https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2025-02/News Release - AVNT-2024.12.31-News Release 2.12.25 2PM_0.pdf
The current macro environment presents several uncertainties related to policy, inflation, foreign exchange and interest rates which provides for a broader set of potential outcomes for the year,” Ms.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: 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 effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; disruptions or inefficiencies in our supply chain, logistics, or operations; changes in laws and regulations in jurisdictions where we conduct business, including with respect to plastics and climate change; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply, and in energy prices and supply; demand for our products and services; 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; our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; information systems failures and cyberattacks; our ability to service our indebtedness and restrictions on our current and future operations due to our indebtedness; amounts for cash and non-cash charges related to restructuring plans that may differ from original estimates, including because of timing changes associated with the underlying actions; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates, changes in the rate of inflation, geopolitical conflicts and any recessionary conditions.
Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 2023 Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS(1) $ EPS(1) Net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders $ 48.3 $ 0.52 $ 27.8 $ 0.30 Special items, after-tax (Attachment 3) (18.0) (0.20) 5.4 0.06 Amortization expense, after-tax 14.8 0.17 15.0 0.16 Adjusted net income / EPS $ 45.1 $ 0.49 $ 48.2 $ 0.52 (1) Per share amounts may not recalculate from figures presented herein due to rounding Year Ended December 31, 2024 2023 Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS(1) $ EPS(1) Net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders $ 169.5 $ 1.84 $ 75.8 $ 0.83 Special items, after-tax (Attachment 3) 15.9 0.17 79.3 0.86 Amortization expense, after-tax 59.5 0.65 61.5 0.67 Adjusted net income / EPS $ 244.9 $ 2.66 $ 216.6 $ 2.36 (1) Per share amounts may not recalculate from figures presented herein due to rounding 8 Attachment 2 Avient Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (In millions, except per share data) Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31, 2024 2023 2024 2023 Sales $ 746.5 $ 719.0 $ 3,240.4 $ 3,142.8 Cost of sales 487.0 510.1 2,183.7 2,250.3 Gross margin 259.5 208.9 1,056.7 892.5 Selling and administrative expense 173.9 165.8 727.4 695.7 Operating income 85.6 43.1 329.3 196.8 Interest expense, net (25.5) (26.8) (105.6) (115.3) Other income, net 3.2 4.3 1.1 5.8 Income from continuing operations before income taxes 63.3 20.6 224.8 87.3 Income tax (expense) benefit (14.8) 7.0 (54.1) (11.0) Net income from continuing operations 48.5 27.6 170.7 76.3 Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes — 0.8 — (0.1) Net income 48.5 28.4 170.7 76.2 Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (0.2) 0.2 (1.2) (0.5) Net income attributable to Avient common shareholders $ 48.3 $ 28.6 $ 169.5 $ 75.7 Earnings per share attributable to Avient common shareholders - Basic: Continuing operations $ 0.53 $ 0.30 $ 1.86 $ 0.83 Discontinued operations — 0.01 — — Total $ 0.53 $ 0.31 $ 1.86 $ 0.83 Earnings per share attributable to Avient common shareholders - Diluted: Continuing operations $ 0.52 $ 0.30 $ 1.84 $ 0.83 Discontinued operations — 0.01 — — Total $ 0.52 $ 0.31 $ 1.84 $ 0.83 Cash dividends declared per share of common stock $ 0.2700 $ 0.2575 $ 1.0425 $ 1.0000 Weighted-average shares used to compute earnings per common share: Basic 91.4 91.2 91.3 91.1 Diluted 92.2 91.9 92.0 91.8 9 Attachment 3 Avient Corporation Summary of Special Items (Unaudited) (In millions, except per share data) Special items (1) Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31, 2024 2023 2024 2023 Cost of sales: Restructuring costs, including accelerated depreciation $ (4.6) $ (2.0) $ 1.0 $ (11.9) Environmental remediation costs (6.8) (17.2) (35.0) (69.7) Reimbursement of previously incurred environmental costs 34.7 1.6 34.7 1.6 Impact on cost of sales 23.3 (17.6) 0.7 (80.0) Selling and administrative expense: Restructuring and employee separation costs (2.6) (1.1) (9.2) (14.9) Legal and other (0.3) (6.1) (10.4) (15.2) Acquisition related costs — (1.3) (2.5) (5.9) Impact on selling and administrative expense (2.9) (8.5) (22.1) (36.0) Impact on operating income 20.4 (26.1) (21.4) (116.0) Interest expense, net - financing costs — (0.1) (2.3) (2.3) Pension and post retirement mark-to-market adjustments and other 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.7 Impact on other income, net 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.7 Impact on income from continuing operations before income taxes 23.9 (22.4) (20.1) (114.6) Income tax (expense) benefit on above special items (5.8) 4.5 6.1 27.7 Tax adjustments(2) (0.1) 12.5 (1.9) 7.6 Impact of special items on net income from continuing operations $ 18.0 $ (5.4) $ (15.9) $ (79.3) Diluted earnings per common share impact $ 0.20 $ (0.06) $ (0.17) $ (0.86) Weighted average shares used to compute adjusted earnings per share: Diluted 92.2 91.9 92.0 91.8 (1) Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; settlement gains or losses and mark-to- market adjustments associated with gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non-recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results. (2) Tax adjustments include the net tax impact from non-recurring income tax items and certain adjustments to uncertain tax position reserves and valuation allowances. 