GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2028. The Senior Notes were priced at 99.500% of their principal amount. The offering is expected to close on December 6, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.
The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay existing indebtedness under its commercial paper program.
The joint book-running managers for the offering are Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., with Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Standard Chartered Bank, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as co-managers.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement (containing a prospectus) that has been filed with the SEC. A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may also be obtained by calling Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll free at (800) 294-1322, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-4533 or HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. toll free at (866) 811-8049.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs approximately 30,000 employees in more than 50 countries.
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