Purchases of common shares may be made by open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions and may be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plans and accelerated share repurchases. We may from time to time seek to retire or purchase our outstanding debt with cash and/or exchanges for equity securities, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Neither of those documents contemplates who is responsible for remediation or how such costs might be allocated to PRPs.

Purchases of common shares may be made by open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions and may be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plans and accelerated share repurchases. We may from time to time seek to retire or purchase our outstanding debt with cash and/or exchanges for equity securities, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The feasibility study does not contemplate who is responsible for remediation nor does it determine how such costs will be allocated to PRPs.

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Three Months Ended Year Ended Sales: Color, Additives and Inks $ 525.8 $ 226.7 $ 1,502.9 $ 1,003.8 Specialty Engineered Materials 190.6 177.5 708.8 745.7 Distribution 305.1 272.4 1,110.3 1,192.2 Corporate and eliminations (24.5) (18.0) (79.9) (79.0) Sales $ 997.0 $ 658.6 $ 3,242.1 $ 2,862.7 Gross margin: Color, Additives and Inks $ 164.3 $ 73.9 $ 484.4 $ 338.4 Specialty Engineered Materials 59.1 47.7 207.6 200.2 Distribution 32.4 31.0 124.0 132.1 Corporate and eliminations (2.9) 0.7 (31.7) (13.5) Gross margin $ 252.9 $ 153.3 $ 784.3 $ 657.2 Selling and administrative expense: Color, Additives and Inks $ 106.8 $ 46.7 $ 303.6 $ 191.0 Specialty Engineered Materials 28.7 28.9 113.2 116.5 Distribution 14.4 14.0 54.5 56.7 Corporate and eliminations 38.0 43.2 123.7 136.2 Selling and administrative expense $ 187.9 $ 132.8 $ 595.0 $ 500.4 Operating income: Color, Additives and Inks $ 57.5 $ 27.2 $ 180.8 $ 147.4 Specialty Engineered Materials 30.4 18.8 94.4 83.7 Distribution 18.0 17.0 69.5 75.4 Corporate and eliminations (40.9) (42.5) (155.4) (149.7) Operating income $ 65.0 $ 20.5 $ 189.3 $ 156.8 11 Attachment 7 Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) Senior management uses gross margin before special items and operating income before special items to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and how it may serve as a basis for future performance.

Senior management also uses operating income before special items to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and how it may serve as a basis for future performance.

Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 2022 2023 2022 Sales: Color, Additives and Inks $ 486.5 $ 565.6 $ 1,548.0 $ 1,864.2 Specialty Engineered Materials 267.9 258.2 878.4 743.6 Corporate (0.7) (0.5) (2.6) (1.3) Sales $ 753.7 $ 823.3 $ 2,423.8 $ 2,606.5 Gross margin: Color, Additives and Inks $ 156.8 $ 161.3 $ 482.9 $ 546.8 Specialty Engineered Materials 78.3 66.9 263.7 201.3 Corporate (39.8) (32.8) (63.0) (37.4) Gross margin $ 195.3 $ 195.4 $ 683.6 $ 710.7 Selling and administrative expense: Color, Additives and Inks $ 92.3 $ 92.7 $ 284.8 $ 290.1 Specialty Engineered Materials 48.0 35.5 150.6 96.4 Corporate 20.7 26.6 94.5 81.3 Selling and administrative expense $ 161.0 $ 154.8 $ 529.9 $ 467.8 Operating income: Color, Additives and Inks $ 64.5 $ 68.6 $ 198.1 $ 256.7 Specialty Engineered Materials 30.3 31.4 113.1 104.9 Corporate (60.5) (59.4) (157.5) (118.7) Operating income $ 34.3 $ 40.6 $ 153.7 $ 242.9 Depreciation & amortization: Color, Additives and Inks $ 24.6 $ 24.2 $ 76.1 $ 76.1 Specialty Engineered Materials 20.5 12.9 61.6 28.4 Corporate 1.3 2.7 6.8 9.2 Depreciation & Amortization $ 46.4 $ 39.8 $ 144.5 $ 113.7 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA): Color, Additives and Inks $ 89.1 $ 92.8 $ 274.2 $ 332.8 Specialty Engineered Materials 50.8 44.3 174.7 133.3 Corporate (59.2) (56.7) (150.7) (109.5) Other income (expense), net 1.0 (32.3) 1.5 (31.3) EBITDA including special items $ 81.7 $ 48.1 $ 299.7 $ 325.3 Special items in EBITDA 41.0 71.2 88.1 75.6 Total Company, EBITDA adjusted $ 122.7 $ 119.3 $ 387.8 $ 400.9 13 Attachment 7 Avient Corporation Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) (In millions, except per share data) Senior management uses gross margin before special items and operating income before special items to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and how it may serve as a basis for future performance.