About Avient  Our purpose at Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™.

chairman, president and chief executive officer, PolyOne Rose, Vice President, Corporate Communications, PolyOne Corporation, +1 440-930-3162, kyle.rose@avient.com

Whether an additional line at an existing manufacturing plant, or a new facility in a growing region, we ramp-up quickly and cost-efficiently. 18 Capex / Revenue 2021E (%) AVIENT IS ASSET LIGHT Avient Specialty Formulators Other Chemical/Specialty Companies 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 24 A vi en t A vi en t (E xc l. D is t. ) K W R R P M P P G A V Y F U L G C P IF F H X L F M C F O E H U N E C L K R A E M N A S H C E S C L G R A A LB Median: 5%Median: 3% Source: Peer data per Bloomberg market data as of April 27, 2021 Avient reflects 2021 estimated revenue of $4,300M and excludes one-time synergy capture CAPEX ($20M) Avient Specialty Formulators Other Chemical/Specialty Companies Free Cash Flow Conversion (1) 2021E (%) Being asset light helps us to generate strong free cash flow that is in line with specialty formulators. We are Avient.

Louis, MO; Specialty Coatings Toluca, MX; Color and Additives Vonore, TN; Color and Additives Knowsley, UK; ColorMatrix Eindhoven, NL; ColorMatrix & GSDI Specialty Engineered Materials A leading provider of specialty polymer formulations, services and solutions for designers, assemblers and processors of thermoplastic materials across a wide variety of markets and end-use applications. Facility Locations & Businesses Avon Lake, OH; Engineered Materials Birmingham, AL; Glasforms Englewood, CO; Polystrand McHenry, IL; Engineered Materials North Haven, CT; NEU Montrose, CO; Gordon Composites Avient Distribution (Formerly PolyOne Dist. Polyone and Clariant Masterbatch combined in 2020 to form Avient.

CASE STUDY: MAXXAM™ POLYOLEFIN FORMULATIONS NEW MATERIAL FOR PRECISELY ENGINEERED VEHICLE Challe nge Accepted. The technical services team at Avient worked closely with the European material engineering team at DENSO under the lead of Mr. Avient engineered a new customized formulation for the part, which provided both the processability required for extremely short cycle injection-compression molding, as well as including an additive to stabilize the material when in contact with copper.

