Buyer will reimburse Seller for all national, state, local or other taxes (other than income taxes), excises or charges, and fees, which Seller must pay in connection with the manufacture and supply of Product, but only those amounts not already included in the price at the commencement of this contract. 8. Either party may suspend performance hereunder (except to pay for Product already received) in the event of: (1) acts of God, fire, explosion, flood, hurricanes; (2) strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances or riots; (3) war, declared or undeclared, or acts of terrorism; (4) compliance with any Federal, state, provincial, municipal or military law, regulation, order, or rule, foreign or domestic, including priority, rationing, allocation or preemption orders or regulations, or cancellation of Seller’s or Buyer’s license to operate its plant; (5) catastrophic failure of facilities used to manufacture Product, interruption or shortage of transportation, labor, power, fuel or raw materials; (6) total or partial shutdown due to Seller’s normal plant turnaround; or (7) any other cause or causes of any kind or character reasonably outside the control of the party failing to perform, whether similar or dissimilar from the enumerated causes (a “force majeure”).

Os produtos fornecidos à Avient não devem, direta ou indiretamente, financiar ou beneficiar grupos armados da República Democrática do Congo ou de um país limítrofe (a "Países abrangidos") e cumprir a Política da Avient Declaração sobre Minerais de Conflito relativamente a produtos fornecido à Avient. As refeições e o entretenimento para efeitos de desenvolvimento de relações comerciais devem enquadrar-se nas práticas comerciais razoáveis, habituais e legais do país ou do setor

La Sociedad tendrá su domicilio en cualquiera de las comunas comprendidas en el territorio jurisdiccional de la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago, pudiendo establecer oficinas, agencias, sucursales o establecimientos en otras ciudades del país o en el extranjero.”.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities; the timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or disruptions of service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts; separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates; amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from original estimates; our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; the ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses into our operations, such as Gordon Composites and Polystrand, including whether such businesses will be accretive, retain the management teams of acquired businesses, and retain relationships with customers of acquired businesses; 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 financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability; the speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; 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 or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; an inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends; the amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation. Senior management believes that investors and securities analysts find this leverage ratio useful for evaluating our ability to pay off debt and for comparing this measure with that of similar companies that have different capital structures.

We used the incremental cash to pay down debt in December and ended the year with net debt to adjusted EBITDA leverage of 2.9x, below prior guidance of 3.1x." Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: 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 limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues; changes in 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; our ability to achieve strategic objectives and successfully integrate acquisitions, including Avient Protective Materials; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; information systems failures and cyberattacks; 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; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates, changes in the rate of inflation and any recessionary conditions.

Alleged claims, if any, do not affect Buyer’s obligation to pay for the conforming portion of the Products delivered. Buyer shall be obliged to accept the Products and pay the rate specified in the order confirmation for the quantity of Products delivered by Seller. Buyer’s failure to pay for the Products shall not constitute a force majeure event hereunder.

Bien que les lois de chaque pays varient, ces lois interdisent de s’engager dans toute forme de corruption ou de dessous-de-table et exigent que les entreprises tiennent des livres, registres et comptes raisonnablement détaillés. Il est important de respecter les lois ABAC dans tous les pays où nous exerçons nos activités, d’accroître notre sensibilisation et de redoubler d’attention lorsque nous traitons avec, ou dans, des pays où le risque de corruption peut être plus élevé. Les alertes à surveiller sont notamment : • Le tiers est situé ou exerce son activité dans un pays où le niveau de corruption est élevé • Un client, un fournisseur ou un tiers • s’oppose aux déclarations contractuelles concernant la conformité aux lois ABAC ; • recherche un contrat limitant la concurrence ; • répartit un achat en une somme de plus petits achats afin d’éviter les approbations requises par le gouvernement ou la direction d’Avient ; • est détenu ou géré par un représentant officiel public ou une personne proche d’un représentant officiel public ; • demande des ajustements de prix non consignés dans les registres ou en espèces ; • n’est pas disposé à fournir les informations de diligence raisonnable à Avient

Alleged claims, if any, do not affect Buyer’s obligation to pay for the conforming portion of the Products delivered. Buyer shall be obliged to accept the Products and pay the rate specified in the order confirmation for the quantity of Products delivered by Seller. Buyer’s failure to pay for the Products shall not constitute a force majeure event hereunder. 15.

Alleged claims, if any, do not affect Buyer’s obligation to pay for the conforming portion of the Products delivered. Late pay- ments will bear interest at the maximum percent permitted by applicable law. Buyer’s failure to pay for the Products shall not constitute a force majeure event here- under. 13.

Consumers and investors alike are paying close attention to plastic packaging and its potential negative impact on the environment. However, there is still question who should pay for these investments— federal and state governments, businesses or consumers.