He is responsible for determining strategy and driving growth for the SEM global business. Pederson began his career at Boeing where he served in various composite product development and engineering roles for high-profile military aircraft programs over a 10-year period. He later joined Cytec, where he led composite product development for the Americas and Asia Pacific regions, served as Vice President of R&D, and ultimately was promoted to Vice President of Cytec’s global Aerospace Engineered Materials business, which included P&L responsibility.

They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate and integrate acquisitions • 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; • 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. PolyOne’s chief operating decision maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources.

THE CHALLENGE A global business equipment manufacturer decided to develop a premium line of computer mouse products that offered improved ergonomics and soft-touch qualities. The business goal was to boost penetration in this market category by creating a new higher- performing mouse that offered added comfort and features aimed at an enhanced user experience. The Avient team worked carefully to develop a compound that could utilize existing tooling to avoid additional tooling costs.

Avient acquired the Clariant Color business on July 1, 2020 (the “Acquisition Date”). Management believes this provides comparability of the performance of the combined businesses. D tr ib u tio 2021 Expansion Goals With the Clariant Color business acquisition and divestment of the PP&S business, our exposure is now concentrated in less-cyclical and high-growth markets.

They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate and integrate acquisitions • 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; • 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. PolyOne’s chief operating decision maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources.

We are committed to implementing appropriate security management programs, processes and procedures to protect all of our assets and to reduce the risk of harm and business interruption. Ashish Khandpur President and CEO December 18, 2023 Product Stewardship Policy Product Stewardship plays a significant role in Avient’s sustainable and ethical business practices.  Monitoring the development of emerging laws, regulations and industry standards

in Specialty Engineered Materials Composites for electrification and energy in Specialty Engineered Materials Composites for building and construction Non-PFAS functional additives in Color, Additives and Inks Copyright © . 2024 14 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) 2 Portfolios in high growth markets grow faster than core – building sizeable businesses of scale rapidly ► Prioritizing ► differently ► Creating “space” ► focused front-end and back-end structures 15Copyright © . Prioritizing and expediting development and commercialization of high-growth functional additives 2. Amplify innovation to grow double-digits in prioritized businesses through key growth vectors 5.

MSC Certificate Place and date: For the issuing office: Shanghai, 12 June 2024 DNV - Business Assurance Building 9, No. 1591 Hongqiao Road, Changning DistrictShanghai China 200336 Zhu Hai Ming Management Representative Lack of fulfilment of conditions as set out in the Certification Agreement may render this Certificate invalid. ACCREDITED UNIT: DNV Business Assurance B.V., Zwolseweg 1, 2994 LB, Barendrecht, Netherlands - TEL: +31(0)102922689. www.dnv.com/assurance MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CERTIFICATE Certificate no.: 462307-2021-AQ-RGC-RvA Initial certification date: 23 June 2021 Valid: 24 June 2024 – 23 June 2027 This is to certify that the management system of Avient China Company Limited No. 188, Quanzhou Road, Zhongxin Suchu High-Tech Industrial Development Park, Chuzhou, Anhui, China has been found to conform to the Quality Management System standard: GB/T 19001-2016 / ISO 9001:2015 This certificate is valid for the following scope: Design and Manufacture of Color Concentrates, Filling Concentrates and Additive Concentrates http://www.dnv.com/assurance

This created competitive pressures and potential loss of business. With the help of Avient’s color design service, the company was able to develop new product lines that paved the way for additional revenue from new and existing customers. Combined, these improvements enabled the company to compete on quality and operate profitably while gaining new business.

Digitalization is changing and improving traditional business models, opening up enormous potential for innovation in our industry,” says Gustavo Haruki Kume, digital program leader of Color & Additives Asia at Avient. The tool was honored with a Singapore Business Review Technology Excellence Award 2021 in the Digital Chemicals category.