https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/people/ethics-transparency
Our internal Ethics Committee and the Audit Committee of our Board provide oversight and direction for training and education regarding the Code and other ethics-related matters, and review trends in ethical and legal matters affecting Avient.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/Investor%2520Day%2520-%2520May%25202018.pdf
They use words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” and other words and terms
of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating
or financial performance and/or sales
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.
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; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial 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 the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; 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; the effect of changes in accounting principles or other
such laws or provisions affecting reported results and tax adjustments.