) hereof that is on or prior to such
     Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the independent
     certified public accountants who have certified the financial statements of
     the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in
     the Registration Statement shall have furnished to such Agent a letter,
     dated the Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be, in
     form and substance satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect set forth in
     Annex III hereto;

          (e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
     sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
     included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or
     supplemented any loss or interference with its business from fire,
     explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
     from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
     otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or
     supplemented and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is
     given in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented there shall not have
     been any decrease in the capital stock of the Company in excess of $20
     million or any increase in the total debt of the Company and its
     subsidiaries of more than $50 million (excluding the issuance of any of the
     Securities) or any change, or any

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     development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business,
     management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
     operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth
     or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the effect of
     which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment
     of such Agent so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
     inadvisable to proceed with the solicitation by such Agent of offers to
     purchase Securities from the Company or the purchase by such Agent of
     Securities from the Company as principal, as the case may be, on the terms
     and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or
     supplemented;

          (f) There shall not have occurred any of the following:  (i) a
     suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the
     New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
     activities in New York declared by either Federal or New York State
     authorities; (iii) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the
     United States or the declaration by the United States of a national
     emergency or war if the effect of any such event specified in this clause
     (iii) in the judgment of such Agent makes it impracticable or inadvisable
     to proceed with the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities or the
     purchase of Securities from the Company as principal, pursuant to the
     applicable Terms Agreement or otherwise, as the case may be, on the terms
     and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or
     supplemented; (iv) any downgrading in the rating accorded the Company's
     debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
     organization", as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of
     Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act; or (v) such organization shall have publicly
     announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
     implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities; and

          (g) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such
     Agent certificates of officers of the Company dated the Commencement Date
     and each applicable date referred to in Section 4(k) hereof that is on or
     prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in
     such form and executed by such officers of the Company as shall be
     satisfactory to such Agent, as to the accuracy of the representations and
     warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Commencement Date or such
     applicable date, as the case may be, as to the performance by the Company
     of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the
     Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be, as to the
     matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section 6, and as to
     such other matters as such Agent may reasonably request.

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          7.  (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Agent
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Agent may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any
other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such Agent for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other
prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Agent expressly for use therein; and provided, further, that the
Company shall not be liable to any Agent under the indemnity agreement in this
subsection (a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Agent results from the fact such
Agent sold, or acted as Agent, in the sale of, such Securities to a person to
whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the written confirmation of
such sale, a copy of the Prospectus (excluding any documents incorporated by
reference) or of the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented (excluding any
documents incorporated by reference) in any case where such delivery is required
by the Act if the Company has previously furnished copies thereof to such Agent
and the loss, claim, damage or liability of such Agent results from an untrue
statement or omission of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus
which was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented).

          (b) Each Agent will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold
harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any
other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or

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alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Agent expressly for use
therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection.  In case any such
action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall
not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal
expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation and except as otherwise provided herein.
In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its
own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them.  It is understood that the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings, in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm
(in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all
such fees and

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expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred.  The indemnifying party shall
not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding
in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and each Agent on the
other from the offering of the Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or
liability (or action in respect thereof) relates.  If, however, the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable
law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under
subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and each Agent on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and each Agent on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of Securities (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total commissions or
discounts received by such Agent in respect thereof.  The relative fault shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading relates to information supplied by the Company
on the one hand or by any Agent on the other and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.  The Company and each Agent agree that it would not be
just and

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equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by per
capita allocation (even if all Agents were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d).  The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this
subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
(d), an Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total public offering price at which the Securities
purchased by or through it were sold exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.  The obligations of each of the Agents under this
subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to the respective
purchases made by or through it to which such loss, claim, damage or liability
(or action in respect, thereof) relates and are not joint.

          (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Agent within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of each Agent under
this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which such Agent may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act.

          8.   Each Agent, in soliciting offers to purchase Securities from the
Company and in performing the other obligations of such Agent hereunder (other
than in respect of any purchase by an Agent as principal, pursuant to a Terms
Agreement or otherwise), is acting solely as agent for the Company and not as
principal.  Each Agent will make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in
obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Securities from
the Company was solicited by such Agent and has been accepted by the Company,
but such Agent shall not have any liability to the Company in the event such
purchase is not consummated for any reason.  If the Company shall default on its
obligation to deliver Securities to a purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the
Company shall (i) hold each Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage
arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (ii)
notwithstanding such default, pay to the Agent that

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solicited such offer any commission to which it would be entitled in connection
with such sale.

          9.   The respective indemnities, agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements by any Agent and the Company set forth in or
made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless
of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on
behalf of any Agent or any controlling person of any Agent, or the Company, or
any officer or director or any controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Securities.

          10.  The provisions of this Agreement relating to the solicitation of
offers to purchase Securities from the Company may be suspended or terminated at
any time by the Company as to any Agent or by any Agent as to such Agent upon
the giving of written notice of such suspension or termination to such Agent or
the Company, as the case may be.  In the event of such suspension or termination
with respect to any Agent, (x) this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect with respect to any Agent as to which such suspension or termination has
not occurred, (y) this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with
respect to the rights and obligations of any party which have previously accrued
or which relate to Securities which are already issued, agreed to be issued or
the subject of a pending offer at the time of such suspension or termination and
(z) in any event, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect insofar
as the fourth paragraph of Section 2(a), Section 4(d), Section 4(e), Section 5,
Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof are concerned.

          11.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or in the
Administrative Procedure, all statements, requests, notices and advices
hereunder shall be in writing, or by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing,
and if to Goldman, Sachs & Co. shall be sufficient in all respects when
delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to 85 Broad
Street, New York, New York 10004, Facsimile Transmission No. (212) 363-7609,
Attention: Credit Department, and if to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. shall be
sufficient in all respects when delivered or sent by telex, facsimile
transmission or registered mail to 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10260,
Facsimile Transmission No. (212) 648-5151, Attention: Transaction Execution
Group-Capital Markets Services, 3rd Floor, and if to the Company shall be
sufficient in all respects when delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or
registered mail to 150 North Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91103,
Facsimile Transmission No. (818) 304-2319, Attention:  Vice President and
Treasurer.

          12.  This Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, each Agent and the Company, and to the extent
provided in Section 7, Section 8

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and Section 9 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and any person
who controls any Agent or the Company, and their respective personal
representatives, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement.  No
purchaser of any of the Securities through or from any Agent hereunder shall be
deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

          13.  Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement and any Terms
Agreement.  As used herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the
Commission in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

          14.  This Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

          15.  This Agreement and any Terms Agreement may be executed by any one
or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but all of such respective counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.

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          If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us two counterparts hereof, whereupon this letter and the
acceptance by each of you thereof shall constitute a binding agreement between
the Company and each of you in accordance with its terms.

                              Very truly yours,

                              AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION


                              By:    /s/ R. GREGORY JENKINS
                                     --------------------------
                              Name:  R. Gregory Jenkins
                              Title: Senior Vice President, Finance
                                     and Chief Financial Officer
 
 


Accepted in New York, New York,
     as of the date hereof:

/s/ GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
- ---------------------------------
     (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)


J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.


By: /s/ RAYMOND SCHMITT
   ------------------------------
   Raymond Schmitt
   Vice President

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                                                                         ANNEX I



                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

                               MEDIUM-TERM NOTES

                                TERMS AGREEMENT
                                ---------------



                                                           _______________, 19__


[Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004.]

[J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York  10260]

Dear Sirs:

          Avery Dennison Corporation (the "Company") proposes, subject to the
terms and conditions stated herein and in the Distribution Agreement, dated
December 16, 1996 (the "Distribution Agreement"), between the Company on the one
hand and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (the "Agents") on
the other, to issue and sell to [Goldman, Sachs & Co.] [J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc.] the securities specified in the Schedule hereto (the "Purchased
Securities").  Each of the provisions of the Distribution Agreement not
specifically related to the solicitation by the Agents, as agents of the
Company, of offers to purchase Securities is incorporated herein by reference in
its entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms Agreement to the same
extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.  Nothing
contained herein or in the Distribution Agreement shall make any party hereto an
agent of the Company or make such party subject to the provisions therein
relating to the solicitation of offers to purchase securities from the Company,
solely by virtue of its execution of this Terms 

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Agreement. Each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be
deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Terms Agreement, except
that each representation and warranty in Section 1 of the Distribution Agreement
which makes reference to the Prospectus shall be deemed to be a representation
and warranty as of the date of the Distribution Agreement in relation to the
Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of
the date of this Terms Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended and
supplemented to relate to the Purchased Securities.

          An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Purchased Securities, in the
form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the
Commission.

          Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to [Goldman, Sachs & Co.] [J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.] and
[Goldman, Sachs & Co.] and [J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.] agrees to purchase from
the Company the Purchased Securities, at the time and place, in the principal
amount and at the purchase price set forth in the Schedule hereto.

          If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us two counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you this
letter and such acceptance hereof, including those provisions of the
Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a
binding agreement between you and the Company.

                                   AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

                                   By:___________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:


Accepted:


[_______________________________

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     Goldman, Sachs & Co.)]



[J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.]


By:____________________________
   Name:
   Title:

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                                                             SCHEDULE TO ANNEX I



Title of Purchased Securities:

     [  %] Medium-Term Notes

Aggregate Principal Amount:

     [$        or units of other Specified Currency]

[Price to Public:]

Purchase Price by [Goldman, Sachs & Co.] [J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.]:

          % of the principal amount of the Purchased Securities
          [, plus accrued interest from           to          ]
          [and accrued amortization, if any, from            to
                     ]

Method of and Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:

     [By certified or official bank check or checks, payable to the order of the
Company, in [[New York] Clearing House] [immediately available] funds]

     [By wire transfer to a bank account specified by the Company in [next day]
[immediately available] funds]


Time of Delivery:

Closing Location for Delivery of Securities:

Maturity:

Interest Rate:

     [  %]

Interest Payment Dates:

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     [months and dates]

Documents to be Delivered:

     The following documents referred to in the Distribution Agreement shall be
delivered as a condition to the Closing:

          [(1)  The opinion or opinions of counsel to the Agents referred to in
               Section 4(h).]

          [(2)  The opinions of counsel to the Company referred to in Section
               4(i).]

          [(3)  The accountants' letter referred to in Section 4(j).]

          [(4)  The officers' certificate referred to in Section 4(k).]

Other Provisions (including Syndicate Provisions, if applicable):

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                                                                        ANNEX II

                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

                            ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
                            ------------------------


          This Administrative Procedure relates to the Securities defined in the
Distribution Agreement, dated December 16, 1996 (the "Distribution Agreement"),
between Avery Dennison Corporation (the "Company") and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (together, the "Agents"), to which this
Administrative Procedure is attached as Annex II.  Defined terms used herein and
not defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Distribution
Agreement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or the Indenture.

          The procedures to be followed with respect to the settlement of sales
of Securities directly by the Company to purchasers solicited by an Agent, as
agent, are set forth below.  The terms and settlement details related to a
purchase of Securities by an Agent, as principal, from the Company will be set
forth in a Terms Agreement pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, unless the
Company and such Agent otherwise agree as provided in Section 2(b) of the
Distribution Agreement, in which case the procedures to be followed in respect
of the settlement of such sale will be as set forth below.  An Agent, in
relation to a purchase of a Security by a purchaser solicited by such Agent, is
referred to herein as the "Selling Agent" and, in relation to a purchase of a
Security by such Agent as principal other than pursuant to a Terms Agreement, as
the "Purchasing Agent".

          The Company will advise each Agent in writing of those persons with
whom such Agent is to communicate regarding offers to purchase Securities and
the related settlement details.

