You can trust that Avient materials meet the rigorous quality and safety management standards required across the globe.

Regular monitoring of our emissions to air from all of our sites is a part of environmental management at Avient.

When manufacturing blow molded bottles intended for food and beverage, industrial chemical and personal care markets, issues managing pearlescence and haze can lead to costly delays and disruptions – including unwanted downtime, higher scrap rates and quality concerns.  

When manufacturing blow molded bottles intended for food and beverage, industrial chemical and personal care markets, issues managing pearlescence and haze can lead to costly delays and disruptions – including unwanted downtime, higher scrap rates and quality concerns.  

When manufacturing blow molded bottles intended for food and beverage, industrial chemical and personal care markets, issues managing pearlescence and haze can lead to costly delays and disruptions – including unwanted downtime, higher scrap rates and quality concerns.  

Management believes this provides comparability of the performance of the combined businesses. Senior management also uses operating income before special items to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and how it may serve as a basis for future performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures that management uses in evaluating operating performance.

Kedrowski Page 38 Operational Excellence • Operational Excellence is a never-ending quest for improvement in response to the voice of our customers and shareholders • It is all about strengthening our capabilities to deliver value flawlessly to our customers deliver value flawlessly to our customers • It challenges us to enhance our productivity, profitability, and efficiency in all phases of our business, from safety to quality to waste elimination to environmental stewardship Page 39 Lean Six Sigma Initiative • In 2009, Lean Six Sigma was launched to improve execution skills across all businesses, functions, and global regions • A company-wide diagnostic was conducted, resulting in identification of six conducted, resulting in identification of six strategic improvement platforms • Financial targets were estimated, resources identified and trained results delivered , Page 40 PolyOne OSHA Recordable Incidence Rate 4 5 6 5.1 Safety Performance *Rubber And Plastics Manufacturing Industry (2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics). 0 1 2 3 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Industry Average 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.85 0.65 0.57 Page 41 • Exemplary on-time delivery • Best-in-class working capital % of sales 81% 87% 88% 95% 93% 92% 94% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 On-Time Delivery* Lean Six Sigma Delivering Results • Approximately $200M in cash driven by working capital improvements 16.2% 14.4% 18.9% 11.7% 9.6% 9.6% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 WC % of Sales 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 *As measured to customer request date Page 42 40.0% Percent of Associates Trained in LSS World’s Best Start-up Program in 2009* World’s Best Business Process Excellence Program in 2012* Award-Winning Lean Six Sigma Program *Both awards received from International Quality and Productivity Center 16.5% 40.0% 2009 2011 Page 43 • Globally leverage strategic supplier management best practices • Implement world class demand management processes Critical Imperatives • Improve operational reliability and efficiencies • Optimize global freight management Drive 50 – 100 basis points of gross margin expansion per year Page 44 Page 45

Additionally, Avient’s self-assessments, based on ISO 9001/IATF 16949, are requested of suppliers in order to provide insight into the core components of their Quality Management Systems (QMS) and subsequently used as approval criteria for Avient’s most sensitive end applications. Embed sustainable sourcing practices with our suppliers through our third-party risk management (TPRM) program.

The board also believes that good corporate governance is achieved through effective oversight of management and the business affairs of the company. Composition of the Board, director responsibilities, access to management and independent advisors, director compensation, and director orientation and continuing education

At the same time, however, it produces considerable data that must be effectively managed with new time- and cost-efficient tools. Media contact Jennifer Huang  Senior Manager, Marketing Communications Asia  Avient Corporation   +86 21 60284888  jennifer.huang@avient.com