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Tax Considerations.
Company
Contributions to
Qualified Savings
Plan
Company Contributions
to PolyOne Supplemental
Retirement Benefit Plan
Tax
Gross-Ups
Standard
Expatriate
Benefits
Other
Benefits
Tax Gross-ups.
Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards (column (i))
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards (column (j))
Narrative Disclosure Relating to the 2018 Summary Compensation Table and the 2018 Grants
of Plan-Based Awards Table
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2018 Fiscal Year-End
Exercise
Price
Expiration
Date
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
Equity Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or Payout
Value of Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights that
Have Not Vested
(j)
Stock Awards
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unearned
Options
Equity Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights that
Have Not Vested
(i)
Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
Number of
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options (#)
Exercisable
Option Awards
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable (column (b))
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable (column (c))
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (column (d))
Option Exercise Price (column (e))
Option Expiration Date (column (f))
Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (column (g))
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (column (h))
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested
(column (i))
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have
Not Vested (column (j))
2018 Option Exercises and Stock Vested
Option Awards Stock Awards
Acquired on Exercise
Value Realized on
Exercise
Acquired on Vesting
Value Realized
on Vesting
Option Awards (columns (b) and (c))
Stock Awards (columns (d) and (e))
2018 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Aggregate Executive Registrant Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate
Balance at Contributions Contributions Earnings Withdrawals/ Balance at
in Last FY in Last FY in Last FY Distributions Last FYE
(1) ($)(2) ($)(3) ($)(4) ($) ($)(1)(5)
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control
Summary of Potential Payments
Management Continuity Agreements
Executive Severance Plan
Annual Plan
Long-Term Incentive Awards
Retirement Benefits
Payments and Benefits Upon Termination — As of the End of Fiscal Year 2018
CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure
CEO Annual Total Compensation for 2018: $6,127,920
Median Employee Annual Total Compensation for 2018: $48,056
Ratio of CEO to Median Employee Annual Total Compensation for 2018: 128:1
How the Median Employee was Determined in 2017
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Policy on Related Person Transactions
Risk Assessment of the Compensation Programs
Compensation Committee Report
The Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Voting at the Meeting
not
Shareholder Proposals
MISCELLANEOUS
Proxy Solicitation
We will furnish without charge to each person from whom a proxy is being solicited, upon written
request of any such person, a copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC, including the financial statements and schedules thereto.
