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Watch our free on-demand webinar to gain a better understanding of the chemical resistance challenges and the polymer materials that can help your next-generation designs overcome them.
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Watch our free on-demand webinar to gain a better understanding of the chemical resistance challenges and the polymer materials that can help your next-generation designs overcome them.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/AS-FILED EF20024640 Avient Corp ARS.pdf
Safety and Health
The top priority at Avient is the safety and health of our associates, and our ultimate goal is to operate injury free.
The risk-free rate of return was based on available yields on U.S.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
ITEM 9A.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-03/avient-march-ir-fermium_0.pdf
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
This presentation includes the use of both GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) and non-GAAP financial measures.
The non-GAAP financial measures include: adjusted EPS, adjusted operating income, free
cash flow and adjusted EBITDA.
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Median: 5%Median: 3%
Avient reflects 2021 estimated revenue of $4,100M and excludes one-time synergy capture CAPEX ($20M)
Avient Specialty
Other
Free Cash Flow Conversion (1)
2021E (%)
Being asset light helps us to generate
strong free cash flow that is in line
with specialty formulators.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/AVNT Q1 2023 Earnings Presentation.pdf
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;
• 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 (APM);
• 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
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
This presentation includes the use of both GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) and non-GAAP financial measures.
The non-GAAP financial measures include: Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Free Cash Flow, Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA and
Adjusted EBITDA.
Avient does not provide reconciliations of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures, such as outlook for Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow to the most comparable GAAP financial
measures on a forward-looking basis because Avient is unable to provide a meaningful or accurate calculation or estimation of reconciling items and the information is not available without unreasonable effort.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/AVNT Q2 2023 Earnings Presentation%5B70%5D.pdf
The non-GAAP financial measures include: Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Free Cash Flow, Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA,
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin.
Avient does not provide reconciliations of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures, such as outlook for Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow to the most comparable GAAP financial
measures on a forward-looking basis because Avient is unable to provide a meaningful or accurate calculation or estimation of reconciling items and the information is not available without unreasonable effort.
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-8%
+6%
-1%
Flat
10
Total Avient -2.6%
2023 G U IDA N CE
$128
$525
$0.56
$2.40
2023 GUIDANCE
12
$800
$3,280
Sales Adjusted EBITDA Adjusted EPS
(in millions) (in millions)
13
• Focused on working capital
management, restructuring
actions to streamline
operations
• IT investment to further
integrate acquired
businesses and capture
operational efficiencies
• Preserve Free Cash Flow to
maintain net leverage
CASH FLOW / LEVERAGE
($ millions) 2023E
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 320$
Less: CapEx (140)
Free Cash Flow 180$
Adjusted EBITDA 525$
Net Debt / Adjusted EBITDA 3.0x
SUSTAINABILITY AS A GROWTH DRIVER
14
LONG-TERM REVENUE GROWTH DRIVERS
Revenue From Sustainable Solutions* 2016-2022
$340M
$405M
$455M
$550M
$790M
$915M
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020PF** 2021 2022PF***
$1,175M
*Avient Sustainable Solutions definitions aligned with FTC 2012 Guide for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”)
**2020 is Pro Forma to include full year of the Clariant Color business
***2022 is Pro Forma for the acquisition of Avient Protective Materials and the divestiture of Distribution
60%+
Key Growth
Drivers
Sustainable
Solutions
Composites, Healthcare,
Asia / LATAM
Overlap
Other
(GDP Growth)
Total Company Revenue
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
2022
• Provides progress on 2030 goals
• Reaffirms commitment to U.N.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-04/Sustainable Material Answers_ Recycled PET 2022_0.pdf
Market Size and Drivers
In 2020, the global rPET market was valued at $8.56 billion with Asia Pacific as the
largest regional market, accounting for over 45% revenue share.
PET Types
Clear PET—Clear PET accounted for over 76% of the revenue share in 2020 and
is expected to continue as the market leader.
PET End Uses
Fiber—Fiber accounted for over 44% of
the global revenue share and is used for
clothing, athletic jerseys and accessories,
mattresses, cushions, car seating and
insulation products.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2025-03/380605_AVIENT_2024AR_full_250325.pdf
Khandpur
President and CEO
2024
Performance &
Highlights
Sales: $3.24B
+3%
GAAP EPS: $1.84
Adjusted EPS(1): $2.66
+13%
Adjusted EBITDA(1): $526M
+5%
Adjusted EBITDA Margin(1): 16.2%
+20bps
Dividend Increase:
14 Consecutive Years
Great Place to Work® Certification
6 Consecutive Years
(1)Reconciliations of these measures to the
most directly comparable generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP) financial
measures are included in this annual report on a
supplemental page that follows the Form 10-K.
Annual Report | 2024 2
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
Avient's Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Symbol: AVNT
SHAREHOLDER INQUIRIES
If you have any questions concerning your account as a shareholder, name or address
changes, inquiries regarding stock certificates, or if you need tax information regarding
your account, please contact our transfer agent:
Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101
Mendota Heights, MN 55120-4100
Phone: 1-855-598-2615
or 1-651-450-4064
www.shareowneronline.com
Additional information about Avient, including current and historic copies of Annual
Reports on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, is available online at www.avient.com or free of charge from:
Investor Relations
Avient Corporation
33587 Walker Road
Avon Lake, Ohio 44012
Phone: 1-440-930-1000
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of Avient will be held virtually via live webcast at 9:00 a.m.
https://www.avient.com/investor-center/news/polyone-signs-agreement-divest-performance-products-and-solutions-business-segment
These estimates are subject to change as the company finalizes the accounting related to the discontinued operations, including the tax implications of the anticipated sale.
Estimated adjusted EPS from continuing operations and estimated adjusted EPS from discontinued operations are subject to change as the company finalizes accounting for the Performance Products and Solutions segment as held for sale and the related income tax impacts from the anticipated sale.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/PolyOne%2520IR%2520Presentation%2520-%2520Gabelli%2520%2526%2520Company%2520Specialty%2520Chemical%2520Conference.pdf
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Use of Non-GAAP Measures
This presentation includes the use of both GAAP (generally accepted accounting
principles) and non-GAAP financial measures.
1) Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from
personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation
costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or
disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non-recurring items; the effect of changes in accounting principles or other
such laws or provisions affecting reported results and tax adjustments.
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PolyOne Investor �Presentation�March 2017
Forward-Looking Statements
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
What We Do
At a Glance
Returning Cash to Shareholders
Slide Number 7
Proof of Performance & 2020 Platinum Vision
Ours is Not a Cost Cutting Story
Innovation Drives Earnings Growth
Primary Industries Served
Slide Number 12
Slide Number 13
Slide Number 14
Slide Number 15
Free Cash Flow and Strong Balance Sheet �Fund Investment / Shareholder Return
Why Invest In PolyOne?