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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 Dow, she was Corporate Vice President and Global General Manager, Ion Exchange Resins at the Rohm and Haas Company (now a fully-owned subsidiary of Dow), where she spent more than 20 years serving in numerous senior roles with increasing responsibilities. 
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 We believe Dr. Mink provides us with valuable counsel related to her chemical and advanced materials background. Further, her experience as a Chief Executive Officer of a public company provides Avient with a unique perspective when forming strategies to guide the direction of our Company. Avient also benefits from her experience and expertise in technology and varied end markets.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |     | Director since: 2017                      
 Age: 65                                   
 Current Public Company Directorships:     
 •Eastman Chemical Company                 
 •Air Liquide S.A.                         
 Current Non-Public Company Directorships: 
 •Group14 Technologies                     
 Former Directorships:                     
 •Innophos Holdings, Inc.                  |

<div align='center'>PROXY STATEMENT 2025 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 18</div>

#### ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
| Ernest Nicolas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Chief Enterprise Operations Officer at HP Inc. ("HP"), a technology company with a product and services portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions, since 2024. From 2022 to 2024, Mr. Nicolas served as Chief Supply Chain Officer at HP. From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Nicolas served as Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Rockwell Automation, Inc. (“Rockwell Automation”), a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. From 2019 to 2020, Mr. Nicolas served as Rockwell Automation’s Senior Vice President, Operations and Engineering Services; from 2018 to 2019, he served as Vice President, Global Supply Chain; and from 2015 to 2018, he served as Vice President, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Management. He joined Rockwell Automation in 2006 and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility since that time. Prior to joining Rockwell Automation, Mr. Nicolas began his career at General Motors Company. 
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 We believe that Mr. Nicolas’ experiences in supply chain and enterprise operations at a large technology company and a large industrial company provide valuable insights into issues impacting