https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/Avient Climate Change Scenario Analysis Summary 2022.pdf
Products &
Services and
Markets Opportunities
Avient's role in producing innovative and
low-emissions materials through light-
weighting, creation of sustainable
infrastructure, and advanced recycling
technologies is instrumental in the global
transition.
We are positioned to capture
enhanced market share over expanding and
emerging needs that will also enable climate
resiliency
High revenue growth opportunities to meet
demand for highly efficient chemical
materials that will contribute to lowering
customers' emissions as part of our
Sustainable Solutions label
High to moderate revenue growth
opportunities for new chemical materials
pertinent to Avient's customers' strategies
(low-carbon and otherwise) and are in
compliance with any existing regulations
(i.e., VOC reducing materials that address
vehicle air quality standards)
Impact Legend Time horizon Legend
Low impact S - short-term 0-5 years
Moderate impact M - medium-term 5-15 years
High impact L - long-term 15-30 years
BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS AND STRATEGIC RESPONSES
BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS AND STRATEGIC RESPONSES
IMPACT DRIVER &
Policy & Legal Risk
Technology Risk
Market Risk
Reputation Risk
Acute & Chronic Risk
IMPACT DRIVER &
Resource
Efficiency
Opportunity
Energy Source
Opportunity
Products &
Services and
Markets Opportunities
· We have embedded an energy intensity KPI (covering process and builidng efficiencies) into the incentive structure for all employees
We have established a product carbon footprint team that focuses on providing product-specific carbon footprint metrics based on where and how the product is
manufactured
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McAlindon
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Award-Winning Marketing Campaign
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2012 Range Rover Evoque Interior
• Color harmonization across
15 unique color-and-polymer
combinations
• Eliminated need for multiple pre-
colored materials
• Reduced Land Rover’s working
capital
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KOR Delta Hydration Vessel
• Specialty TPE formulation
overcame performance issues
• Eliminated secondary assembly
process for increased
operational efficiency
Interior
seal
Flip-top
seal
Bottom
ring
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Friedrich Kühl® Decorative Air Conditioner Housing
• Replaced painted ABS
housing with Geon™ solution
• Reduced operating noise
• Simplified manufacturing
footprint to drive significant
cost savings
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• Focused on markets with high
growth and profit potential
• Leveraging our in-depth
knowledge of formulation
Focused Efforts in Attractive Industry Segments
$113
$260
Healthcare
and processing to develop
market driven solutions
• Aligning resources across the
organization to drive growth
in target markets $152
$228
2006 2011
Sustainable Solutions
(Revenue in $ millions)
2006 2011
2006 2011
2006 2011
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• Design service collaboration
• Doubled productivity and
improved yield rates
• Substantial reduction in
overall manufacturing costs
Pulmonary Device
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Innovating for the future…
Rejuvenate a mature industry with new
products and processes
Products designed for “next life” instead of
“end life”
Plastics: Key to Future Sustainable Development
…Making a difference today!
