"Our investments in commercial resources and specialty acquisitions continue to drive our growth, as we delivered an 8% increase in revenue and a 7% increase in adjusted EPS for the third quarter," said
The company reported organic sales growth of 6.1% while acquisitions added 2.3%. Weaker foreign currencies offset sales growth by 0.5%.
Mr. Patterson added, "I am pleased with these results considering that higher raw material and freight costs and weaker foreign currencies negatively impacted us in the quarter. In addition, in September we also experienced a demand slowdown in certain end markets such as building and construction and appliance as well as slower growth in
The company noted customers are citing concerns over tariffs and persistent inflation as possible drivers of these demand conditions, which most heavily impacted the Performance Products and Solutions (PP&S) and Distribution segments. Based on customer feedback, this is likely to continue for the balance of the year. If so, lower operating income from PP&S and Distribution could offset continued growth in Color, Additives & Inks and Engineered Materials in the fourth quarter.
"We remain focused on providing our customers exemplary service and helping them navigate these near-term dynamics. Our additional investments in commercial resources and specialty acquisitions position us well to support our customers and capture additional long term growth," said Mr. Patterson.
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Attachment 1 |
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PolyOne Corporation |
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
||||||||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
||||||||||||
Sales |
$ |
883.0 |
$ |
818.5 |
$ |
2,699.4 |
$ |
2,429.3 |
|||||||
Operating income |
70.5 |
65.7 |
226.7 |
225.7 |
|||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
50.2 |
40.2 |
149.5 |
138.1 |
|||||||||||
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
$ |
0.63 |
$ |
0.50 |
$ |
1.87 |
$ |
1.69 |
|||||||
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
$ |
0.62 |
$ |
0.49 |
$ |
1.85 |
$ |
1.68 |
Senior management uses comparisons of adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to
Three Months Ended |
Three Months Ended |
||||||||||||||
Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income |
$ |
EPS |
$ |
EPS |
|||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
$ |
50.2 |
$ |
0.62 |
$ |
40.2 |
$ |
0.49 |
|||||||
Special items, after tax (Attachment 3) |
(0.2) |
0.00 |
7.2 |
0.09 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted net income / EPS - excluding special items |
$ |
50.0 |
$ |
0.62 |
$ |
47.4 |
$ |
0.58 |
|||||||
Nine Months Ended 2018年9月30日 |
Nine Months Ended 2017年9月30日 |
||||||||||||||
Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income |
$ |
EPS |
$ |
EPS |
|||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
$ |
149.5 |
$ |
1.85 |
$ |
138.1 |
$ |
1.68 |
|||||||
Special items, after tax (Attachment 3) |
13.1 |
0.16 |
10.3 |
0.12 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted net income / EPS - excluding special items |
$ |
162.6 |
$ |
2.01 |
$ |
148.4 |
$ |
1.80 |
Attachment 2 |
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
||||||||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
||||||||||||
Sales |
$ |
883.0 |
$ |
818.5 |
$ |
2,699.4 |
$ |
2,429.3 |
|||||||
Cost of sales |
698.1 |
639.0 |
2,119.5 |
1,879.7 |
|||||||||||
Gross margin |
184.9 |
179.5 |
579.9 |
549.6 |
|||||||||||
Selling and administrative expense |
114.4 |
113.8 |
353.2 |
323.9 |
|||||||||||
Operating income |
70.5 |
65.7 |
226.7 |
225.7 |
|||||||||||
Interest expense, net |
(15.6) |
(15.5) |
(47.2) |
(45.3) |
|||||||||||