          Each Security will be issued only in fully registered form and will be
represented by either a global security (a "Global Security") delivered to the
Trustee, as agent for The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary") and
recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (a "Book-Entry
Security") or a certificate issued in definitive form (a 

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"Certificated Security") delivered to a person designated by an Agent, as set
forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. An owner of a Book-Entry Security
will not be entitled to receive a certificate representing such a Security,
except as provided in the Indenture.

          Certificated Securities will be issued in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure set forth in Part I hereof, and Book-Entry Securities
will be issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedure set forth in Part
II hereof.


PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CERTIFICATED SECURITIES
- ------------------------------------------------------------

Posting Rates by Company:

          The Company and the Agents will discuss from time to time the rates of
interest per annum to be borne by and the maturity of Certificated Securities
that may be sold as a result of the solicitation of offers by an Agent.  The
Company may establish a fixed set of interest rates and maturities for an
offering period ("posting").  If the Company decides to change already posted
rates, it will promptly advise the Agents to suspend solicitation of offers
until the new posted rates have been established with the Agents.

Acceptance of Offers by Company:

          Each Agent will promptly advise the Company by telephone or other
appropriate means of all reasonable offers to purchase Certificated Securities,
other than those rejected by such Agent.  Each Agent may, in its discretion
reasonably exercised, reject any offer received by it in whole or in part.  Each
Agent also may make offers to the Company to purchase Certificated Securities as
a Purchasing Agent.  The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to
purchase Certificated Securities and may reject any such offer in whole or in
part.

          The Company will promptly notify the Selling Agent or Purchasing
Agent, as the case may be, of its acceptance or rejection of an offer to
purchase Certificated Securities.  If the Company accepts an offer to purchase
Certificated Securities, 

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it will confirm such acceptance in writing to the Selling Agent or Purchasing
Agent, as the case may be, and the Trustee.

Communication of Sale Information to Company by Selling Agent:

          After the acceptance of an offer by the Company, the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, will communicate the following details of
the terms of such offer (the "Sale Information") to the Company by telephone
(confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written
means:

          (1)  Principal amount of Certificated Securities to be purchased;

          (2)  If a Fixed Rate Certificated Security, the interest rate and the
               initial Interest Payment Date;

          (3)  Maturity Date;

          (4)  Specified Currency and, if the Specified Currency is other than
               U.S. dollars, the applicable Exchange Rate for such Specified
               Currency;

          (5)  The Base Rate and the Exchange Rate Determination Date, if
               applicable;

          (6)  Issue Price;

          (7)  Selling Agent's commission or Purchasing Agent's discount, as the
               case may be:

          (8)  Net proceeds to the Company;

          (9)  Settlement Date (as defined below);

          (10) If a redeemable Certificated Security, such of the following as
               are applicable:

               (i)  Redemption Commencement Date,

               (ii) Initial Redemption Price (% of par), and

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               (iii)  Amount (% of par) that the Redemption Price shall decline
                      (but not below par) on each anniversary of the Redemption
                      Commencement Date;

          (11) If a Floating Rate Certificated Security, such of the following
               as are applicable:

               (i)  Interest Rate Basis,

              (ii)  Index Maturity,

             (iii)  Spread or Spread Multiplier,

              (iv)  Maximum Rate,

               (v)  Minimum Rate,

              (vi)  Initial Interest Rate,

             (vii)  Interest Reset Dates,

            (viii)  Calculation Dates,

              (ix)  Interest Determination Dates,

               (x)  Interest Payment Dates,

              (xi)  Regular Record Dates, and

             (xii)  Calculation Agent;

          (12) Name, address and taxpayer identification number of the
               registered owner(s);

          (13) Denomination of certificates to be delivered at settlement; and

          (14) Book-Entry Security or Certificated Security.

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Preparation of Pricing Supplement by Company:

          If the Company accepts an offer to purchase a Certificated Security,
it will prepare a Pricing Supplement.  The Company will supply at least ten
copies of such Pricing Supplement to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as
the case may be, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business
day following the date of acceptance of such offer, or if the Company and the
purchaser agree to settlement on the date of such acceptance, not later than
noon, New York City time, on such date.  The Company will arrange to have the
Pricing Supplement filed with the Commission not later than the close of
business of the Commission on the fifth business day following the date on which
such Pricing Supplement is first used.

Delivery of Confirmation and Prospectus to Purchaser by Selling Agent:

          The Selling Agent will deliver to the purchaser of a Certificated
Security a written confirmation of the sale and delivery and payment
instructions.  In addition, the Selling Agent will deliver to such purchaser or
its agent the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing
Supplement) in relation to such Certificated Security prior to or together with
the earlier of the delivery to such purchaser or its agent of (a) the
confirmation of sale or (b) the Certificated Security.

Date of Settlement:

          All offers solicited by a Selling Agent or made by a Purchasing Agent
and accepted by the Company will be settled on a date (the "Settlement Date")
which is the third business day after the date of acceptance of such offer,
unless the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement (a) on any other
business day after the acceptance of such offer or (b) with respect to an offer
accepted by the Company prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of
such acceptance.

Instruction from Company to Trustee for Preparation of Certificated Securities:

          After receiving the Sale Information from the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, the Company will 

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communicate such Sale Information to the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in
writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means.

          The Company will instruct the Trustee by facsimile transmission or
other acceptable written means to authenticate and deliver the Certificated
Securities no later than 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date.
Such instruction will be given by the Company prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the business day prior to the Settlement Date unless the Settlement
Date is the date of acceptance by the Company of the offer to purchase
Certificated Securities in which case such instruction will be given by the
Company by 11:00 a.m., New York City time.

          Preparation and Delivery of Certificated Securities by Trustee and
Receipt of Payment Therefor:

          The Trustee will prepare each Certificated Security and appropriate
receipts that will serve as the documentary control of the transaction.

          In the case of a sale of Certificated Securities to a purchaser
solicited by an Agent, the Trustee will, by 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on
the Settlement Date, deliver the Certificated Securities to the Selling Agent
for the benefit of the purchaser of such Certificated Securities against
delivery by the Selling Agent of a receipt therefor.  On the Settlement Date the
Selling Agent will deliver payment for such Certificated Securities in
immediately available funds to the Company in an amount equal to the issue price
of the Certificated Securities less the Selling Agent's commission; provided
that the Selling Agent reserves the right to withhold payment for which it has
not received funds from the purchaser.  The Company shall not use any proceeds
advanced by a Selling Agent to acquire securities.

          In the case of a sale of Certificated Securities to a Purchasing
Agent, the Trustee will, by 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement
Date, deliver the Certificated Securities to the Purchasing Agent against
delivery of payment for such Certificated Securities in immediately available
funds to the Company in an amount equal to the issue price of the Certificated
Securities less the Purchasing Agent's discount.

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Failure of Purchaser to Pay Selling Agent:

          If a purchaser (other than a Purchasing Agent) fails to make payment
to the Selling Agent for a Certificated Security, the Selling Agent will
promptly notify the Trustee and the Company thereof by telephone (confirmed in
writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means.  The
Selling Agent will immediately return the Certificated Security to the Trustee.
Immediately upon receipt of such Certificated Security by the Trustee, the
Company will return to the Selling Agent an amount equal to the amount
previously paid to the Company in respect of such Certificated Security.  The
Company will reimburse the Selling Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of
the use of funds during the period when they were credited to the account of the
Company.

          The Trustee will cancel the Certificated Security in respect of which
the failure occurred, make appropriate entries in its records and, unless
otherwise instructed by the Company, destroy the Certificated Security.

PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR BOOK-ENTRY SECURITIES
- -----------------------------------------------------------

          In connection with the qualification of the Book-Entry Securities for
eligibility in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary, the Trustee
will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions
described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a Bring
Down Letter of Representation from the Company and the Trustee to the
Depositary, dated November 18, 1996, and a Medium-Term Note Certificate
Agreement between the Trustee and the Depositary, dated as of April 1993 (the
"Certificate Agreement"), and its obligations as a participant in the
Depositary, including the Depositary's Same-Day Funds Settlement System
("SDFS").

Posting Rates by the Company:

          The Company and the Agents will discuss from time to time the rates of
interest per annum to be borne by and the maturity of Book-Entry Securities that
may be sold as a result of the solicitation of offers by an Agent.  The Company
may establish a fixed set of interest rates and maturities for an 

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offering period ("posting"). If the Company decides to change already posted
rates it will promptly advise the Agents to suspend solicitation of offers until
the new posted rates have been established with the Agents.

Acceptance of Offers by the Company:

          Each Agent will promptly advise the Company by telephone or other
appropriate means of all reasonable offers to purchase Securities other than
those rejected by such Agent. Each Agent may, in its discretion reasonably
exercised, reject any offer received by it in whole or in part. Each Agent also
may make offers to the Company to purchase Book-Entry Securities as a Purchasing
Agent. The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Book-
Entry Securities and may reject any such offer in whole or in part.

          The Company will promptly notify the Selling Agent or Purchasing
Agent, as the case may be, of its acceptance or rejection of an offer to
purchase Book-Entry Securities.  If the Company accepts an offer to purchase
Book-Entry Securities it will confirm such acceptance in writing to the Selling
Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, and the Trustee.

Communication of Sale Information to the Company by Selling Agent and Settlement
Procedures:

     A.   After the acceptance of an offer by the Company, the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, will communicate promptly, but in no event
later than the time set forth under "Settlement Procedure Timetable" below, the
following details of the terms of such offer (the "Sale Information") to the
Company by telephone (confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or
other acceptable written means:

          (1)  Principal amount of Book-Entry Securities to be purchased;

          (2)  If a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Security the interest rate and initial
               Interest Payment Date;

          (3)  Maturity Date;

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          (4)  Specified Currency and if the Specified Currency is other than
               U.S. dollars, the applicable Exchange Rate for such Specified
               Currency (it being understood that currently the Depositary
               accepts deposits of Global Securities denominated in U.S. dollars
               only);

          (5)  The Base Rate and the Exchange Rate Determination Date, if
               applicable;

          (6)  Issue Price;

          (7)  Selling Agent's commission or Purchasing Agent's discount or
               commission, as the case may be;

          (8)  Net Proceeds to the Company;

          (9)  Settlement Date (as defined below);

          (10) If a redeemable Book-Entry Security, such of the following as are
               applicable;

               (i)  Redemption Commencement Date,

              (ii)  Initial Redemption Price (% of par), and

             (iii)  Amount (% of par) that the Redemption Price shall decline
                    (but not below par) on each anniversary of the Redemption
                    Commencement Date;

          (11) If a Floating Rate Book-Entry Security such of the following as
               are applicable:

               (i)  Interest Rate Basis,

              (ii)  Index Maturity,

             (iii)  Spread or Spread Multiplier,

              (iv)  Maximum Rate,

               (v)  Minimum Rate,

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              (vi)  Initial Interest Rate,

             (vii)  Interest Reset Dates,

            (viii)  Calculation Dates,

              (ix) Interest Determination Dates,

               (x)  Interest Payment Dates,

              (xi)  Regular Record Dates, and

             (xii)  Calculation Agent;

          (12) Name, address and taxpayer identification number of the
               registered owner(s);

          (13) Denomination of certificates to be delivered at settlement; and

          (14) Book-Entry Security or Certificated Security.

     B.   After receiving the Sale Information from the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, the Company will communicate such Sale Information to the
Trustee by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means.  The
Trustee will assign a CUSIP number to the Global Security from a list of CUSIP
numbers previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company representing such
Book-Entry Security and then advise the Company and the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, of such CUSIP number.

