Brampton, Ontario, Canada 8. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) inventory reset rule. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) inventory reset rule.

Patterson said, "We are highly confident in our ability to deliver double-digit EPS growth for the year, which remains our annual objective.  Cost of sales Cost of sales:

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These committees operate in accordance with (a) their respective charters, which are reviewed annually, (b) applicable law, and (c) applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange. Oversight of Risk Management The Board oversees a Company-wide approach to risk management that is designed to 8 support the achievement of the Company’s strategic objectives and improve long-term organizational performance. As part of this guideline, all directors are required to retain 100% of all shares obtained through the Company as compensation for services provided to the Company, such percentage to be calculated after any reduction in the number of shares to be delivered as a result of any taxes and exercise costs relating to such shares.

If a present or future law, governmental decree, order, regulation, or ruling under any existing or future legislation prevents Seller from increasing or revising the price as provided herein, or nullifies or reduces any price or price increase hereunder, upon written notice from one to the other Seller and Buyer will attempt to identify mutually agreeable changes to conform this contract with such law, decree, order, regulation, or ruling. Except to the extent attributable to the Product failing to meet the express warranties set forth in paragraph 1, Buyer will indemnify, defend and hold Seller harmless from all costs, expenses, damages, judgements or other loss, including costs of investigation, litigation and reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of Buyer’s selection, use, sale and further processing of the Product. 9. In the event of a force majeure, Seller has no obligation to purchase material for resale to Buyer, and no liability for cost to cover incurred by Buyer. 10.

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, including recessionary conditions; the current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows, including without limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding plastics in jurisdictions where we conduct business; 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; our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; information systems failures and cyberattacks; 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; our ability to successfully integrate the Avient Protective Materials business and achieve the expected results of the business, including without limitation, the acquisition being accretive; any material adverse changes in the business supporting the Distribution assets being sold; the ability to obtain required regulatory approvals and otherwise consummate the proposed sale of the Distribution business; our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the Avient Protective Materials business and the proposed sale of the Distribution business; and other factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended

We are committed to each of these objectives and will aggressively pursue their attainment through internal rigor, investment and innovation.

3 - PAI-376900v1 first credit payments against Buyer's old debts, and in the following order: costs, interests and lastly main obligation. Except to the extent attributable to the Product sold hereunder failing to meet the express warranties set forth in paragraph 2, Buyer will indemnify, defend and hold Seller harmless from all costs, expenses, damages, judgements or other loss, including costs of investigation, litigation and reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of Buyer's selection, use, sale and further processing of the Product sold hereunder. In the event that a provision of these Terms and Conditions is ruled invalid or inapplicable, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. 17.

Proper precautions and procedures must be followed to ensure chemistry integrity.

That is why, in support of the objectives of the Paris Agreement, we announced our ambition to achieve operational carbon neutrality by 2050 and aligned goals with our RE100 commitment. To better reflect the actual price of CO2 to society, and ensure costs are within the ranges of the scenarios we use for assessing climate transition risks, Avient has instituted an internal cost of carbon.