Trend Report: Efficient Manufacturing and Molded-In Color

ColorForward™: an annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry developed to help brand owners and manufacturers make informed color decisions for new products and packaging

LONG BEACH, California – January 19, 2024 – Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, announced its Specialty Inks team will be highlighting new additions and updates to its sustainable inks portfolio starting today at Impressions Expo Long Beach, an annual trade show dedicated to the imprinted and decorated apparel industry.

ColorForward is an annual guide that includes 20 colors and effects derived from societal trends likely to influence consumer color preferences and the design of consumer products in the future.

The ColorWorks™ team will highlight ColorForward™, the annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry.  

Regarded as one of the most influential plastics exhibitions in the world, Chinaplas is held annually and has helped to accelerate the growth of plastics-intensive markets in Asia for the past 30 years.

 – At this week’s annual Imprinted Sportswear Show (ISS), PolyOne will be launching the latest additions to its Wilflex™ textile printing ink portfolio.

By 2040, a circular economy has the potential to reduce the annual volume of plastics entering our oceans by 80%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25%, generate savings of $200 U.S. dollars per year and create 700,000 net additional jobs.. SOURCE: https://www.sourcetoday.com/supply-chain/article/21142961/four-challenges-standing-in-the-way- of-a-circular-economy Report According to the 2021 Circularity Gap Report, our global economy is only 8.6% circular. The report also identifies strategies for nearly doubling that figure to 17% by 2030 by identifying sectors with a high potential for change.

You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission. All Rights Reserved 2025 12 Disciplined capital allocation PRIORITIZATION AND PHILOSHOPY Capex Expected annual spend between 3-5% of revenue to support investment in organic growth M&A De-emphasized in near term; complement organic growth strategy with M&A over time, as needed 1 2 Dividends Increasing each year with underlying earnings growth 3 Debt pay down Target net debt to adjusted EBITDA less than 2.5x 4 Share repurchases Opportunistic buy backs 5 1 Copyright © . Q1 2024 ORGANIC FX AS REPORTED Sales $827M 1.8% (2.1%) (0.3%) Adj.

Refer to Attachment 7 Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures for details regarding adjustments to previously reported results to arrive to the pro forma financial metrics. 2 Webcast Details The company will host a webcast at 9:00 a.m. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, operating income before the effect of special items is a component of Avient annual and long-term employee incentive plans and is used in debt covenant computations.