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Fuller and its subsidiaries unless otherwise indicated.
−Removed: Where we refer to 2021, 2020 and 2019 herein, the reference is to our fiscal years ended November 27, 2021, November 28, 2020, and November 30, 2019, respectively.
+Added: Where we refer to 2022, 2021 and 2020 herein, the reference is to our fiscal years ended December 3, 2022, November 27, 2021, and November 28, 2020, respectively.
We are a leading worldwide formulator, manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemical products.
Sales operations span 34 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Asia Pacific region, India, the Middle East and Africa.
−Removed: Industrial adhesives represent our core product offering.
−Removed: Customers use our adhesives products in manufacturing common consumer and industrial goods, including food and beverage containers, disposable diapers, medical products, windows, doors, flooring, roofing, appliances, sportswear, footwear, multi-wall bags, water filtration products, insulation, textiles, automobiles, recreational vehicles, buses, trucks and trailers, marine products, solar energy systems, electronics and products for the aerospace and defense industries.
−Removed: Our adhesives help improve the performance of our customers’
+Added: Industrial adhesives represent our core product offering, which help improve the performance of our customers’
products or improve their manufacturing processes.
+Added: Customers use our adhesives products in manufacturing common consumer and industrial goods, including food and beverage containers, disposable diapers, medical products, windows, doors, appliances, sportswear, footwear, multi-wall bags, water filtration products, insulation, textiles, automobiles, recreational vehicles, buses, trucks and trailers, marine products, solar energy systems, electronics and products for the aerospace and defense industries.
+Added: In addition, we have established a variety of product offerings for residential, commercial and industrial construction markets, including sealing and waterproofing solutions for airports, roads, highways, bridges, and utilities;
+Added: pressure-sensitive adhesives, tapes and sealants for the commercial roofing industry; and level-setting products, ready-to-use grouts, mortars, and pressure sensitive adhesives that enable contractors and do-it-yourself consumers to quickly install flooring and tiling applications more reliably and efficiently.
We also provide our customers with technical support and unique solutions designed to address their specific needs.
−Removed: In addition, we have established a variety of product offerings for residential and commercial construction markets, such as tile-setting adhesives, grouts, sealants and related products.
We have three reportable segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives, Engineering Adhesives and Construction Adhesives.
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The vast majority of the products sold within any region are produced within the region, and the respective regions do not import significant amounts of product from other regions.
−Removed: As of November 27, 2021, we had sales offices and manufacturing plants in 21 countries outside the United States and satellite sales offices in another 13 countries.
+Added: As of December 3, 2022, we had sales offices and manufacturing plants in 23 countries outside the United States and satellite sales offices in another 10 countries.
We have a Code of Business Conduct and detailed Core Policies that we apply across all of our operations around the world.
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We pride ourselves on long-term, collaborative customer relationships and a diverse portfolio of customers in which no single customer accounted for more than 10 percent of consolidated net revenue.
−Removed: Our leading customers include manufacturers of food and beverages, hygiene products, clothing, major appliances, electronics, automobiles, aerospace and defense products, solar energy systems, filters, construction materials, wood flooring, furniture, cabinetry, windows, doors, tissue and towel, corrugation, tube winding, packaging, labels and tapes.
+Added: Our leading customers include manufacturers of food and beverages, hygiene products, clothing, major appliances, electronics, automobiles, aerospace and defense products, solar energy systems, filters, construction materials, wood flooring, furniture, cabinetry, windows, doors, tissue and towel, corrugation, tube winding, packaging, and tapes and labels.
Our products are delivered directly to customers primarily from our manufacturing and distribution facilities, with additional deliveries made through distributors and retailers.
−Removed: Human Capital Resources and Management
+Added: Human Capital Resources and Management 
Employees and Labor Relations
−Removed: As of November 27, 2021, we have approximately 6,500 employees in 45 countries, including approximately 2,500 employees based in the U.S.
+Added: As of December 3, 2022, we have approximately 7,000 employees in 45 countries, including approximately 2,500 employees based in the U.S.
Approximately 450 U.S.
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Health and Safety
−Removed: We care about our colleagues and anyone who enters our workplace and we believe that nothing we do is worth getting hurt for.
−Removed: We have a strong environmental, health and safety program that focuses on implementing policies and training programs, as well as performing self-audits to enhance work safety.
−Removed: Importantly during 2021, our experience and continuing focus on workplace safety have enabled us to preserve business continuity without sacrificing our commitment to keeping our colleagues and workplace visitors safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: The health and safety of our employees and anyone who enters our workplace is important, and we believe that nothing we do is worth getting hurt for.
