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Avery Dennison (AVY): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$9,538,375CEO Deon Stander · source
Say-on-pay support95.48%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers38th pct.Against its disclosed peer group
CEO pay ratio556:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $6,070,962FY2023
  • $9,853,372FY2024
  • $9,538,375FY2025

CEO total pay was $9,538,375 in fiscal 2025, down from $9,853,372 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,136,538 · bonus $0 · stock awards $7,649,430 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Avery Dennison in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Deon Stander (President & Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Avery Dennison in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $9,538,375.
How does Avery Dennison's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Deon Stander's total compensation ranked at the 38th percentile of Avery Dennison's disclosed peer group.
What is Avery Dennison's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Avery Dennison's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 556:1.
How did shareholders vote on Avery Dennison's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 95.48% of shareholders supported Avery Dennison's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Avery Dennison spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Avery Dennison reported total board compensation of $3,043,533 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Deon Stander$1,136,538$0$7,649,430$0$605,475$0$146,932$9,538,375
President & Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Lovins810,86702,002,5900245,2611,724120,6183,181,060
SVP & Chief Financial Officer
Danny Allouche547,592250,0001,405,0170137,4670160,9052,500,981
SVP & Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer
Deena Baker-Nel562,15401,492,6730133,3800151,5132,339,720
SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer
Ryan Yost555,69201,122,9700156,4920114,5811,949,735
President, Materials Group
Ignacio Walker548,3000659,9340109,601092,1411,409,976
SVP & Chief Legal Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Deon Stander$9,538,375$9,853,372$6,070,962↓ −314,997
Gregory Lovins3,181,0603,420,3264,050,895↓ −239,266
Danny Allouche2,500,9811,390,151—↑ +1,110,830
Deena Baker-Nel2,339,720—1,716,891—
Ryan Yost1,949,7353,000,485—↓ −1,050,750
Ignacio Walker1,409,976———

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our executive compensation program reflects the Committee s philosophy that the substantial majority of compensation should be tied to our success in creating stockholder value, providing higher realized compensation when we deliver superior performance.

CEO STI target (% of salary)135%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantWillis Towers Watson (WTW) and Semler Brossy
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Danny AllouchePSU2025-03-011,2822,564—5,128$462,725
Danny AlloucheRSU2025-03-01——2,673—473,353
Deena Baker-NelPSU2025-03-012,2912,695—5,390513,101
Ignacio WalkerPSU2025-03-011,4831,745—3,490332,201
Gregory LovinsPSU2025-03-014,5015,295—10,5901,008,024
Deon StanderPSU2025-03-0110,52621,052—42,1043,799,247
Ryan YostPSU2025-03-012,5322,979—5,958567,162
Deena Baker-NelPSU2025-03-011,4032,805—5,610506,219
Ignacio WalkerPSU2025-03-019081,816—3,632327,733
Gregory LovinsPSU2025-03-012,7565,511—11,022994,566
Ryan YostPSU2025-03-011,5553,109—6,218555,808
Deon StanderPSU2025-03-0117,19220,226—40,4523,850,183
Danny AllouchePSU2025-03-012,0942,463—4,926468,939
Deena Baker-NelRSU2025-03-01——2,673—473,353

