TPEs and TPUs formulated specifically for overmolding onto PK, COPE and PC/ABS for improved haptics and function

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • The time required to consummate the acquisition of the Dyneema business, the satisfaction or waiver of conditions in the purchase agreement, the ability to obtain required regulatory or other third-party approvals and consents and otherwise consummate the proposed acquisition of the Dyneema business; • Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the proposed acquisition of the Dyneema business and possible sale of the Distribution business; • 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; • The current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows, including without any limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues; • Changes in polymer consumption growth rates and 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 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 described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | Who We Are | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Goals & Metrics | Indices Sustainability Report | 2019 4 https://endplasticwaste.org/about/ Historic Transformation Avient Corporation was originally established as PolyOne Corporation in 2000 through the consolidation of two historic companies in the materials industry. Avient Academy originated in 2003 to provide continual learning and professional development opportunities to associates around the globe. The Solution To support the transition to molded-in-color (MIC) parts, the customer specified Avient’s metallic-effect Smartbatch™ FX masterbatch colorants for two PC/ABS side panels on the center console of a compact SUV.

HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | Who We Are | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Goals & Metrics | Indices Sustainability Report | 2019 4 https://endplasticwaste.org/about/ Historic Transformation Avient Corporation was originally established as PolyOne Corporation in 2000 through the consolidation of two historic companies in the materials industry. Avient Academy originated in 2003 to provide continual learning and professional development opportunities to associates around the globe. The Solution To support the transition to molded-in-color (MIC) parts, the customer specified Avient’s metallic-effect Smartbatch™ FX masterbatch colorants for two PC/ABS side panels on the center console of a compact SUV.

A seconda delle leggi del vostro Paese, queste caratteristiche potrebbero includere: • Razza • Religione • Sesso • Origine etnica o discendenza • Età • Orientamento sessuale • Condizione di militare o veterano • Stato civile • Invalidità • Gravidanza e maternità • Nazionalità CODICE DI CONDOTTA | 8 INDICE INTRODUZIONE IL NOSTRO CODICE DI CONDOTTA RISPETTO PER TUTTI ONESTÀ SUL LAVORO INTEGRITÀ NELLA NOSTRA ATTIVITÀ RESPONSABILITÀ SOCIALE DELL’AZIENDA RISORSE Rapporti di lavoro Avient consente ai membri della stessa famiglia di lavorare per Avient. Ciò include, a titolo esemplificativo e non esaustivo, le leggi e le normative applicabili in materia di: embargo commerciale, sanzioni economiche, controllo delle esportazioni, antiboicottaggio, classificazione tariffaria, valutazione, marchio del prodotto/Paese di origine e accordi di libero scambio.

Our work in sustainability originates from a core tenet of utilizing innovation to help our customers meet their commitments and to add value for our stakeholders—and ultimately—our planet. Avient Academy originated in 2003 to provide continual learning and professional development opportunities to associates around the globe. Avient has elected to utilize the reporting template provided by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) formerly Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative, which facilitates the transfer of information through the supply chain regarding mineral countr y of origin as well as smelters and refiners being utilized.

Examples of amorphous polymers are acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ABS/ASA), polycarbonate (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and copolyesters.

Update: • We are proud to have reached our original target of 35% in 2020 by reducing our Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 37% Avient Academy originated in 2003 to provide continual learning and professional development opportunities to associates around the globe. In conjunction with our United Way campaign, Avient associates on our Avon Lake, Ohio campus organized a unique and sustainable donation drive with PCs for People, an organization that refurbishes computers for distribution.

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; • The current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows including without any limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues • Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Clariant’s Masterbatch business, including any expected synergies; • Changes in polymer consumption growth rates and 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; • An inability to achieve the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisition and integration working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; • Our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; • Information systems failures and cyberattacks; • Our ability to consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions; • 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 described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • effects on foreign operations due to 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 materials where we conduct business; • changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online in the industries in which we participate; • 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, including any developments that would require any increase in our costs and/or reserves for such contingencies; • 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; • the strength and timing of economic recoveries; • 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; • disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that may limit our access to capital; • 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; • the amount and timing of repurchases, if any, of PolyOne common shares; • our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; • 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, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our earnings, retain the management teams of acquired businesses, and retain relationships with customers of acquired businesses, including, without limitation, SilCoTec, Comptek, substantially all of the assets of Gordon Composites, Polystrand and Gordon Holdings and certain TPE assets from Kraton; 1POLYONE CORPORATION 2 • information systems failures and cyberattacks; and • other factors described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” Following is a summary of sales and long- lived assets based on the geographic areas where the sales originated and where the assets are located: (In millions) 2016 2015 2014 Sales: United States $ 2,148.3 $ 2,239.5 $ 2,585.5 Europe 415.2 421.8 505.6 Canada 258.4 241.3 277.4 Asia 266.9 249.6 257.3 Mexico 233.7 209.7 178.4 South America 17.3 15.7 31.3 Total Sales $ 3,339.8 $ 3,377.6 $ 3,835.5 Long lived assets: United States $ 449.7 $ 418.1 $ 421.1 Europe 86.6 88.5 90.0 Canada 7.2 6.9 12.8 Asia 44.6 45.7 45.2 Mexico 18.5 19.4 19.7 South America 1.1 4.9 7.9 Total Long lived assets $ 607.7 $ 583.5 $ 596.7 Note 15 — COMMON SHARE DATA Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share are as follows: (In millions) 2016 2015 2014 Weighted-average shares — basic: 83.9 87.8 92.3 Plus dilutive impact of share-based compensation 0.7 0.9 1.2 Weighted-average shares — diluted: 84.6 88.7 93.5 Outstanding share-based awards with exercise prices greater than the average price of the common shares are anti-dilutive and are not included in the computation of diluted net income per share. Newlin, originally effective as of February 13, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.20 Amendment to the Letter Agreement between the Company and Stephen D.