Fearon served as a Partner of Willow Place Partners LLC, a corporate advisory firff m, from 2001 to 2002 and was the Senior Vice President Corporate Development for Transamerica Corporation, a finff ancial services organization, from 1995 to 2000. Jellison Retired Vice President, Chief Financial Officff er of Stryker Corporation, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies. Patterson served in leadership roles at Novelis, Inc., an aluminum rolled products manufacff turer, and SPX Corporation, a multi-industry manufacff turer and developer, afteff r starting his career at Arthur Andersen LLP.

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Below is an example of our global recognition programs: Our Chairman’s Leadership Award recognizes our top performing General Manager for performance, culture and inspirational leadership Avient maintains an R&D stage gate process for new developments and currently approximately 90% of our technology projects support sustainable and carbon footprint related projects. 385 Row 1 (7.55.3.1) Method Select from: ☑ Partnering with governments on technology development (7.55.3.2) Comment An active program exists to periodically assess availability of government incentives related to greener technology use and development.

Microsoft PowerPoint - AVNT Q4 2021 Earnings Presentation (v17) - W PEERS x ESI AVIENT CORPORATION F O U R T H Q U A R T E R 2 0 2 1 R E S U L T S A N D 2 0 2 2 F I N A N C I A L G U I D A N C E (NYSE: AVNT) F E B R U A RY 8 , 2 0 2 2 DISCLAIMER Forward-Looking Statements In this presentation, statements that are not reported financial results or other historical information are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • 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 effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; • The current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows, including without any limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues; • Changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding plastics in jurisdictions where we conduct business; • 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; • Our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; • Information systems failures and cyberattacks; • Amounts for cash and non-cash charges related to restructuring plans that may differ from original estimates, including because of timing changes associated with the underlying actions; and • Other factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” Purchase price multiple rapidly declining on strength of business and synergy capture 10 $133 $205 2019PF 2021 10 Clariant Color EBITDA Growth Purchase Price Multiple 10.8x 7.0x 6.1x 2019PF 2021 2021 w/ Full Synergies 11.9% 16.2% 2019PF 2021 EBITDA Margins CLARIANT COLOR: TRANSFORMATIONAL ACQUISITION (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business ($ millions) Initial Synergy Estimate 2021 Synergy Realization Total Synergies Expected Administrative $ 18 $ 29 $ 40 Sourcing 24 20 24 Operational 18 5 21 Total Synergies $ 60 $ 54 $ 85 CLARIANT COLOR INTEGRATION & COST SYNERGIES UPDATE 11 • Integration going extremely well: synergy target increased to $85 million at December 9th Investor Day • Relentless focus on guiding principles of safety first, employee collaboration and exceeding customer expectations • Future revenue synergies are not part of these estimates and represent additional growth over the long term SUSTAINABILITY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW • Revenue from sustainable solutions grew 16% in 2021 and expected to grow 8-12% in 2022 as our innovation efforts and collaboration with customers accelerates • Investments centered around innovation and global sustainability megatrends o Enabling a circular economy – Technologies that allow for increased use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) material and improve recyclability of plastics o Light-weighting – Composites and CAI applications to reduce weight and material requirements, which minimize energy and carbon emissions o Eco-Conscious – Health and human safety applications as well as Avient’s alternative materials to replace lead, PVC, halogens, BPA and other less eco-friendly options *Avient Sustainable Solutions definitions aligned with FTC 2012 Guide for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”) **2020 is Pro Forma to include full year of the Clariant Color business 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020PF** 2021 $405M $455M $550M $790M Revenue From Sustainable Solutions* 2016-2021 $915M $340M PEOPLE C U L T U R E I S E V E R Y T H I N G Community Service 7x Safer than Industry Average World-Class Safety Leadership Development Over $16 million raised since 2010 Diversity & Inclusion 13 Q4 2020 $997 $80 Sustainable Solutions 23 12% 8 Healthcare 53 43% 9 Composites 7 22% 2 Growth in Asia / LATAM 14 10% 3 Other 118 23% 2 Sub-total $1,212 22% $104 Wage Inflation and Overtime (11) Other Supply Chain Costs (4) Synergies 9 Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (10) (13) Q4 2021 $1,202 21% $85 Q4 2021 SALES AND OPERATING INCOME 14 Sales Growth Rate Operating Income$ millions Q4 EBITDA BRIDGE 15 Price increases more than offsets raw material and supply chain impacts Q4 2020 $ 118 Demand - $ millions CAI: Price / Mix 62 Inflation (45) SEM: Price / Mix 25 Inflation (20) Distribution: Price / Mix 114 Inflation (109) Net Price Benefit 27 Wage Inflation and Overtime (11) Other Supply Chain Costs (4) Synergies 9 Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (13) Q4 2021 $ 126 Transportation (5)$ Outdoor High Performance (3) Other 8 Total Demand - Q4 2021 SEGMENT PERFORMANCE 16 $526 $581 SEM Distribution $58 $61 + 11% + 6% $305 $425 $18 $22 + 39% + 22% $191 $228 $30 $29 + 19% - 3% 2022 O U TLO O K REVENUE GROWTH DRIVERS Growth Drivers Long-Term Growth Rate 2022E Growth Rate Sustainable Solutions 8–12% 12% Healthcare 8–10% 10% Composites 10% 3% Asia / LATAM 5% 6% Other (GDP growth) 2–3% 2–3% Avient 6.5% 6% 18 Excluding Outdoor High Performance 13% (7.5% excl.

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