Transform Product Development Long Fiber Technologies Application Development Surround EMI/RFI Shielding Formulations are developed to protect critical electronics applications by minimizing electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI).

MANNHEIM, Germany - March 14, 2018 - Advanced polymers, colorants, and additives from PolyOne are enabling automotive manufacturers to develop new components and technology that meet increasing demands for fuel economy and safety. Our robust portfolio of specialty materials and colorants, together with our experience in developing automotive applications, enable our customers to keep pace with these developments." To support customers' design and development of next generation vehicles, PolyOne's automotive materials portfolio includes: 

Avient unveils new grades of Cesa™ Withstand™ to include antimicrobial and antifungal additives for TPU film-laminated products and devices in applications where combating microbe development is highly important.   These new grades are developed to enhance the performance of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film-laminated products and devices in applications where combating microbe development is highly important.   Other applications that can be further developed include portable energy storage, protective equipment, outdoor apparel, and air sleeping pads.

TOKYO – July 17, 2019 – PolyOne today announced it has developed new polymer formulations in response to highly innovative fifth generation (5G) telecommunications network development. Both materials can help 5G base station antenna manufactures to streamline their design and process development. We’re confident that our innovative material solutions and product development support will enable telecom manufacturers to make that expectation a reality.”

Leadership, EHS&S-PS, Facility Services, Design & Development, Information Technology, Sourcing, Logistics, Legal, and Human Resources Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Thermoplastic Resins and Specialty Compounds Page 3 of 10 ABS Quality Evaluations Avient Corporation ISO 14001:2015 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX At Below Facilities: Validity of this certificate may be confirmed at www.abs-qe.com/cert_validation. Gebze, Kocaeli 41448 Turkey Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Thermoplastic Resins and Specialty Compounds Facility: Avient Corporation - Guangzhou, China 2#, Nanyunsan Rd, Huangpu District, Science City Guangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510663 People's Republic of China Facility: Avient Corporation - Guatemala City 27 Avenida 34-11, Zona 12 Complejo Parque Guatemala City 01012 Guatemala Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Facility: Avient Corporation - Binh Duong, Vietnam 03 Street 02, VSIP Thu n An, Binh Duong 820000 Vietnam Facility: Avient Corporation - Butterworth, Malaysia Lot 1232, MK. 15, Kawasan Industri Kecil & Sederhana Butterworth, Penang 14120 Malaysia Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Page 4 of 10 ABS Quality Evaluations Avient Corporation ISO 14001:2015 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX At Below Facilities: Validity of this certificate may be confirmed at www.abs-qe.com/cert_validation.

Leadership, EHS&S-PS, Facility Services, Design & Development, Information Technology, Sourcing, Logistics, Legal, and Human Resources Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Thermoplastic Resins and Specialty Compounds Page 3 of 10 ABS Quality Evaluations Avient Corporation RC14001®:2015 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX At Below Facilities: Validity of this certificate may be confirmed at www.abs-qe.com/cert_validation. Gebze, Kocaeli 41448 Turkey Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Thermoplastic Resins and Specialty Compounds Facility: Avient Corporation - Guangzhou, China 2#, Nanyunsan Rd, Huangpu District, Science City Guangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510663 People's Republic of China Facility: Avient Corporation - Guatemala City 27 Avenida 34-11, Zona 12 Complejo Parque Guatemala City 01012 Guatemala Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Facility: Avient Corporation - Binh Duong, Vietnam 03 Street 02, VSIP Thu n An, Binh Duong 820000 Vietnam Facility: Avient Corporation - Butterworth, Malaysia Lot 1232, MK. 15, Kawasan Industri Kecil & Sederhana Butterworth, Penang 14120 Malaysia Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Page 4 of 10 ABS Quality Evaluations Avient Corporation RC14001®:2015 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX At Below Facilities: Validity of this certificate may be confirmed at www.abs-qe.com/cert_validation.