+Added: We have a strong environmental, health and safety program that focuses on implementing policies and training programs, as well as performing self-audits to enhance workplace safety.
Competitive Pay and Benefits
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It is one of the tools we use to recruit and retain, and it is seen as the preferred benefit by most employees.
−Removed: Employees in the United States earning below $52,000 each year have 100% of their individual health care costs covered by the Company in the form of a medical premium reimbursement. 
+Added: Employees in the United States earning below $ 52,000 each year have 100% of their individual medical premiums covered by the Company in the form of a medical premium reimbursement. 
Results-Driven, Collaborative Culture
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I nclusion and Diversit y
−Removed: As a global company, we currently have employees present in over 40 countries around the world.
+Added: As a global company, we currently have employees present in 45  
+Added: countries around the world.
We place strong value on collaboration and we believe that working together leads to better outcomes for our customers.
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Risk Factors for a discussion of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on raw material cost and availability.
−Removed: Patents, Trademarks and Licenses
+Added: Patents, Trademarks and Licenses 
Much of the technology we use in our products and manufacturing processes is available in the public domain.
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Confidentiality commitments also are routinely obtained from customers, suppliers and others to safeguard proprietary information.
−Removed: We own numerous trademarks and service marks in various countries.
−Removed: Trademarks, such as H.B.
−Removed: Fuller®, Swift®, Advantra®, Clarity®, Sesame®, TEC®, Foster®, Rakoll®, Rapidex®, Full-Care®, Thermonex®, Silaprene®, Eternabond®, Cilbond®, and TONSAN®
−Removed: are important in marketing products.
−Removed: Many of our trademarks and service marks are registered.
+Added: We own numerous trademarks and service marks in various countries. Trademarks, such as H.B.
+Added: Fuller®, Swift®, Advantra®, Clarity®, Earthic™, Sesame®, TEC®, Foster®, Rakoll®, Rapidex®, Full-Care®, Thermonex®, Silaprene®, Eternabond®, Cilbond®, Hydroarmor®, Ködispace®, Weld Mount®
+Added: and TONSAN®
+Added: are important in marketing products. Many of our trademarks and service marks are registered.
trademark registrations are for a term of ten years and are renewable every ten years as long as the trademarks are used in the regular course of trade.
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Various legislation, regulations and international accords pertaining to climate change have been implemented or are being considered for implementation, particularly as they relate to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
−Removed: We have not determined that any of these laws directly impact the Company at this time;
−Removed: however, we continue to monitor the development and implementation of such legislation and regulation.
+Added: These laws may directly impact the Company, however we have not determined the extent of potential disclosures or other reporting requirements. We continue to monitor the development and implementation of such legislation and regulations.
We also continue to regularly report our sustainability efforts and metrics under the Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) framework and report our goals and progress in our annual Sustainability Report.
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Period Served
−Removed: James J. Owens
President and Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: November 2010 - Present
+Added: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, PetroChoice Lubrication Solutions 
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, Distribution International
+Added: December 2022 - Present
+Added: March - December 2022
Executive Vice President, Engineering Adhesives
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 October 2016 - August 2019
−Removed: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 
−Removed: August 2019 - Present
−Removed: Senior Vice President, Royal Adhesives
−Removed: October 2017 - August 2019
−Removed: President and CEO, Royal Adhesives and Sealants, LLC
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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 James J.
+Added:  Executive Vice President, Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives
+Added:  December 2022 - Present
 Senior Vice President, Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives
−Removed:  October 2021 - Present
+Added:  October 2021 - December 2022
 Vice President, Engineering Adhesives Americas and Global Director Automotive
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Traci L. Jensen
−Removed: Vice President, Global Business Process Improvement
+Added: Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
December 2022 - Present
−Removed: Senior Vice President, Construction Products
+Added:  Vice President, Global Business Process Improvement
+Added:  December 2019 - December 2022
+Added: Senior Vice President, Global Construction Products
July 2016 - December 2019
Timothy J. Keenan
−Removed: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
+Added: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
December 2022 - Present
+Added:  Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
+Added:  December 2006 - December 2022
Shahbaz Malik
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(North America manufacturer of wallboard and joint compound materials)
+Added: Senior Vice President, Human Resources
+Added: December 2022 - Present
Vice President, Human Resources
−Removed: March 2020 - Present
+Added: March 2020 - December 2022
Director, Human Resources
2017 - March 2020
−Removed: Vice President, Global Hygiene
The Board of Directors elects the executive officers annually.
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