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AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

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w VIEW MATERIALS & VOTE AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION C/O BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS, INC. P.O. BOX 1342 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717 VOTE BY INTERNET Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 22, 2020 for shares held directly and by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 20, 2020 for shares held in a Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AVY2020 You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 22, 2020 for shares held directly and by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 20, 2020 for shares held in a Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: D03104-P32305 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following nominees: Election of Directors For Against Abstain The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3. For Against Abstain 1a. Bradley Alford !!! Approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation.!!! 1b. Anthony Anderson 1c. Peter Barker 1d. Mark Barrenechea 1e. Mitchell Butier 1f. Ken Hicks 1g. Andres Lopez 1h. Patrick Siewert 1i.Julia Stewart 1j.Martha Sullivan !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2020. NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. For address change/comments, mark here. (see reverse for instructions) !!! ! Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]DateSignature (Joint Owners)Date

 

 

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com. D03105-P32305 AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS APRIL 23, 2020 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned hereby appoints Susan Miller and Vikas Arora, or each of them, with full power of substitution, proxies for the undersigned to act and vote at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Avery Dennison Corporation and at any adjournment or postponement thereof as indicated upon the matters set forth on the reverse side and described in the proxy statement for the meeting, and, in their discretion, upon any other matters that may properly come before the meeting. This card provides voting instructions, as applicable, to (i) the appointed proxies for shares held of record by the undersigned, including those held under the Company's Direct Share Purchase and Sale Program, and (ii) the Trustee for shares held on behalf of the undersigned in the Company's Employee Savings Plan. IF NO OTHER INDICATION IS MADE, THE PROXIES WILL VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL DIRECTOR NOMINEES, AND FOR PROPOSALS 2 AND 3. Consistent with its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Fidelity Management Trust Company, as Trustee of the Avery Dennison Corporation Employee Savings Plan, will vote shares of Company stock for which timely instructions are not received and shares of Company stock that have not been allocated to the account of any participant in the same proportion in which allocated shares of Company stock are voted by participants who timely furnish voting instructions. The card must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 20, 2020, and telephone and Internet votes must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on the same day. Your voting instructions are confidential and may not be revealed to anyone, except as required by law. Address Changes/Comments: (If you noted any Address Changes/Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side.) Continued and to be signed on reverse side