Leadership, EHS&S-PS, Facility Services, Design & Development, Information Technology, Sourcing, Logistics, Legal, and Human Resources Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Thermoplastic Resins and Specialty Compounds Page 3 of 10 ABS Quality Evaluations Avient Corporation ISO 14001:2015 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX At Below Facilities: Validity of this certificate may be confirmed at www.abs-qe.com/cert_validation. Gebze, Kocaeli 41448 Turkey Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colour and Additive Concentrates, Thermoplastic Resins and Specialty Compounds Facility: Avient Corporation - Guangzhou, China 2#, Nanyunsan Rd, Huangpu District, Science City Guangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510663 People's Republic of China Facility: Avient Corporation - Guatemala City 27 Avenida 34-11, Zona 12 Complejo Parque Guatemala City 01012 Guatemala Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Facility: Avient Corporation - Binh Duong, Vietnam 03 Street 02, VSIP Thu n An, Binh Duong 820000 Vietnam Facility: Avient Corporation - Butterworth, Malaysia Lot 1232, MK. 15, Kawasan Industri Kecil & Sederhana Butterworth, Penang 14120 Malaysia Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Activity: Design and Manufacture of Colorants and Additives for Plastics Page 4 of 10 ABS Quality Evaluations Avient Corporation ISO 14001:2015 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX At Below Facilities: Validity of this certificate may be confirmed at www.abs-qe.com/cert_validation.

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; • The current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows, including without any limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues; • Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Clariant’s Color business, including any expected synergies; • 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; • An inability to achieve the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisition and integration working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; • 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 consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions; • 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 described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” Post-consumer recycled content as percentage of total plastic packaging volume, by weight E NA B L I N G T H E U S E O F R E C YC L E D C O N T EN T T O P 5 G A P S T H A T W E A R E A D D R E S S I N G 2) DECONTAMINATION1) COLOR MANAGEMENT 3) MAINTAINING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 4) MONO-MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION 5) CONSISTENT RECYCLED MATERIAL QUALITY 9 G U I D I N G B R A N D S T O W H A T I S P O S S I B L E C A S E S T U DY W I T H B R A N D OW N E R Recycled ResinVirgin Resin 10 S U S TA I NA B I L I T Y F O R A B ET T E R TO M O R ROW 11 • Revenue from sustainable solutions expected to grow 18% in 2021 as our innovation efforts and collaboration with customers continues to accelerate • Investments centered around innovation and global sustainability megatrends o Enabling a circular economy – Technologies that allow for increased use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) material and improve recyclability of plastics o Light-weighting – Composites and CAI applications to reduce weight and material requirements, which minimize energy and carbon emissions o Eco-Conscious – Health and human safety applications as well as Avient’s alternative materials to replace lead, PVC, halogens, BPA and other less eco-friendly options 1111 *Avient Sustainable Solutions definitions aligned with FTC 2012 Guide for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”) **2020 is Pro Forma to include full year of the Clariant Color business 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020PF** 2021E $405M $455M $340M $550M $790M Revenue From Sustainable Solutions* 2016-2021 $930M Q3 2020 $925 $74 Sustainable Solutions 35 19% 14 Healthcare 51 44% 10 Composites 13 39% 6 Growth in Asia / LATAM 14 11% 3 Other 177 39% 16 Sub-total $1,215 31% $123 Supply Chain Disruption Costs (19) COVID Response Applications (5) (3) FX Impact 10 2 Synergies 12 Incentives, Travel, Other Employee Costs (16) Q3 2021 $1,220 32% $99 Q3 2021 SALES AND OPERATING INCOME ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 12 Sales Growth Rate Adjusted Operating Income$ millions 13 Q3 2020 Q3 2021 (1) Financial information is presented on a constant currency basis (1) (44% of total revenue) (56% of total revenue) Q3 END MARKET SALES PERFORMANCE +20% +31% +40% +24% +46% +40% +14% +33% Energy Telecom Building & Construction Transportation Industrial Healthcare Packaging Consumer Q3 YEAR-OVER-YEAR EBITDA BRIDGE 14 • Demand driven by growth in sustainable solutions, healthcare and consumer applications • Price increases more than offsets raw material and supply chain impacts • Synergy capture on pace to achieve $50M in annual savings in 2021 Q3 2020 $ 111 Demand 29 Adjusted EBITDA$ millions CAI: Price / Mix 51 Inflation (37) SEM: Price / Mix 25 Inflation (22) Distribution: Price / Mix 108 Inflation (103) Net Price Benefit 22 Supply Chain Disruption Costs (19) COVID Response Applications (3) Synergies 12 Incentives, FX, Other (16) Q3 2021 $ 136     15 • Price increases have more than covered raw material and freight inflation impacts of $300M year- to-date compared to 2020 • Demand impact driven by Q3 seasonality for the business Q2 TO Q3 SEQUENTIAL EBITDA BRIDGE Q2 2021 $ 159 CAI: Price / Mix 17 Inflation (8) SEM: Price / Mix 6 Inflation (5) Distribution: Price / Mix 35 Inflation (35) Net Price Benefit 10 Supply Chain Disruption Costs (4) Demand / Seasonality (35) Other 6 Q3 2021 $ 136 Adjusted EBITDA$ millions     F U L L Y E A R 2 0 2 1 O U T L O O K $308 $430 2020PF 2021E $1.93 $3.00 2020PF 2021E FULL YEAR GROWTH PROJECTIONS ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 17 Sales Adjusted Operating Income $3,783 $4,750 2020PF 2021E + 26% Adjusted EPS + 40% + 55% (in millions) (in millions) (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color acquisition (1)(1)(1) $1.74 $1.93 $3.00 2019PF 2020PF 2021E $442 $457 $580 2019PF 2020PF 2021E FULL YEAR 2019 – 2021 GROWTH ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 18 Sales Adjusted EBITDA $3,981 $3,783 $4,750 2019PF 2020PF 2021E + 19% Adjusted EPS (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color acquisition (1) (1) (in millions) (in millions) (1)(1) + 31% + 72% (1) (1) 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 40% 99% YTD 5 - YR 10 - YR 0.16 0.20 0.26 0.34 0.42 0.50 0.58 0.72 0.79 0.81 0.85 0.95 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2.1x Q4 NET LEVERAGE ~$1Bn REPURCHASED OVER LAST 10 YEARS ~$450MM PAID OVER LAST 11 YEARS C R E AT I N G VA LU E F O R SH A R E H O L D E R S 19 Share Performance Dividends Share Repurchases Deleveraging 3.5x 2.1x 2019PF 2021E Growing Dividend Cumulative Buybacks Net Leverage $ B n $ p e r sh a re Total Shareholder Return ~$4Bn MARKET CAP INCREASE OVER LAST 10 YEARS (1) Share performance includes reinvested dividends and is as of 10.25.2021 (2) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color acquisition (1) (2) 494% 2 0 2 1 AV I E N T I N V E S TO R DAY 20 • Investor Day to be held December 9, 2021 in New York, NY • The company will be doing a deep dive into its key long- term growth drivers with a particular focus on sustainable solutions Revenue Growth Drivers Long-Term Growth Rate Sustainable Solutions 8–12% Healthcare 8–10% Composites / 5G 10% Growth in Asia / LATAM 5% Other (GDP growth) 2–3% Avient 6.5% • Senior leadership team will also provide further details on the Clariant Color integration, as well as capital allocation priorities PEER COMPARISONS 21 As a specialty formulator, we don’t require significant capital investment, as compared to the base resin raw material suppliers we purchase from. Our free cash flow supports shareholder value creation through investing in R&D for organic growth, completing bolt-on acquisitions, and returning cash to shareholders via our dividend program and opportunistic share repurchases. 23 1.

