Tianjin, China 66. Management has assessed the effectiveness of Avient’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 and has prepared Management’s Annual Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting contained on page 66 of this Annual Report, which concludes that as of December 31, 2021, Avient’s internal control over financial reporting was effective and that no material weaknesses were identified. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 66 AVIENT CORPORATION ITEM 9B.

Aland, Finland 66. LLC, as joint-lead arrangers and joint-book managers, Jefferies Finance LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as co-managers, and several other commercial lending institutions that are parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, SEC File No. 1-16091) 66 AVIENT CORPORATION 10.5 Amendment Agreement No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2016, among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the additional lender party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30. 2016, SEC File No. 16091) 10.6 Amendment Agreement No. 2, dated August 3, 2016, by and among PolyOne Corporation, the subsidiaries of PolyOne Corporation party thereto, Citibank, N.A, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2016, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.7 Amendment Agreement No. 3, dated January 24, 2017, by and among PolyOne Corporation, the subsidiaries of PolyOne Corporation party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.8 Amendment Agreement No. 4, dated August 15, 2017, by and among PolyOne Corporation, the subsidiaries of PolyOne Corporation party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.9 Amendment Agreement No. 5, dated April 11, 2018, by and among PolyOne Corporation, the subsidiaries of PolyOne Corporation party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.10 Amendment Agreement No. 6, dated November 9, 2018, by and among PolyOne Corporation, the subsidiaries of PolyOne Corporation party thereto, Citibank, N.A, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2018, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.11 Amendment Agreement No. 7, dated as of August 29, 2022, by and among Avient Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2022, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.12 Amendment Agreement No. 8, dated August 16, 2023, by and among Avient Corporation, the subsidiaries of Avient Corporation party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as the Amendment No. 8 Additional Term Lender (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement), ad the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 17, 2023, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.13+ Amended and Restated Avient Corporation 2010 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 3, 2015, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.14+ First Amendment to the Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2014), dated as of March 16, 2016; Amendment No. 2 to the Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2014), dated as of December 19, 2018; and Amendment No. 3 to the Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2014), dated as of April 18, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed on May 6, 2019, SEC File No. 333-231236) 10.15+ Avient 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 31, 2017, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.16+ Avient Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (As Amended and Restated Effective July 15, 2021) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.17+ Form of Management Continuity Agreement for Executive Officers prior to 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.18+ Form of Management Continuity Agreement for Executive Officers after 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.19+** Schedule of Executive Officers and Others with Management Continuity Agreements 10.20+ Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2014) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, SEC file No. 1-16091) 10.21 Assumption of Liabilities and Indemnification Agreement, dated March 1, 1993, amended and restated by Amended and Restated Assumption of Liabilities and Indemnification Agreement, dated April 27, 1993 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to The Geon Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, SEC File No. 1-11804) 10.22+ Executive Severance Plan, as amended and restated effective May 15, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.23+ Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2006, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.24+ Form of 2014 Award Agreement under the Avient Corporation 2010 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, SEC File No. 1-16091) 10.25+ Form of 2021 Award Agreement under the Avient Corporation 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, SEC File No. 1-16091) 67 AVIENT CORPORATION Exhibit No.

Goff 66 2011 Yes M C Neil Green 53 2021 Yes M M William R. Director since: 2011 Age: 66 Current Public Company Directorships: • Exxon Mobil Corporation Former Directorships: • Enbridge Inc. • Marathon • MPLX GP, TLGP • Andeavor • DCP Midstream GP, LLC • QEP Midstream Partners, LP • Western Logistics GP LLC Neil Green Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Otis Worldwide Corporation (“Otis”), a leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company, since 2020. The 2022 performance goals were set in accordance with our strategic plan COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 66 PROXY STATEMENT 2023 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders Consolidated Company Adjusted Operating Income 60%Sustainability Metrics 20% Consolidated Company Working Capital as a Percentage of Sales 20% Corporate Annual Plan Weightings Working Capital as a Percentage of Sales (Business Unit Results) 20% Sustainability Metrics 20% Consolidated Company Adjusted Operating Income 20% Adjusted Operating Income (Business Unit Results) 40% Business Unit Annual Weightings framework and annual operating plan, developed at the end of 2021.

Management has assessed the effectiveness of PolyOne’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 and has prepared Management’s Annual Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting contained on page 66 of this Annual Report, which concludes that as of December 31, 2016, PolyOne’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and that no material weaknesses were identified. The sum of the quarterly amounts may not equal the annual amounts presented because of differences in the average shares outstanding during each period. (2) Included for the fourth quarter 2016 are: 1) a mark-to-market pension and other post-retirement gain of $8.4 million, 2) employee separation and restructuring costs of $2.5 million and 3) environmental remediation costs of $2.2 million. (3) Included for the third quarter 2016 are: 1) employee separation and restructuring costs of $4.6 million, 2) acquisition related costs and adjustments of $2.5 million and 3) environmental remediation costs of $2.3 million. (4) Included for the second quarter 2016 are: 1) employee separation and restructuring costs of $4.8 million, 2) environmental remediation costs of $2.1 million and 3) a gain related to the reimbursement of previously incurred environmental costs of $5.3 million. (5) Included for the first quarter 2016 are employee separation and restructuring costs of $7.1 million. (6) Included for the fourth quarter 2015 are: 1) a mark-to-market pension and other post-retirement charge of $11.6 million, 2) employee separation and restructuring costs of $10.1 million and 3) $16.4 million of debt extinguishment costs primarily due to the repayment in full of $316.6 million aggregate principal amount of our 7.375% senior notes due 2020. (7) Included for the third quarter 2015 are: 1) employee separation and restructuring costs of $13.7 million and 2) a $7.5 million benefit related to the reversal of an uncertain tax position due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. (8) Included for the second quarter 2015 are: 1) employee separation and restructuring costs of $7.5 million and 2) a $26.0 million tax benefit as a result of amending U.S. federal income tax returns from 2005 to 2012 to use foreign tax credits. (9) Included for the first quarter 2015 are employee separation and restructuring costs of $10.6 million. 65POLYONE CORPORATION 66 ITEM 9.

