Legal related (costs) gains Unrealized gain on foreign currency option contracts Gain on sale of investment in equity affiliates

5) Included in operating income for 2007 results are: 1) environmental costs of $48.8 million, and 2) a mark-to-market gain related to our pension and OPEB plans of $24.8 million. 15 ITEM 7. Additionally, the mark-to-market pension adjustment recorded within selling and administrative costs resulted in a $25.6 million gain in 2009 compared to a $9.1 million loss in 2010. Gains and losses on these contracts generally offset gains and losses on the assets and liabilities being hedged.

Joule RHB offers energy gains and raw material savings throughout multiple processing steps by improving infra-red energy absorption. Environmental and raw material gains can be achieved throughout the packaging lifecycle, including the recycling stream. Peter Bredenkamp Marketing Communications Specialist PolyOne ColorMatrix +44(0)7794 006170 peter.bredenkamp@avient.com

Adjusted free cash flow for 2023 was $186 million, slightly ahead of expectations. 2 2024 Outlook “In the first quarter, we expect demand to continue to improve in our two largest end markets, packaging and consumer, as destocking comes to an end and our sustainable solutions portfolio expands. This is due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and amount of certain items, such as, but not limited to, environmental remediation costs, mark-to-market adjustments associated with benefit plans, acquisition related costs, and other non-routine costs. 2) Tax adjustments include the net tax impact from non-recurring income tax items, adjustments to uncertain tax position reserves and the establishment, reversal or changes to valuation allowances. 9 Special items (1) Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Cost of sales: Restructuring costs, including accelerated depreciation $ (6.6) Environmental remediation costs (1.4) Impact on cost of sales (8.0) Selling and administrative expense: Restructuring and employee separation costs (11.3) Legal and other (4.4) Acquisition related costs (3.4) Impact on selling and administrative expense (19.1) Impact on operating income (27.1) Other loss (0.2) Impact on income from continuing operations before income taxes (27.3) Income tax expense on above special items 6.9 Tax adjustments(2) (1.9) Impact of special items on net income from continuing operations $ (22.3) Diluted earnings per common share impact $ (0.24) Weighted average shares used to compute adjusted earnings per share: Diluted 91.8 (1) Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; settlement gains or losses and mark-to- market adjustments associated with gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non- recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results

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These sustainable solutions have and will continue to comprise a growing portfolio for our company, as demand increases across the globe and canvasses many end markets. And as we look to the future, we expect our sustainable solutions portfolio to gain even more importance among our customers and their end users.

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