Our shift to high-growth, less-cyclical end markets was also important. 57% of our sales last year were in Packaging, Healthcare and Consumer, up from just 22% when our transformation began. Our end markets include consumer, packaging, healthcare, industrial, transportation, building and construction, telecommunications and energy. Clariant Color has leading portfolios of solid and liquid colorants that include sustainable solutions for alternative energy, and reduced material requirements for packaging and light weighting.

Vinyl is utilized across a broad range of applications in building and construction, wire and cable, consumer and recreation markets, transportation, packaging and healthcare. Organic sales increased sales 15.4% primarily due to increased demand in most of our end markets, led by the industrial, packaging and transportation end markets. Organic sales increased sales 16.3% led by improvements in the automotive, wire and cable and packaging end markets.

Our end markets include consumer, packaging, defense, healthcare, industrial, transportation, building and construction, telecommunications and energy. In the packaging industry, plastics are required that help keep food fresh and free of contamination while providing a variety of options for product display, and offering advantages in terms of weight and user- friendliness. Our colorant and additives concentrates are used in a broad range of polymers, including those used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, wire and cable markets.

These portfolio actions also increased our presence in healthcare, defense, packaging and consumer goods, making our end market exposure significantly less cyclical, compared to when we began our transformation. Our end markets include consumer, packaging, defense, healthcare, industrial, transportation, building and construction, telecommunications and energy. For example, the packaging industry requires plastics that help keep food fresh and free of contamination while providing a variety of options for product display, and offering advantages in terms of weight and user-friendliness.

Avient also recently announced a 2030 sustainability goal to reach 100% of our materials for the packaging market to be recyclable or reusable to advance the circular economy. In 2023, we launched nearly 30 such sustainability enabling solutions for customers within the consumer, packaging, transportation, healthcare, defense, and building and construction sector. Select all that apply ☑ Other, please specify :Plastics Europe and American Chemistry Council commitments to enable plastics packaging to be 100% re-used, recycled or recovered by 2040. (7.54.2.18) Please explain target coverage and identify any exclusions By 2030, Avient will enable 100% of our products manufactured for packaging applications to be recyclable or reusable to advance the circular economy.

The results were impressive: • Better tension set, improved compression and enhanced permeability • Slashed $70,000 from production costs by reducing cycle times and eliminating assembly steps • Lower specific gravity of TPEs trimmed overall part weight, which cut $36,000 in annual freight costs • Reprocessability of TPEs shrank scrap rates, saving more than $70,000 in material waste SWITCH TO TPEs BOOSTS BOTTOM LINE CASE STUDY READ MORE ONLINE For a manufacturer seeking to redesign a liquid injection-molded silicone medical pump valve insert, Avient suggested custom-formulated grades of Dynalloy™ OBC and Versaflex™ TPEs that would deliver better multi-functional performance than the previous design, while also facilitating easier two-shot molding. https://www.avient.com/idea/sealing-medical-device-savings APPLICATIONS LSR TPEs INFANT CARE • Pacifier • Baby bottle nipples • Breast pumps • Breast shields • Cup valves MEDICAL • Catheter • Tubing • Syringe seals • Respiratory masks • Handles/grips on surgical instruments • Prosthetics • Needleless valves • Gaskets • Valves • Wound drain bulb • Wound drain • Wound covering HOUSEHOLD • Bake ware (cake or muffin mold) • Oven gloves • Ice cube tray • Kitchen utensils • Trivet • Storage tubs RECREATION • Sporting goods (dive mask, protective mouthguard) • Shoe inserts AUTOMOTIVE • Turbocharge hoses • Radiator hoses • Spark plug boots • Underhood seals + gaskets • Interior seals + gaskets • Interior HVAC flaps ELECTRIC + ELECTRONICS • High voltage insulators • Wire + cable coating • Cellphone cases • Fitness wearables RETAIL • Packaging • Blister packs What’s the best fit for your application?

Examples include: • Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic • Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation • Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses Avient employs approximately 8,400 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

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Morgan • New Senior Secured Term Loan B and new Senior Unsecured Notes • Potential proceeds from sale of Distribution business modeled to pay off 5.25% senior notes due 2023 and Term Loan • Acquisition aligned with Avient’s track record of disciplined capital allocation policy • Existing dividend policy maintained, focus on deleveraging in the near term (1) (1) Pro forma for the acquisition of Dyneema® and potential divestiture of Distribution, including repayment of senior notes due 2023 and Term Loan Cash and Cash Equivalents 595$ Senior Secured Term Loan due 2026 605$ New Senior Secured Term Loan B 500 Total Senior Secured Debt 1,105$ Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 650$ New Senior Unsecured Notes 740 Total Senior Unsecured Debt 1,390$ Total Debt 2,495$ Net Debt 1,900$ 2022 Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA 660$ Net Debt / Adjusted EBITDA 2.9x Pro Forma Capitalization (2022 estimates, all figures in $M) TWO-YEAR LEVERAGE GOAL 24 3.5x 2.7x 1.7x 2.9x 2.5x 2.2x 2019PF 2020PF 2022E 2022PF 2023E 2024E Dyneema® AcquisitionClariant Color Acquisition (1) Pro forma for the acquisition of the Clariant Color business (2) Pro forma for the acquisition of Dyneema® and potential divestiture of Distribution, including repayment of senior notes due 2023 and Term Loan (1) (1) (2) 25 PRO FORMA MODELING 2022E Pro Forma Pro Forma ($M) w/ Dyneema w/Sale Revenue 5,100$ 415$ 5,515$ (1,775)$ 3,740$ Adjusted EBITDA 635 130 765 (105) 660 EBITDA % 12% 31% 14% 6% 18% Pro Forma EPS (Adjusted) 3.50$ 0.00$ 3.50$ (0.56)$ 2.94$ Pro Forma EPS (excl. amortization) 3.96$ 0.35$ 4.31$ (0.56)$ 3.75$ Leverage (12/31/2022E) Net Debt / Adjusted EBITDA 1.7x 3.5x 2.9x Avient Dyneema Distribution® ® OUR SPECIALTY JOURNEY ACQUISITION HISTORY 27 Commercial Resources(1) Operating Income ($ in millions) Operating Margins 259 360 At Acquisition 2021 $40 $122 At Acquisition 2021 9% 21% At Acquisition 2021 Established Acquisitions (> 7 years) + 39% + 210% + 1200 bps (1) Commercial Resources include associate headcount in R&D / Technical, Marketing and Sales CLARIANT COLOR ACQUISITION 28 $133 $205 2019PF 2021 28 Clariant Color EBITDA Growth Purchase Price Multiple 10.8x 7.0x 6.1x 2019PF 2021 2021 w/ Full Synergies • Acquisition of Clariant Color business significantly expanded presence in healthcare, packaging and consumer end markets • Strength of portfolio – double-digit annual EBITDA growth since acquisition • $54 million of synergies realized in 2021 • Acquisition completed on July 1, 2020 for $1.45 billion.