Avery Dennison to Broadcast Fourth-Quarter 2000 and Year-End Earnings Conference Call Live Over the Internet

18 January 2001

Avery Dennison to Broadcast Fourth-Quarter 2000 and Year-End Earnings Conference Call Live Over the Internet

    PASADENA, Calif.--Jan. 18, 2001--Avery Dennison Corp. will host its fourth-quarter 2000 and year-end earnings conference call in a live Webcast for equity analysts, portfolio managers, media representatives and individual investors at 11 a.m. (Pacific Time)/2 p.m. (Eastern Time), on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001.
    The Webcast will follow the company's fourth-quarter 2000 earnings news release which will be issued earlier that morning at 8 a.m. (Pacific Time)/11 a.m. (Eastern Time).
    The Webcast can be accessed at www.investors.averydennison.com. Instructions for listening to the conference call are provided. In addition, an audio replay of the conference call will be available approximately one hour following its conclusion through 5 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the same Web address.
    To listen to the live Webcast or audio replay, participants will need a computer with speakers and Real Player. A free software download is available at the www.investors.averydennison.com Web address.
    Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials.
    Based in Pasadena, the company had 1999 sales of $3.8 billion.
    Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, battery labels, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag and labeling systems and specialty tapes and chemicals.