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Director since: 2021
Age: 45
PROXY STATEMENT 2023 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 21
Robert M.
Rathbun 39,419 18,710 (3) 58,129 *
21 Directors and executive
officers as a group 1,581,833 133,926 (3) 1,715,759 1.88%
* Represents less than 1% of our outstanding common shares
c) Except with respect to Section 21(e) of this Plan, to the extent that any
provision of this Plan would prevent any Option Right that was intended to qualify as an
Incentive Stock Option from qualifying as such, that provision will be null and void with
respect to such Option Right.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/PolyOne%25202016%2520Annual%2520Report%2520Web.pdf
Thermoplastic polymers make up a substantial majority of the resin market and are characterized by their ability to
be reshaped repeatedly into new forms after heat and pressure are applied.
In the electronics industry, plastic enclosures and connectors not only
enhance safety through electrical insulation, but thermally and electrically conductive plastics provide heat
transferring, cooling, antistatic, electrostatic discharge, and electromagnetic shielding performance for critical
applications including integrated circuit chip packaging.
Bangkok, Thailand
21.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-03/Avient 2022 Proxy Statement.pdf
Director since: 2021
Age: 44
Current Public Company Directorships:
• None
Former Directorships:
• None
ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PROXY STATEMENT 2022 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 21
Robert M.
Base Salary
Annual Incentive
Long-Term
Incentive
To attract and retain talent
Drives the achievement of
key business results on an
annual basis
Directly ties the interests of
NEOs to our shareholders
Fixed base of cash
compensation
Performance-based and not
guaranteed
Helps retain key talent and a
majority is performance-based
and not guaranteed
Weighting
14%—CEO
31%—CFO
34%—Other NEOs
Weighting
18%—CEO
22%—CFO
21%—Other NEOs
Weighting
68%—CEO
47%—CFO
45%—Other NEOs
While the Compensation Committee does consider comparative compensation information to gain a
general understanding of current compensation practices in the market, it does not benchmark or
ultimately target a specific percentile or data point in assessing competitiveness for base pay or our
incentive programs.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/PolyOne%25202018%2520Proxy%2520Statement.PDF
Crist’s annual incentive opportunity was increased from 50% to 55% to reflect his new responsibilities
To attract and
help retain talent
Fixed base of cash
compensation
16% - CEO
33% - CFO
39% - Other NEOs
Base
Salary Drives the
achievement of
key business
results on an
annual basis
Performance-
based and not
guaranteed
19% - CEO
21% - CFO
21% - Other NEOs
Annual
Incentive Directly ties the
interests of NEOs
to our
shareholders
Helps retain key
talent and a
majority is
performance-
based and not
guaranteed
65% - CEO
46% - CFO
40% - Other NEOs
Long-
Term
Incentive
as Senior Vice President, President of CAI.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for ensuring that the Board evaluates its performance on
an annual basis.
Newlin’s employment) was amended and restated on February 21, 2008 to
comply with Code Section 409A, further amended and restated on July 16, 2008 to include certain retirement benefits,
further amended and restated on March 6, 2014 by the Letter Agreement in connection with his retirement as
President and Chief Executive Officer and transition to Executive Chairman, effective May 15, 2014, and further
amended on February 10, 2016 to extend his employment to July 1, 2016.
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Each such grant or sale of
restricted stock may be made without additional consideration or in consideration of a payment by the participant
that is less than the faiff r market value per Common Share on the date of grant. 21
Any grant of restricted stock may specify management objectives that, if achieved, will result in termination or early
termination of the restrictions applicable to the restricted stock.
No grant
will be made under this Plan on or afteff r the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, but all grants made
prior to such date will continue in effecff t thereafteff r subject to the terms thereof and of this Plan.
21.
c) Except with respect to Section 21(e) of this Plan, to the extent that any provision
of this Plan would prevent any Option Right that was intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option from
qualifying as such, that provision will be null and void with respect to such Option Right.
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PROXY STATEMENT 2024 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 21
Patricia Verduin, Ph.D.
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PROXY STATEMENT 2024 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 21
Patricia Verduin, Ph.D.