Company: AVNT
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001122976-25-000019
Chunk: 74

Company: AVIENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 74
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(1) Includes the following amounts reported as “Salary,” “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation,” or “All Other Compensation” for the Named Executive Officers in our summary compensation tables for prior fiscal years: $2,273,329 for Ms. Beggs; $396,026 for Mr. Rathbun; and $1,365,127 for Mr. Garratt.

(2) These reflect actual amounts earned by the Named Executive Officers in 2024 that have been deferred on a voluntary basis. All amounts reflected in this column are included in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement as “Salary” or “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.”

(3) This column contains contributions by us in the last fiscal year under the Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan, which provides for benefits in excess of amounts permitted to be contributed under our Qualified Savings Plan. All of the amounts in this column are included in the “All Other Compensation” column of the 2024 Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement.

(4) Because amounts included in this column do not include above-market or preferential earnings, none of these amounts are included in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement.

(5) A portion of the balance reflected in the table represents amounts earned by the Named Executive Officers, which they have elected to defer on a voluntary basis.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control

Summary of Potential Payments

Our plans, agreements, arrangements or typical practices would provide severance benefits to our still-serving Named Executive Officers in varying amounts to the executive under certain scenarios. We do not have employment agreements with our Named Executive Officers. We do have management continuity agreements

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(“Continuity Agreements”) with each of our continuing Named Executive Officers that provide for specified benefits upon a termination of employment following a change of control, and each of our continuing Named Executive Officers participates in our Executive Severance Plan. Further, other Company plans, agreements and arrangements may provide for specified benefits upon a change of control (or for acceleration of such benefits). Severance and other benefits that are payable upon a termination of employment or upon a change of control are described below. The table following this narrative discussion summarizes the amounts payable upon