The point where conductivity begins is called the “percolation threshold.”

Detailed information about each Director’s background, qualifications, attributes, skills and experience can be found beginning on page 9. Management and the Compensation Committee are aware of Code Section 162(m), which generally disallows a federal income tax deduction to publicly traded companies like PolyOne for compensation in excess of $1 million per year paid to certain executive officers (and, beginning in 2018, certain former executive officers). Effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the exemption for qualified performance-based compensation from the deduction limitation of Code Section 162(m) has been repealed, unless certain transition relief for certain compensation arrangements in place as of November 2, 2017 is available.

Personal Values Integrity, Honesty and Respect Integrity, Honesty and Respect begin with each of us—the judgments and decisions we make as individuals affect the way Avient is viewed in the marketplace and in the communities where we work.

For information on the terms and conditions of these incentive plans, see the “What We Pay and Why: Elements of Compensation” section of this proxy statement (beginning on Page 32). 5 PROXY STATEMENT POLYONE CORPORATION PolyOne Center 33587 Walker Road Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 PROXY STATEMENT Dated April 1, 2016 Our Board respectfully requests your proxy for use at the Annual Meeting to be held at PolyOne’s corporate headquarters located at PolyOne Center, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2016, and at any adjournments of that meeting. The modified RSUs include shares deemed purchased with reinvested dividend equivalents that are subject to the same forfeiture conditions as the shares to which the dividends relate and vest in full (beginning with the first row) on February 15, 2016, July 10, 2016, February 11, 2017 and February 4, 2018, respectively.

However, shareholders should note that because each Say on Pay vote occurs well afteff r the beginning of the compensation year, and because the different elements of our executive compensation programs are designed to operate in an integrated manner and to complement one another, in many cases it may not be appropriate or feasible to change our executive compensation programs in consideration of any one year’s Say on Pay vote by the time of the following year’s annual meeting of shareholders.

144 Environmental initiatives implemented due to CDP Supply Chain member engagement Primary reason for not implementing environmental initiatives Explain why your organization has not implemented any environmental initiatives Select from: ☑ No, but we plan to within the next two years Select from: ☑ Not an immediate strategic priority Supply chain partners are just beginning to develop programs which we will consider in the future.