A number of foreign countries and domestic communities have enacted, or are considering enacting, laws and regulations concerning the use and disposal of plastic materials. International operations are subject to risks, which include, but are not limited to, the following: ‰ changes in local government regulations and policies including, but not limited to foreign currency exchange controls or monetary policy; repatriation of earnings; expropriation of property; duty or tariff restrictions; investment limitations; and tax policies; ‰ political and economic instability and disruptions, including labor unrest, civil strife, acts of war, guerilla activities, insurrection and terrorism; ‰ legislation that regulates the use of chemicals; ‰ disadvantages of competing against companies from countries that are not subject to U.S. laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); ‰ difficulties in staffing and managing multi-national operations; ‰ limitations on our ability to enforce legal rights and remedies; ‰ reduced protection of intellectual property rights; and ‰ other risks arising out of foreign sovereignty over the areas where our operations are conducted. Global equity funds invest in publicly-traded equity securities of companies domiciled in the United States, developed international countries, and emerging markets typically with a market capitalization greater than $2 billion with a focus on growth or value.

Last year, employees in over 40 countries provided actionable feedback to support our ongoing employee engagement efforts. The Compensation Clawback Policy does not condition such clawback on the fault of the executive officer, but Avient is not required to clawback amounts in limited circumstances where the Compensation Committee has made a determination that recovery would be impracticable and (1) Avient has already attempted to recover such amounts but the direct expense paid to a third party in an effort to enforce the Compensation Clawback Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, (2) the recovery of amounts would violate applicable home country law, or (3) the recovery would likely cause the non-compliance of a tax-qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations.

revenues, revenue growth, revenue growth by targeted country, region or end market, gross margin and gross margin growth, material margin and material margin growth, stock price appreciation, total return to shareholders, sales and administrative costs divided by sales, and sales and administrative costs divided by profits); and • Strategic Initiative Key Deliverable Metrics consisting of one or more of the folff lowing: product development, strategic partnering, research and development, vitality index, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, management of employment practices (including succession planning and talent development) and employee benefitsff , supervision of litigation and inforff mation technology, and goals or synergies relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures. The Management Objectives applicable to any Qualified Perforff mance-Based Award will be based on one or more, or a combination, of the folff lowing metrics (including relative or growth achievement regarding such metrics): (i) Profitff s (e.g., operating income, EBIT, EBT, net income, earnings per share, residual or economic earnings, economic profit — these profitability metrics could be measured before certain specified special items and/or subject to GAAP definff ition); (ii) Cash Flow (e.g., EBITDA, free cash flow, freff e cash flow with or without specific capital expenditure target or range, including or excluding divestments and/or acquisitions, total cash flow, cash flow in excess of cost of capital or residual cash flow or cash flow return on investment); (iii) Returns (e.g., Profitff s or Cash Flow returns on: assets, invested capital, net capital employed, sales, and equity); (iv) Working Capital (e.g., working capital divided by sales, days’ sales outstanding, days’ sales inventory, and days’ sales in payables); (v) Profitff Margins (e.g., Profits divided by revenues, gross margins and material margins divided by revenues, and material margin divided by sales pounds); (vi) Liquidity Mtt easures (e.g., debt-to-capital, debt-to-EBITDA, total debt ratio); (vii) Sales Growth, Gross Margin Growth, Cost Initiative and Stock Price Metrics (e.g., revenues, revenue growth, revenue growth by targeted country, region or end market, gross margin and gross margin growth, material margin and material margin growth, stock price appreciation, total return to shareholders, sales and administrative costs divided by sales, and sales and administrative costs divided by profitsff ); and B-3 (viii) Strategic Initiative Key Deliverable Metrics consisting of one or more of the folff lowing: product development, strategic partnering, research and development, vitality index, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, management of employment practices (including succession planning and talent development) and employee benefitff s, supervision of litigation and inforff mation technology, and goals or synergies relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures.

Last year, employees in over 40 countries provided actionable feedback to support our ongoing employee engagement efforts. The Compensation Clawback Policy does not condition such clawback on the fault of the executive officer, but Avient is not required to clawback amounts in limited circumstances where the Compensation Committee has made a determination that recovery would be impracticable and (1) Avient has already attempted to recover such amounts but the direct expense paid to a third party in an effort to enforce the Compensation Clawback Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, (2) the recovery of amounts would violate applicable home country law, or (3) the recovery would likely cause the non-compliance of a tax-qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations.

Last year, our first full year as Avient, we surveyed employees in 40 countries, and over 130 locations participated, providing actionable feedback to support our employee engagement efforts.

Background of old nylon overmolding compared to new polyamide technology

Last year, employees in over 40 countries, and more than 130 locations participated, providing actionable feedback to support our ongoing employee engagement efforts.