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Magenta's solutions span a wide range of uses, including clothing and apparel, outdoor equipment, high-performance products and multiple materials used in the transportation industry.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: unexpected costs that may arise from the announced acquisition of the Magenta business; any material adverse changes in the acquired Magenta business; our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquired Magenta business, including any expected synergies; our ability to successfully integrate the acquired Magenta business and achieve the expected results of the acquisition, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive; 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 companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies and retain relationships with customers of acquired companies including, without limitation, Spartech Corporation and/or Accella Performance Materials; 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.

Roman, Secretary of State of the Government of Puerto Rico, CERTIFY: That on July 13, 2020, at 08:50 AM, "POLYONE PUERTO RICO, LLC", registry number 365432, performed the following transaction: Name Change Previous Actual POLYONE PUERTO RICO, LLC AVIENT PUERTO RICO, LLC CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT Government of Puerto Rico IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned by virtue of the authority vested by law, hereby issues this certificate and affixes the Great Seal of the Government of Puerto Rico, in the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, today, July 13, 2020.

Together, this allows textile manufacturers to increase production speeds, flexibility, and process control. Our technology not only improves sustainability, it fosters rapid, on-site design and scale up, enabling economically viable smaller lot sizes and improving production flexibility overall," said Our advanced fiber colorant technology is critical to helping these manufacturers address sustainability, production flexibility, and speed-to-market goals to stay on top of these trends."

AVIENT BELGIUM 2, RUE MELVILLE WILSON 5330 ASSESSE- BELGIUM Bureau Veritas Certification France certify that the Management System of the above organization has been audited and found to be in accordance with the requirements of the management system standard detailed below: Standard ISO 14001 : 2015 Scope of certification DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF COLOUR AND ADDITIVE CONCENTRATES, THERMOPLASTIC RESINS AND SPECIALITY COMPOUNDS.

James DOC ID ----> 202018203934 S T A T E OF O H I O C E R T I F I C A T E Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose 4463782 It is hereby certified that the Secretary of State of Ohio has custody of the business records for and, that said business records show the filing and recording of: AVIENT CORPORATION United States of America State of Ohio Office of the Secretary of State Witness my hand and the seal of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio this 23rd day of April, A.D. 2020. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, effective as of the time and date that the applicable certificate is accepted for filing by the Ohio Secretary of State (the “Effective Time”), the name of the Company shall be changed from “PolyOne Corporation” to “Avient Corporation.”

Certificate Number:Certificate Number: Certificate expiration date:Certificate expiration date: Effective date:Effective date: 31-10-202231-10-2022 30-10-202530-10-2025 Expiry date of previous cycle:Expiry date of previous cycle: 30-10-202230-10-2022 31-10-201631-10-2016 ES133794ES133794 Scope of certification:Scope of certification: MANUFACTURING OF MASTERBATCHES, ADDITIVESMANUFACTURING OF MASTERBATCHES, ADDITIVES AND COMPOUNDS FOR PIGMENTING THERMOPLASTICAND COMPOUNDS FOR PIGMENTING THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS USED IN FOOD INDUSTRYMATERIALS USED IN FOOD INDUSTRY ISO 22000:2018ISO 22000:2018 POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL EZCABARTE, C/H, Nº3 - 31194 - ORICAIN - NAVARRA - ESPAÑA AVIENT ESPAÑA, S.L.AVIENT ESPAÑA, S.L.

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 Rutland, Comptek, SilCoTec, 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.

No. 10231X Form W-9 (Rev. 10-2018) AVIENT CORPORATION ✔ 5 D 33587 WALKER ROAD AVON LAKE, OH 44012 3 4 1 7 3 0 4 8 8 7/20/2020

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