Company: AVNT
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001122976-25-000019
Chunk: 72

Company: AVIENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 72
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 follows: Dr. Khandpur - 13,113; Ms. Beggs - 3,374; Mr. Rathbun - 2,552; Mr. Pederson - 1,668; and Mr. Garratt - 8,804.

2024 Non Qualified Deferred Compensation

We offer a defined contribution retirement benefit to all eligible Avient employees through the Qualified Savings Plan. The Qualified Savings Plan provides employees with individual retirement accounts funded by contributions including an employer-paid match on employee contributions equal to 100% of the first 3% of earnings the employee contributes plus 50% of the next 3% of earnings the employee contributes. The Internal Revenue Code limits employee contributions to the Qualified Savings Plan to $23,000 ($30,500 for participants over age 50), and earnings upon which employee/employer contributions may be made are limited to $345,000 in 2024.

We currently offer participation in a non qualified deferred compensation retirement plan, called the Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan ("Supplemental Plan"), to specified employees that include the Named Executive Officers. This plan is an unfunded, non qualified plan that provides benefits similar to our Qualified

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#### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Savings Plan, but without Internal Revenue Code contribution and earnings limitations. The Named Executive Officers are permitted to elect to defer up to 90% of their salary and annual bonus between the Qualified Savings Plan and the Supplemental Plan. The amounts deferred are credited to accounts selected by the Named Executive Officer that generally mirror the investment alternatives available in our Qualified Savings Plan except for an interest crediting fund based on corporate bond yields limited to 120% of the applicable federal rate. Each Named Executive Officer who participates in the Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan is 100% vested in that portion of their account that is attributable to elective deferrals and the Company match. A Named Executive Officer’s vested Supplemental Plan accounts will commence to be paid to them within 30 days of the date of their termination of employment with us in the form of payment they selected (lump-sum payment or payment in installments over a period not exceeding 10 years) on an election form received by us. The Avient Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan is also subject to the rules of Code Section 409A, which restricts the timing of distributions. Thus, payment, or commencement of payment, to the Named Executive Officers