end life”
New designs for energy and carbon efficiency
New applications for used and recycled plastics
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Therma-Tech™ LED Lighting
• Replaces metal in LED lighting
• Extends LED durability and life
span eliminating hot spots
• Greater design flexibility with • Greater design flexibility with
fewer parts
• Weight reduction
• Simplifies manufacturing and
lowers total production cost
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Decreasing Decreasing
Dependence on Dependence on
Fossil FuelsFossil Fuels
Globalizing and Globalizing and
LocalizingLocalizing
Protecting the Protecting the
EnvironmentEnvironment
Protecting the Protecting the
EnvironmentEnvironment
Improving Improving
Health and Health and
WellnessWellness
Improving Improving
Health and Health and
WellnessWellness
Alignment with Megatrends
• Aging
population
• Longer life
expectancy
• Healthy living
• Aging in place
• Aging
population
• Longer life
expectancy
• Healthy living
• Aging in place
• Environmental
consciousness
• Alternative
energy
• Resource
efficiency
• Biotechnology
• Environmental
consciousness
• Alternative
energy
• Resource
efficiency
• Biotechnology
• Global
leader/local
expert with
customized
solutions
• Global OEMs
seeking one
standard of
service
everywhere
• Global
leader/local
expert with
customized
solutions
• Global OEMs
seeking one
standard of
service
everywhere
• Efficiency focus
• Reduced
size/weight
• Mass transit
• Alternative
materials
• Electric vehicles
• Efficiency focus
• Reduced
size/weight
• Mass transit
• Alternative
materials
• Electric vehicles
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48.7%
$40.5
26.3%
Research & Development
Spending
Specialty Platform
Vitality Index Progression*
Innovation Drives Earnings Growth
Specialty Platform
Gross Margin %
* Percentage of Specialty platform revenue from products introduced in last five years
19.5%
$20.3
14.3%
($ millions)
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StrategyStrategy
PolyOne Innovation Framework
Unmet Needs
Identification
Idea Generation
and Shaping
Offering Offering Offering Offering
Phased Offering
Launch
Offering Offering
LaunchLaunch
Offering Offering
DevelopmentDevelopment
Market
Penetration
and Value
Maximization
Intellectual Property ● Resources ● CultureIntellectual Property ● Resources ● Culture
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• Accelerate growth in targeted industries and expand
geographic presence through market-driven innovations
• Leverage new talent, tools, and training to drive customer
satisfaction and margin expansion
Critical Imperatives
satisfaction and margin expansion
• Translate best practices
to / from ColorMatrix
• Drive specialization using a
value-based mindset
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Any samples or developmental material provided by Seller
are provided “AS IS” with no warranty as to its performance and
such samples or materials shall not create any warranty by sample,
which is hereby waived.
The act of providing a
sample or developmental material does not operate as permission,
recommendation, or inducement to practice any patented
invention without permission of the patent owner.
Seller
reserves to itself all applicable duty drawback allowances, and
Buyer shall provide assistance in connection with Seller’s
application for the same.
11.
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Avient can provide its
NDA form upon request
Business Continuation Plan
Backup plans have been
established in some facilities in
case of production site/line
disruption to ensure service
continuity to customers.
The plan covers all locations where services are
provided and covers fire, water, storm, bomb threat, site security, and information systems security failure
scenarios.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-08/AVNT Aug 2022 Presentation - Jefferies.pdf
To provide comparable financial results, Avient references “pro forma” financial metrics, which include the business results of Clariant Color for
periods prior to the Acquisition Date.
Management believes
this provides comparability of the performance of the combined businesses.
A reconciliation of these measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures is provided in the tables below.
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This document is issued by the Company subject to SGS General Conditions of certification services available on Terms and Conditions | SGS.
Certified since 06 September 2008
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Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
The final amount of charges resulting from the planned North American asset realignment and the Company’s ability to realize anticipated savings and
operational benefits from the asset realignment;
Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Spartech Corporation, including any expected synergies;
Our ability to successfully integrate Spartech and achieve the expected results of the acquisition, including, without limitation, the acquisition being
accretive;
Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and
cost of credit in the future;
The financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate
liquidity) to maintain their credit availability;
The speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market;
Our ability to achieve new business gains;
The effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs, and other political, economic and regulatory risks;
Changes in polymer consumption growth rates in the markets where we conduct business;
Changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online;
Fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply;
Production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs;
Unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters;
An inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital
reductions, cost reductions, employee productivity goals, and an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services;
An inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services;
An inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees;
The inability to achieve expected results from our acquisition activities;
Our ability to continue to pay cash dividends;
The amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and
Other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and
changes in the rate of inflation.
• The above list of factors is not exhaustive.
• We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
You are advised to
consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Strong past performance demonstrates that our strategy and
execution are working
• Megatrends align with our strengths
• Innovation and services provide differentiation, incremental
pricing power, and competitive advantage
• Strong and proven management team driving growth and
performance
• Addressable market exceeds $40 billion
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Schedule I
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited)
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)
Below is a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented
in accordance with U.S.
https://www.avient.com/investor-center/news/polyone-announces-second-quarter-2018-results
These investments and world-class service continue to differentiate
is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.
Net cash provided by operating activities
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is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.
Net cash provided by operating activities
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities
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About PolyOne
PolyOne Corporation, with 2013 revenues of $3.8 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities