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.

Seller shall not be subject to any liability or damages for delay in performance or non-performance as a result of fire, earthquake flood, ice, natural catastrophe, pandemic, strike, lockout, labor shortage, labor dispute or trouble, accident, riot, act of governmental authority, act of God, war, act of terrorism (including cyber- terrorism and ransomware attacks), or other contingencies and/or circumstances beyond its reasonable control interfering with the production, supply, transportation, or consumption of the Products or with the supply of any raw materials used in connection therewith, or the inability of Seller to purchase raw materials at a commercially reasonable price, or if performance would be contrary to, or constitute a violation of, any regulation, law, or requirement of a recognized government authority, and quantities so affected may be eliminated by Seller from this contract without liability or damages to Seller, but this contract shall otherwise remain unaffected.

Seller shall not be subject to any liability or damages for delay in performance or non-performance as a re- sult of fire, flood, ice, natural catastrophe, pandemic, strike, lockout, labor shortage, labor dispute or trouble, accident, riot, act of governmental authority, act of God, war, act of terrorism (including cyber-terrorism and ransomware attacks), or other contingencies and/or circumstances beyond its reasonable con- trol interfering with the production, supply, transportation, or consumption of the Products or with the supply of any raw ma- terials used in connection therewith, or the inability of Seller to purchase raw materials at a commercially reasonable price, or if performance would be contrary to, or constitute a violation of, any regulation, law, or requirement of a recognized govern- ment authority, and quantities so affected may be eliminated by Seller from this contract without liability or damages to Seller, but these Terms and the contract shall otherwise remain unaf- fected.

Seller shall not be subject to any liability or damages for delay in performance or non-performance as a result of fire, flood, ice, natural catastrophe, pandemic, strike, lockout, labor shortage, labor dispute or trouble, accident, riot, act of governmental authority, act of God, war, act of terrorism (including cyber-terrorism and ransomware attacks), or other contingencies and/or circumstances beyond its reasonable control interfering with the production, supply, transportation, or consumption of the Products or with the supply of any raw materials used in connection therewith, or the inability of Seller to purchase raw materials at a أضرار بسبب التأخر في الأداء البائع أي مسؤولیة أو یتحمل.

Forza Maggiore Seller shall not be subject to any liability or damages for delay in performance or non-performance as a result of force majeure events such as fire, flood, ice, natural catastrophe, pandemic, strike, lockout, labor shortage, labor dispute or trouble, accident, riot, act of governmental authority, act of God, war, act of terrorism (including cyber-terrorism and ransomware attacks), or other contingencies and/or Il Venditore non sarà soggetto ad alcuna responsabilità né sarà tenuto a risarcire alcun danno per ritardi nell’esecuzione o per la mancata esecuzione imputabili ad eventi di forza maggiore quali incendi, alluvioni, gelo, catastrofi naturali, pandemie, scioperi, serrate, carenza di forza lavoro, dispute o controversie lavorative, incidenti, sommosse, atti dell’autorità amministrativa, eventi naturali, guerra, atti di circumstances beyond its reasonable control interfering with the production, supply, transportation, or consumption of the Product or with the supply of any raw materials used in connection therewith, or the inability of Seller to purchase raw materials at a commercially reasonable price, or if performance would be contrary to, or constitute a violation of, any regulation, law, or requirement of a recognized government authority, and quantities so affected may be eliminated by Seller from this contract without liability or damages to Seller, but such contract shall otherwise remain unaffected.

While the vote on Named Executive Officer compensation is non-binding and solely advisory in nature, our Board and the Compensation Committee will review the voting results. By refocusing the sales forff ce on value and profits versus volumes, and emphasizing specialty businesses versus those more commodity in nature, Mr. Common Shares delivered pursuant to an award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 10 shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such time, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Common Shares, other awards, notes or other property, as the Compensation Committee shall determine.

Avient is fully committed to protecting the environment by conserving natural resources and preventing pollution. While the vote to approve the compensation of the executive officers named in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement (the "Named Executive Officers" or "NEOs") is non-binding and solely advisory in nature, our Board and the Compensation Committee will review the voting results. Senior management believes the measures described above are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to Avient's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure Avient's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude.

Only naturally balanced runner systems (“H” patterns) are recommended.

Seller shall not be subject to any liability or damages for delay in performance or non- performance as a result of fire, flood, ice, natural catastrophe, pandemic, strike, lockout, labor shortage, labor dispute or trouble, accident, riot, act of governmental authority, act of God, war, act of terrorism (including cyber-terrorism and ransomware attacks), or other contingencies and/or circumstances beyond its reasonable control interfering with the production, supply, transportation, or consumption of the Products or with the supply of any raw materials used in connection therewith, or the inability of Seller to purchase raw materials at a commercially reasonable price, or if performance would be contrary to, or constitute a violation of, any regulation, law, or requirement of a recognized government authority, and quantities so affected may be eliminated by Seller from this contract without liability or damages to Seller, but this contract shall otherwise remain unaffected.

Seller shall not be subject to any liability or damages for delay in performance or non- performance as a result of fire, flood, ice, natural catastrophe, pandemic, strike, lockout, labor shortage, labor dispute or trouble, accident, riot, act of governmental authority, act of God, war, act of terrorism (including cyber-terrorism and ransomware attacks), or other contingencies and/or circumstances beyond its reasonable control interfering with the production, supply, transportation, or consumption of the Products or with the supply of any raw materials used in connection therewith, or the inability of Seller to purchase raw materials at a commercially reasonable price, or if performance would be contrary to, or constitute a violation of, any regulation, law, or requirement of a recognized government authority, and quantities so affected may be eliminated by Seller from this contract without liability or damages to Seller, but this contract shall otherwise remain unaffected.