General Purposes The general purposes of the Committee are to: • Develop the Company’s overall executive compensation philosophy and objectives; • Discharge the Board’s responsibilities relating to compensation of the Company’s executive officers and, further, to assist the Board in the discharge of its fiduciary responsibilities with regard to establishment of policies governing, and the implementation of, all aspects of remuneration throughout the Company, including benefits and perquisites of executive officers of the Company and any other employees designated by the Committee as key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries; • Discharge similar responsibilities with respect to the remuneration of non-employee directors; • Review and discuss with management the Company’s disclosures in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (the “CD&A”) required by rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and recommend to the Board whether the CD&A should be included in the Company’s proxy statement or other applicable SEC filings; • Prepare a Compensation Committee Report for inclusion in the Company’s applicable filings with the SEC that complies with the rules and regulations of the SEC; and • Provide policy guidance and oversight on significant human resource policies and practices. Develop and maintain a competitive executive compensation program in order to attract and retain qualified executives and to provide incentives to management that reward pay for performance in attaining the Company’s goals and objectives. 2 • Review and approve a peer group of companies to be used for marketplace trend analysis and to assess the competitiveness of the Company’s total compensation opportunities for executive officers Develop and maintain a process to enable the Board of Directors to evaluate the performance of the Chief Executive Officer on an annual basis and timely communicate the results of any such evaluation to the Chief Executive Officer

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