     C.   The Trustee will enter a pending deposit message through the
Depositary's Participant Terminal System, providing the following settlement
information to the Depositary, and the Depositary shall forward such information
to such Agent and Standard & Poor's Corporation:

          (1)  The applicable Sale Information;

          (2)  CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry
               Security;

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          (3)  Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry
               Security (to the extent known at such time);

          (4)  Number of the Participant account maintained by the Depositary on
               behalf of the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent as the case may
               be;

          (5) The interest payment period; and

          (6)  Initial Interest Payment Date for such Book-Entry Security and
               the number of days by which such date succeeds the record date
               for the Depositary's purposes (which, in the case of Floating
               Rate Securities which reset weekly shall be the date five
               calendar days immediately preceding the applicable Interest
               Payment Date and in the case of all other Book-Entry Securities
               shall be the Regular Record Date, as defined in the Security)
               and, if calculable at that time, the amount of interest payable
               on such Interest Payment Date.

     D.   The Trustee will complete and authenticate the Global Security
previously delivered by the Company representing such Book-Entry Security.

     E.   The Depositary will credit such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's
participant account at the Depositary.

     F.   The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through the Depositary's
Participant Terminal System instructing the Depositary to (i) debit such Book-
Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account and credit such Book-Entry
Security to such Agent's participant account and (ii) debit such Agent's
settlement account and credit the Trustee's settlement account for an amount
equal to the price of such Book-Entry Security less such Agent's commission or
discount. The entry of such a deliver order shall constitute a representation
and warranty by the Trustee to the Depositary that (a) the Global Security
representing such Book-Entry Security has been issued and authenticated and (b)
the Trustee is holding such Global Security pursuant to the Certificate
Agreement.

                                     II-11

 
     G.   Such Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through the Depositary's
Participant Terminal System instructing the Depositary (i) to debit such Book-
Entry Security to such Agent's participant account and credit such Book-Entry
Security to the participant accounts of the Participants with respect to such
Book-Entry Security and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such
Participants and credit the settlement account of such Agent for an amount equal
to the price of such Book-Entry Security.

     H.   Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in
Settlement Procedures "F" and "G" will be settled in accordance with SDFS
operating procedures in effect on the Settlement Date.

     I.  Upon confirmation of receipt of funds the Trustee will transfer to the
account of the Company maintained at Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, Los Angeles, California, or such other account as the Company may
have previously specified to the Trustee, in funds available for immediate use,
the amount transferred to the Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure
"F".

     J.  Upon request, the Trustee will send to the Company a statement setting
forth the principal amount of Book-Entry Securities outstanding as of that date
under the Indenture.

     K.   Such Agent will confirm the purchase of such Book-Entry Security to
the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participants with respect to such
Book-Entry Security a confirmation order or orders through the Depositary's
institutional delivery system or by mailing a written confirmation to such
purchaser.

     L.   The Depositary will, at any time upon request of the Company or the
Trustee, promptly furnish to the Company or the Trustee a list of the names and
addresses of the participants for whom the Depositary has credited Book-Entry
Securities.

Preparation of Pricing Supplement:

          If the Company accepts an offer to purchase a Book-Entry Security, it
will prepare a Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Book-Entry
Security and arrange to have 

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delivered to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, at least
ten copies of such Pricing Supplement, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time on the Business Day following the receipt of the Sale Information, or if
the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement on the Business Day following
the date of acceptance not later than noon, New York City time, on such date.
The Company will arrange to have the Pricing Supplement filed with the
Commission not later than the close of business of the Commission on the fifth
Business Day following the date on which such Pricing Supplement is first used.

Delivery of Confirmation and Prospectus to Purchaser by Selling Agent:

          The Selling Agent will deliver to the purchaser of a Book-Entry
Security a written confirmation of the sale and delivery and payment
instructions.  In addition, the Selling Agent will deliver to such purchaser or
its agent the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing
Supplement) in relation to such Book-Entry Security prior to or together with
the earlier of the delivery to such purchaser or its agent of (a) the
confirmation of sale or (b) the Book-Entry Security.

Date of Settlement:

          The receipt by the Company of immediately available funds in payment
for a Book-Entry Security and the authentication and issuance of the Global
Security representing such Book-Entry Security shall constitute "settlement"
with respect to such Book-Entry Security.  All orders accepted by the Company
will be settled on the third Business Day pursuant to the timetable for
settlement set forth below unless the Company and the purchaser agree to
settlement on another day which shall be no earlier than the next Business Day.

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Settlement Procedure Timetable:

          For orders of Book-Entry Securities solicited by an Agent, as agent,
and accepted by the Company for settlement on the first Business Day after the
sale date, Settlement Procedures "A" through "I" set forth above shall be
completed as soon as possible but not later than the respective times (New York
City time) set forth below:
Settlement Procedure Time - ---------- ---------- A 5:00 p.m. on the Business Day following the acceptance of an offer by the Company or 10:00 a.m. on the Business Day prior to the settlement date, whichever is earlier B 12:00 noon on the sale date C 2:00 p.m. on the sale date D 9:00 a.m. on settlement date E 10:00 a.m. on settlement date F-G 2:00 p.m. on settlement date H 4:45 p.m. on settlement date I 5:00 p.m. on settlement date
If a sale is to be settled more than one Business Day after the sale date, Settlement Procedures "B" and "C" shall be completed as soon as practicable but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the first Business Day after the sale date. If the Initial Interest Rate for a Floating Rate Book-Entry Security has not been determined at the time that Settlement Procedure "A" is completed, Settlement Procedures "B" and "C" shall be completed as soon as such rate has been determined but no later than 2:00 p.m. on the second Business Day before the settlement date. Settlement Procedure "H" is subject to extension in accordance II-14 with any extension of Fedwire closing deadlines and in the other events specified in the SDFS operating procedures in effect on the settlement date. If settlement of a Book-Entry Security is rescheduled or cancelled, the Trustee, upon obtaining knowledge thereof, will deliver to the Depositary, through the Depositary's Participation Terminal System, a cancellation message to such effect by no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding the scheduled settlement date. Failure to Settle: If the Trustee fails to enter an SDFS deliver order with respect to a Book-Entry Security pursuant to Settlement Procedure "F", the Trustee may deliver to the Depositary through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System as soon as practicable a withdrawal message instructing the Depositary to debit such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account, provided that the Trustee's participant account contains a principal amount of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Security that is at least equal to the principal amount to be debited. If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to all the Book-Entry Securities represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will mark such Global Security "cancelled", make appropriate entries in the Trustee's records and send such cancelled Global Security to the Company. The CUSIP number assigned to such Global Security shall, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau procedures, be cancelled and not immediately reassigned. If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry Securities represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will exchange such Global Security for two Global Securities, one of which shall represent such Book-Entry Security or Securities and shall be cancelled immediately after issuance and the other of which shall represent the remaining Book-Entry Securities previously represented by the surrendered Global Security and shall bear the CUSIP number of the surrendered Global Security. If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Security is not timely paid to the participants with respect to such Book-Entry Security by the beneficial purchaser thereof (or a person, including an indirect participant in the Depositary, acting on II-15 behalf of such purchaser), such participants and, in turn, the Agent for such Book-Entry Security may enter deliver orders through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System debiting such Book-Entry Security to such participant's account and crediting such Book-Entry Security to such Agent's account and then debiting such Book-Entry Security to such Agent's participant account and crediting such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account and shall notify the Company and the Trustee thereof. Thereafter, the Trustee will (i) immediately notify the Company of such order and the Company shall transfer to such Agent funds available for immediate use in an amount equal to the price of such Book-Entry Security which was credited to the account of the Company maintained at the Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure I, and (ii) deliver the withdrawal message and take the related actions described in the preceding paragraph. If such failure shall have occurred for any reason other than default by the applicable Agent to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for the loss of its use of funds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to settle with respect to a Book-Entry Security, the Depositary may take any actions in accordance with its SDFS operating procedures then in effect. In the event of a failure to settle with respect to one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry Securities to have been represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will provide, in accordance with Settlement Procedure "D" for the authentication and issuance of a Global Security representing the other Book-Entry Securities to have been represented by such Global Security and will make appropriate entries in its records. The Company will, from time to time, furnish the Trustee with a sufficient quantity of Securities. II-16 ANNEX III ACCOUNTANTS' LETTER Pursuant to Section 4(j) and Section 6(d), as the case may be, of the Distribution Agreement, the Company's independent certified public accountants shall furnish letters to the effect that: (i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder; (ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the Agents; (iii) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for the five such III-1 fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years; (iv) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters, the performance of procedures specified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim financial information as described in SAS No. 71, Interim Financial Information and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: (A) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act as it applies to Form 10-Q and the related published rules and regulations thereunder or that any material modifications should be made thereto for such unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial III-2 statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year; (C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in Clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year; (D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; (E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options, warrants and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of III-3 the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Agents, or any increases in any items specified by the Agents, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and (F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Agents, or any increases in any items specified by the Agents, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Agents, except in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and (v) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s) included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Agents which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by III-4 the Agents or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the Agents, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement. All references in this Annex III to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as defined in the Distribution Agreement as of the Commencement Date referred to in Section 6(d) thereof and to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as of the date of the amendment, supplement, incorporation or the Time of Delivery relating to the Terms Agreement requiring the delivery of such letter under Section 4(j) thereof. III-5

 
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1
                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
                             OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
                             ---------------------



     Each of the undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to Sections 102, 201 and
301 of the Indenture, dated as of March 15, 1991, between Avery Dennison
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Security Pacific
National Bank, as Trustee, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated
as of March 16, 1993, between the Company and BankAmerica National Trust
Company, which was acquired by First Trust of New York, National Association, as
successor Trustee (collectively, the "Indenture"), as set forth below.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Indenture.

     A.  There is hereby established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company on October 24, 1996 (copies of such
resolutions are delivered herewith), a series of Securities to be issued under
the Indenture, which shall have the following terms:

               1.  The title of the Securities of the series is "Medium-Term
     Notes, Series D" (the "Notes").

               2.  The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
     which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for
     Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
     exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305,
     306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $150,000,000.

               3.  The Notes may be issued in the form of one or more Global
     Securities or in definitive form as determined from time to time by any of
     the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the President and
     Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief
     Financial Officer of the Company, the Vice President and Treasurer, the
     Vice President, Treasury Operations and Investments, and the Vice President
     and Controller (each, a "Designated Person").  The Depository Trust Company
     shall be the initial Depositary with respect to any of the Notes issued as
     Global Securities.

               4.  Interest payable at Maturity shall be payable to the Person
     to whom principal is payable.

               5.  The date on which the principal of each of the Notes is
     payable shall be any day from nine months to thirty years from the date of
     issuance as determined by a Designated Person.

 
               6. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall
     be established by a Designated Person, and may be either a fixed interest
     rate (hereinafter, a "Fixed Rate Note") or may vary from time to time in
     accordance with one of the interest rate formulas (hereinafter, a "Floating
     Rate Note"), i.e. either the "Commercial Paper Rate," "LIBOR," the "CD
                  ----                                             
     Rate," the "Federal Funds Rate," the "Treasury Rate," the "Prime Rate" or
     any other formula established by a Designated Person as more fully
     described in the forms of Notes included as Exhibit A hereto (collectively,
     "Exhibit A").