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Country/Region Scope 2, location- based Scope 2, market- based Purchased and consumed electricity, heat, Purchased and consumed low-carbon electricity, heat, steam or Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2021 Tuesday, August 3, 2021 65 (metric tons CO2e) (metric tons CO2e) steam or cooling (MWh) cooling accounted for in Scope 2 market-based approach (MWh) Belgium 1,348 1,195 6,704 335 Brazil 444 444 4,448 0 Canada 334 334 2,530 0 China 21,484 21,484 34,853 0 Czechia 185 36 373 312 Finland 131 346 1,117 0 France 658 516 11,948 0 Germany 8,802 9,812 21,936 5,834 Hungary 644 725 2,537 0 India 5,362 5,362 7,135 0 Italy 6,204 1,063 20,146 17,864 Luxembourg 35 100 222 0 Mexico 1,711 1,711 3,750 0 Netherlands 250 332 598 0 Peru 36 36 182 0 Poland 2,499 2,857 3,523 0 Saudi Arabia 8,214 8,214 15,865 0 Singapore 1,161 1,161 2,984 0 Spain 6,992 9,236 26,952 0 Thailand 4,369 4,369 9,016 0 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 350 531 1,527 0 United States of America 51,565 5,458 121,433 100,004 Turkey 3,317 3,317 7,119 0 Guatemala 252 252 660 0 Pakistan 1,218 1,218 3,101 0 Argentina 289 212 897 240 South Africa 830 830 927 0 Indonesia 1,111 1,111 1,451 0 Chile 46 46 114 0 Sweden 25 0 1,883 1,883 New Zealand 225 225 2,073 0 Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2021 Tuesday, August 3, 2021 66 Viet Nam 338 338 743 0 Colombia 375 375 2,338 0 Ireland 350 524 1,057 0 Malaysia 461 461 697 0 Taiwan, Greater China 3,348 3,348 5,991 0 C7.6 (C7.6) Indicate which gross global Scope 2 emissions breakdowns you are able to provide.

Performance Analysis 3-Year CEO SCT Pay 3- Ye ar CE O SC T Pa y Potentialtt misii aligll nment: Low perforr rmance/ high pay Potentialtt misii alignmll ent: Highii perforr rmance/ low pay 46 $0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 12/31/11 12/31/12 12/31/13 12/31/14 12/31/15 12/31/16 COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS For purposes of this graph, pay is defined as the three-year sum of Summary Compensation Table pay for all applicable elements including base salary, stock and option awards at grant value, non-equity incentive plan compensation and all other compensation. Equity Itt ncentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (column (j)) The market value is determined based on the closing stock price of our common shares on December 30, 2016 ($32.04). 66 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 2016 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Name (a) Option Awards Stock Awards Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) (b) Value Realized on Exercise ($) (c) Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#) (d) Value Realized on Vesting ($) (e) R.M.

D OL LA RS ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE* *2009 has not been restated for subsequent changes in accounting principles or discontinued operations .60 .50 .40 .30 .20 .10 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 25 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS OF YOY EPS GROWTH 0 + 43 + 49 + 52 + 59 + 66 + 7622 + 47 + 52 + 61 + 61 + 74 + 8739 + 48 + 46 + 61 + 60 + 74 + 8737 + 36 + 37 + 49 + 51 + 63 + 68PE RC EN TA GE ADJUSTED CONSOLIDATED OPERATING MARGIN 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 8 2.8% 5.2% 5.6% 6.7% 6.9% 8.3% 9.5% 4 products introduced in the last five years. In February 2015, the Cooperating 66 POLYONE CORPORATION Parties submitted to the USEPA a remedial investigation report for the lower Passaic River.

Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2022 Friday, July 29, 2022 66 Employee commuting Evaluation status Relevant, calculated Emissions in reporting year (metric tons CO2e) 19,895 Emissions calculation methodology Distance-based method Percentage of emissions calculated using data obtained from suppliers or value chain partners 0 Please explain The mileage distance between employee's home and office was estimated using the respective postal codes.

Performance Analysis 2-Year CEO SCT Pay 2- Ye ar C EO S C T Pa y Potential misalignment: Low performance/ high pay Potential misalignment: High performance/ low pay COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 30 For purposes of this graph, pay is defined as the two-year sum of Summary Compensation Table pay for all applicable elements including base salary, stock and option awards at grant value, non-equity incentive plan compensation and all other compensation.