Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has on our business, results from operations, financial condition and liquidity; • Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Clariant’s Masterbatch business, including any expected synergies; • Our ability to successful integrate Clariant’s Masterbatch business and achieve the expected results of the acquisition of Clariant’s Masterbatch business, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive; • 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 polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; • Changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; • 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 raise or sustain prices for products or services; • An ability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisitions and integration, working capital reductions, cost reductions, and employee productivity goals; • Information systems failures and cyber attacks; and • 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.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has on our business, results from operations, financial condition and liquidity; • Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Clariant’s Masterbatch business, including any expected synergies; • Our ability to successful integrate Clariant’s Masterbatch business and achieve the expected results of the acquisition of Clariant’s Masterbatch business, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive; • 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 polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; • Changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; • 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 raise or sustain prices for products or services; • An ability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisitions and integration, working capital reductions, cost reductions, and employee productivity goals; • Information systems failures and cyber attacks; and • 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.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has on our business, results from operations, financial condition and liquidity; • Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Clariant’s Masterbatch business, including any expected synergies; • 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 polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; • Changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; • 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 continue to pay cash dividends including at the increased rate; • Our ability to consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions; • An inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; • An ability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisitions and integration, working capital reductions, cost reductions, and employee productivity goals; • Information systems failures and cyber attacks; and • 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.

We thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to serving your needs. 3 Table of contents A Message from our Global Quality Manager ...............................................................2 Avient Corporation: Overview ............................4 Avient Policy for Customer Audits ......................5 Management Responsibility ...............................6 Product Liability Insurance .............................6 Ethics - Code of Conduct.................................6 Modern Slavery Statement.............................6 Conflict Mineral Policy....................................6 Technical Data Sheets.....................................6 Safety Data Sheets..........................................6 Regulatory Requests and Certificates (FDA certificate, Absence declaration, REACH, SDS) ........................................6 Safety Performance ........................................6 Environmental Performance...........................6 Energy Management ......................................6 Business Continuation Plan.............................6 Preventive - Predictive Maintenance..............6 Financial Report..............................................6 Quality Management..........................................7 3rd Party Certification......................................7 Complaint Handling ........................................7 Continuous Improvement...............................7 Traceability .....................................................7 Record Retention............................................7 IT Security.........................................................8 Firewall .........................................................8 Critical Data ..................................................8 IT Disaster Recovery .....................................8 IT Systems of Use Policy ...............................8 Annex 1 - Special dispositions related to ISO 13485 certification for Mevopur .......................9 Change control .............................................9 Validation .....................................................9 Control of documents and records ...............9 Supplier approval and supplier evaluation ...9 Traceability ...................................................9 Material management ..................................9 Release of finished products.........................9 Control of Non-conforming products, complaints handling, recall and CAPA..........9 Annex 2 – special dispositions related to ISO 22000 certification............................................10 Change..........................................................10 HACCP ..........................................................10 Control of documents and records ...............10 Material management ..................................10 Supplier approval and supplier evaluation ...10 Traceability ...................................................10 Release of finished products.........................10 Control of Non-conforming products, complaints handling, recall and CAPA..........10 4 Avient Corporation: Overview The Avient website is your home base for information about the company: http://www.avient.com/ To find our facility locations: http://www.avient.com/contact/global-directory-and-contacts For more information about our management systems certifications, including ISO, go to: Avient Governance (corporate policies and the Avient Code of Conduct): http://www.avient.com/investors/governance Financial reports: https://www.avient.com/investors Avient Sustainability Report: https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability http://www.avient.com/ http://www.avient.com/contact/global-directory-and-contacts http://www.avient.com/investors/governance https://www.avient.com/investors https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability 5 Avient Policy for Customer Audits Avient may permit audits of facilities, subject to:  Advanced notice and an audit agenda provided at least thirty (30) days in advance or as agreed by the Avient location to be audited for a routine audit Information that Avient considers as confidential and will not communicate through questionnaires:  Building and facilities figures  Workforce effective  Organization charts  Shift organization  Unions affiliations  Customers  Suppliers  Procedures  Work instructions  Quality Manuals  FMEA/CCP  Control plans https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance-0/code-conduct https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainability-report/people/human-rights https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance-0/code-conduct https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance-0/global-iso-certificate-library https://www.avient.com/resources/safety-data-sheets https://www.avient.com/resources/technical-data-sheets https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/people/safety https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainability-report/planet/energy-ghg-emissions https://www.avient.com/investors/investor-news? https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/it-systems-use-policy 9 10 Annex 1 - ISO 13485 certification for Mevopur manufacturing sites North America & EMEA.

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https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/code-conduct https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/49178/index.html Avient Corporation 33587 Walker Road Avon Lake, OH 44012 3 Our Supply Chain At Avient, we commit to comply with laws and regulations supporting human rights such as the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, the UK Modern Slavery Act, the Dodd-Frank Act requiring disclosures on conflict minerals, and the EU’s - Conflict Minerals Regulation. Our disclosures are located at: https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/ca-transparency-act-disclosure https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/europe-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking- statement We reinforce Our Commitment to human rights, as set forth above, throughout our organization by incorporating and reflecting these principles in organizational policies, training programs, and our governance management framework. https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/ca-transparency-act-disclosure https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/europe-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-statement https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/europe-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-statement https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-10/supplier-code-of-conduct.pdf

http://www.avient.com/contact/global-directory-and-contacts http://www.avient.com/ https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/PolyOne%2520Code%2520of%2520Conduct_0.pdf https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/PolyOne%2520Code%2520of%2520Conduct_0.pdf Approved Corporate : Template/Form Document #: DOC-01879 Revision: 8 Document Owners: Brian Hoar Effective Date: May 13, 2022 Title: QF-02 Quality Standard Response Page 10 of 19 Only the electronic version of this document in ETQ is the controlled version of the document. Avient’s No Surprises Pledge https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/product/no- surprises-pledge https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/it-systems-use-policy https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/it-systems-use-policy https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/planet/responsible-care https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/planet/responsible-care https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/product/no-surprises-pledge https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/product/no-surprises-pledge Approved Corporate : Template/Form Document #: DOC-01879 Revision: 8 Document Owners: Brian Hoar Effective Date: May 13, 2022 Title: QF-02 Quality Standard Response Page 11 of 19 Only the electronic version of this document in ETQ is the controlled version of the document. Refer to website: http://www.avient.com/resources/safety-data-sheets https://www.polyonedistribution.com/safety-data-sheets If unable to locate please email: MSDSREQUESTColorsVinylEM@polyone.com Are certifications supplied for regulatory requirements (i.e.

This includes online communications and social media. http://Avient.com/sustainability 25 Product and Service Safety It is essential that Avient provide safe products and services that retain the confidence of our customers, fulfill our responsibilities to the public and maintain a competitive position in the marketplace. Francisco Nakasato, 1700 13295-000 Itupeva Sao Paulo, Brazil Telephone: +55 11 4593 9200 Europe Pommerloch, Luxembourg 19 Route de Bastogne Pommerloch, Luxembourg, L-9638 Telephone: +352 269 050 35 Fax: +352 269 050 45 www.avient.com http://www.avient.com

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