               7.  The date from which interest shall accrue for each Note shall
     be the respective date of issuance of each of the Notes, unless otherwise
     determined by a Designated Person or as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

               8.  The Interest Payment Dates for Fixed Rate Notes shall be July
     15 and January 15 unless otherwise determined by a Designated Person.  The
     Regular Record Dates for the payment of interest on Fixed Rate Notes shall
     be July 1 and January 1 unless otherwise determined by a Designated Person.
     The Interest Payment Dates and Regular Record Dates for Floating Rate Notes
     shall be as set forth in Exhibit A hereto and as determined by a Designated
     Person.

               9.  Unless otherwise established by a Designated Person, interest
     on the Fixed Rate Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
     twelve 30-day months.  Interest on the Floating Rate Notes shall be
     computed on the basis set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

               10.  Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on any
     Note issued as Global Securities and any Note issued in definitive form
     shall be made as set forth in Exhibit A hereto or as determined by a
     Designated Person.

               11.  Unless otherwise established by a Designated Person, the
     Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company.  If a Designated
     Person determines that a Note shall be redeemable at the option of the
     Company, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which,
     the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, any
     Note may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company
     shall be established by a Designated Person and include the provisions set
     forth in Exhibit A hereto.

               12.  Unless otherwise established by a Designated Person, the
     Company shall have no obligation to repay, redeem or purchase any Note
     pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a
     holder thereof.

                                       2

 
     If any such obligation is established with respect to any Note by a
     Designated Person, the period or periods within which or the date or dates
     on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon
     which each such Note shall be repaid, redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
     part, pursuant to such obligation, shall be established by a Designated
     Person and include the provisions set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

               13.  Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
     Supplement, the denominations in which the Notes shall be issuable are
     $100,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of
     $1,000.  The authorized denominations of any Note denominated in other than
     U.S. dollars will be the amount of the Specified Currency (as defined
     below) for such Note equivalent, at the noon buying rate for cable
     transfers in The City of New York for such Specified Currency (the
     "Exchange Rate") on the sixth Business Day next preceding the date on which
     the Company accepts the offer to purchase such Note, to U.S. $100,000
     (rounded down to an integral multiple of 10,000 units of such Specified
     Currency) and any greater amount that is an integral multiple of 10,000
     units of such Specified Currency, unless otherwise specified in the
     applicable Pricing Supplement.

               14.  The currency or currencies in which payment of the principal
     of, any premium on, or any interest on each of the Notes shall be payable
     if other than U.S. dollars shall be any one or more foreign or composite
     currencies (such as the European Currency Unit or "ECUs") as established by
     a Designated Person (the "Specified Currency").

               15.  Whether the principal of or any premium or interest on each
     Note is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a holder thereof,
     in a Specified Currency or Specified Currencies, other than that or those
     in which the Note is stated to be payable, the Specified Currency or
     Specified Currencies in which payment of the principal of or any premium or
     interest on each Note as to which such election is made shall be payable,
     and the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon
     which such election is to be made shall be as set forth in Exhibit A hereto
     or as established by a Designated Person.

               16.  "Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of
     Payment (as defined below), shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
     Thursday and Friday which is not (i) a day on which banking institutions in
     the Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
     to close, and (ii) if the Note is denominated in a Specified Currency, not
     a day on which banking institutions are

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     authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close in the principal
     financial center of the country issuing the Specified Currency (which in
     the case of European Currency Units ("ECUs") shall be Brussels, in which
     case "Business Day" shall not include any day that is a non-ECU clearing
     day as determined by the ECU Banking Association in Paris).

               17.  The places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
     interest on the Notes are payable shall be the corporate trust office of
     First Trust of New York, National Association (the "Trustee") in the
     Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or such other location as
     specified by a Designated Person (each a "Place of Payment").

               18.  The Notes may be issued at various times, with different
     terms as established by a Designated Person, including without limitation,
     different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is
     payable, with different rates of interest or different methods by which
     rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such
     interest may be payable, with different redemption or payment dates and may
     be denominated in different currencies or payable in different currencies,
     or with payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any of the
     Notes determined by reference to an index, formula or other method or
     methods.

               19.  The terms of the Notes include the provisions of Exhibit A
     hereto, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

          B.   The forms of certificates evidencing the Fixed Rate Notes and
Floating Rate Notes included in Exhibit A are hereby duly approved.

          C.   The appointment of the Trustee as a Paying Agent of the Company
under the Indenture, as Calculation Agent and Exchange Rate Agent in connection
with the Notes is hereby duly approved.

          D.   The undersigned, by execution of this Officers' Certificate,
hereby certify that the execution of this Officers' Certificate was duly
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and attached hereto as Exhibit
B is a true and correct copy of the resolutions adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Company on October 24, 1996 with respect thereto (the "Board
Resolutions").

          E.   Each of the undersigned has read the provisions of Section 301 of
the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto and the Board Resolutions.
In the opinion of each of the undersigned, he has made such examination or
investigation as is

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necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all
conditions precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the establishment of
a series of Securities under the Indenture, designated as the Notes in this
Officers' Certificate, have been complied with.  In the opinion of each of the
undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

          F.   This Officers' Certificate shall constitute evidence of, and
shall be, action by the undersigned as officers designated in the Board
Resolutions to determine and establish  the specific terms of the Notes.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto executed this
Officers' Certificate as of the 16th day of December, 1996.


                                    By /s/ R. GREGORY JENKINS 
                                      ----------------------------
                                         R. Gregory Jenkins 
                                         Senior Vice President, 
                                         Finance and Chief 
                                         Financial Officer



                                    By /s/ WAYNE H. SMITH
                                      ----------------------------
                                         Wayne H. Smith 
                                         Vice President and
                                         Treasurer

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

CUSIP NO.                                                      PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

REGISTERED NOTE NO.                                            $_____________


                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES D
                               (FIXED RATE NOTE)
              DUE FROM NINE MONTHS TO 30 YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE


     THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A
DEPOSITARY.  THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.


ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:                     INTEREST RATE PER ANNUM:    
                                                                     
MATURITY DATE:                           REGULAR RECORD DATES:       
                                                                     
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:                        INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:     
                                                                     
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:                      DATE ON OR AFTER WHICH THIS 
(if other than U.S. dollars)             NOTE IS REPAYABLE AT THE    
                                         OPTION OF THE HOLDER:       

AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS:                                            
(if Specified Currency is other         
than U.S. dollars)                       INITIAL REPAYMENT %:        
                                        
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:                     ANNUAL REPAYMENT % REDUCTION:
(if Specified Currency is other
than U.S. dollars)                       SINKING FUND:                

DEPOSITARY:
(if Note is a Global Note)

DATE ON OR AFTER WHICH THIS
NOTE IS REDEEMABLE AT THE
OPTION OF THE COMPANY:

INITIAL REDEMPTION %:

ANNUAL REDEMPTION % REDUCTION:

 
     AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the
principal sum set forth on the face hereof at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, on the maturity date shown above, or if such date is not a Business Day
(as defined below), the next succeeding Business Day (the "Maturity Date"), in
such coin or currency specified above (a "Specified Currency") as at the time of
payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and
to pay interest on said principal sum at said offices or agencies, at the rate
per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months)
shown above, in like Specified Currency, semi-annually on each Interest Payment
Date set forth above from and after the date of this Note and on the Maturity
Date or date of redemption or repayment, if any, until payment of said principal
sum has been made or duly provided, provided, however, that the Company will
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make such payments in respect of non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes in the
Specified Currency indicated above in amounts determined as set forth on the
reverse hereof; provided, however, that payments of principal (and premium, if
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any) and interest on Notes denominated in other than U.S. dollars will
nevertheless be made in U.S. dollars (i) at the election of the holder as
provided herein and (ii) at the election of the Company in the case of the
imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the
Company as provided herein.  Unless this Note is a Note which has been issued
upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in replacement of a predecessor Note,
interest on this Note shall accrue from the Interest Payment Date next preceding
the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is
an Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the
date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on this Note, in which
case from the Original Issue Date indicated above.  If this Note has been issued
upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in replacement of a predecessor Note,
interest on this Note shall accrue from the last Interest Payment Date to which
interest was paid on such predecessor Note or, if no interest was paid on such
predecessor Note, from the Original Issue Date indicated above.  Each payment of
interest in respect of an Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued to
but excluding such Interest Payment Date.  The first payment of interest on a
Note originally issued and dated between a Regular Record Date (as defined
below) and an Interest Payment Date will be due and payable on the Interest
Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered
owner on such next succeeding Regular Record Date.  Subject to certain
exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, the
interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the person in
whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the July 1 or
January 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or on such other
Regular Record Date indicated on the face hereof prior to such Interest Payment
Date, whether or not a Business Day (each such date a "Regular Record Date"),
and interest payable on the Maturity Date or upon redemption or repayment will
be paid to the person to whom said principal sum is payable.

     Payment of interest on this Note due on any Interest Payment Date (other
than interest on this Note due to the holder hereof on the Maturity Date or a
redemption or repayment date, if any) to be made in U.S. dollars will be paid by
check mailed by first class mail to the person entitled thereto at his last
address as it appears on the Security Register or by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to a designated account maintained in the United
States upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions not later than the
Regular Record Date for the related Interest Payment Date by the registered
holder of this Note.  Such instructions shall remain in effect with respect to
payments of interest made on subsequent Interest Payment Dates unless revoked or
changed by written instructions received by the Trustee from such holder,
provided that any such written revocation or change which is received by the
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Trustee after a Regular Record Date and before the related Interest Payment Date
shall not be effective with respect to the interest payable on such Interest
Payment Date.  Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on this Note due to the holder hereof on the Maturity Date or upon earlier
redemption or repayment to be made in U.S. dollars will be paid, in immediately
available funds, upon surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York; provided that this Note is surrendered to the paying agent appointed under
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the Indenture (the "Paying Agent") in time for the Paying Agent to make such
payment in accordance with its normal procedures.

     Payments of interest to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars (other than interest on this Note due to the holder hereof on the
Maturity Date or date of redemption or repayment, if any) will be paid by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a designated account maintained with
a bank in the country issuing the Specified Currency, or if this Note is
denominated in European Currency Units ("ECUs"), to an ECU account, or other
jurisdiction acceptable to the Company and the Trustee as shall have been
designated at least five Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date by the
registered holder of this Note on the relevant Regular Record Date. Payment in a
Specified Currency, other than U.S. dollars of the principal of, and premium, if
any, and interest on this Note due to the holder hereof on the Maturity Date or
upon any earlier redemption or repayment will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to a designated account maintained with a bank in
the country issuing the Specified Currency, or if this Note is denominated in
ECUs, to an ECU account, or other jurisdiction acceptable to the Company and the
Trustee as shall have been designated at least five Business Days prior to the
Maturity Date or the redemption or repayment date, as the case may be, by the
registered holder of this Note on the Maturity Date or the redemption or
repayment date, as the case may be, provided that this Note is presented for
surrender to the Paying Agent in time for the Paying Agent to make such payment
in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Such designation for
wire transfer purposes shall be made by filing the appropriate information with
the Trustee at its corporate trust office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York and, unless revoked by written notice to the Trustee
received by the Trustee on or prior to the date five Business Days prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or date of redemption or
repayment, as the case may be, any such designation shall remain in effect with
respect to any further payments with respect to this Note payable to such
holder. If a payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest to be made in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars cannot be made by wire transfer
because the required designation has not been received by the Trustee on or
before the requisite date or for any other reason, a notice will be mailed to
the holder at its registered address requesting a designation pursuant to which
such wire transfer can be made and, upon the Trustee's receipt of such a
designation, such payment will be made within five Business Days of such
receipt. The Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in
connection with making payments by wire transfer, but any tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed upon payments will be borne by the holder or holders
of this Note in respect of which payments are made.

