https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/2024 Proxy Statement %28Filed%29.pdf
Common shares represented by a properly signed proxy card will be voted in accordance with the
choices marked on the card.
If no choices are marked, the shares will be voted FOR the: (1) election of
twelve Director nominees to our Board; (2) approval, on an advisory basis, of Named Executive Officer
compensation; and (3) ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
Year Ended
December 31,
2023 2022 2021 2020
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders $ 75.8 $ 82.8 $ 151.8 $71.0
Special items, after tax(1) 79.3 116.2 50.0 24.8
Amortization expense, after-tax 61.5 49.0 44.9 33.6
Adjusted net income / EPS $ 216.6 $ 248.0 $ 246.7 $ 129.4
Diluted Shares 91.8 92.2 92.1 90.6
Adjusted EPS attributable to Avient common shareholders from continuing operations $ 2.36 $ 2.69 $ 2.68 $ 1.43
(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
actuarial 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, joint ventures and
equity investments; 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.
