https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-09/Avient Sustainability Day 2023 - Website %289.19%29.pdf
DISCLAIMER
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Welcome
Bob Patterson
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
INTRODUCTION
Sustainability for a Better Tomorrow
Jamie Beggs
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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WE ARE A FORMULATOR
CUSTOM
FORMULATION
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WE ARE INNOVATORS
2,500+
ACTIVE PATENT
FILINGS WORLDWIDE
1,100+
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES
>85% Stage-gate technology projects enable sustainable solutions
INDIA INNOVATION CENTER
33%
2022 VITALITY
INDEX
140+
MATERIAL SCIENCE
PhD ASSOCIATES
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3% 3%
5%
Avient Specialty Formulators Other Specialty /
Chemical Companies
CAPEX / Revenue
2023E
Global footprint enables greater flexibility to exceed
needs of customers and deliver localized technical
and formulation expertise
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Manufacturing Locations by Region
WE ARE ASSET LIGHT
Note: Free cash flow conversion calculated as (Adjusted EBITDA – Capex) / Adjusted EBITDA
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Asset-light flexibility
enables more nimble
manufacturing capabilities
and lower overhead
Periods of economic
weakness have driven
higher levels of cash
generation due to working
capital improvement
PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF HIGH FREE CASH FLOW CONVERSION
78%
78%
80% 80%
81%
78%
84%
83%
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79%
50%
55%
60%
65%
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2 Recent Divestitures - Combined $1.7B in Proceeds
PORTFOLIO EVOLUTION
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Combined $3.6B Investment in Acquisitions Since 2016
Color Business
Distribution
2016 2022
PORTFOLIO TRANSFORMATION
7%
46%
66%
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END MARKET TRANSFORMATION
Packaging
Consumer
Healthcare
Defense
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10%
19%
8%
23%
4%
7%
7%
2006 2023E
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78%
Healthcare
Consumer
Packaging
22%
56%
14%
10%
43%
9%
2006 2023E
Reduced Exposure to Cyclical End Markets End Market Diversification
Transportation
Building &
Construction
57%
19%
Defense
IMPROVING PROFITABILITY AND EXPANDING MARGINS
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Adj.
EBITDA Margins
(1)
5.4%
11.5%
16.0%
2006 2018 2023E
• Delivered on organic growth combined with
transformative and bolt-on acquisitions
• Divested commodity businesses tied to more
cyclical end markets
• Expanded presence in high growth areas of
sustainable solutions, composites, healthcare
applications and emerging regions
LONG-TERM REVENUE GROWTH DRIVERS
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Growth Drivers
Long-Term
Growth Rate
Sustainable Solutions 8–12%
Composites 8–10%
Healthcare 8–10%
Asia / LATAM 5%
Other (GDP growth) 0–2%
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60%+
Key Growth
Drivers
Sustainable
Solutions
Composites, Healthcare,
Asia / LATAM
Overlap
Other
(GDP Growth)
HISTORICAL GROWTH DRIVER PERFORMANCE
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Composites
$51
$84
$212
$668
2016 2018 2020 2022
Organic CAGR
10%
Healthcare
$108 $113
$231
$293
2016 2018 2020 2022
Organic CAGR
11%
Asia/Emerging Regions
$265
$358
$726
$830
2016 2018 2020 2022
Organic CAGR
12%
$340
$455
$790
2016 2018 2020 2022
$1,175
Sustainable Solutions
Organic CAGR
11%
(Sales $ in millions)
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$340M
$405M
$455M
$550M
$790M
$915M
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Revenue From Sustainable Solutions 2016-2022
($ in millions)
11%
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CAG
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$1,175M
Lightweighting
Eco-Conscious
Recycle Solutions
VOC Reduction
Sustainable Infrastructure
Human Health & Safety
Reduced Energy Use
Bio-polymers
Solutions to increase
recycled content and
minimize plastic waste
Solutions to reduce
weight and energy
consumption
Solutions to preserve and
protect natural resources
& human life
SUSTAINABILITY: FOCUS TODAY
Sustainability Strategy
Walter Ripple
Vice President, Sustainability
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OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT
As the world’s premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials,
services, and solutions, Avient is committed to meeting the needs of the present
without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their needs.
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