Company: AVNT
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001122976-25-000019
Chunk: 19

Company: AVIENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 other specialty metals and engineered products, and was a director of Carpenter from 2009 until 2014. 
 Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 As a proven leader, with deep and varied experience in technology and successful business operations, we believe that Mr. Wulfsohn is a valuable member of our Board. His background in managing operations in Europe and Asia/Pacific provides him with international expertise that is of value to Avient. Further, we believe his experience as a Chief Executive Officer of publicly-traded specialty companies has given him unique skills to assist in providing guidance on Avient’s continuing transformation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |     | Director since: 2011                  
 Age: 63                               
 Current Public Company Directorships: 
 •Modine Manufacturing Company         
 Former Directorships:                 
 •Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I      
 •Ashland Global Holdings Inc.         
 •Carpenter Technology Corporation     
 •Valvoline Inc.                       |

<div align='center'>PROXY STATEMENT 2025 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 22</div>

#### ADVISORY VOTE
PROPOSAL 2—Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of Named Executive Officer Compensation

As required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") and Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), our Board is submitting a “Say on Pay” proposal for shareholder consideration. While the vote to approve the compensation of the executive officers named in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement (the "Named Executive Officers" or "NEOs") is non-binding and solely advisory in nature, our Board and the Compensation Committee will review the voting results. If there are a significant number of negative votes, we will seek to understand the concerns that influenced the vote and expect to address them in making future decisions about our executive compensation programs.

At our 2023 Annual Meeting, shareholders voted to hold an advisory “Say on Pay” vote on an annual basis. Accordingly, we have determined to submit an advisory vote to approve our Named Executive Officer compensation to our shareholders at each annual meeting (with the next vote expected to occur in 2026) until the Company seeks another advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on our Named Executive Officer compensation program (which next frequency vote is anticipated to occur at the 2029 Annual Meeting).

As described more fully in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of