Debt extinguishment costs |
— |
— |
(0.1) |
(0.3) |
|||||||||||
Other income, net |
0.7 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
|||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
55.6 |
51.5 |
181.6 |
182.9 |
|||||||||||
Income tax expense |
(5.4) |
(11.3) |
(32.2) |
(44.8) |
|||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations |
50.2 |
40.2 |
149.4 |
138.1 |
|||||||||||
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
— |
(1.4) |
(1.1) |
(233.8) |
|||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
50.2 |
$ |
38.8 |
$ |
148.3 |
$ |
(95.7) |
|||||||
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
— |
— |
0.1 |
— |
|||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to PolyOne common shareholders |
$ |
50.2 |
$ |
38.8 |
$ |
148.4 |
$ |
(95.7) |
|||||||
Earnings (loss) per common share attributable to PolyOne common shareholders - Basic: |
|||||||||||||||
Continuing operations |
$ |
0.63 |
$ |
0.50 |
$ |
1.87 |
$ |
1.69 |
|||||||
Discontinued operations |
— |
(0.02) |
(0.02) |
(2.86) |
|||||||||||
Total |
$ |
0.63 |
$ |
0.48 |
$ |
1.85 |
$ |
(1.17) |
|||||||
Earnings (loss) per common share attributable to PolyOne common shareholders - Diluted: |
|||||||||||||||
Continuing operations |
$ |
0.62 |
$ |
0.49 |
$ |
1.85 |
$ |
1.68 |
|||||||
Discontinued operations |
— |
(0.02) |
(0.01) |
(2.84) |
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Total |
$ |
0.62 |
$ |
0.47 |
$ |
1.84 |
$ |
(1.16) |
|||||||
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock |
$ |
0.175 |
$ |
0.135 |
$ |
0.525 |
$ |
0.405 |
|||||||
Weighted-average shares used to compute earnings per common share: |
|||||||||||||||
Basic |
79.8 |
81.2 |
80.1 |
81.7 |
|||||||||||
Diluted |
80.7 |
82.0 |
80.8 |
82.3 |
Attachment 3 |
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Special items (1) |
Three Months Ended |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|||||||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
||||||||||||
Cost of sales: |
|||||||||||||||
Restructuring costs |
$ |
(0.1) |
$ |
0.6 |
$ |
(0.5) |
$ |
3.3 |
|||||||
Environmental remediation costs |
(7.5) |
(4.9) |
(19.3) |
(12.1) |
|||||||||||
Reimbursement of previously incurred environmental costs |
1.5 |
2.5 |
3.8 |
6.3 |
|||||||||||
Acquisition related costs |
— |
(1.2) |
(1.8) |
(2.7) |
|||||||||||
Impact on cost of sales |
(6.1) |
(3.0) |
(17.8) |
(5.2) |
|||||||||||
Selling and administrative expense: |
|||||||||||||||
Restructuring, legal and other |
(1.5) |
(5.8) |
(12.2) |
(11.5) |
|||||||||||
Acquisition related costs |
(0.9) |
(1.4) |
(2.9) |
(2.4) |
|||||||||||
Impact on selling and administrative expense |
(2.4) |
(7.2) |
(15.1) |
(13.9) |
|||||||||||
Impact on operating income |
(8.5) |
(10.2) |
(32.9) |
(19.1) |
|||||||||||
Debt extinguishment costs |
— |
— |
(0.1) |
(0.3) |
|||||||||||
Other income (expense), net |
— |
0.1 |
0.2 |
(0.2) |
|||||||||||
Impact on income from continuing operations before income taxes |
(8.5) |
(10.1) |
(32.8) |
(19.6) |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit on above special items |
3.0 |
3.3 |
9.3 |
6.8 |
|||||||||||
Tax adjustments(2) |
5.7 |
(0.4) |
10.4 |
2.5 |
|||||||||||
Impact of special items on net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne Shareholders |
$ |
0.2 |
$ |
(7.2) |
$ |
(13.1) |
$ |
(10.3) |
|||||||
Diluted earnings per common share impact |
$ |
0.00 |
$ |
(0.09) |
$ |
(0.16) |
$ |
(0.12) |
|||||||
Weighted average shares used to compute adjusted earnings per share: |
|||||||||||||||
Diluted |
80.7 |
82.0 |
80.8 |
82.3 |
(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; 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. |
(2) |