Avient Corporation 1 JEFFERIES VIRTUAL INDUSTRIALS CONFERENCE A U G U S T 2 0 2 0 Avient Corporation 2 FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Avient Corporation 3 USE OF NON-GAAP MEASURES • • • Avient Corporation 4 UPDATE ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC • • • • Avient Corporation 5 2019 Transportation Consumer Discretionary Healthcare Packaging All Other Industries Cost Containment FX 2020 $64.3 18% 18% 9% 6% 16% 2% $46.9 20% • • • • • • SECOND QUARTER 2020 IN REVIEW Consumer Discretionary Avient Corporation 6 CLARIANT MASTERBATCH STRATEGIC RATIONALE Avient Corporation 7 FIT W I T H FOUR PILLAR S T R A T E G Y Specialization • • • Globalization • • Operational Excellence • • • Commercial Excellence • • People Avient Corporation 8 5% 2006 2019E PF* 4% 12% 10% 18% 8% 20% 2006 2019E PF* Healthcare Consumer Packaging 38% * 2019E Pro Forma for PP&S Divestiture and Clariant Masterbatch business Percentage of Total Revenue E N D M A R K E T T R A N S F O R M A T I O N Building & Construction High Growth End Markets 50% 22% Avient Corporation 9 Wire & Cable 11% Industrial 10% Electrical & Electronic 7% Healthcare 4% Packaging 8% Consumer 10% Transportation 12% Building & Construction 38% Healthcare 12% Packaging 20% Consumer 18%Transportation 12% Building & Constrution 5% Wire & Cable 9% Industrial 11% Electrial & Electronic 4% Appliance 2% Textiles 7% 2006 Pro Forma(1) Net Sales by End Market E N D M A R K E T T R A N S F O R M A T I O N Avient Corporation 10 U N I F I E D F O C U S O N S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y 2006 - 2013 2013 – 2019 PEOPLE PROD UC TS PLANET PER FOR M A NC E •• •• •• Avient Corporation 11 O V E R 8 5 % O F A D J U S T E D E B I T D A F R O M S P E C I A L T Y 46% 66% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2005 2010 2015 Pro Forma % o f A d ju s te d E B IT D A ( 1) JVs Performance Products & Solutions Distribution Specialty 7% 87% (2) Avient Corporation 12 T H E N E W A V I E N T : A S P E C I A L T Y G R O W T H C O M P A N Y     Transaction expected to add $0.85 to pro forma adjusted EPS Avient Corporation 13 SUSTAINABILITY AT AVIENT P E O P L E , P R O D U C T S , P L A N E T , P E R F O R M A N C E Avient Corporation 13 Avient Corporation 14 V I S I O N To be the world’s premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions C O R E V A L U E S P E R S O N A L V A L U E S Honesty IntegrityRespect Operational Excellence Commercial Excellence Specialization Globalization Collaboration ExcellenceInnovation To be the world’s premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and sustainable solutions Avient Corporation 15 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.85 0.65 0.57 0.54 0.97 0.84 0.74 0.74 0.69 0.51 0.56 0.14 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTD S A F E T Y F I R S T Injuries per 100 Workers Spartech Acquisition Avient Corporation 16 G R E A T P L A C E T O W O R K Avient Corporation 17 C O M M O D I T Y T O S P E C I A L T Y T R A N S F O R M A T I O N • • • • • • • • • • • • 2006 - 2013 2013 – 20192000-2005 2006 - 2013 • • 2020 and Beyond Avient Corporation 18 A V I E N T 2 0 1 9 R E V E N U E | $ 2 . 9 B I L L I O N Segment End Market Geography Healthcare 15% Industrial 14% Consumer 14% Packaging 13% Transportation 13% Wire & Cable 11% Building & Construction 6% Electrical & Electronics 6% Textiles 5% Appliance 3% Color Additives & Inks 34% Distribution 41% Specialty Engineered Materials 25% United States 54% Europe 19% Asia 11% Latin America 11% Canada 5% Avient Corporation 19 Operating Income % of Sales 2006 2019 Color, Additives & Inks 1.7% 14.7% Specialty Engineered Materials 1.1% 11.6% Distribution 2.6% 6.3% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016*2017* 2018 $2.43 P R O O F O F P E R F O R M A N C E C O N S E C U T I V E Y E A R S 10 $0.13 $0.68 $0.82 $1.00 $1.31 $1.80 $1.96 $2.06 $2.21 A D J U S T E D E P S E X P A N S I O N 2018 2019 $1.69 $1.51 Avient Corporation 20 531 710 1,032 130 164 207 504 663 871 2014 2018 Pro Forma R&D / Technical Marketing Sales + 34% + 26% + 32% E X P A N S I O N O F COMMERCIAL RESOURCES D R I V I N G G R O W T H Revenue in Billions Total + 10% Organic + 7%+ 45% + 26% + 31% $4.0 $3.2 (2) (1) (1) $2.9 $2.9 $3.5 2015 2016 2017 2018 Pro Forma Total + 9% Organic + 5% Pro Forma(2) Avient Corporation 21 P R I O R A C Q U I S I T I O N S H I S T O R Y Commercial Resources(1) Operating Income ($ in millions) Operating Margins 256 350 At Acquisition 2019 $36 $100 At Acquisition 2019 9% 19% At Acquisition 2019 Established Acquisitions (> 7 years) + 37% + 176% + 1000 bps Avient Corporation 22 A L I G N I N G W I T H T R E N D S F O R G R O W T H T R A N S P O R T A T I O N P A C K A G I N G H E A L T H C A R E C O N S U M E R Facilitate alternative energy solutions Light- weighting Reduce packaging materials Improve recyclability Reduce spread of infection Avient Corporation 23 I N N O V A T I O N Customization 55% M&A 30% Innovation Pipeline 15% Innovation comes from Research & Development Spend Vitality Index 12% 37% 2006 2019 $20 $51 2006 2019 Avient Corporation 24 R E V E N U E F R O M S U S T A I N A B L E S O L U T I O N S $275M $325M $355M $410M 14% Total Annual Growth 9% Organic Annual Growth Avient Corporation 25 SEGMENT HIGHLIGHTS I N N O V A T I N G W I T H A V I E N T Avient Corporation 25 Avient Corporation 26 C O L O R , A D D I T I V E S & I N K S E N D M A R K E T S & S O L U T I O N S Solid Colorants Performance Additives Screen Printing Inks Liquid Colorants Packaging 31% Industrial 14% Textiles 13% Wire & Cable 10% Building & Construction 9% Consumer 8% Transportation 7% Healthcare 5% Appliances 2% Electrical & Electronics 1% Avient Corporation 26 Avient Corporation 27 Operating Income & MarginRevenue by Region C O L O R , A D D I T I V E S & I N K S 2 0 1 9 R E V E N U E | O V E R $ 1 B I L L I O N Europe 34% United States 44% Asia 15% Canada 1% Mexico 3% South America 3% $4 $25 $104 $147 2005 2009 2013 2019 0.9% 5.5% 12.2% 14.7% Avient Corporation 27 Avient Corporation 28 S P E C I A L T Y E N G I N E E R E D M A T E R I A L S E N D M A R K E T S & S O L U T I O N S Engineered Formulations Advanced Composites Thermoplastic Elastomers Wire & Cable* 28% Consumer 19% Electrical & Electronics 12% Healthcare 9% Industrial 8% Packaging 6% Appliance 2% Building & Construction 2% Transportation 14% Avient Corporation 28 Avient Corporation 29 S P E C I A L T Y E N G I N E E R E D M A T E R I A L S Revenue by Region Operating Income & Margin 2 0 1 9 R E V E N U E | $ 7 5 0 M I L L I O N Europe 27% United States 54% Asia 17% Canada 2% $21 $57 $87 2005 2009 2013 2019 0.1% 5.1% 9.3% 11.6% Avient Corporation 29 Avient Corporation 30 D I S T R I B U T I O N E N D M A R K E T S & S U P P L I E R S Healthcare 28% Industrial 19% Transportation 18% Consumer 17% Appliance 6% Electrical & Electronics 5% Building & Construction 4% Packaging 2% Wire & Cable 1% Operating Income & Margin2019 Revenue | $1.2 Billion $25 $63 $75 2005 2009 2013 2019 $20 2.9% 4.0% 5.9% 6.3% Avient Corporation 30 http://www.polyone.com/Pages/VariationRoot.aspx Avient Corporation 31 O V E R V I E W O F R A W M A T E R I A L P U R C H A S E S Avient Corporation 31 Avient Corporation 32 Avient Corporation 33 Adjusted EPS attributable to PolyOne common shareholders is calculated as follows: 2009* 2010* 2011* 2012* 2013* 2014* 2015* 2016** 2017** 2018 2018*** Q1 2019*** 2019 Q1 2020 Net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne common shareholders Joint venture equity earnings, after tax Special items, before tax (1) Special items, tax adjustments (1) Adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne common shareholders $ 106.7 $ 152.5 $ 153.4 $ 53.3 $ 94.0 $ 78.0 $ 144.6 $ 166.4 $ 173.5 $ 161.1 $ 87.7 $ 22.4 $ 75.5 $ 33.1 (19.0) (14.7) (3.7) — — — — — — — — — — — (48.7) 24.2 (48.1) 55.1 46.3 164.2 87.6 23.8 32.9 59.5 58.7 12.2 61.7 9.6 (27.2) (96.7) (24.7) (18.9) (13.7) (73.7) (58.7) (15.9) (24.8) (25.3) (25.1) (1.2) (5.9) (1.0) $ 11.8 $ 65.3 $ 76.9 $ 89.5 $ 126.6 $ 168.5 $ 173.5 $ 174.3 $ 181.6 $ 195.3 $ 121.3 $ 33.4 $ 131.3 $ 41.7 Diluted shares 93.4 96.0 94.3 89.8 96.5 93.5 88.7 84.6 82.1 80.4 80.4 78.2 77.7 86.7 Adjusted EPS attributable to PolyOne common shareholders $ 0.13 $ 0.68 $ 0.82 $ 1.00 $ 1.31 $ 1.80 $ 1.96 $ 2.06 $ 2.21 $ 2.43 $ 1.51 $ 0.43 $ 1.69 $ 0.48 * Historical results are shown as presented in prior filings and have not been updated to reflect subsequent changes in accounting principle, discontinued operations or the related resegmentation. ** Pro forma for sale of Designed Structures and Solutions segment (DSS). *** Pro forma for sale of Performance Products and Solutions segment (PP&S). Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to PolyOne's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure PolyOne's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude. Avient Corporation 33 Senior management uses comparisons of adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders and diluted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders, excluding special items, to assess performance and facilitate comparability of results.

