SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
LIN SANDRA BEACH

(Last) (First) (Middle)
6565 W. HOWARD STREET

(Street)
NILES IL 60714

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/04/2005
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION [ AVY ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Group VP, Spec. Matls. & Conv.
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 04/04/2006(1) 04/04/2015 Common Stock 25,000 61.43 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Option vests in three cumulative installments of 33 1/3 % beginning on the first anniversary date of the grant, which is the grant date given.
By: Irene Marquard For: Sandra Beach Lin 04/05/2005
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes
Irene Marquard or Barbara Bartoletti, Robert G. van Schoonenberg or
Richard P. Randall of Avery Dennison Corporation (the ?Company?), to
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as a director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any
amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section
16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned?s
beneficial ownership of securities in the Company.  The undersigned
hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and
5 with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of, and transactions
in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

     In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has cause this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 4th day of April, 2005.


                                               Sandra Beach Lin