Homepage // News Center // ‘Future-Proof’ Pharma Packaging: Avient Launches New Regulatory-Compliant MEVOPUR™ Amber Masterbatches CLEVELAND – April 19, 2021 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, today announced the launch of a new pelletized amber colorant masterbatch formulated for PET vials, bottles, and other pharmaceutical packaging applications. As a result, these MEVOPUR masterbatches will ‘future-proof’ pharma packaging and avoid the need for formulation changes in the years to come.” 

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; the current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows including without any limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues; the speed and strength of growth in the global 5G infrastructure market; our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Clariant's Masterbatch business, including any expected synergies; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding plastics in jurisdictions where we conduct business; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply, and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisition and integration working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; information systems failures and cyberattacks; our ability to consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions; and amounts for cash and non-cash charges related to restructuring plans that may differ from original estimates, including because of timing changes associated with the underlying actions.

Colorant Chromatics™ PEI Masterbatch Colors for High-Temperature Injection Molding Applications Colorant Chromatics™ PEI colorants are specifically designed to color polyetherimide (PEI) resin used in high-temperature injection molding applications. KEY CHARACTERISTICS • Consistent coloring and improved homogenization with the polymer offer more efficient processing and waste reduction • Opaque PEI masterbatches available with shorter lead times and a range of readily available standard colors • Minimum order quantities as low as 5kg (10 lbs) for improved inventory control • Robust colorant formulations mean no disruptions to existing molding processes, allowing manufacturers to bring products to market faster and without investing in new machinery FEATURES AND COLORS PEI colorants are manufactured using 100% prime virgin PEI resin.

In addition, the company will provide an update on the integration of the Clariant Color business, including future synergy capture, and a financial overview.

UL94 COMPLIANT MASTERBATCHES DESIGN & SAFETY High-impact colors and cutting-edge design are hugely important to the success of today’s sleek, modern electrical and electronic products. Avient offers masterbatch solutions to fulfill different levels of Glow Wire temperatures. Once a specific resin has been identified for your needs, you can check in the table whether Avient has already masterbatches listed for the corresponding supplier and under which conditions of use (minimum thickness, exact rating and maximum let-down ratio).

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Langiewicza 50 95-050 Konstantynów Łódzki Poland Clariant Masterbatches (Saudi Arabia) Ltd Administration, Site management, Manufacture, Laboratory, Procurement, Maintenance, Infrastructure, Warehouse and Transport 2nd Industrial City, Al-Kharj Road Riyadh Saudi Arabia Avient Colorants Singapore Pte Ltd Administration, Site management, Manufacture, Laboratory, Procurement, Maintenance, Infrastructure, Warehouse and Transport 1 International Business Park Singapore 609917 Avient Colorants Singapore Pte Ltd Administration, Site management, Manufacture, Laboratory, Procurement, Maintenance, Infrastructure, Warehouse and Transport 8 Third Chin Bee Road Singapore 618684 Avient South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Development and manufacturing of Colorants products (including additive Masterbatch) No. 2 Nan Yun San Rd., Science City 510663 Guangzhou Avient Colorants (Shanghai) Ltd. Development and manufacturing of Masterbatch products (including additive Masterbatch) No 88 Lane 4377 Jindu Road 201108 Shanghai FACILITY NAMEFACILITY NAME FACILITY ACTIVITYFACILITY ACTIVITY ADDRESSADDRESS Copyright as of the Effective Date, ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc.

Avient acquired the Clariant Color business on July 1, 2020 (the “Acquisition Date”). To provide comparable financial results, the Company references “pro forma” financial metrics, which include the business results of Clariant Color for periods prior to the Acquisition Date. It’s in this spirit that we joined legacy PolyOne and the Clariant Color business, two complementary businesses, and formed a new one that we’ve named Avient.

Avient acquired the Clariant Color business on July 1, 2020 (the “Acquisition Date”). To provide comparable financial results, the Company references “pro forma” financial metrics, which include the business results of Clariant Color for periods prior to the Acquisition Date. We will deliver for our stakeholders through multiple value creation levers—many of which are unique to Avient: o Demand for sustainable solutions, healthcare, and composites, together with Clariant Color revenue synergies, that will drive long-term revenue growth in excess of GDP o Clariant color cost synergy capture will result in significant near-term benefit In addition, we remain committed to increasing annual dividends in line with earnings growth and opportunistically buying back shares, all while remaining modestly levered.

BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF “CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA LLC”, CHANGING ITS NAME FROM "CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA LLC" TO "AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC", FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2021, AT 10:39 O`CLOCK A.M.