     The holder of any Note denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars may elect to receive payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest
in U.S. dollars by transmitting a written request for such payment to the
Trustee at its corporate trust 

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office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York on or prior
to the Regular Record Date immediately preceding any Interest Payment Date or
the date fifteen calendar days prior to the Maturity Date or date of redemption
or repayment, if applicable. Such request may be in writing (mailed or hand
delivered) or by cable or telex or, if promptly confirmed in writing, by other
form of facsimile transmission. Any such election will remain in effect until
revoked by written notice to the Trustee, but written notice of any such
revocation must be received by the Trustee on or prior to the Regular Record
Date for the applicable Interest Payment Date or the date fifteen calendar days
prior to the Maturity Date or applicable date of redemption or repayment.

     If the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on this Note is
payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and such Specified
Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to
satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making payment in U.S.
dollars as provided herein.

     Any payment on this Note due on any day which is not a Business Day (as
defined below) need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the due
date and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

     THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY.

     "Business Day" shall mean, as used herein with respect to any particular
location, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is (a) not
a day on which banking institutions in a Place of Payment (as defined in the
Indenture) generally are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close and (b) in the event that this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency
other than U.S. dollars, not a day on which banking institutions in the
principal financial center of the country issuing the Specified Currency are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close (or, if this Note is
denominated in European Currency Units ("ECUs"), in Brussels, in which case
"Business Day" shall not include any day that is a non-ECU clearing day as
determined by the ECU Banking Association in Paris).

     Additional provisions of this Note are contained on the reverse hereof and
such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set
forth at this place.

     This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION has caused this instrument
to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers, and has
caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted
hereon.

Dated:


TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION    AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION


This is one of the Securities
of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-                 By:
mentioned Indenture

                                                Senior Vice President, Finance
                                                and Chief Financial Officer



FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL 
 ASSOCIATION,
 as Trustee,


     By:                                   Attest:


     
     Authorized Signatory                        Secretary

                                       3

 
                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION



                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES D
                               (FIXED RATE NOTE)
              DUE FROM NINE MONTHS TO 30 YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE


     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of unsecured debentures, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (hereinafter called the
"Securities"), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture
dated as of March 15, 1991, duly executed and delivered by the Company to
Security Pacific National Bank, as trustee, as amended by a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of March 16, 1993, duly executed and delivered by the
Company to BankAmerica National Trust Company, which was acquired by First Trust
of New York, National Association, as successor trustee (such Indenture as
amended by such First Supplemental Indenture being hereinafter called the
"Indenture" and such successor trustee being hereinafter called the "Trustee,"
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description of the rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee and
the rights thereunder of the holders of the Securities.  As provided in the
Indenture, the Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different
series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at
different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject
to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking
or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of
default, and may otherwise vary as provided or permitted in the Indenture.  This
Note is one of a series of the Securities designated as the Medium-Term Notes,
Series D (the "Notes") of the Company.  The Notes may mature at different times,
bear interest at different rates, be redeemable at different times or not at
all, be repayable at the option of the holder at different times or not at all,
be denominated in different currencies and otherwise vary as provided or
permitted in the Indenture.  Terms used herein which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

     If this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars, any U.S. dollar amount to be received by a holder of this Note who
elects to receive payments in U.S. dollars will be based on the highest bid
quotation (rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent rounded up) in The
City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent (as specified on the face
hereof) as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day next
preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) for the purchase by the
quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on such
payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all
holders of Notes electing to receive U.S. dollar payments on such payment date
and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract.  If three such
bid quotations are not available on the second Business Day preceding the date
of a payment, such payment will be made in the Specified Currency.  All currency
exchange costs associated with any payments in U.S. dollars will be borne by the
holder hereof by deductions from such payments.

     If the principal, premium, if any, or interest on this Note is payable in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and, due to the imposition of
exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the
Specified Currency is not available at the time of any scheduled payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest to be made in the Specified Currency,
then the Company shall be entitled to satisfy its obligations hereunder by
making such payment in U.S. dollars.  Any such payment shall be made on the
basis of the most recently available noon buying rate for cable transfers in The
City of New York for such Specified Currency.  Any payment under such
circumstances in U.S. dollars where required payment is in a Specified Currency
will not constitute a default under the Indenture.

     In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to
the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, immediately due and payable in
the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee,
with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each series issued under the Indenture
which are affected thereby, at the time outstanding, as provided in the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or
any indenture supplemental thereto or modifying in any manner the rights of the
holders of the Securities of such series provided, however, that no such
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supplemental indenture shall, among other things, (i) change the fixed maturity
of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking
fund or analogous obligation, or change the currency in which any Security or
any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Maturity Date
without the consent of the holder of each such Security so affected, or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent of the
holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture or the consent
of whose holders is required for any waiver provided for in the Indenture,
without the consent of the holders of all Securities affected then outstanding.
The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series then
outstanding to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture with respect to such series and certain past defaults under the
Indenture with respect to such series and their consequences, except in each
case a failure to pay principal or premium, if any, or interest on such
Securities of such series.  Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this
Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and
binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Note and
any Notes which may be issued upon the 

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registration of transfer hereof or in exchange or substitution therefor,
irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or
other such Notes.

     If so provided on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at the
option of the Company on any Business Day on or after the "Date on or After
Which the Note is Redeemable at the Option of the Company" as specified on the
face hereof.  On and after such date, if any, this Note may be redeemed in whole
or in part, at the option of the Company, in increments of $1,000 or, in the
case of non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes, in an amount equal to the integral
multiples referred to on the face hereof under "Authorized Denominations" (or,
if no such reference is made, an amount equal to the minimum Authorized
Denomination) provided that the remaining principal amount of any Note partially
redeemed shall be at least $100,000 or, in the case of non-U.S. dollar
denominated Notes, the minimum Authorized Denomination referred to on the face
hereof.  The redemption price shall equal the product of the principal amount of
this Note to be redeemed multiplied by the Redemption Percentage, plus accrued
interest, if any, to the date of redemption.  The Redemption Percentage shall
initially equal the Initial Redemption Percentage specified on the face of this
Note, and shall decline at each anniversary of the "Date on or After Which this
Note is Redeemable at the Option of Company" by the amount of the Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction specified on the face of this Note, until the
Redemption Percentage is equal to 100%.

     If so provided on the face of this Note, this Note will be repayable at the
option of the holder in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 or, in the case
of non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes, in an amount equal to the integral
multiples referred to on the face hereof under "Authorized Denominations" (or,
if no such reference is made, an amount equal to the minimum Authorized
Denomination) provided that the remaining principal amount of any Note
surrendered for partial repayment shall be at least $100,000 or, in the case of
non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes, the minimum Authorized Denomination referred
to on the face hereof, on any Business Day on or after the "Date on or After
Which this Note is Repayable at the Option of the Holder" (as stated on the face
hereof).  The repurchase price shall equal the product of the principal amount
of this Note to be repurchased multiplied by the Repayment Percentage, plus
accrued interest, if any, to the repayment date.  The Repayment Percentage shall
initially equal the Initial Repayment Percentage specified on the face of this
Note, and shall decline at each anniversary of the "Date on or After Which this
Note is Repayable at the Option of the Holder" by the amount of the Annual
Repayment Percentage Reduction specified on the face of this Note, until the
Repayment Percentage is equal to 100%.  In order for the holder to exercise its
option to cause the Company to repurchase all or any portion of this Note, the
Company must receive at the applicable address of the Trustee set forth below or
at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time
notify the holder of this Note, on or before the fifteenth, but not earlier than
the twenty-fifth calendar day, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, prior to the repayment date, either (i) this Note, with
the form below entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, or (ii) a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, or letter from a member of a national
securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a
commercial bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth
(a) the name, address and telephone number of the holder of this Note, (b) the
principal amount of this Note and the amount of this Note to be repaid, (c) a
statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby, and (d)
a guarantee stating that the Company will receive this Note, with the form below
entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, not later than five
Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
letter (and this Note and form duly completed are received by the Company by
such fifth Business Day). Any such election shall be irrevocable. The address to
which such deliveries are to be made is First Trust of New York, National
Association, Attention: Geovanni Barris, 100 Wall Street, 16th Floor, New York,
New York 10005 (or, at such other places as the Company shall notify the holders
of the Notes). All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of
receipt) and acceptance of any Note for repayment will be determined by the
Company, whose determination will be final and binding.

     The Notes are issuable in global or definitive form without coupons in
Authorized Denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof or, if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars, in the
denominations indicated on the face hereof.  Upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, a
new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in the Specified Currency for an
equal aggregate principal amount and like interest rate and maturity will be
issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations
provided in the Indenture and to the limitations described below if applicable,
without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in
connection therewith.

     This Note is exchangeable only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Global Note or
if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor Depositary is
not appointed within the time specified in the Indenture, (ii) an Event of
Default with respect to this Note has occurred and is continuing, or (iii) the
Company in its sole discretion determines that all Global Notes of the same
series as this Note shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes of differing
denominations aggregating a like amount in registered form.  If this Note is
exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for
definitive Notes of differing denominations aggregating a like amount in
registered form in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof, bearing interest at the same rate or pursuant to the same
formula, having the same date of issuance, redemption provisions, if any,
Specified Currency, Maturity Date and other terms.

     The Depositary will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any
beneficial interest in this Note unless such beneficial interest is in an amount
equal to $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof or, if
this Note is denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, an Authorized
Denomination indicated on the face hereof.  The Depositary, by accepting this
Note, agrees to be bound by such provision.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the places, at the respective times, at the rate and in the currency herein
prescribed.

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     The Company, the Trustee and their respective agents may deem and treat the
registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note at such holder's
address as it appears on the Security Register as kept by the Trustee or duly
authorized agent of the Company (whether or not this Note shall be overdue), for
the purpose of receiving payment of or on account hereof and for all other
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any of their respective
agents shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.  All payments made to or
upon the order of such registered holder, shall, to the extent of the sum or
sums paid, satisfy and discharge liability for moneys payable on this Note.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Note is a Global Note, the Company, the
Trustee and their respective agents shall treat a person as the holder of such
principal amount of Notes as shall be represented by a Global Note as shall be
specified in a written statement of the Depositary for purposes of obtaining any
consents or directions required to be given by holders of Securities pursuant to
the Indenture.

     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in the Indenture or in any indenture supplemental thereto or any Note, or
because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or
director, as such, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, under any rule of
law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment
or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such personal
liability of every such incorporator, stockholder, officer and director, as
such, being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as a
condition of and as part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.

     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California.

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                    ________________________________________

                           OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

                 TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THIS NOTE IS REPAYABLE
                   AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER AND THE HOLDER
                         ELECTS TO EXERCISE SUCH RIGHT


     The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to
repay the within Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest to the
repayment date, to the undersigned, at__________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
     (please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned).

     For this Note to be repaid the Company must receive at the applicable
address of the Trustee set forth in the within Note or at such other place or
places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the holder of the
within Note, on or before the fifteenth, but not earlier than the twenty-fifth,
calendar day, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day, prior to the repayment date, either (i) the within Note, with this
"Option to Elect Repayment" form duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission, or letter from a member of a national securities
exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial
bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth (a) the
name, address and telephone number of the holder of the Note, (b) the principal
amount of the Note and the amount of the Note to be repaid, (c) a statement that
the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby, and (d) a guarantee
stating that the Note and this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly completed
will be received by the Company not later than five Business Days after the date
of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter (and such Note and
form duly completed are received by the Company by such fifth Business Day).

