We help our customers increase post-consumer recycled content, formulate with bio-based materials, use less material during production, reduce energy required for production, and build alternative energy applications. As the world continues to shift from operating in a CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROXY STATEMENT 2022 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders 31 linear economy to a circular economy, and with guidance from our Board and the commitment of our associates, investments in R&D and innovation will continue to help our customers create recyclable packaging, increase post-consumer recycled content, formulate with bio-based materials, use less material during production and reduce energy required for production.

Our efforts focus on serving secular trends and supporting our customers' goals to lightweight, use less materials, use bio-based materials, or increase the recyclability or recycled content of their end products. Proposal 1 - BOD Election Director Bios 8.

We help our customers increase post- consumer recycled content, formulate with bio-based materials, use less material during production, reduce energy required for production, and build alternative energy applications. Proposal 1 - BOD Election Director Bios 8.

Long-term trends that currently provide opportunities to leverage our strategy include the drive toward sustainability in polymers and their processing, the emergence of biodegradable and bio-based polymers, consumer concern over the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in infant-care products and developing legislation that bans lead and certain phthalates from toys and child-care items.

And we formulate bio-based products by incorporating other natural materials like soy, algae or corn to meet customers’ exacting and unique specifications while reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Chairman, President and CEO *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 Revenue from Sustainable Solutions* 2016–2021 Lightweighting Eco-conscious Sustainable Infrastructure Human Health & Safety Reduced Energy Use Bio-polymers Recycle Solutions VOC Reduction 12% Organic CAGR End Market Transformation* � Transportation Building & Construction Healthcare Packaging Consumer 57% 21% 57% 22% 14% 43% 11% 10% 8% 10% 4% 19% 23% 15% $790M $550M $405M $455M $340M $915M 2006 2021 2006 2021 *End market revenue as a percent of total United States Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, DC 20549 FORM 10-K ☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to .

We help our customers increase post- consumer recycled content, formulate with bio-based materials, use less material during production, reduce energy required for production, and build alternative energy applications.

Long-term trends that currently provide opportunities to leverage our strategy include the drive toward sustainability in polymers and their processing, the emergence of biodegradable and bio-based polymers, consumer concern over the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in infant-care products and developing legislation that bans lead and certain phthalates from toys and child-care items.

Long-term trends that currently provide opportunities to leverage our strategy include the drive toward sustainability in polymers and their processing, the emergence of biodegradable and bio-based polymers, consumer concern over the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in infant-care products and developing legislation that bans lead and certain phthalates from toys and child-care items.

Long-term trends that currently provide opportunities to leverage our strategy include the drive toward sustainability in polymers and their processing, the emergence of biodegradable and bio-based polymers, consumer concern over the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in infant-care products and developing legislation that bans lead and certain phthalates from toys and child-care items.