About PolyOne PolyOne Corporation, with 2016 revenues of $3.3 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions. Avient Announces Second Quarter 2025 Results... Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend...

ABS Quality Evaluations This is to certify that the Quality Management System of: PolyOne Corporation PolyOne 1260 Carden Farm Drive Clinton, TN 37716 U.S.A. IATF 16949:2016 The Quality Management System is applicable to: Certificate No: 38223 Effective Date: 03 July 2018 Expiration Date: 02 July 2021 Issue Date: 03 July 2018 IATF No: 0313794 Alex Weisselberg, President DESIGN AND COMPOUNDING OF THERMOPLASTIC PRODUCTS (WITH ADDITIONAL FACILITIES LISTED ON ATTACHED ANNEX) Certificate Of Conformance has been assessed by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. and found to be in conformance with the requirements set forth by: Page 2 of 2 ABS Quality Evaluations PolyOne Corporation IATF 16949:2016 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX At Below Facilities: Validity of this certificate may be confirmed at www.abs-qe.com/cert_validation. Activity: Warehousing & Distribution Facility: Avon Lake Engineered Materials Producer Services Division Suppor 33587 Walker Road Avon Lake, OH 44012 U.S.A.

Patterson, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Avient Corporation. Beggs, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avient Corporation. Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 2022 Sales: Color, Additives and Inks $ 537.0 $ 649.5 Specialty Engineered Materials 309.7 243.1 Corporate (1.0) (0.4) Sales $ 845.7 $ 892.2 Gross margin: Color, Additives and Inks $ 162.0 $ 192.1 Specialty Engineered Materials 93.9 68.4 Corporate (8.3) (6.1) Gross margin $ 247.6 $ 254.4 Selling and administrative expense: Color, Additives and Inks $ 96.4 $ 97.6 Specialty Engineered Materials 50.8 30.1 Corporate 43.3 24.5 Selling and administrative expense $ 190.5 $ 152.2 Operating income: Color, Additives and Inks $ 65.6 $ 94.5 Specialty Engineered Materials 43.1 38.3 Corporate (51.6) (30.6) Operating income $ 57.1 $ 102.2 Depreciation & amortization: Color, Additives and Inks $ 25.8 $ 26.0 Specialty Engineered Materials 21.2 7.8 Corporate 3.5 3.8 Depreciation & Amortization $ 50.5 $ 37.6 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA): Color, Additives and Inks $ 91.4 $ 120.5 Specialty Engineered Materials 64.3 46.1 Corporate (48.1) (26.8) Other income (expense), net 0.7 (0.6) EBITDA $ 108.3 $ 139.2 13 Attachment 7 Avient Corporation Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) (In millions, except per share data) Senior management uses gross margin before special items and operating income before special items to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and how it may serve as a basis for future performance.

Patterson, president and chief executive officer, PolyOne Corporation. About PolyOne PolyOne Corporation, with 2014 revenues of $3.8 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions. Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend...