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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 are less than the greater of $1 million or 2% of that organization’s latest publicly available annual consolidated gross revenues.

Our categorical independence standards and the material relationship considerations set forth above are found within our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available on our website at www.avient.com, under the heading “Investors” and the subheading “Governance.”

Our Board performed its independence review earlier this year. In applying the categorical standards set forth above and assessing the materiality of any relationships, the Board affirmatively determined that each of our current Directors (Messrs. Abernathy, Fearon, Goff, Green, Jellison, Nicolas, Preete, and Wulfsohn, and Mses. Lin, Mink, and Verduin), with the exception of Dr. Khandpur, is independent and meets the categorical independence standards described above, has no material relationship with the Company other than that arising solely from the capacity as a Director and, in addition, satisfies the independence requirements of the NYSE, including the NYSE independence standards applicable to the committees on which each such Director serves.

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#### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Board Leadership Structure

Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board selects the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and determines from time to time whether the positions are to be combined and filled by one person or separated and filled by two persons. Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board’s policy as to whether these roles should be separate is to adopt the practice that best serves the Company’s needs at any particular time. The Company's current Board leadership structure provides for a Non-Executive Chairman of the Board who is appointed by the Board. Mr. Fearon has served as the Non-Executive Chairman of our Board since December 2023. The Board believes that this structure allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus on operating and actively managing the Company and the Non-Executive Chairman to provide guidance, an additional layer of independent oversight of Avient, and an avenue of communication between management and the independent Directors. With independent members of the Board serving as chairpersons and members of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee, this leadership structure further enables the Board to provide independent oversight of material risks affecting the Company that are within the purview of such committees as further described under “Board Oversight of Risk.”

Majority Voting for Directors

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