Tax adjustments include the net tax benefit/(expense) from one-time income tax items, the set-up or reversal of uncertain tax position reserves and deferred income tax valuation allowance adjustments. |
Attachment 4 |
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PolyOne Corporation |
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(Unaudited) |
December 31, |
||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
180.8 |
$ |
243.6 |
|||
Accounts receivable, net |
472.4 |
392.4 |
|||||
Inventories, net |
334.6 |
327.8 |
|||||
Other current assets |
69.8 |
102.8 |
|||||
Total current assets |
1,057.6 |
1,066.6 |
|||||
Property, net |
487.7 |
461.6 |
|||||
Goodwill |
650.1 |
610.5 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
430.4 |
400.0 |
|||||
Other non-current assets |
159.5 |
166.6 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
2,785.3 |
$ |
2,705.3 |
|||
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Short-term and current portion of long-term debt |
$ |
19.4 |
$ |
32.6 |
|||
Accounts payable |
419.7 |
388.9 |
|||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
130.7 |
149.1 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
569.8 |
570.6 |
|||||
Non-current liabilities: |
|||||||
Long-term debt |
1,316.8 |
1,276.4 |
|||||
Pension and other post-retirement benefits |
60.0 |
62.3 |
|||||
Other non-current liabilities |
224.6 |
196.6 |
|||||
Total non-current liabilities |
1,601.4 |
1,535.3 |
|||||
Equity: |
|||||||
PolyOne shareholders' equity |
613.3 |
598.5 |
|||||
Noncontrolling interests |
0.8 |
0.9 |
|||||
Total equity |
614.1 |
599.4 |
|||||
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
2,785.3 |
$ |
2,705.3 |
Attachment 5 |
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PolyOne Corporation |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|||||||
2018 |
2017 |
||||||
Operating Activities |
|||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
148.3 |
$ |
(95.7) |
|||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used by operating activities: |
|||||||
Loss on sale of business, net of tax |
— |
228.7 |
|||||
Depreciation and amortization |
66.4 |
75.7 |
|||||
Accelerated depreciation and fixed asset charges associated with restructuring activities |
2.6 |
0.9 |
|||||
Gain from sale of closed facilities |
— |
(3.6) |
|||||
Debt extinguishment costs |
0.1 |
0.3 |
|||||
Share-based compensation expense |
8.3 |
8.0 |
|||||
Change in assets and liabilities, net of the effect of acquisitions: |
|||||||
Increase in accounts receivable |
(70.6) |
(83.6) |
|||||
Increase in inventories |
(0.1) |
(21.7) |
|||||
Increase in accounts payable |
28.4 |
43.0 |
|||||
Decrease in pension and other post-retirement benefits |
(7.7) |
(10.4) |
|||||
Decrease in accrued expenses and other assets and liabilities, net |
(4.8) |
(30.4) |
|||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
170.9 |
111.2 |
|||||
Investing Activities |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
(51.2) |
(52.0) |
|||||
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
(98.6) |
(163.8) |
|||||
Sale of and proceeds from other assets |
3.9 |
123.0 |
|||||
Net cash used by investing activities |
(145.9) |
(92.8) |
|||||
Financing Activities |
|||||||
Borrowings under credit facilities |
835.3 |
1,111.2 |
|||||
Repayments under credit facilities |
(797.5) |
(1,013.3) |
|||||
Repayment of other debt |
(16.4) |
— |
|||||
Purchase of common shares for treasury |
(53.0) |
(70.7) |
|||||
Cash dividends paid |
(42.1) |
(33.2) |
|||||
Repayment of long-term debt |
(4.9) |
(4.9) |
|||||
Payments of withholding tax on share awards |
(3.9) |
(2.9) |
|||||
Debt financing costs |
(0.5) |
(2.5) |
|||||
Net cash used by financing activities |
(83.0) |
(16.3) |
|||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |
(4.8) |
4.7 |
|||||
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
(62.8) |
6.8 |
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
243.6 |
226.7 |
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ |
180.8 |
$ |
233.5 |
Attachment 6 |
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PolyOne Corporation |
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Operating income at the segment level does not include: special items as defined in Attachment 3; corporate general and administration costs that are not allocated to segments; intersegment sales and profit eliminations; share-based compensation costs; and certain other items that are not included in the measure of segment profit and loss that is reported to and reviewed by the chief operating decision maker. These costs are included in Corporate and eliminations. |
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
||||||||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
||||||||||||
Sales: |
|||||||||||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
261.0 |
$ |
235.1 |
$ |
805.6 |
$ |
670.6 |
|||||||
特种工程材料 |
166.7 |
156.3 |
495.3 |
474.1 |
|||||||||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
176.0 |
175.7 |
558.9 |
543.6 |
|||||||||||
PolyOne Distribution |
321.8 |
291.1 |
960.6 |
868.0 |
|||||||||||
Corporate and eliminations |
(42.5) |
(39.7) |
(121.0) |
(127.0) |
|||||||||||
Sales |
$ |
883.0 |
$ |
818.5 |
$ |
2,699.4 |
$ |
2,429.3 |
|||||||
Gross margin: |
|||||||||||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
88.8 |
$ |
81.5 |
$ |
275.3 |
$ |
236.8 |
|||||||
特种工程材料 |
44.4 |
40.4 |
134.8 |
128.7 |
|||||||||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
28.0 |
28.9 |
96.7 |
96.5 |
|||||||||||
PolyOne Distribution |
31.4 |
31.9 |
95.2 |
96.8 |
|||||||||||
Corporate and eliminations |
(7.7) |
(3.2) |
(22.1) |
(9.2) |
|||||||||||
Gross margin |
$ |
184.9 |
$ |
179.5 |
$ |
579.9 |
$ |
549.6 |
|||||||
Selling and administrative expense: |
|||||||||||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
47.7 |
$ |
45.1 |
$ |
146.8 |
$ |
126.7 |
|||||||
特种工程材料 |
25.5 |
22.8 |
74.7 |
68.6 |
|||||||||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
11.7 |
11.1 |
35.1 |
34.3 |
|||||||||||
PolyOne Distribution |
13.8 |
13.3 |
40.7 |
39.3 |
|||||||||||
Corporate and eliminations |
15.7 |
21.5 |
55.9 |
55.0 |
|||||||||||
Selling and administrative expense |
$ |
114.4 |
$ |
113.8 |
$ |
353.2 |
$ |
323.9 |
|||||||
Operating income: |
|||||||||||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
41.1 |
$ |
36.4 |
$ |
128.5 |
$ |
110.1 |
|||||||
特种工程材料 |
18.9 |
17.6 |
60.1 |
60.1 |
|||||||||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
16.3 |
17.8 |
61.6 |
62.2 |
|||||||||||
PolyOne Distribution |
17.6 |
18.6 |
54.5 |
57.5 |
|||||||||||
Corporate and eliminations |
(23.4) |
(24.7) |
(78.0) |
(64.2) |
|||||||||||
Operating income |
$ |
70.5 |
$ |
65.7 |
$ |
226.7 |
$ |
225.7 |
Attachment 7 |
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PolyOne Corporation |
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Senior management uses gross margin before special items and 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. In addition, operating income before the effect of special items is a component of PolyOne annual and long-term employee incentive plans and is used in debt covenant computations. Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to PolyOne's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure PolyOne's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation from, or solely as alternatives to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Below is a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. See Attachment 3 for a definition and summary of special items. |
|||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
||||||||||||||
Reconciliation to Consolidated Statements of Income |
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
|||||||||||
Sales |
$ |
883.0 |
$ |
818.5 |
$ |
2,699.4 |
$ |
2,429.3 |
|||||||
Gross margin - GAAP |
184.9 |
179.5 |
579.9 |
549.6 |
|||||||||||
Special items in gross margin (Attachment 3) |
6.1 |
3.0 |
17.8 |
5.2 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted Gross margin |
$ |
191.0 |
$ |
182.5 |
$ |
597.7 |
$ |
554.8 |
|||||||
Adjusted Gross margin as a percent of sales |
21.6 |
% |
22.3 |
% |
22.1 |
% |
22.8 |
% |
|||||||
Operating income - GAAP |
70.5 |
65.7 |
226.7 |
225.7 |
|||||||||||
Special items in operating income (Attachment 3) |
8.5 |
10.2 |
32.9 |
19.1 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted Operating income |
$ |
79.0 |
$ |
75.9 |
$ |
259.6 |
$ |
244.8 |
|||||||
Adjusted Operating income as a percent of sales |
8.9 |
% |
9.3 |
% |
9.6 |
% |
10.1 |
% |
The table below reconciles pre-special income tax expense and the pre-special effective tax rate to their most comparable US GAAP figures. |
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Three Months Ended |
Three Months Ended |
||||||||||||||||||||||
GAAP |
Special |
Adjusted Results |
GAAP 结果 |
Special |
Adjusted Results |
||||||||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
$ |
55.6 |
$ |
8.5 |
$ |
64.1 |
$ |
51.5 |
$ |
10.1 |
$ |
61.6 |
|||||||||||
Income tax expense - GAAP |
(5.4) |
— |
(5.4) |
(11.3) |
— |
(11.3) |
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Income tax impact of special items (Attachment 3) |
— |
(3.0) |
(3.0) |
— |
(3.3) |
(3.3) |
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Tax adjustments (Attachment 3) |
— |
(5.7) |
(5.7) |
— |
0.4 |
0.4 |
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Income tax expense |
$ |
(5.4) |
$ |
(8.7) |
$ |
(14.1) |
$ |
(11.3) |
$ |
(2.9) |
$ |
(14.2) |
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Effective Tax Rate |
9.7 |
% |
22.0 |
% |
21.9 |
% |
23.1 |
% |
Nine Months Ended 2018年9月30日 |
Nine Months Ended 2017年9月30日 |
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GAAP 结果 |
Special |
Adjusted Results |
GAAP 结果 |
Special |
Adjusted Results |
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Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
$ |
181.6 |
$ |
32.8 |
$ |
214.4 |
$ |
182.9 |
$ |
19.6 |
$ |
202.5 |
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Income tax expense - GAAP |
(32.2) |
— |
(32.2) |
(44.8) |
— |
(44.8) |
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Income tax impact of special items (Attachment 3) |
— |
(9.3) |
(9.3) |
— |
(6.8) |
(6.8) |
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Tax adjustments (Attachment 3) |
— |
(10.4) |
(10.4) |
— |
(2.5) |
(2.5) |
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Income tax expense |
$ |
(32.2) |
$ |
(19.7) |
$ |
(51.9) |
$ |
(44.8) |
$ |
(9.3) |
$ |
(54.1) |
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Effective Tax Rate |
17.7 |
% |
24.2 |
% |
24.5 |
% |
26.7 |
% |
The following table summarizes our liquidity as of September 30, 2018: |
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(In millions) |
2018年9月30日 |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
180.8 |
|
Revolving credit availability |
299.8 |
||
Liquidity |
$ |
480.6 |
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SOURCE
Investor Relations Contact: Joe Di Salvo, Vice President, Investor Relations, PolyOne Corporation, +1 440-930-1921, giuseppe.disalvo@avient.com; Media Contact: Kyle G. Rose, Vice President, Corporate Communications, PolyOne Corporation, +1 440-930-3162, kyle.rose@avient.com