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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and the related accounting consequences) were to adversely affect our financial performance.

Stock Ownership and Retention Guidelines . In order to better align the financial interests of our executives with those of our shareholders, we believe our executives should own a meaningful number of Avient common shares. We have adopted Guidelines specifying a minimum level of stock ownership for all executives, including all Named Executive Officers.

The current Guidelines require all executives, including the continuing Named Executive Officers, to retain 100% of all net shares obtained through Avient as compensation for services provided. This requirement will cease when the Guidelines have been met, provided that an officer can only divest of a number of shares such that the Guidelines continue to be met. In general, shares counted toward required ownership include shares directly and indirectly held, shares and phantom shares held in our retirement or deferral plans, and RSUs and performance shares (if the applicable performance measures are met). The specific levels of stock ownership for the continuing Named Executive Officers are noted in the following table. Executives are expected to

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#### COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
accumulate the specified shares within five years of their becoming subject to the Guidelines. These policies, as they relate to our Directors, are discussed in the “Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors” section of this proxy statement.

| Name                    |     |    Stock Ownership 
 Target (in shares) |     |       Total Share 
   Ownership as of 
 February 28, 2025 |
|:------------------------|:----|-------------------:|:----|------------------:|
| Ashish K. Khandpur      |     |            125,000 |     |           224,575 |
| Jamie A. Beggs          |     |             45,000 |     |            86,103 |
| Amy M. Sanders          |     |             20,000 |     |            25,853 |
| Christopher L. Pederson |     |             20,000 |     |            59,314 |

Timing with Respect to Equity Award Grants . We have adopted a policywith respect to the timing of the grant of equity awards (including grants to the Named Executive Officers), which policy provides that equity awards (including common stock, SARs and RSUs) are granted pursuant to approval by the Board or the Compensation Committee, or pursuant to authority delegated by the Board or the Compensation Committee to the