CUSTOM SOLUTIONS BUILT FROM GLOBAL RESOURCES With manufacturing facilities and innovation centers across the globe, we work with you to understand your goals and provide the expertise that lets you bring your vision to life.

Current packaging trends also place sustainability front and center.

At the recycling facility, PET and rPET materials are separated from non-plastics and other plastics, then compressed and gathered into bales for easy transportation to a processing center. At the processing center, the compressed PET is separated by color, crushed into small flakes, cleaned, and dried.

When it comes to the creative application of color and special effects in product design and branding, Avient’s ColorWorks™ centers are a source of ideas, inspiration and technical guidance. At four global ColorWorks centers, teams of experts work to establish high-impact color concepts at the earliest stages of product development to help you heighten shelf impact, differentiate brands, control costs and time- to-market, and manage color across multiple resins all around the world.

When it comes to the creative application of color and special effects in product design and branding, Avient’s ColorWorks™ centers are a source of ideas, inspiration and technical guidance. At four global ColorWorks centers, teams of experts work to establish high-impact color concepts at the earliest stages of product development to help you heighten shelf impact, differentiate brands, control costs and time- to-market, and manage color across multiple resins all around the world.

Attending and Voting at the Annual Meeting Company Operating Performance Our Company Culture Impact of Our Performance on Named Executive Officer 2018 Compensation Annual Incentive Plan 2018 Annual Incentive Program Payouts Named Executive Officer 2018 Target Opportunity ($) Payout (%) Payout ($) Long-Term Incentive Program 2016 – 2018 Cash-Settled Performance Units Performance Measure: Adjusted EPS Performance Periods Weighting Target Result Payout % Our Director Nominees and Committee Membership Name Age Director Since Principal Position Notable Skills and Experiences Independent Committee Membership* (M=Member, C=Chair) AC CC N&GC EH&SC Name Age Director Since Principal Position Notable Skills and Experiences Independent Committee Membership* (M=Member, C=Chair) AC CC N&GC EH&SC Average Tenure Average Age Gender Diversity 5.25 59 30% Governance Highlights Director Independence Independent Lead Director Board Oversight of Risk Management Stock Ownership Requirements Board Practices PROXY STATEMENT POLYONE CORPORATION PolyOne Center 33587 Walker Road Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 PROXY STATEMENT Dated March 28, 2019 PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Our Board recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed below. Requests for copies of such Annual Report on Form 10-K or for information on how to obtain directions to be able to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person should be directed to: PolyOne Center, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, Ohio 44012, Attention: Secretary.

Avient technology centers across the globe offer regulatory support and product stewardship expertise to help qualify products.

We follow the solution from our design centers to your plant, supporting development trials and scale up, and troubleshooting production issues as they arise.

GLOBAL REGULATORY COMPLIANCE Our regional tech centers around the world offer regulatory support and product stewardship expertise to help you qualify your products BIO-COMPATIBILITY APPLICATIONS Bio-compatible additives and colorants, tested under USP Class VI and ISO 10993, allow your materials to achieve required functional performance while meeting brand and color standards STERILIZATION REQUIREMENTS A standard color range and deliberate formulations provide stability under harsh sterilization methods AUTHENTICATION TECHNOLOGY Protect your brands with our Percept™ anti-counterfeit, security and tracking taggant technologies, or utilize radiopacifiers for placement protection LASER MARKING SOLUTIONS Optimized for color and contrast without diminishing physical property characteristics for branding, inventory management, data coding, or universal device identification PRODUCT & PROCESS OPTIMIZATION Maximize production throughput or eliminate waste with solutions including dimensional stabilization, cycle time reducers, chemical foaming agents, nucleation or hybrid technology ONCOLOR™ HC Colorants designed to be healthcare-friendly.

Belgium Branch 08/11/2021 Registered seat Route de Bastogne 19 09/08/2018 9638 Pommerloch Luxembourg Website www.polyone.com Declarative 09/08/2018 Legal Situation Status Start Date End Date Normal situation Active 09/08/2018 Legal form Start Date End Date Foreign entity 09/08/2018 VAT activities Vesaliusstraat 31 - 1000 Brussels E: ol.brussel@xerius.be T: 02 609 62 30 26/11/2021 4Extract from Page 2from Functions Last Name, first Name Registered entity Start Date End DateReason for termination Representative (branch) Roels Jean-Marie 31/08/2018 Last Name, first Name Registered entity Start Date End DateReason for terminationEntrepreneurial skills - Ambulant commerce - Fairground operator 31/08/2018Non SME dispensation (Exemption) Characteristic Phase Duration Start Date End DateReason for termination Employer National Social Security Office Characteristic/authorisation 01/11/2018undetermined Subject to VAT Characteristic/authorisation 31/08/2018undetermined Enterprise subject to registration Characteristic/authorisation 01/11/2018undetermined General assembly End Date Financial Year Start Date Exceptional Year Start Date End DateEnd Date Exceptional Year Financial Details Share capital (Capital Stock) Currency Duration of the entity 12,000.00 EUR June 31/12 09/08/2018 Use Bank account number Start Date End DateBank account number Bank Accounts BIC For all purposes 685 8477013 57 31/08/2018BE09685847701357BOFABE3X External Identifiers NSSO number 143954886 Trade register number 19 0097620 There is no data available for the following sections: Authorisations, Working partners :, Ex-officio striking off, Links between registered entities List of branches Branch - Center of operations Rue Melville Wilson 2 09/08/2018 België 26/11/2021 4Extract from Page 3from Establishment unit number 2.278.618.585 Trade name French Avient S.à r.l., Belgium Branch 08/11/2021 Rue Melville Wilson 2 31/08/2018 België Website www.polyone.com Declarative 31/08/2018 31/08/2018Start date establishment unit End date establishment unit Start date link between entities End date link between entities 31/08/2018 Activities Wholesale trade of industrial chemicals: aniline, printing ink, essential oils, industrial gases, chemical glues, dyes, synthetic resin, methanol, paraffin, etc.