Product/brand counterfeiting is a serious and growing global problem that negatively impacts consumers, businesses, and entire economies, with estimated costs of hundreds of billions of dollars annually.

Employing just a small amount of time exploring new options—metallic effects, camouflage, shimmers, and more—can pay off in terms of new and/or expanded business.

Avient acquired the Clariant Masterbatch business (CMB) on July 1, 2020 (the “Acquisition Date”). To provide comparable financial results, the Company references “pro forma” financial metrics, which include the business results of CMB for periods prior to the Acquisition Date. Management believes this provides comparability of the performance of the combined businesses.

They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. PolyOne’s chief operating decision makers use these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources. Platform operating income mix percentage 2005Y* 2008Y* 2010Y* 2012Y* 2012PF** H1 2013*** Global Specialty Engineered Materials $ 0.4 $ 17.6 $ 49.7 $ 47.0 $ 47.7 $ 32.5 Global Color, Additives and Inks 4.3 28.1 37.7 66.8 81.6 54.7 Designed Structures & Solutions - - - - 20.9 10.5 Specialty Platform $ 4.7 $ 45.7 $ 87.4 $ 113.8 $ 150.2 $ 97.7 Performance Products and Solutions 75.7 31.3 54.0 74.9 37.4 27.5 Distribution 19.5 28.1 42.0 66.0 66.0 33.1 SunBelt Joint Venture 91.9 28.6 18.9 - - - Corporate (51.5) (425.1) (27.7) (87.6) (87.9) (37.1) Operating income (loss) GAAP $ 140.3 $ (291.4) $ 174.6 $ 167.1 $ 165.7 $ 121.2 Less: Corporate operating expense (income) 51.5 425.1 27.7 87.6 87.9 37.1 Operating income excluding Corporate $ 191.8 $ 133.7 $ 202.3 $ 254.7 $ 253.6 $ 158.3 Specialty platform operating mix percentage 2% 34% 43% 45% 60% 62% * Historical results include the Resin and Specialty Coatings businesses within the Performance Products and Solutions segment. ** Pro Forma results include Spartech and Glasforms acquisitions, Specialty Coatings reclass and exclude the Resin business assets. *** Restated results to exclude the Resin business and to remove Specialty Coatings from the Performance Products and Solutions segment into Global Color, Additives and Inks segment.

They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. PolyOne’s chief operating decision makers use these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources. Platform operating income mix percentage 2005Y* 2008Y* 2010Y* 2012Y* 2012PF** H1 2013*** Global Specialty Engineered Materials $ 0.4 $ 17.6 $ 49.7 $ 47.0 $ 47.7 $ 32.5 Global Color, Additives and Inks 4.3 28.1 37.7 66.8 81.6 54.7 Designed Structures & Solutions - - - - 20.9 10.5 Specialty Platform $ 4.7 $ 45.7 $ 87.4 $ 113.8 $ 150.2 $ 97.7 Performance Products and Solutions 75.7 31.3 54.0 74.9 37.4 27.5 Distribution 19.5 28.1 42.0 66.0 66.0 33.1 SunBelt Joint Venture 91.9 28.6 18.9 - - - Corporate (51.5) (425.1) (27.7) (87.6) (87.9) (37.1) Operating income (loss) GAAP $ 140.3 $ (291.4) $ 174.6 $ 167.1 $ 165.7 $ 121.2 Less: Corporate operating expense (income) 51.5 425.1 27.7 87.6 87.9 37.1 Operating income excluding Corporate $ 191.8 $ 133.7 $ 202.3 $ 254.7 $ 253.6 $ 158.3 Specialty platform operating mix percentage 2% 34% 43% 45% 60% 62% * Historical results include the Resin and Specialty Coatings businesses within the Performance Products and Solutions segment. ** Pro Forma results include Spartech and Glasforms acquisitions, Specialty Coatings reclass and exclude the Resin business assets. *** Restated results to exclude the Resin business and to remove Specialty Coatings from the Performance Products and Solutions segment into Global Color, Additives and Inks segment.

They are based on management’s expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:  The final amount of charges resulting from the planned North American asset realignment and the Company’s ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the asset realignment;  Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Spartech Corporation, including any expected synergies;  Our ability to successfully integrate Spartech and achieve the expected results of the acquisition, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive;  Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future;  The financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability;  The speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market;  Our ability to achieve new business gains;  The effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs, and other political, economic and regulatory risks;  Changes in polymer consumption growth rates in the markets where we conduct business;  Changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online;  Fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply;  Production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs;  Unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters;  An inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions, employee productivity goals, and an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services;  An inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services;  An inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees;  The inability to achieve expected results from our acquisition activities;  Our ability to continue to pay cash dividends;  The amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and  Other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation. • The above list of factors is not exhaustive. • We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. PolyOne’s chief operating decision makers use these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company and each business segment and to allocate resources.

CLEVELAND – September 25, 2018 – PolyOne recently collaborated with Rapid Oxygen, a Stamford, CT-based company founded in 2013, on polymer selection for the development of its new emergency oxygen device called R15. PolyOne was instrumental in helping to streamline the development and production cycles through regulatory support, material expertise and selection, and supply chain solutions. The Rapid Oxygen Company (ROC) develops, designs, manufactures and sells portable oxygen generators for emergency use.

To aid customers in making that connection, our designers investigate global megatrends and perform deep and broad color research to develop palettes that resonate with evolving and longer-term societal trends.     Public Privacy: Without a doubt, we live in an age where technology often outpaces our ability to develop safeguards against hacking. Together with Color Inspiration 2018, designers and brand owners can work with InVisiO experts to develop new color palettes or even adapt existing colors to accommodate a new phase in a product’s lifecycle.

ElectriPlast Corp. is a leading technology innovator in conductive plastics with a broad intellectual property portfolio and deep application development expertise. Using our formulation expertise, we plan to develop ElectriPlast materials tailored for housings and other shielding applications, working in tandem with our customers and the application development experts at Integral Technologies." Integral Technologies Inc. and wholly owned subsidiary ElectriPlast Corp, engage in the discovery, development, and commercialization of electrically conductive plastics used in the production of industrial, commercial and consumer products.

work in designing and developing the USee™ self-refraction device for Unlike vision care in the developed world, the USee enables those with blurred vision to dial in their best optical acuity while viewing an eye chart, thus determining their correct prescription. For a video detailing this impactful project, click here: A Pioneering Vision Correction Solution for the Developing World