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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 officer average CAP trends from year to year (as applicable), and we believe that the relationships below demonstrate that our Named Executive Officer compensation is commensurate with performance over the Covered Years.

<div align='center'>Net Income versus Compensation Actually Paid</div>

| First PEO |     | Second PEO |     | Average Non-PEO Named Executive Officer |     | Net Income |

Net Income versus Compensation Actually Paid . Net income includes the income from discontinued operations, and for 2022 includes a one time $550 million gain on the sale of our Distribution business.

<div align='center'>PROXY STATEMENT 2025 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 74</div>

#### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Therefore, in 2022, net income is not heavily correlated with named executive officer compensation because this gain is not reflective of the underlying performance of the Company.

<div align='center'>Total Shareholder Return versus Compensation Actually Paid</div>

| First PEO |     | Second PEO |     | Average Non-PEO Named Executive Officer |     | Company TSR |     | Peer Group TSR |

Total Shareholder Return versus Compensation Actually Paid . Named executive officer compensation moved generally in tandem with both improving and declining TSR results over the Covered Years.

<div align='center'>Adjusted EPS versus Compensation Actually Paid</div>

| First PEO |     | Second PEO |     | Average Non-PEO Named Executive Officer |     | Adjusted EPS |

<div align='center'>PROXY STATEMENT 2025 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 75</div>

#### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Adjusted EPS versus Compensation Actually Paid . Named executive officer compensation has either tracked or, in the case of 2022, significantly lagged our performance as compared to adjusted EPS over the Covered Years.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During 2024, Robert E. Abernathy, Richard H. Fearon, Ernest Nicolas, Kerry J. Preete, and William A. Wulfsohn served on the Compensation Committee. None of our executive officers was a member of the Board of Directors or compensation committee of any other company where the relationship would be construed to constitute a committee interlock within the meaning of the rules of the SEC during 2024.

Risk Assessment of the Compensation Programs

As part of the Compensation Committee’s annual governance process, in October 2024 we conducted a formal assessment of our compensation programs to help confirm that they do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have