     If less than the entire principal amount of the within Note is to be
repaid, specify the portion thereof (which shall be an integral multiple of
$1,000 or, if the Note is denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, an
amount equal to the integral multiples referred to on the face hereof under
"Authorized Denominations" (or, if no such reference is made, an amount equal to
the minimum Authorized Denomination)) which the holder elects to have repaid:
______________________________; and specify the denomination or denominations
(which shall be $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof or,
if the Note is denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, an Authorized
Denomination) of the Note or Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion of
the within Note not being repaid (in the absence of any specification, one such
Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid):  ____________________.



Date:_________________________          ________________________________________
                                        NOTICE: The signature to this Option to
                                        Elect Repayment must correspond with the
                                        name as written upon the face of the
                                        Note in every particular without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any other
                                        change whatsoever.

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                    ________________________________________

                                 ABBREVIATIONS


     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
                                     
TEN COM    --as tenants in common          UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--__________CUSTODIAN__________
TEN ENT    --as tenants by the entireties                        (Cust)             (Minor)
JT TEN     --as joint tenants with right        Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
             of survivorship and not as
             tenants in common             ________________________________
                                                              (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto Please Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Assignee ______________________________ /______________________________/________________________________________________ PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ the within Note of AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________________ attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: __________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. 8

                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

CUSIP NO.                                                      PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

REGISTERED NOTE NO.                                            $______________

                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES D
                              (FLOATING RATE NOTE)
              DUE FROM NINE MONTHS TO 30 YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE


     THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A
DEPOSITARY.  THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.


ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:                   INITIAL INTEREST RATE:                
                                                                             
MATURITY DATE:                         INTEREST RATE BASIS:                  
                                                                             
ISSUE PRICE:                           INDEX MATURITY:                       
                                                                             
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:                      SPREAD (+ or -):                      
                                                                             
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:                    SPREAD MULTIPLIER:                    
(if other than U.S. dollars)                                                 
                                      
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS:              MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:                
(if Specified Currency is             
other than U.S. dollars)               MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:                
                                      
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:                   CALCULATION AGENT:                    
(if Specified Currency is other       
than U.S. dollars)                     REGULAR RECORD DATES:                 
                                                                              
DEPOSITARY:                            INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:                
(if Note is Global Note)                                                      
                                       INTEREST DETERMINATION DATES:          
DATE ON OR AFTER WHICH THIS                                                   
NOTE IS REDEEMABLE AT THE              INTEREST CALCULATION DATES:            
OPTION OF THE COMPANY:                                                        
                                       INTEREST RATE RESET PERIOD:            
INITIAL REDEMPTION %:                                                         
                                       INTEREST RESET DATES:                  
ANNUAL REDEMPTION % REDUCTION:                                                
                                       DATE ON OR AFTER WHICH THIS NOTE IS    
SINKING FUND:                          REPAYABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER: 
                                                                              
                                       INITIAL REPAYMENT %:                   
                                                                              
                                       ANNUAL REPAYMENT % REDUCTION:          

 
     AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (herein called the
"Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the face hereof at the office
or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, on the maturity date shown above, or if such
date is not a Business Day (as defined herein), the next succeeding Business
Day, except that in the event the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face
hereof is LIBOR, and if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next
calendar month, on the next preceding Business Day (the "Maturity Date"), in
such coin or currency specified above (a "Specified Currency") as at the time of
payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and
to pay interest on the Interest Payment Dates specified above, commencing with
the first Interest Payment Date specified above following the Original Issue
Date specified above, and on the Maturity Date or date of redemption or
repayment, if any, on said principal sum at said offices or agencies, in the
Specified Currency, at a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate
specified above until the first Interest Reset Date specified above following
the Original Issue Date specified above and thereafter at a rate per annum
determined in accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof under the
heading "Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for Commercial Paper Rate
Notes," "Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for Prime Rate Notes,"
"Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for LIBOR Notes," "Determination of
Interest Rate Per Annum for Treasury Rate Notes," "Determination of Interest
Rate Per Annum for CD Rate Notes," or "Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum
for Federal Funds Rate Notes," depending upon whether the Interest Rate Basis is
Commercial Paper Rate, Prime Rate, LIBOR, Treasury Rate, CD Rate or Federal
Funds Rate, as specified above; provided, however, that if any Interest Payment
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Date specified above would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Payment Date will be the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day, except that in the event that the Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
LIBOR, and if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar
month, such Interest Payment Date will be the next preceding day that is a
Business Day; provided, further, that the Company will make such payments in
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respect of non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes in the Specified Currency indicated
above in amounts determined as set forth on the reverse hereof; provided,
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however, that payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on Notes
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denominated in other than U.S. dollars will nevertheless be made in U.S. dollars
(i) at the election of the holder as provided herein and (ii) at the election of
the Company in the case of the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company as provided herein.  Interest on
this Note shall accrue (a) if the rate at which interest on this Note is payable
shall be adjusted monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, as specified
above under "Interest Rate Reset Period" and as determined in accordance with
the provisions on the reverse hereof, from the Interest Payment Date next
preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date
hereof is an Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, in which
case from the date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on this
Note, in which case from the Original Issue Date specified above, until payment
of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for or (b) if the rate at
which interest on this Note is payable shall be adjusted daily or weekly, as
specified above under "Interest Rate Reset Period" and as determined in
accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof, from the day following the
Regular Record Date (as defined herein) next preceding the date of this Note
through which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a Regular Record
Date through which interest has been paid, in which case from the day after the
date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on this Note, in which
case from the day following the Original Issue Date specified above, until
payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.  Subject to
certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof,
the interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the person
in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date, and interest payable on
the Maturity Date or upon earlier redemption or repayment will be paid to the
person to whom said principal sum is payable; provided, however, that the first
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payment of interest on a Note originally issued between a Regular Record Date
and an Interest Payment Date will be made on the Interest Payment Date following
the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered owner on such next
succeeding Regular Record Date. "Regular Record Date" shall mean the fifteenth
calendar day prior to any Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day.
"Business Day" shall mean: (a) if the Interest Rate Basis for this Note is other
than LIBOR, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in a Place of Payment (as defined in the
Indenture) generally are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close, and in the event that this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency
other than U.S. dollars, not a day on which banking institutions are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to close in the principal financial
center of the country issuing the Specified Currency (or, if this Note is
denominated in European Currency Units ("ECUs"), in Brussels, in which case
"Business Day" shall not include any day that is a non-ECU clearing day as
determined by the ECU Banking Association in Paris); or (b) if the Interest Rate
Basis of this Note is LIBOR, any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S.
dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

     Payment of interest on this Note due on any Interest Payment Date (other
than interest on this Note due to the holder hereof on the Maturity Date or a
redemption or repayment date, if any) to be made in U.S. dollars will be made by
check mailed by first class mail to the person entitled thereto at the holder's
last address as it appears in the Security Register or by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to a designated account maintained in the United
States upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions not later than the
Regular Record Date for the related Interest Payment Date by the registered
holder of this Note.  Such instructions shall remain in effect with respect to
payments of interest made on subsequent Interest Payment Dates unless revoked or
changed by written instructions received by the Trustee from such holder,
provided that any such written revocation or change which is received by the
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Trustee after a Regular Record Date and before the related Interest Payment Date
shall not be effective with respect to the interest payable on such Interest
Payment Date.  Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on this Note due to the holder hereof on the Maturity Date or upon earlier
redemption or repayment to be made in U.S. dollars will be made, in immediately
available funds, upon surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York; provided that this Note is surrendered to the paying agent appointed under
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the Indenture (the "Paying Agent") in time for the Paying Agent to make such
payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

     Payments of interest to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars (other than interest on this Note due to the holder hereof on the
Maturity Date or date of redemption or repayment, if any) will be paid by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a designated account maintained with
a bank in the country issuing the Specified Currency, or if this Note is
denominated in ECUs,

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to an ECU account, or other jurisdiction acceptable to the Company and the
Trustee as shall have been designated at least five Business Days prior to the
Interest Payment Date by the registered holder of this Note on the relevant
Regular Record Date.  Payment in a Specified Currency  other than U.S. dollars
of the principal and premium, if any, and interest on this Note due to the
holder hereof on the Maturity Date or upon any earlier redemption or repayment
will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a designated
account maintained with a bank in the country issuing the Specified Currency, or
if this Note is denominated in ECUs, to an ECU account, or other jurisdiction
acceptable to the Company and the Trustee as shall have been designated at least
five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date or the redemption or repayment
date, as the case may be, by the registered holder of this Note on the Maturity
Date or the redemption or repayment date, as the case may be, provided that this
Note is presented for surrender to the Paying Agent in time for the Paying Agent
to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.
Such designation for wire transfer purposes shall be made by filing the
appropriate information with the Trustee at its corporate trust office or agency
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and, unless revoked by written
notice to the Trustee received by the Trustee on or prior to the date five
Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or
date of redemption or repayment, as the case may be, such designation shall
remain in effect with respect to any further payments with respect to this Note
payable to such holder.  If a payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars cannot be
made by wire transfer because the required designation has not been received by
the Trustee on or before the requisite date or for any other reason, a notice
will be mailed to the holder at its registered address requesting a designation
pursuant to which such wire transfer can be made and, upon the Trustee's receipt
of such a designation, such payment will be made within five Business Days of
such receipt.  The Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in
connection with making payments by wire transfer, but any tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed upon payments will be borne by the holder or holders
of this Note in respect of which payments are made.

     The holder of any Note denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars may elect to receive payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest
in U.S. dollars by transmitting a written request for such payment to the
Trustee at its corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York on or prior to the Regular Record Date immediately preceding any
Interest Payment Date or the date fifteen calendar days prior to the Maturity
Date or date of redemption or repayment, if applicable.  Such request may be in
writing (mailed or hand delivered) or by cable or telex or, if promptly
confirmed in writing, by other form of facsimile transmission.  Any such
election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Trustee,
but written notice of any such revocation must be received by the Trustee on or
prior to the Regular Record Date for the applicable Interest Payment Date or the
date fifteen calendar days prior to the Maturity Date or applicable date of
redemption or repayment.

     If the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on this Note is
payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and such Specified
Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to
satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making payment in U.S.
dollars as provided herein.

     Any payment on this Note due on any day which is not a Business Day need
not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (or
if the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is LIBOR and if such
next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, the next
preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on the due
date and if paid on the next succeeding Business Day no interest shall accrue
for the period from and after such date.

     THE GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY.

     Additional provisions of this Note are contained on the reverse hereof and
such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set
forth at this place.

     This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee or its duly authorized agent under the Indenture
referred to on the reverse hereof.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, has caused this instrument
to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers, and has
caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted
hereon.

