Avery Dennison Corp

Fiscal Year

In January 2025, the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors approved a change to our previous 52- or 53-week fiscal year generally ending on the Saturday closest to December 31 to a fiscal year coincident with the calendar year. Our 2025 fiscal year that began on December 29, 2024 will end on December 31, 2025 and fiscal years 2026 and beyond will begin on January 1 and end on December 31.

Net Sales

In the three months ended March 29, 2025, net sales increased on an organic basis compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to higher volume/mix, partially offset by the impact of raw material deflation-related price reductions.

Net Income

Net income decreased from approximately $172 million in the first three months of 2024 to approximately $166 million in the first three months of 2025. The primary factors affecting this decrease were:

•The net impact of raw material deflation-related price reductions

•Losses on venture and other investments

•Unfavorable foreign currency translation

These items were partially offset by the following factors:

•Benefits from productivity initiatives, including material re-engineering and savings from restructuring actions, net of transition costs

•Higher volume/mix

Cost Reduction Actions

2025 Actions

We recorded $4.8 million in restructuring charges, net of reversals, during the three months ended March 29, 2025. These charges consisted of severance and related costs for the reduction of approximately 130 positions, as well as asset impairment charges, at various locations across our company. Our 2025 actions are primarily intended to optimize the operational footprint in our Solutions Group reportable segment.

Restructuring charges were included in “Other expense (income), net” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Refer to Note 4, “Cost Reduction Actions,” to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

Cash Flow

During the first three months of 2025, net cash (used in) provided by operating activities decreased compared to the same period last year primarily due to higher incentive compensation payments and trade rebates and changes in operational working capital, partially offset by lower tax payments, net of refunds. During the first three months of 2025, adjusted free cash flow decreased compared to the same period last year primarily due to a decrease in net cash provided by operating activities, partially offset by lower purchases of property, plant and equipment.

Outlook

In the first quarter of 2025, the U.S. announced additional tariffs on goods imported into the U.S. from numerous countries, many of which responded with reciprocal tariffs and other actions on goods imported from the U.S. The U.S. government has indicated that it is willing to negotiate with other countries regarding the tariffs; to enable these negotiations, it paused certain of these tariffs for a 90-day period. As it relates to the direct impact of these tariffs, a relatively small portion of our global materials purchases is impacted and the vast majority of our imports and exports between the U.S., Canada and Mexico are compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”). Based on current information, we estimate that the overall direct cost impact will likely result in a low single digit rate of inflation to our total raw material purchases. To mitigate the potential impact to our operations, we are implementing strategic sourcing adjustments and pricing surcharges. The indirect impact on demand for our products and solutions is more uncertain. While a majority of our products and solutions relates to less discretionary consumer staples, we also serve more discretionary and cyclical markets, such as industrials, durables and apparel.

Certain factors that we believe may contribute to or impact our 2025 results are described below.

•Elevated uncertainty related to trade policy and the macroeconomic environment.

•In the second quarter of 2025, we anticipate sales growth in the majority of our businesses to be offset by a decline in apparel, resulting in sales comparable to prior year.

•For the full year:

◦We expect an unfavorable impact to our net sales and operating income from foreign currency translation, based on recent rates.

◦We anticipate incremental savings from restructuring actions, net of transition costs.

◦We expect our effective tax rate to be in the mid-twenty percent range.