UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8 – K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
August 6, 2002
Date of Report
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware |
1-7685 |
95-1492269 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 150 N. Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena, California |
91103 (Zip Code) | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code: (626) 304-2000
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report.
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 |
Written Statement of Philip M. Neal, Chief Executive Officer of Avery Dennison Corporation, dated August 5, 2002. | |
| 99.2 |
Written Statement of Daniel R. O’Bryant, Chief Financial Officer of Avery Dennison Corporation, dated August 5, 2002. |
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
On August 6, 2002, pursuant to SEC Order No. 4-460 (the “Order”), the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of
Avery Dennison Corporation filed written statements, under oath, in the form of Exhibit A to the Order with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the written statements are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
/s/ DANIEL R.
O’BRYANT | |
| Name: Daniel R. O’Bryant Title: Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Dated: August 6, 2002
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EXHIBIT LIST
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 |
Written Statement of Philip M. Neal, Chief Executive Officer of Avery Dennison Corporation, | |
| dated August 5, 2002. | ||
| 99.2 |
Written Statement of Daniel R. O’Bryant, Chief Financial Officer of Avery Dennison Corporation, | |
| dated August 5, 2002. |
Exhibit 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, Philip M. Neal, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Avery Dennison Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
• |
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and |
• |
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). |
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered
report”:
• |
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2002 of Avery Dennison Corporation; |
• |
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Avery Dennison Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the
filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and |
• |
any amendments to any of the foregoing. |
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of August, 2002.
| /S/ PHILIP M. NEAL Philip M. Neal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer August 5, 2002 |
/S/ DEBRA K. BOUTON Debra K. Bouton My Commission Expires: March 13, 2004 |
Exhibit 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, Daniel R. O’Bryant, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Avery Dennison Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered
report:
• |
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and |
• |
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). |
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered
report”:
• |
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2002 of Avery Dennison Corporation; |
• |
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Avery Dennison Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the
filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and |
• |
any amendments to any of the foregoing. |
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of August, 2002.
| /S/ DANIEL R. O’BRYANT Daniel R. O’Bryant Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer August 5, 2002 |
/S/ DEBRA K. BOUTON Debra K. Bouton My Commission Expires: March 13, 2004 |