in 2008 as senior vice president and chief financial officer, where he was responsible for global treasury, planning, M&A, accounting, internal audit functions, and investor relations.

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

You’ll need to account for added inventory planning steps and raw material delivery cycles.

Our culture of safety permeates every facet of our operations, building a foundation of trust, integrity, and collective accountability that empowers each employee to act with vigilance every day.

Department of Homeland Security in 2013, consumer electronics accounted for 20 percent of intellectual property rights seizures – second only to apparel (IPR Stats).

As we move beyond merely meeting our physical needs toward achieving accountability and morality, we’re realistic that this change may not happen in a heartbeat.

Department of Homeland Security in 2013, consumer electronics accounted for 20 percent of intellectual property rights seizures – second only to apparel (IPR Stats).

Europe now accounts for 25 percent of global bioplastics production, a figure set to increase to 30 percent by 2024, according to the European Bioplastics Association.

The policy does apply, however, to certain elections you may make under the 401(k) plan, including an election to make an intra-plan transfer of an existing account balance into or out of the Company stock fund. 14. Do not try to accomplish indirectly what is prohibited directly by this policy.

Adjusted free cash flow for 2023 was $186 million, slightly ahead of expectations. 2 2024 Outlook “In the first quarter, we expect demand to continue to improve in our two largest end markets, packaging and consumer, as destocking comes to an end and our sustainable solutions portfolio expands. A recording of the webcast and the slide presentation will be available at avient.com/investors/events-presentations immediately following the conference call and will be accessible for one year. https://www.avient.com/investors/ https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/nh3eiqvs/ https://www.avient.com/investors/ https://register.vevent.com/register/BI3efc1a22a8f740be852b7303538a7763 https://www.avient.com/investors/events-presentations 3 Non-GAAP Financial Measures The Company uses both GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) and non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures include adjusted EPS, adjusted operating income, adjusted gross margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted cash flow from operations and free cash flow.