# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001122976
**File Stem:** 0001122976-26-000097
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6401
**Document Hash:** c1375974745173f99a51d2112d77b859
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001122976-26-000097.hdr.sgml**: 20260515

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001122976-26-000097

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260514

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260515

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260515

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AVIENT CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001122976
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PLASTICS, MATERIALS, SYNTH RESINS & NONVULCAN ELASTOMERS [2821]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 341730488
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-16091
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26983294

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 33587 WALKER ROAD
- **CITY:** AVON LAKE
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 44012
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 440-930-1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 33587 WALKER ROAD
- **CITY:** AVON LAKE
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 44012

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** POLYONE CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000830

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K** 

  

**CURRENT REPORT** 

**Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 14, 2026**

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| **Avient Corporation** |
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) |

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| **Ohio** | **1-16091** | **34-1730488** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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**33587 Walker Road**

**Avon Lake, Ohio 44012** 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **(440) 930-1000**

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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**☐**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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**☐**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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| Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: |
| **<u>Title of each class</u>** | **<u>Trading Symbol(s)</u>** | **<u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u>** |
| **Common Shares, par value $.01 per share** | **AVNT** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Avient Corporation (the "***Company***") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "***Annual Meeting***") on May 14, 2026. The final results for the proposals submitted for a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. The proposals below are described in more detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2026.

a) The following individuals were nominated in 2026 to serve as directors until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. All nominees were elected. The voting results were as follows:

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| **<u>Director Nominee</u>** | **<u>For</u>** | **<u>Withheld</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| Robert E. Abernathy | 84982114 | 476324 | 1998081 |
| Richard H. Fearon | 79656834 | 5801604 | 1998081 |
| Neil Green | 85157663 | 300775 | 1998081 |
| William R. Jellison | 83910119 | 1548319 | 1998081 |
| Ashish K. Khandpur, Ph.D. | 84252043 | 1206395 | 1998081 |
| Sandra Beach Lin | 83668251 | 1790187 | 1998081 |
| Kim Ann Mink, Ph.D. | 84975972 | 482466 | 1998081 |
| Ernest Nicolas | 85157937 | 300501 | 1998081 |
| Kerry J. Preete | 82995749 | 2462689 | 1998081 |
| Patricia Verduin, Ph.D. | 85031153 | 427285 | 1998081 |
| William A. Wulfsohn | 83400715 | 2057723 | 1998081 |

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b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company's named executive officer compensation. The voting results were as follows:

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| **<u>For</u>** | **<u>Against</u>** | **<u>Abstentions</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| 80,935,972 | 4,446,644 | 75,822 | 1,998,081 |

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c) The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The voting results were as follows:

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| **<u>For</u>** | **<u>Against</u>** | **<u>Abstentions</u>** |
| 86,049,990 | 1,363,441 | 43,088 |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| **AVIENT CORPORATION** |
| <u>By: /s/ Amy M. Sanders</u> |
| Name: Amy M. Sanders |
| Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Corporate Ethics Officer |

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Date: May 15, 2026