New Zodiac™ Taurus™ Non-PVC Plastisol Inks from Avient Present Eco-Conscious Options for Textile Printing

Reap the benefits of excellent pigment dispersion in your final polymer mix with Colorant Chromatics™ masterbatch formulations for FEP polymers.

Following the divestment of PP&S, our specialty mix will be stronger than at any point in our company's history.

Our light diffusion additives deliver a customer-specified mix of light transmission, light diffusion, and hiding power (the extent to which you can see the light source through the lens).

& Canada EMEA Asia Latin America 64% 36% Specialty Engineered Materials Color Additives and Inks 40% 37% 18% 5% 6% 8% 24% 20% 10% 15% 9% 4% 4% Defense Healthcare Packaging Consumer Building & Construction Industrial Transportation Energy Telecom 4 CREATING A WORLD-CLASS SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION 1. 6.5% annualized long term sales growth leveraging sustainable solutions, composites, healthcare and emerging regions 2. GUIDANCE (TOTAL COMPANY) 12 15.4% 15.9% Guidance Actual Adjusted EBITDA Margin % Better-than-expected margins driven by: • Favorable mix - strong demand for composite applications • Raw material deflation Q2 EBITDA BRIDGE (TOTAL COMPANY) 13 ($ millions) CAI: Price / Mix 7) Deflation 11) SEM: Price / Mix 2) Deflation 6) Net Price Benefit 26) Wage and Energy Inflation (10) Cost Reductions 13) FX (2) Q2 2023 Actual $131) Adjusted EBITDA Q2 2022 Pro Forma $ 172) Demand (68) • Demand conditions vs. expectations: US & Canada LATAM EMEA Asia • Net price benefit remains greater than wage and energy inflation • Clariant synergies and reduced administrative costs Q2 2023 SEQUENTIAL SALES BY REGION Q 2 2 0 2 3 v s . Avient 2011 and 2018 valuations reflect trailing 12 months EBITDA at December 31 of the respective years. 28 EV / 2023E EBITDA Historic Multiple 6.5 8.3 9.5 13.8 12.7 12.6 11.3 8.7 18.6 16.5 10.1 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.7 A vi en t (2 01 1) A vi en t (2 01 8) A vi en t (2 02 3) R P M P P G A V Y K W R F U L E C L H X L F M C A S H S C L H U N C E E M N Avient Specialty Formulators Other Specialty / Chemical Companies SEGMENT DATA U.S. & Canada 40% EMEA 37% Asia 18% Latin America 5% 2022 PRO FORMA SEGMENT, END MARKET AND GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY REVENUESEGMENT FINANCIALS Consumer 20% Packaging 24% Industrial 15% Building and Construction 10% Telecommunications 4% Energy 4% Defense 6% END MARKET REVENUE $2,355M $402M $1,300M $272M Sales EBITDA Specialty Engineered Materials Color Additives and Inks $592M$3,653M (1) Transportation 9% Healthcare 8% 30 (1) Total company sales and adjusted EBITDA of $3,653M and $592M, respectively, include intercompany sales eliminations and corporate costs 2022 REVENUE | $2 .4 B ILL ION US & Canada 34% EMEA 38% Asia 20% Latin America 8% END MARKET REGION 31 Packaging 34% Consumer 21% Healthcare 8% Industrial 15% Transportation 8% Building & Construction 11% Telecommunications 1% Energy 2% COLOR, ADDITIVES & INKS 2022 PRO FORMA REVENUE | $1 .3 B ILL ION US & Canada 52% EMEA 35% Asia 13% 32 Packaging 5% Consumer 19% Healthcare 8%Industrial 16% Transportation 10% Telecommunications 10% Energy 9% Defense 15% Building & Construction 8% END MARKET REGION SPECIALTY ENGINEERED MATERIALS Packaging 32% Consumer 27% Healthcare 8% Industrial 14% Building & Construction 5% Telecommunications 3% Energy 1% Defense 1% Asia (18% of sales) Transportation 9% 2022 PROFORMA AVIENT REGIONAL SALES Packaging 27% Consumer 14% Healthcare 5% Industrial 17% Building & Construction 10% Energy 5% Defense 8% EMEA (37% of sales)Transportation 11% Packaging 13% Consumer 24% Healthcare 12% Industrial 15% Building & Construction 13% Energy 5% Defense 5% US & Canada (40% of sales) Transportation 7% Packaging 56% Consumer 23% Healthcare 4% Industrial 7% Building & Construction 4% Telecommunications 1% LATAM (5% of sales) Transportation 5% Telecommunications 3% Telecommunications 6% 33 BY END MARKET Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) (Dollars in millions, except for per share data) Senior management uses comparisons of adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders and diluted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders, excluding special items, to assess performance and facilitate comparability of results.

This increase was driven primarily by organic improvements in sales and mix. The increase is primarily due to improvement in mix and the Spartech acquisition. The plans generally provide benefit payments using a formula that is based upon employee compensation and length of service.

Color, Additives and Inks Color, Additives and Inks is a leading provider of specialized custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, as well as specialty inks, plastisols, and vinyl slush molding solutions. This is primarily a result of improved mix within the Color, Additives and Inks and Specialty Engineered Materials specialty segments and $27.0 million in lower restructuring charges in 2015. This decline was primarily due to lower sales and unfavorable mix impacting operating income by $22.6 million.

May be pre-mixed into the epoxy resin prior to adding the curative for optimal uniformity

Innovation has been a cornerstone of our remarkable transformation to a specialty growth company, as evidenced by PolyOne’s mix and profitability improvement in recent years.

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