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CLICHY / CLEVELAND – October 19, 2021 – BIC, a world leader in stationery, lighters and shavers, has chosen to team up with Avient to reinforce its dedication to the circular economy. The new BIC Soleil Click 5 handle is the most recent example of how BIC is putting sustainability into practice. To achieve these goals, our R&D and procurement teams are constantly finding innovative solutions that limit our products’ impact on the planet, while creating responsible and affordable items for everyday use.”

Through both fully accredited testing and in-house testing capabilities, our team uses state-of-the-art equipment and software to generate data for insight into material behavior, environmental effects, and more.

Through both fully accredited testing and in-house testing capabilities, our team uses state-of-the-art equipment and software to generate data for insight into material behavior, environmental effects, and more.

Ability to adapt and pivot to deliver results: Highly motivated team with track record of operational and commercial excellence

In today’s opening ceremony event entitled “Come See The Difference,” customers participated in tours, color matching demonstrations and other sessions that showcased how PolyOne differentiates its products and services in the specialty marketplace. We are extremely proud to commemorate the opening of this exceptional facility with our customers and talented team of associates,” said Vikas Vij, managing director for PolyOne's operations in India. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in the economy in India; our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the planned closure of certain manufacturing facilities; the timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen disruptions of service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts; separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates, amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from original estimates; our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; the ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies and retain relationships with customers of acquired companies including without limitation Spartech Corporation; 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 financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability; the speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates 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 achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; an inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends; the amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; 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.

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The company noted that first quarter 2024 GAAP EPS includes $0.06 of special items (see Attachment 3) and $0.16 of intangible amortization expense (see Attachment 1). See Attachment 3 for a definition and summary of special items. See Attachment 3 for a definition and summary of special items.

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