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
Chunk 31
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 Secretary, deals with the functions of the Board or committees of the Board or that the Secretary otherwise determines requires the Board’s attention, excluding those items that are not related to Board duties and responsibilities, such as junk mail and mass mailings, product complaints and product inquiries, new product or technology suggestions, job inquiries and resumes, advertisements or solicitations, and surveys. Directors may at any time review a log of all correspondence we receive that is addressed to members of the Board and request copies of any such correspondence. Concerns relating to accounting, internal controls or auditing matters are immediately brought to the attention of our internal audit department and handled in accordance with procedures established by the Audit Committee for such matters.

Board and Committees

Board Attendance

The Board met six times during 2024, the calendar year being our fiscal year. In 2024, each member of our Board attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and the committees on which he or she served (held during the period in which the director served). Each director is expected to attend the Company's annual meetings of shareholders. In 2024, all of our Directors attended the annual meeting of shareholders.

Board Committees

As of the date of this proxy statement, our Board has twelve Directors and the following four committees: Audit, Compensation, Governance and Corporate Responsibility, and Environmental, Health and Safety. Each committee meets periodically throughout the year, reports its actions and recommendations to the Board, receives reports from senior management, annually evaluates its performance and has the authority to retain outside advisors in its discretion. The primary responsibilities of each committee are summarized below and set forth in detail in each committee’s written charter, which is located on our website at www.avient.com under the heading “Investors” and the subheading “Governance.”

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#### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
| Audit Committee—Primary Responsibilities and Requirements                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     |                              |
| Assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities to shareholders relating to:                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 (1) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (2) the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements with respect to matters that may have a material impact on the financial statements;                                                                                                                                                
 (3) the independent auditor’s qualifications and independence; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 (4) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent auditors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |     | Number ofMeet