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Clawback Policy. Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards (column (i)) Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards (column (j)) Narrative Disclosure Relating to the 2018 Summary Compensation Table and the 2018 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table Outstanding Equity Awards at 2018 Fiscal Year-End Option Exercise Price ($) (e) Option Expiration Date (f) Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) (h) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have Not Vested ($) (j) Name (a) Stock Awards Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#) (d) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have Not Vested (#) (i) Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) (g) Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable (c) Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable (b) Option Awards EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable (column (b)) Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable (column (c)) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (column (d)) Option Exercise Price (column (e)) Option Expiration Date (column (f)) Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (column (g)) Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (column (h)) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (column (i)) EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (column (j)) 2018 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Name (a) Option Awards Stock Awards Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) (b) Value Realized on Exercise ($) (c) Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#) (d) Value Realized on Vesting ($) (e) Option Awards (columns (b) and (c)) Stock Awards (columns (d) and (e)) 2018 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Name Aggregate Executive Registrant Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate Balance at Contributions Contributions Earnings Withdrawals/ Balance at in Last FY in Last FY in Last FY Distributions Last FYE (1) ($)(2) ($)(3) ($)(4) ($) ($)(1)(5) Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control Summary of Potential Payments EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Management Continuity Agreements Executive Severance Plan EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Annual Plan Long-Term Incentive Awards Retirement Benefits Payments and Benefits Upon Termination — As of the End of Fiscal Year 2018 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure CEO Annual Total Compensation for 2018: $6,127,920 Median Employee Annual Total Compensation for 2018: $48,056 Ratio of CEO to Median Employee Annual Total Compensation for 2018: 128:1 How the Median Employee was Determined in 2017 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation Policy on Related Person Transactions Risk Assessment of the Compensation Programs EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Compensation Committee Report The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Voting at the Meeting not Shareholder Proposals MISCELLANEOUS Proxy Solicitation We will furnish without charge to each person from whom a proxy is being solicited, upon written request of any such person, a copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC, including the financial statements and schedules thereto. Kunkle APPENDIX A Year Ended Year Ended December 31, 2018 December 31, 2017 Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS $ EPS Year Ended Year Ended December 31, 2016 December 31, 2015 Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS $ EPS Year Ended December 31, 2014 Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS Year Ended December 31, Reconciliation to Consolidated Statements of Income 2018 2017 As of December 31, 2018 Table Of Contents Message From Our CEO Notice Of 2019 Annual Meeting Of Shareholders Proxy Summary Proxy Statement Proposal 1-Election Of Board Of Directors Proposal 2-Advisory Vote To Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation Proposal 3-Ratification Of Appointment Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Corporate Governance 2018 Non-employee Director Compensation Ownership Of Polyone Shares Compensation Discussion And Analysis Executive Summary Executive Compensation Philosophy And Objectives What We Pay And Why: Elements Of Compensation Other Aspects Of Our Compensation Programs Executive Compensation 2018 Summary Compensation Table 2018 Grants Of Plan-Based Awards Outstanding Equity Awards At 2018 Fiscal Year-End 2018 Option Exercises And Stock Vested 2018 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Potential Payments Upon Termination Or Change Of Control CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Compensation Committee Interlocks And Insider Participation Policy On Related Person Transactions Risk Assessment Of The Compensation Programs Compensation Committee Report Miscellaneous Provisions Appendix A

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines contain a policy relating to majority voting. P In 2015, we adopted a clawback policy applicable to all executive officers. COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 41 Clawback Policy.

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