Dated:


TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION    AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION


This is one of the Securities
of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-                 By:
mentioned Indenture

                                                Senior Vice President, Finance
                                                and Chief Financial Officer



FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL 
 ASSOCIATION
 as Trustee,


     By:                                   Attest:


                                                         Secretary
     Authorized Signatory

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                                   [REVERSE]

                           AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION



                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES D
                              (FLOATING RATE NOTE)
              DUE FROM NINE MONTHS TO 30 YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE


     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of unsecured debentures, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (hereinafter called the
"Securities"), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture
dated as of March 15, 1991, duly executed and delivered by the Company to
Security Pacific National Bank, as trustee, as amended by a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of March 16, 1993, duly executed and delivered by the
Company to BankAmerica National Trust Company, which was acquired by First Trust
of New York, National Association, as successor trustee (such Indenture as
amended by such First Supplemental Indenture being hereinafter called the
"Indenture" and such successor trustee being hereinafter called the "Trustee,"
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description of the rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee and
the rights thereunder of the holders of the Securities.  As provided in the
Indenture, the Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different
series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at
different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject
to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking
or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of
default, and may otherwise vary as provided or permitted in the Indenture.  This
Note is one of a series of the Securities, designated as the Medium-Term Notes,
Series D (the "Notes") of the Company.  The Notes may mature at different times,
bear interest at different rates, be redeemable at different times or not at
all, be repayable at the option of the holder at different times or not at all,
be denominated in different currencies and otherwise vary as provided or
permitted by the Indenture.  Terms used herein which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

     The interest rate in effect from the date of issue to the first Interest
Reset Date specified on the face hereof shall be the Initial Interest Rate
specified on the face hereof.  Commencing with the first Interest Reset Date
specified on the face hereof following the Original Issue Date specified on the
face hereof, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable shall be
adjusted daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually or
otherwise as specified on the face hereof under "Interest Rate Reset Period."
Each such adjusted rate shall be applicable from and including the Interest
Reset Date to which it relates to but not including the next succeeding Interest
Reset Date or until the Maturity Date, as the case may be.

     Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for Prime Rate Notes.  If the
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Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is Prime Rate, the interest
rate per annum determined with respect to any Interest Reset Date specified on
the face hereof shall equal the rate, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of
the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the
Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof, and rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with
five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, set forth for the
relevant Interest Determination Date in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected
Interest Rates," published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System ("Release H.15(519)") under the heading "Bank Prime Loan."  In
the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the relevant Interest Calculation Date, then the interest rate per
annum with respect to such Interest Reset Date will be determined by the
Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest
publicly announced by each bank that appears on the display designated as page
"USPRIME1" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may
replace the USPRIME1 page on that service for the purpose of displaying prime
rates or base lending rates of major United States banks) ("Reuters Screen
USPRIME1 Page") as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for
such Interest Determination Date, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the
Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread
Multiplier, if any, set forth on the face hereof, and rounded, if necessary, to
the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-
millionths of a percentage point rounded upward.  If fewer than four such rates
appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page on the Interest Determination Date,
the Prime Rate will be determined by the Calculation Agent and will be the
arithmetic mean of the prime rates or base lending rates (quoted on the basis of
the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year) as of the close
of business on such Interest Determination Date of three major banks in The City
of New York selected by the Calculation Agent provided, however, that if fewer
than three banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, the interest rate per annum with respect to such
Interest Reset Date shall be the interest rate per annum in effect on such
Interest Determination Date (or, if the Initial Interest Rate is then in effect,
the interest rate per annum will be the Initial Interest Rate and will not be
adjusted by any Spread or Spread Multiplier).

     Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for LIBOR Notes.  If the Interest
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Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is LIBOR, the interest rate per annum
determined with respect to any Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof
shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and shall equal either (a) the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having the
specified Index Maturity that appears on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as
defined herein) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination
Date, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified
on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any,
specified on the face hereof, if at least two such offered rates appear on the
Reuters Screen LIBO Page ("LIBOR Reuters"), or (b) the offered rate for deposits
in U.S. dollars having the specified Index Maturity that appears on the Telerate
Page 3750 as of

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11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date, adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof, or
by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof
("LIBOR Telerate").  "Reuters Screen LIBO Page" means the display designated as
page "LIBO" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as
may replace page LIBO on that service for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered rates of major banks).  "Telerate Page 3750" means the display
designated as "3750" on the Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace
the 3750 page on that service or such other service or services as may be
nominated by the British Bankers' Association for the purpose of displaying
London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits).  If neither LIBOR
Reuters nor LIBOR Telerate is specified on the face hereof, LIBOR will be
determined as if LIBOR Telerate had been specified.  If fewer than two offered
rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, or if no rate appears on the
Telerate Page 3750, as applicable, LIBOR in respect of such Interest Reset Date
will be determined as if the parties had specified the rate described in the
following paragraph.

     On any Interest Determination Date on which fewer than two offered rates
for the applicable Index Maturity appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as
specified in (a) above or on which no rate for the applicable Index Maturity
appears on the Telerate Page 3750, as specified in (b) above, as applicable, the
Calculation Agent will request the principal London offices of four major banks
in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent (the
"Reference Banks"), to provide the Calculation Agent with their offered
quotations for deposits in U.S. dollars having the specified Index Maturity to
prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London
time, commencing on the second Market Day immediately following such Interest
Determination Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount that, in the
Calculation Agent's judgment, is representative for a single transaction in such
market at such time.  If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR in
respect of such Interest Reset Date will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or
the multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face
hereof.  If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such
Interest Reset Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at
approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Reset Date by
three major banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for
loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks, having the specified Index
Maturity, such loans commencing on the Interest Reset Date and in a principal
amount equal to an amount that, in the Calculation Agent's judgment, is
representative for a single transaction in such market at such time, adjusted by
the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or the multiplication by the
Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that
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if the banks in The City of New York selected as aforesaid by the Calculation
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the interest rate per annum
with respect to such Interest Reset Date shall be the interest rate per annum in
effect on the day prior to such Interest Determination Date (or if the Initial
Interest Rate is then in effect, the interest rate per annum will be the Initial
Interest Rate and will not be adjusted by any Spread or Spread Multiplier).

     Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for Treasury Rate Notes.  If the
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Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is Treasury Rate, the interest
rate per annum determined with respect to any Interest Reset Date specified on
the face hereof shall equal the rate for the auction on the relevant Interest
Determination Date of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills")
having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in Release
H.15(519) under the heading "U.S. Government Securities-Treasury Bills-Auction
Average (Investment)" or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time,
on the Interest Calculation Date (as specified on the face hereof) pertaining to
such Interest Determination Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below)
of the auction average rate for such auction as otherwise announced by the
United States Department of the Treasury, in either case, adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof, or
by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face
hereof.  In the event that the results of such auction of Treasury bills having
the specified Index Maturity are not otherwise reported as provided above by
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Calculation Date, or if no such
auction is held in a particular week, then the interest rate per annum with
respect to such Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be the rate set forth in H.15 (519) for the relevant
Interest Determination Date for the specified Index Maturity under the heading
"U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market."  In the event such
rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the relevant Interest
Calculation Date, then the Treasury Rate with respect to such Interest Reset
Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the Bond
Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of
approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination
Date, of three primary United States government securities dealers in The City
of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for the issue of Treasury bills
with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face
hereof, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified
on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any,
specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if any of the dealers
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selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as described in
this sentence, the interest rate per annum hereon with respect to such Interest
Reset Date shall be the interest rate per annum in effect on the day prior to
such Interest Determination Date (or, if the Initial Interest Rate is then in
effect, the interest rate per annum will be the Initial Interest Rate and will
not be adjusted by any Spread or Spread Multiplier).

     "Bond Equivalent Yield" shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:

     Bond Equivalent Yield = 100 X       D X N
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                                     360 - (D X M)

where "D" refers to the per annum rate for Treasury bills, quoted on a bank
discount basis and expressed as a decimal; "N" refers to 365 or 366, as the case
may be; and "M" refers to the actual number of days in the period from, and
including, the Interest Reset Date to, but excluding, the day that numerically
corresponds to that Interest Reset Date (or, if there is not any such
numerically corresponding day, the last day) in the calendar month that is the
number of months corresponding to the specified Index Maturity after the month
in which that Interest Reset Date occurs.

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     Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for Commercial Paper Rate Notes.
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If the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is Commercial Paper
Rate, the interest rate per annum determined with respect to any Interest Reset
Date specified on the face hereof shall equal (a) the Money Market Yield (as
defined herein) of the per annum rate (quoted on a bank discount basis) for the
relevant Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index
Maturity specified on the face hereof, (i) as such rate is published in Release
H.15(519), under the heading "Commercial Paper," or (ii) if such rate is not
published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the relevant Interest Calculation
Date, the Money Market Yield on such Interest Determination Date for commercial
paper having the specified Index Maturity as published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York in its daily statistical release, "Composite 3:30 P.M.
Quotations for U.S. Government Securities," or any successor publication
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("Composite Quotations"),
under the heading "Commercial Paper" (with an Index Maturity of one month or
three months being deemed to be equivalent to an Index Maturity of 30 days or 90
days, respectively) or (b) if by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest
Calculation Date, such rate is not published in either H.15(519) or Composite
Quotations, the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean (rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with
five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward) of the offered per
annum rates (quoted on a bank discount basis) as of 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of U.S.
dollar commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent for U.S. dollar commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA," or
the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency, in each of the above
cases (a) and (b) adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any,
specified on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if
any, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if fewer than three
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dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described
in (b) above, the interest rate per annum hereon with respect to such Interest
Reset Date shall be the interest rate per annum in effect on the day prior to
such Interest Determination Date (or, if the Initial Interest Rate is then in
effect, the interest rate per annum will be the Initial Interest Rate and will
not be adjusted by any Spread or Spread Multiplier).

     "Money Market Yield" shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:

                                        360 x D
     Money Market Yield  =  100  x  ____________________
                                        360-(D x M)


where "D" refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper, quoted on a bank
discount basis and expressed as a decimal rounded, if necessary, to the nearest
one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a
percentage point rounded upward," and "M" refers to the actual number of days in
the period from, and including, the Interest Reset Date to, but excluding, the
day that numerically corresponds to such Interest Reset Date (or, if there is
not any such numerically corresponding day, the last day) in the calendar month
that is the number of months corresponding to the specified Index Maturity after
the month in which such interest Reset Date occurs.

     Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for CD Rate Notes.  If the
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Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is CD Rate, the interest rate
per annum determined with respect to any Interest Reset Date specified on the
face hereof shall equal the rate, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the
Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread
Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof and rounded, if necessary, to
the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-
millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, on the relevant Interest
Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index
Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in Release H.15(519) under
the heading "Cds (Secondary Market)."  In the event that such rate is not
published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the relevant Interest Calculation
Date, then the interest rate per annum shall be the rate on such Interest
Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the specified
Index Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Certificates of Deposit," adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the
Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread
Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof and rounded, if necessary, to
the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-
millionths of a percentage point rounded upward.  If by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on such Interest Calculation Date such rate is not published in either
Release H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, the interest rate per annum shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market offered rates, as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such
Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers of negotiable
U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the
Calculation Agent for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major
United States money market banks with a remaining maturity closest to the
specified Index Maturity in an amount that, in the Calculation Agent's judgment,
is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time, adjusted
by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face
hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the
face hereof and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of
a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward; provided, however, that, if any of the dealers selected as aforesaid by
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the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the
interest rate per annum with respect to such Interest Reset Date will be the
interest rate per annum in effect on the day prior to such Interest
Determination Date (or, if the Initial Interest Rate is then in effect, the
interest rate per annum will be the Initial Interest Rate and will not be
adjusted by any Spread or Spread Multiplier).

     Determination of Interest Rate Per Annum for Federal Funds Rate Notes.  If
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the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is Federal Funds Rate, the
interest rate per annum determined with respect to any Interest Reset Date shall
be the rate on the relevant Interest Determination Date for Federal Funds as
published in Release H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective),"
adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the
face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on
the face hereof and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth
of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward. In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New
York City time,

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on the relevant Interest Calculation Date, then the per annum interest rate
shall be the rate on such Interest Determination Date as published in Composite
Quotations under the heading "Federal Funds/Effective Rate," adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof, or
by multiplication by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof
and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward. If by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Calculation Date such rate is not
published in either Release H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, then the per
annum interest rate for such Interest Reset Date shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates, as of 9:00
A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, for the last
transaction in overnight Federal Funds arranged by three leading brokers of U.S.
dollar Federal Funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the
Calculation Agent, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if
any, specified on the face hereof, or by multiplication by the Spread
Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof and rounded, if necessary, to
the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-
millionths of a percentage point rounded upward; provided, however, that if any
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of the brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, the interest rate per annum with respect to such
Interest Reset Date will be the interest rate per annum in effect on the day
prior to such Interest Determination Date (or, if the Initial Interest Rate is
then in effect, the interest rate per annum will be the Initial Interest Rate
and will not be adjusted by any Spread or Spread Multiplier).

