Within a month of its release, the first shoe with the new technology was featured as the “Editor’s Choice” in the Runner’s World Spring 2010 Shoe Guide.

and increased 14% over prior year quarter, driven by organic revenue growth and margin expansion in both segments, as well as lower interest expense in the prior year. Year Ended

We had a very strong finish to the year and demand conditions continue to improve as we begin 2021," said In addition to communicating fourth quarter and full year 2020 performance, we will use the webcast to update investors and analysts on the Clariant Masterbatch integration and synergy capture, which is ahead of schedule, and introduce growth projections for 2021."

retired from the board after 11 years of dedicated service.  We thank him for his guidance and support and many insights over the years. 

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Suzhou, China 14. Bangkok, Thailand 14. Associates Trained in LSS (Cumulative) 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 LSS Projects Completed (Cumulative) 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 184 639 1,431 2,394 2,919 3,363 193 594 2,028 3,747 5,779 7,033 HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | Who We Are | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2020 34Sustainability Report | 2020 34 0 68 136 204 272 340 263 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 169 86 0 329 Since 2013, the executive leadership selects 14–16 high performing, high potential associates each year to participate in the NextGen leadership development program.

Under Steve’s vision and leadership these past eight years, PolyOne has transformed into an innovative and global specialty growth company,” said Mr. Cartwright has been an invaluable source of insight, perspective and counsel during her 20 years of affiliation with PolyOne and our predecessor company MA Hanna. Reflecting on his eight years as the transformational leader of PolyOne Corporation, Mr.

Maybe it’s just a coincidence that the workshop took place in Chicago this year, a city that regularly deals with extreme weather, but it fits with the core message of this year’s trend stories of resiliency,” said Stephanie Dycha, Senior Manager, Head of ColorWorks™ U.S. and Canada at Avient. As a continuation of last year’s trend called Anything else??! this year’s trend, Destination Salvation, is focused on finding ways to prepare, as an individual or an entity, for the next major crisis, with ideas spanning from bunkering to escaping into space.

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All Rights Reserved 2024 14 Strategic approach to drive sustainable growth GDP+ GROWING AT 10% PLUS GROWING AT 1 Core grows above macro driven by share wins and faster business development in prioritized portfolios (growth vectors) CATALYZE THE CORE 2 Portfolios in high growth markets grow faster than core – building sizeable businesses of scale rapidly BUILD NEW PLATFORMS OF SCALE ► Prioritizing ► differently ► Creating “space” ► focused front-end and back-end structures Avient sales growth 15Copyright © . All Rights Reserved 2024 49 Composites for electrification and energy BUILD NEW PLATFORMS OF SCALE • Increasing electrification demands, expanding grid • Established Avient portfolio in electrical infrastructure • Demand driven by aging electrical infrastructure and grid hardening incentives (e.g. 170 million wood poles over 50 years old in North America) • Creating opportunities in all infrastructure components • Avient differentiation is with operational velocity, manufacturing capability and added functionality with flame retardancy, UV resistance etc. $8B ADDRESSABLE MARKET AVIENT TECHNOLOGIES, SOLUTIONS Cross arms Turbine blade stiffeners Utility poles Insulator rods Copyright © . All Rights Reserved 2024 62 Disciplined capital allocation PRIORITIZATION AND PHILOSHOPY Capex Expected annual spend between 3-5% of revenue to support investment in organic growth Dividends Increasing each year with underlying earnings growth Debt pay down Target net debt to adjusted EBITDA less than 2.5x Share repurchases Opportunistic buy backs M&A De-emphasized in near term; complement organic growth strategy with M&A over time, as needed 1 2 3 4 5 Copyright © .