Company: AVNT
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001122976-25-000019
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Company: AVIENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 this proxy statement, the Compensation Committee of our Board has structured our executive compensation program to achieve the following key objectives:

| Objective                                                 |     | How Our Executive Compensation Program Achieves this Objective                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Pay-For-Performance                                       |     | Setting a significant portion of each Named Executive Officer’s total compensation in the form of variable compensation that is earned when pre-established financial performance goals are achieved                              |
| Align Executive Compensation with Shareholders’ Interests |     | Focusing incentive programs on the critical performance measures that determine Avient’s overall success and reward executives for the attainment of short-term results, balanced with the need for sustainable long-term success |
| Attract, Motivate and Retain Management                   |     | Competing effectively to attract, motivate and retain a management team that leads in setting and achieving the overall goals and objectives of Avient                                                                            |

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#### ADVISORY VOTE
We urge shareholders to read the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement, which describes in more detail how our executive compensation policies and procedures operate and are designed to achieve our compensation objectives. We also encourage you to review the 2024 Summary Compensation Table and other related compensation tables and narratives in the “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement, which provide detailed information regarding the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. The Board and the Compensation Committee believe that the policies and procedures described and explained in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement are effective in achieving our business goals and the compensation of our Named Executive Officers reported in the “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement has supported and contributed to the Company’s recent and long-term success.

| Our Board recommends a vote FOR the approval, on an advisory basis, of Named Executive Officer compensation. |

We believe you should vote “FOR” our Named Executive Officer compensation program and approve the following resolution because the compensation actually earned by our Named Executive Officers for our 2024 performance was aligned with our pay-for-performance objectives, our Company’s performance and shareholder interests:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to Avient’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and related narrative discussion, is hereby APPROVED.”

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#### AUDIT
PROPOSAL