Sharpening focus on cost control & driving productivity in SG&A and in our plants 4.

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; settlement gains or losses and 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; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results.

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; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results.

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; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results.

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; settlement gains or losses and 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, 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 performanceperiod; one-time, non-recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results.

FORCE MAJEURE Either party may suspend performance hereunder (except to pay for the 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; (4) compliance with any applicable law, regulation, order, or rule, foreign or domestic, including but not limited to, export license restrictions, priority, rationing, allocation or preemption orders or regulations, or cancellation of Seller's or Buyer's license to operate its manufacturing facilities; (5) shortage or other failure of facilities used for manufacture or transportation, shortage of 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").

Whether an additional line at an existing manufacturing plant, or a new facility in a growing region, we ramp-up quickly and cost-efficiently. 26 Capex / Revenue 2021E (%) AVIENT IS ASSET LIGHT Avient Specialty Other 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 24 t (E xc l.

Whether an additional line at an existing manufacturing plant, or a new facility in a growing region, we ramp-up quickly and cost-efficiently. 25 Capex / Revenue 2021E (%) AVIENT IS ASSET LIGHT Avient Specialty Other 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 25 t (E xc l.

Better plant program: In 2023, Avient joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Plants Program. Department of Energy’s Better Plants Program.

AVIENT: WHO WE ARE 36 24 9 35 • U.S. and Canada • Latin America • Europe, Middle East & Africa • Asia 25,000+ CUSTOMERS Headquartered in Avon Lake, OH (Cleveland) 100+ manufacturing plants Key Financial Data 2023E Sales $3.4 billion 2023E EBITDA $530 million 2023E EPS $2.40 100% ARE CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS TO UNIQUE SPECIFICATIONS of sales Guidance as of May 3, 2023 Webcast WHO WE ARE – VISION, STRATEGY, CULTURE 4 Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.