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MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES Not applicable. Environmental, Health and Safety 4. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA ITEM 7.

Animal Testing Policy AVIENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES In the normal course of doing business, Avient is required to conduct testing to ensure the safety of its products. Avient is committed to replacing, reducing and refining the use of animal testing by applying the following practices: • Replace – Before any vertebrae testing, Avient will investigate the use of alternative methods and approaches, including use of data that is already publically available, computational toxicology models and read-across to available data for similar substances Reduce – Avient will only consider animal testing if it is a legal requirement, or to ensure the safety of our products, when no suitable alternatives are available.

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th, where it will provide details on its long-term growth drivers, future synergy capture from the Clariant Color acquisition as well as capital allocation priorities. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include 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 Color 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 continue to pay regular quarterly cash dividends, including at the increased rate, and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; information systems failures and cyberattacks; our ability to consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions; and 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.

Buyer acknowledges that information in Seller’s marketing materials, technical data sheets and other descriptive publications distributed or published on its websites may vary from time to time without notice. Buyer acknowledges that Seller has furnished to Buyer Safety Data Sheets, which include warnings together with safety and health information concerning the Product and/or the containers for such Product. Data Protection.

Specific drying temperatures and times can be found on the Technical Data Sheets for each individual product. If using a specialty overmolding grade, follow the coloring recommendations given on the individual product Technical Data Sheet.

Buyer acknowledges that Seller has furnished to Buyer Safety Data Sheets, which include warnings together with safety and health information concerning the Product and/or the containers for such Product.

Merklein joined Avient in July of 2020 through the acquisition of the Clariant Masterbatch business. Merklein previously served in management positions at Clariant International, Ltd., including Head of Group Procurement; Vice President, Business Line Plastics and Special Applications and Head of Region Europe for the Pigments and Additives Division.