Winona, Minnesota Pune, India(a) (d) 8. Taoyuan, Taiwan 8. Performance—The Highest Ethical Standards; Ethics Hotline; Enterprise Risk Management Pages 68, 69, 70 Avient 2023 Annual Report—Form 10-K Pages 8–15 Operational Safety, Emergency Preparedness & Response Process Safety Incidents Count (PSIC), Process Safety Total Incident Rate (PSTIR), and Process Safety Incident Severity Rate (PSISR) RT-CH-540a.1 1.

Place vents at each 90° intersection and vent to atmosphere 8. Cut vent depths to 0.0007″–0.0015″ Draft Angle Maintain a minimum draft angle of 1° per side 4 Artisan Pre-Colored Thermoplastics Incomplete Fill Melt and/or mold too cold • Increase nozzle and barrel temperatures • Check thermocouples and heater bands Shot size • Increase shot size • Adjust transfer position to 98% full • Increase cushion Mold design • Enlarge or widen vents and increase number of vents • Check that vents are unplugged • Check that gates are unplugged • Enlarge gates and/or runners • Perform short shots to determine fill pattern and verify proper vent location • Increase wall thickness to move gas trap to parting line Brittleness Degraded/overheated material • Decrease melt temperature • Decrease back pressure • Use smaller barrel Gate location and/or size • Relocate gate to non-stress area • Increase gate size to allow higher flow rate and lower molded-in stress Wet material • Check moisture. Sink Marks Melt too hot • Decrease nozzle and barrel temperatures Insufficient material volume • Increase shot size • Increase packing pressure Part geometry too thick • Reduce wall thickness • Reduce rib thickness Processing Guide 5 Flash Injection pressure too high • Decrease injection pressure • Increase clamp pressure • Increase transfer position Excess material volume • Adjust transfer position • Decrease pack pressure • Decrease shot size Melt or mold too hot • Decrease nozzle and barrel temperatures • Decrease mold temperature Loose clamp • Reset mold height • Increase clamp tonnage Shrink Too much shrink • Increase cooling time Too little shrink • Decrease cooling time Burning • Reduce decompression Mold design • Clean, widen and increase number of vents • Increase gate size to reduce shear Wet material • Verify material is dried at proper condition Nozzle Drool Nozzle temperature too hot • Decrease nozzle temperature • Decrease back pressure • Increase screw decompression • Verify material has been dried at proper conditions Incorrect nozzle • Use reverse taper tip Weld Lines Melt front temperatures are too low • Increase pack and hold pressure Mold design • Increase gate size • Identify end of fill pattern and verify proper vent location • Add vents or increase vent width • Move gate location 6 Artisan Pre-Colored Thermoplastics Warp • Increase melt temp • Reduce injection speed • Increase pack pressure • Increase pack time • Decrease mold temperature • Increase cool time Mold design • Non-uniform mold cooling Part design • Non-uniform wall thickness Thermolator incorrect temperature • Check settings • Inspect thermocouple Sticking in Mold Overfilled cavity • Decrease injection rate and pressure • Decrease hold pressure • Decrease cooling time Part too hot • Decrease barrel temperature • Decrease mold temperature • Increase cooling time Mold design • Increase draft angle • Polish cores in direction of ejection Black Specks Contamination • Purge machine Degradation • Reduce melt temperature • Reduce screw speed • Reduce back pressure Machine related • Check for wear on screw, barrel or check ring Delamination • Increase melt temperature • Decrease injection speed • Purge barrel to eliminate material contamination Mold design • Reduce sharp corners in material flow path • Increase venting Processing Guide 7 Discoloration Oversheared material • Decrease melt temperature • Decrease injection speed • Reduce residence time Mold design • Increase gate sizing Dry material • Check moisture of material to ensure it is within the recommended moisture percentage for molding 1.844.4AVIENT www.avient.com Copyright © 2020, Avient Corporation.

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; • 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, tariffs, and any recessionary conditions; and • other factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Share gains and geographic penetration all Avient Amplify innovation Copyright © . 2025 8 Build new platforms of scale GROW BUSINESS AT 10% PLUS CAGR 1.

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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. Building off our strong performance in 2024, I remain optimistic in our team’s ability to achieve the long-term financial targets we shared at Investor Day last December.” 3 Webcast Details Avient will provide additional details on its 2024 fourth quarter and full year results, as well as its 2025 full year outlook during its webcast scheduled for 8:00 a.m. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission. 6 Investor Relations Contact: Giuseppe (Joe) Di Salvo Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations Avient Corporation +1 440-930-1921 giuseppe.disalvo@avient.com Media Contact: Kyle G.