Senior management uses adjusted operating income, adjusted EPS, and working capital to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and that current levels may serve as a base for future performance.

Senior management uses adjusted operating income, adjusted EPS, and working capital to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and that current levels may serve as a base for future performance.

Senior management uses adjusted operating income, adjusted EPS, and working capital to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and that current levels may serve as a base for future performance.

Senior management uses adjusted operating income, adjusted EPS, and working capital to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and that current levels may serve as a base for future performance.

EBITDA Margins • Focus on organic growth combined with transformative and bolt-on acquisitions • Divested commodity businesses tied to more cyclical end markets • Expanded presence in high growth areas of sustainable solutions, specialty healthcare applications, composites and more resilient end markets 5.4% 11.5% 16.1% 2006 2018 2022PF $142 $408 $585 2006 2018 2022PF 2006 figures exclude joint venture results 19 RETURNING CASH TO SHAREHOLDERS Growing Dividend 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0.16 0.20 0.26 0.34 0.42 0.50 0.58 0.72 0.79 0.81 0.85 0.95 0.99 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ~$1Bn REPURCHASED OVER LAST 11 YEARS ~$550MM PAID OVER LAST 11 YEARS Dividends Share Repurchases Cumulative Buybacks $B n $ p e r sh ar e 2022 PRO FORMA ADJUSTED EPS Earnings Growth Expanding Profitability $0.15 $1.09 $2.08 $2.67 2009 2012 2015 2018 2022PF T H IR D Q UART ER 2022 RE S U LTS $110 $119 $0.61 $0.59 Q3 2022 PERFORMANCE (TOTAL COMPANY CONT.

Argentina Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Czechia Finland France Germany Guatemala Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Peru Poland Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Taiwan, Greater China Thailand Turkey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Viet Nam C0.4 (C0.4) Select the currency used for all financial information disclosed throughout your response. In an increasingly decarbonized and electrified economy, we may witness a substantial decrease of demand for oil and gas products that, if not matched by equivalent decrease in supply, may durably lower commodity prices and ultimately decrease our manufacturing costs, improving the profitability of our business. Country/Region Scope 1 emissions (metric tons CO2e) Belgium 953 Canada 454 China 49 France 499 Germany 1,260 Hungary 106 Italy 722 Netherlands 7 Poland 130 Saudi Arabia 9 Spain 149 Thailand 7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 127 United States of America 13,041 Finland 35 India 179 Turkey 232 Singapore 22 Guatemala 16 Pakistan 275 Argentina 28 Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2021 Tuesday, August 3, 2021 64 South Africa 38 Indonesia 13 Chile 0.003 Sweden 62 Colombia 13 C7.3 (C7.3) Indicate which gross global Scope 1 emissions breakdowns you are able to provide.

Profitability can be negatively impacted by volatility in the end markets that PolyOne serves. Knowsley, United Kingdom 30. Increasing profitability during periods of raw material price volatility is another challenge.

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Delivering 7 consecutive years of adjusted earnings per share expansion, driven by record levels of profit and profitability, has created shareholder value. By refocusing the sales forff ce on value and profits versus volumes, and emphasizing specialty businesses versus those more commodity in nature, Mr. The vesting of the perforff mance shares was subject to specific profitability improvements resulting froff m PolyOne’s acquisition of Spartech.

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