10 Attachment 4 Avient Corporation Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (In millions) Year Ended December 31, 2024 2023 ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 544.5 $ 545.8 Accounts receivable, net 399.5 399.9 Inventories, net 346.8 347.0 Other current assets 131.3 114.9 Total current assets 1,422.1 1,407.6 Property, net 955.3 1,028.9 Goodwill 1,659.7 1,719.3 Intangible assets, net 1,450.4 1,590.8 Operating lease assets, net 89.1 65.3 Deferred income tax assets 81.3 92.3 Other non-current assets 153.2 64.3 Total assets $ 5,811.1 $ 5,968.5 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Short-term and current portion of long-term debt $ 7.7 $ 9.5 Accounts payable 417.4 432.3 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 331.0 331.8 Total current liabilities 756.1 773.6 Non-current liabilities: Long-term debt 2,059.3 2,070.5 Deferred income taxes 260.4 281.6 Other non-current liabilities 405.7 504.8 Total non-current liabilities 2,725.4 2,856.9 SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Avient shareholders’ equity 2,313.8 2,319.2 Noncontrolling interest 15.8 18.8 Total equity 2,329.6 2,338.0 Total liabilities and equity $ 5,811.1 $ 5,968.5 11 Attachment 5 Avient Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (In millions) Year Ended December 31, 2024 2023 Operating activities Net income $ 170.7 $ 76.2 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 179.7 188.8 Increase in environmental insurance receivable (34.0) — Deferred income tax benefit (23.8) (61.3) Share-based compensation expense 15.4 13.2 Changes in assets and liabilities, net of the effect of acquisitions: (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable (15.2) 38.6 (Increase) decrease in inventories (13.7) 24.3 Increase (decrease) in accounts payable 0.3 (22.2) Decrease in pension, retirement benefits and deferred compensation (34.3) (8.7) Taxes paid on gain on sale of business — (104.1) (Decrease) increase in environmental obligations (11.2) 38.9 Accrued expenses and other assets and liabilities, net 22.9 17.9 Net cash provided by operating activities 256.8 201.6 Investing activities Capital expenditures (121.9) (119.4) Net proceeds from divestiture — 7.3 Proceeds from plant closures 3.4 7.6 Other investing activities (2.1) 10.3 Net cash used by investing activities (120.6) (94.2) Financing activities Proceeds from long-term borrowings 650.0 — Payments on long-term borrowings (660.9) (105.8) Cash dividends paid (94.0) (90.2) Payments on withholding tax on share awards (6.4) (3.4) Debt financing costs (9.6) (2.3) Net cash used by financing activities (120.9) (201.7) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (16.6) (1.0) Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (1.3) (95.3) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 545.8 641.1 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 544.5 $ 545.8 12 Attachment 6 Avient Corporation Business Segment Operations (Unaudited) (In millions) Operating income and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) at the segment level does not include: special items as defined in Attachment 3; corporate general and administration costs that are not allocated to segments; intersegment sales and profit eliminations; share-based compensation costs; and certain other items that are not included in the measure of segment profit and loss that is reported to and reviewed by the chief operating decision maker.
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Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: Our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities; The timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or 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, retain relationships with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our earnings; 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 and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions 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. The above list of factors is not exhaustive. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: Our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities; The timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or 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, retain relationships with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our earnings; 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 and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions 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. The above list of factors is not exhaustive. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-06/chemical-resistance-technical-bulletin.pdf
Fully fractured bars were given the lowest rating.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-06/OmnicolorU.S. Color Chart.pdf
The low usage rate, low minimum order quantities, and pelletized form for easy handling and storage make these concentrates a versatile and cost-effective choice.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-06/Cesa Flame Retardant Product Selection Guide %281%29.pdf
Halogenated flame retardants generally have the lowest usage rate. • Inorganic flame retardants dilute the available plastic fuel, dilute the incendiary gases, and absorb energy via endothermic reactions, but must be used at very high dosages. • Intumescent flame retardants form a protective layer upon combustion, eliminating the polymer fuel source.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/bergamid-electronic-connectors-case-study.pdf
Avient’s development team went back to work and quickly developed a flame-retardant grade that meets UL requirements for a V0 rating.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-04/Versaflex XP Wet Grip Product Bulletin_NEW.pdf
Versaflex XP 2850 Hardness, Shore A 53 Specific Gravity 0.89 Color Natural Tensile Strength (psi) 616.4 Elongation at Break (%) 541.4 Viscosity @ 11170/sec (Pa s) 10.9 Dry Kinetic COF 1.256 Wet Kinetic COF 2.463 Increase in COF* (%) 96.1 Abrasion Loss** (mg/cycle) 0.014 Bondability*** PP, PE TECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF VERSAFLEX XP WET GRIP MATERIAL * Pull time = 5 sec; Sled Weight = 203 grams; Rate = 30cm/min ** Weight = 1000 grams; Cycles = 500; Wheel = H-18 *** For bonding to other substrates, please contact Avient COMPARING VERSAFLEX XP 2850 WITH COMMONLY USED WET GRIP MATERIALS 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 1.26 2.46 0.85 0.52 0.40 1.20 0.52 0.50 0.52 0.500.50 0.49 Wax Rubber EVA Foam Rubberized Vinyl Versaflex XP 2850 PVC DRY WET Wet/Dry COF Performance *Prepared to standard ASTM D1141-98R21 ps i Du ro m et er (S ho re A )
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-09/Smartbatch Blow Molding Brochure.pdf
Use processing additives to maintain dimensional stability, reduce warpage and sink, or improve scrap rate.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/ColorMatrix AAnchor Brochure_A4.pdf
Recycle Loop AAnchor Mg/kg Anthranilamide Mg/kg Virgin