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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| May delegate responsibilities (including ministerial duties) from time to time, as necessary and appropriate, to subcommittees or management, but is limited in its ability to delegate authority with respect to matters impacting such executive officers and non-employee Directors |     |                     |

C = Chair of the Committee

The Compensation Committee directly retained Willis Towers Watson (the “Consultant”) in 2024 to assist with assessing the competitiveness and overall appropriateness of our executive and director compensation programs. In 2024, the Consultant provided the Compensation Committee with comparative compensation information with respect to base salaries and annual and long-term incentive targets to provide the Compensation Committee with a general understanding of current compensation practices in the market. More detailed information about the compensation awarded to our Named Executive Officers in 2024, and the role of the Consultant and management in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive compensation, is provided in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement. The Consultant regularly attends Compensation Committee meetings, maintains regular contact with the

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Compensation Committee, and interacts with management to gather the data needed to prepare reports for Compensation Committee review.

The Compensation Committee periodically reviews the relationship with the Consultant including the level and quality of services provided, as well as fees for those services. In addition, expenses for other consulting services provided to Avient by the Consultant that are not related to executive compensation are monitored to ensure that executive compensation consultant independence is maintained. During 2024, the Consultant did not provide any services to the Company that were not related to executive and Director compensation.

The Compensation Committee considered all relevant factors, specifically including six consultant independence factors under Rule 10C-1(b)(4)(i) through (vi) under the Exchange Act, in assessing the independence of the Consultant. The Compensation Committee reviewed each factor as well as information provided by the Consultant that related to and was responsive to each factor, which assisted in the assessment. Upon completing this assessment, the Compensation Committee also determined that no “conflicts of interest have been raised by the work performed by the Consultant.”

| Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee—                                                                                                                                                               
 Primary Responsibilities and Requirements                                                                                                                                                                        |     |                     |
| Identifies individuals qualified to become Board members, consistent with criteria approved by the Board                                                                                                         |     | Number of           
 Meetings in 2024: 2 |
| Selects