Company: AVNT
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001122976-25-000019
Chunk: 33

Company: AVIENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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, or recommends that the Board select, the Director nominees for the next annual meeting of shareholders                                                                                                  |     | Committee Members:  
 R.H. Fearon (C)     
 G.J. Goff           
 N. Green            
 S.B. Lin            
 K.J. Preete         
 P. Verduin          |
| Develops, reviews and recommends to the Board corporate governance guidelines applicable to Avient                                                                                                               |     |                     |
| Oversees the annual evaluation of the Board                                                                                                                                                                      |     |                     |
| Assists the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to certain corporate responsibility, environmental, social and governance matters                                                        
 •Provides oversight and guidance with regard to how the Board and management evaluate and integrate corporate responsibility and sustainability matters into the Company’s business strategy and decision-making 
 •Receives regular updates from management on these topics and reviews reports on corporate responsibility and/or sustainability published by the Company                                                         |     |                     |
| All members of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee have been determined to be independent as defined by the NYSE listing standards                                                             |     |                     |

C = Chair of the Committee

The Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee will consider shareholder suggestions for nominees for election to our Board. A shareholder that wishes to suggest a Director candidate for consideration by the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee should follow the procedures described for shareholder nominations for Director in the “Proposal 1 – Election of Twelve Director Nominees to Our Board of Directors”

<div align='center'>PROXY STATEMENT 2025 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 35</div>

#### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
section of this proxy statement. The Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee uses a variety of methods for identifying nominees for election as Directors to our Board, including third-party search firms, recommendations from current Board members and recommendations from shareholders. When using a third-party search firm, the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee generally provides such firm with guidance as to the skills, experience, and qualifications that the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee is seeking in potential candidates, and the search firm identifies candidates for the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee’s consideration. Although the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee does not have specific minimum qualifications that must be met for a candidate to be nominated as a Director, the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee considers the following criteria in evaluating potential candidates:

• Business or professional experience;

• Knowledge and skill in certain specialty areas such as accounting and finance, international markets, physical sciences and technology or the specialty materials industry;

• Personal characteristics, such as ethical standards, integrity, judgment