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Danny Allouche$473,353$931,664$066.3%
Deena Baker-Nel473,3531,019,320068.3%
Ignacio Walker0659,9340100.0%
Gregory Lovins02,002,5900100.0%
Deon Stander07,649,4300100.0%
Ryan Yost01,122,9700100.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Ryan YostRSU168—$30,556
Ryan YostRSU250—45,470
Deena Baker-NelPSU434—78,936
Ignacio WalkerPSU446—81,118
Ryan YostRSU456—82,937
Danny AllouchePSU469—85,302
Danny AlloucheRSU722—131,317
Deena Baker-NelRSU740—134,591
Danny AlloucheRSU750—136,410
Ignacio WalkerRSU757—137,683
Danny AlloucheRSU791—143,867
Deena Baker-NelRSU811—147,505
Ignacio WalkerRSU829—150,778
Ignacio WalkerRSU867—157,690
Deena Baker-NelRSU1,009—183,517
Danny AlloucheRSU1,129—205,343
Ignacio WalkerRSU1,295—235,535
Ryan YostRSU1,318—239,718
Ryan YostRSU1,390—252,813
Gregory LovinsPSU1,446—262,999
Deena Baker-NelRSU1,507—274,093
Deon StanderPSU1,836—333,932
Gregory LovinsRSU2,356—428,509
Gregory LovinsRSU2,584—469,978
Danny AlloucheRSU2,673—486,165
Deena Baker-NelRSU2,673—486,165
Ignacio WalkerRSU2,719—494,532
Gregory LovinsRSU2,756—501,261
Deon StanderRSU2,827—514,175
Deon StanderRSU3,100—563,828
Ryan YostRSU3,234—588,200
Ignacio WalkerRSU3,501—636,762
Danny AlloucheRSU3,839—698,237
Ryan YostRSU3,880—705,694
Ryan YostRSU3,961—720,427
Gregory LovinsRSU4,119—749,164
Deena Baker-NelRSU4,200—763,896
Danny AlloucheRSU4,941—898,669
Ryan YostPSU5,274—959,235
Deena Baker-NelRSU5,407—983,425
Ryan YostRSU5,977—1,087,097
Gregory LovinsRSU8,230—1,496,872
Gregory LovinsRSU8,251—1,500,692
Deon StanderRSU9,701—1,764,418
Gregory LovinsRSU10,623—1,932,111
Danny AllouchePSU12,641—2,299,145
Deena Baker-NelPSU14,108—2,565,963
Deon StanderRSU14,497—2,636,714
Ryan YostPSU22,674—4,123,947
Deon StanderRSU31,520—5,732,857
Gregory LovinsPSU32,135—5,844,714
Deon StanderRSU40,578—7,380,327
Deon StanderOption62,955190.54—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Mitchell R. ButierNot independent · Finance (Chair) · Cybersecurity$222,500$293,462$0$0$10,000$525,962
Patrick T. SiewertIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Finance · Governance160,000180,938005,000345,938
Bradley A. AlfordIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Governance151,667180,9380010,000342,605
Ward H. DicksonIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Finance · Cybersecurity157,500180,93800—338,438
William R. WagnerIndependent · Governance (Chair) · Cybersecurity (Chair)155,000180,93800—335,938
Maria Fernanda MejiaIndependent · Audit122,500180,9380010,000313,438
Francesca ReverberiIndependent · Compensation122,500180,93800—303,438
Andres A. LopezIndependent · Audit · Compensation115,000180,93800—295,938
David E. FlitmanIndependent · Compensation · Newly elected95,833136,0050010,000241,838
Deon M. StanderEmployee director · Board Chair · Finance000000

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$115,000
Annual equity retainer$185,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)35,000 / 25,000 / 25,000
Stock ownership guideline$500,000

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$1,302,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,696,033
All other compensation$45,000
Total cost of the board$3,043,533

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Avery Dennison as a peer

Companies that benchmark against AVY

17 companies name AVY as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses AVY in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named AVY in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Avery Dennison2025Deon Stander$1,136,538$7,649,430$0$605,475$9,538,375

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-04-3064,573,6203,056,68589,33695.48%Passed
20252025-04-2463,308,2593,317,363454,22495.02%Passed
20242024-04-2565,306,3914,409,914158,33293.67%Passed
20232023-04-2764,324,8394,972,134362,41492.82%Passed
20222022-04-2864,926,2633,691,931166,53294.62%Passed
20212021-04-2269,124,3333,069,775188,41395.75%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-04-3095.48%a
20252025-04-2495.02%b
20242024-04-2593.67%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)556 : 1
CEO total compensation$9,538,375
Median employee compensation$17,158
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (38 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Deon Stander. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 74. As printed: 9,538,375. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Gregory Lovins. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 74. As printed: 3,181,060. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Danny Allouche. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 74. As printed: 2,500,981. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Deena Baker-Nel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 74. As printed: 2,339,720. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Ryan Yost. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 74. As printed: 1,949,735. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Ignacio Walker. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 74. As printed: 1,409,976. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Danny Allouche PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Danny Allouche RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Deena Baker-Nel PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ignacio Walker PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gregory Lovins PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Deon Stander PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ryan Yost PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Deena Baker-Nel PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ignacio Walker PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gregory Lovins PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ryan Yost PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Deon Stander PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Danny Allouche PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Deena Baker-Nel RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 556 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Mitchell R. Butier. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 525,962. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Patrick T. Siewert. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 345,938. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Bradley A. Alford. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 342,605. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ward H. Dickson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 338,438. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, William R. Wagner. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 335,938. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Maria Fernanda Mejia. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 313,438. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Francesca Reverberi. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 303,438. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Andres A. Lopez. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 295,938. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, David E. Flitman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 241,838. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Deon M. Stander. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-01. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.48% (votes for as printed: 64,573,620). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-04-28. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.02% (votes for as printed: 63,308,259). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-04-26. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 93.67% (votes for as printed: 65,306,391). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 1,302,500 + equity 1,696,033 + all other 45,000 = 3,043,533, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Avery Dennison (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Avery Dennison's own proxy. As printed: 9,538,375. View filing ↗
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