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate per annum hereon shall not
be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, specified on the face hereof.  The Calculation Agent
shall calculate the interest rate hereon in accordance with the foregoing on or
before each Interest Calculation Date.

     At the request of the holder hereof, the Calculation Agent will provide to
the holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if different, the
interest rate which will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date as a
result of a determination made on the most recent Interest Determination Date
with respect to this Note.  The Calculation Agent's determination of the
interest rate hereon will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

     Interest payments hereon will include interest accrued to but excluding the
applicable Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if the rate at which
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interest on this Note is payable shall be adjusted daily or weekly as specified
on the face hereof under "Interest Rate Reset Period" and as determined in
accordance with the provisions hereof, interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date, other than interest payable on any date on which principal hereof is
payable, will include interest accrued through but excluding the day following
the next preceding Regular Record Date.  Accrued interest hereon from the
Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest hereon has been
paid, as the case may be, shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the face
amount hereof by an accrued interest factor.  Such accrued interest factor shall
be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from the
Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest shall have been
paid, as the case may be, to but excluding the date for which accrued interest
is being calculated.  The interest factor (expressed as a decimal and rounded,
if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point)
for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate per annum
(expressed as a decimal and calculated to the next highest one hundred-
thousandth of a percentage point) applicable to such date by 360 if the Interest
Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is Prime Rate, LIBOR, Commercial Paper
Rate, CD Rate or Federal Funds Rate, or by the actual number of days in the year
if the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is Treasury Rate.

     If this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars, any U.S. dollar amount to be received by a holder of this Note who
elects to receive payment in U.S. dollars will be based on the highest bid
quotation (rounded up to the nearest cent, with one-half cent rounded up) in The
City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent (specified on the face
hereof) as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day next
preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) for the purchase by the
quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on such
payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all
holders of Notes electing to receive U.S. dollar payments on such payment date
and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract.  If three such
bid quotations are not available on the second Business Day preceding the date
of a payment, such payment will be made in the Specified Currency.  All currency
exchange costs associated with any payments in U.S. dollars will be borne by the
holder hereof by deductions from such payments.

     If the principal, premium (if any) or interest on this Note is payable in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and, due to the imposition of
exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the
Specified Currency is not available at the time of any scheduled payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest to be made in the Specified Currency,
then the Company shall be entitled to satisfy its obligations hereunder by
making such payment in U.S. dollars.  Any such payment shall be made on the
basis of the most recently available noon buying rate for cable transfers in The
City of New York for such Specified Currency.  Any payment under such
circumstances in U.S. dollars where required payment is in a Specified Currency
will not constitute a default under the Indenture.

     In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to
the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, immediately due and payable in
the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.


     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee,
with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each series issued under the Indenture
which are affected thereby, at the time outstanding, as provided in the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or

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eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any indenture
supplemental thereto or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the
Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental
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indenture shall, among other things, (i) change the fixed maturity of any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or reduce
the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund
or analogous obligation, or change the currency in which any Security or any
premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Maturity Date
without the consent of the holder of each such Security so affected, or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent of the
holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture or the consent
of whose holders is required for any wavier provided for in the Indenture,
without the consent of the holders of all Securities affected then outstanding.
The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series then
outstanding to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture with respect to such series and certain past defaults under the
Indenture with respect to such series and their consequences, except in each
case a failure to pay principal or premium, if any, or interest on such
Securities of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note
(unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding
upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Note and any
Notes which may be issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation
thereof is made upon this Note or other such Notes.

     If so provided on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at the
option of the Company on any Business Day on or after the "Date on or After
Which This Note is Redeemable at the Option of the Company" as specified on the
face hereof.  On and after such date, if any, this Note may be redeemed in whole
or in part in part in increments of $1,000 or, in the case of non-U.S. dollar
denominated Notes, of an amount equal to the integral multiples referred to on
the face hereof under "Authorized Denominations" (or, if no such reference is
made, an amount equal to the minimum Authorized Denomination) provided that the
remaining principal amount of any Note partially redeemed shall be at least
$100,000 or, in the case of non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes, the minimum
Authorized Denomination referred to on the face hereof.  The redemption price
shall be equal to the product of the principal amount of this Note to be
redeemed multiplied by the Redemption Percentage, plus accrued interest, if any,
to the date of redemption.  The Redemption Percentage shall initially equal the
Initial Redemption Percentage specified on the face of this Note, and shall
decline at each anniversary of the "Date on or After Which This Note is
Redeemable at the Option of the Company" by the amount of the Annual Redemption
Percentage Reduction specified on the face of this Note, until the Redemption
Percentage is equal to 100%.

     If so provided on the face of this Note, this Note will be repayable at the
option of the holder in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 or, in the case
of non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes, of an amount equal to the integral
multiples referred to on the face hereof under "Authorized Denominations" (or,
if no such reference is made, an amount equal to the minimum Authorized
Denomination) provided that the remaining principal amount of any Note
surrendered for partial repayment shall be at least $100,000 or, in the case of
non-U.S. dollar denominated Notes, the minimum Authorized Denomination referred
to on the face hereof, on any Business Day on or after the "Date on or After
Which This Note is Repayable at the Option of the Holder" (as stated on the face
hereof).  The repurchase price shall equal the product of the principal amount
of this Note to be repurchased multiplied by the Repayment Percentage, plus
accrued interest, if any, to the repayment date.  The Repayment Percentage shall
initially equal the Initial Repayment Percentage specified on the face of this
Note, and shall decline at each anniversary of the "Date on or After Which This
Note is Repayable at the Option of the Holder" by the amount of the Annual
Repayment Percentage Reduction specified on the face of this Note, until the
Repayment  Percentage is equal to 100%.  In order for the holder to exercise its
option to cause the Company to repurchase all or any portion of this Note, the
Company must receive at the applicable address of the Trustee set forth below or
at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time
notify the holder of this Note, on or before the fifteenth, but not earlier than
the twenty-fifth day, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day, prior to the repayment date, either (i) this Note, with the form
below entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, or (ii) a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission, or letter from a member of a national securities
exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial
bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth (a) the
name, address and telephone number of the holder of this Note, (b) the principal
amount of this Note and the amount of this Note to be repaid, (c) a statement
that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby, and (d) a
guarantee stating that the Company will receive this Note, with the form below
entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, not later than five
Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
letter (and this Note and form duly completed are received by the Company by
such fifth Business Day).  Any such election shall be irrevocable.  The
addresses to which such deliveries are to be made is First Trust of New York,
National Association, Attention:  Geovanni Barris, 100 Wall Street, 16th Floor,
New York, New York 10005 (or, at such other places as the Company shall notify
the holders of the Notes).  All questions as to the validity, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Note for repayment will be
determined by the Company, whose determination will be final and binding.

     The Notes are issuable in global or definitive form without coupons in
denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof or,
if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars, in the Authorized
Denominations indicated on the face hereof.  Upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, a
new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in the Specified Currency for an
equal aggregate principal amount and like interest rate and maturity will be
issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations
provided in the Indenture and to the limitations described below if applicable,
without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in
connection therewith.

     This Note is exchangeable only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Global Note or
if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor Depositary is
not appointed within the time specified in the Indenture, (ii) an Event of
Default with respect to this Note has occurred and is continuing, or (iii) the
Company in its sole discretion determines that all Global Notes of the same

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series as this Note shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes of differing
denominations aggregating a like amount in registered form. If this Note is
exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for
definitive Notes of differing denominations aggregating a like amount in
registered form in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof, bearing interest at the same rate or pursuant to the same
formula, having the same date of issuance, redemption provisions, if any,
Specified Currency, Maturity Date and other terms.

     The Depositary will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any
beneficial interest in this Note unless such beneficial interest is in an amount
equal to $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof or, if
this Note is denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, an Authorized
Denomination indicated on the face hereof.  The Depositary, by accepting this
Note, agrees to be bound by such provision.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the places, at the respective times, at the rate and in the currency herein
prescribed.

     The Company, the Trustee and any of their respective agents may deem and
treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note at such
holder's address as it appears on the Security Register as kept by the Trustee
or duly authorized agent of the Company (whether or not this Note shall be
overdue), for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account hereof and for
all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any of their
respective agents shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.  All payments
made to or upon the order of such registered holder, shall, to the extent of the
sum or sums paid, satisfy and discharge liability for moneys payable on this
Note.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Note is a Global Note, the
Company, the Trustee and their respective agents shall treat a person as the
holder of such principal amount of Notes as shall be represented by a Global
Note as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary for purposes
of obtaining any consents or directions required to be given by holders of
Securities pursuant to the Indenture.

     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in the Indenture or in any indenture supplemental thereto or any Note, or
because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or
director, as such, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, under any rule of
law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment
or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such personal
liability of every such incorporator, stockholder, officer and director, as
such, being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as a
condition of and as part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.

     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California.

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                           OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

                 TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THIS NOTE IS REPAYABLE
                   AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER AND THE HOLDER
                         ELECTS TO EXERCISE SUCH RIGHT


     The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to
repay the within Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest to the
repayment date, to the undersigned, at__________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
     (please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned).

     For this Note to be repaid the Company must receive at the applicable
address of the Trustee set forth in the within Note or at such other place or
places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the holder of the
within Note, on or before the fifteenth, but not earlier than the twenty-fifth,
day, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day,
prior to the repayment date, either (i) the within Note, with this "Option to
Elect Repayment" form duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission, or letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust
company in the United States of America setting forth (a) the name, address and
telephone number of the holder of the Note, (b) the principal amount of the Note
and the amount of the Note to be repaid, (c) a statement that the option to
elect repayment is being exercised thereby, and (d) a guarantee stating that the
Note and this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly completed will be received
by the Company not later than five Business Days after the date of such
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter (and such Note and form duly
completed are received by the Company by such fifth Business Day).

     If less than the entire principal amount of the within Note is to be
repaid, specify the portion thereof (which shall be an integral multiple of
$1,000 or, if the Note is denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, an
amount equal to the integral multiples referred to on the face hereof under
"Authorized Denominations" (or, if no such reference is made, an amount equal to
the minimum Authorized Denomination)) which the holder elects to have repaid:
____________________; and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall
be $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof or, if the Note
is denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, an Authorized
Denomination) of the Note or Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion of
the within Note not being repaid (in the absence of any specification, one such
Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid):        ____________.

Date:_________________________          ________________________________________
                                        Notice: The signature of this Option to
                                        Elect Repayment must correspond with the
                                        name as written upon the face of the
                                        Note in every particular without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any other
                                        change whatsoever.

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                                 ABBREVIATIONS


     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
                                     
TEN COM    --as tenants in common          UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--__________CUSTODIAN__________
TEN ENT    --as tenants by the entireties                       (Cust)               (Minor)
JT TEN     --as joint tenants with right   Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
             of survivorship and not as
             tenants in common             ________________________________
                                                             (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above List. FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto Please Insert Social Security or other Identifying Number of Assignee ______________________________ /______________________________/________________________________________________ PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ the within Note of AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________________________________________________________________________ attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the promises. Dated: ______________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. 12