 Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; • The ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies, retain relationships with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our earnings; • 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; • 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 and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions 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 and employee productivity goals; • Information systems failures and cyber attacks; • Our ability to continue to pay regular cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; 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 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; the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results and tax adjustments. Tax adjustments include the net tax expense/benefit from one-time income tax items, the set-up or reversal of uncertain tax position reserves and deferred income tax valuation allowance adjustments.

 Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; • The ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies, retain relationships with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our earnings; • 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; • 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 and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions 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 and employee productivity goals; • Information systems failures and cyber attacks; • Our ability to continue to pay regular cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; 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 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; the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results and tax adjustments. Tax adjustments include the net tax expense/benefit from one-time income tax items, the set-up or reversal of uncertain tax position reserves and deferred income tax valuation allowance adjustments.

This is due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and amount of certain items, such as, but not limited to, mark-to-market adjustments associated with benefit plans, environmental remediation costs, acquisition-related costs, and other non-routine costs. GUIDANCE ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 8 15.4% 15.9% Guidance Actual Adjusted EBITDA Margin % Better-than-expected margins driven by: • Favorable mix - strong demand for composite applications • Raw material deflation Q2 EBITDA BRIDGE ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 9 ($ millions) CAI: Price / Mix 7) Deflation 11) SEM: Price / Mix 2) Deflation 6) Net Price Benefit 26) Wage and Energy Inflation (10) Cost Reductions 13) FX (2) Q2 2023 Actual $131) Adjusted EBITDA Q2 2022 Pro Forma $ 172) Demand (68) • Demand conditions vs. expectations: US & Canada LATAM EMEA Asia • Net price benefit remains greater than wage and energy inflation • Clariant synergies and reduced administrative costs Q2 2 023 SEQUENTI AL SAL ES BY REGI ON Q 2 2 0 2 3 v s .

If (i) Buyer is in default of performance of its obligations towards Seller and fails to provide adequate assurance of Buyer’s performance before the date of scheduled delivery; or (ii) Seller has reasonable doubts with respect to Buyer’s performance of its obligations and Buyer fails to provide to Seller adequate assurance of Buyer’s performance before the date of scheduled delivery and in any case within thirty (30) days of Seller’s demand for such assurance; or (iii) Buyer becomes insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, or goes into liquidation or should any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding be instituted by or against Buyer or should a trustee, receiver, resolution professional, administrator or similar officer be appointed for all or a substantial part of the assets of Buyer, or should Buyer make any assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (iv) in case of non-compliance of Buyer with any law, statute ordinance, regulation, code or standard (“Laws and Standards”), then Seller may by notice in writing to Buyer, without prejudice to any of its other rights: (a) demand return and take repossession of any delivered Products which have not been paid for and all costs relating to the recovery of the Products shall be to the account of Buyer; and/or (b) suspend its performance or terminate its order confirmation for pending delivery of Products unless Buyer makes such payment for Products on a cash in advance basis or provides adequate assurance of such payment for Products to Seller. Buyer intends that its indemnification obligations for claims related to or brought by anyone directly or indirectly employed by Buyer or its subcontractors will not be limited by any provision of any worker’s compensation act, disability benefit act or other employee benefit act, and Buyer hereby waives immunity under such acts to the extent it would bar recovery under or prevent enforcement of Buyer’s indemnification obligations. 16.

If (i) Buyer is in default of performance of its obligations towards Seller and fails to provide adequate assurance of Buyer’s performance before the date of scheduled delivery; or (ii) if Seller has reasonable doubts with respect to Buyer’s performance of its obligations and Buyer fails to provide to Seller adequate assurance of Buyer’s performance before the date of scheduled delivery and in any case within thirty (30) days of Seller’s demand for such assurance; or (iii) if Buyer becomes insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, or goes into liquidation or any bankruptcy proceeding shall be instituted by or against Buyer or if a trustee or receiver or administrator is appointed for all or a substantial part of the assets of Buyer or if Buyer makes any assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (iv) in case of non-compliance of Buyer with any law, statute ordinance, regulation, code or standard (“Laws and Standards”), then Seller may by notice in writing to Buyer, without prejudice to any of its other rights: (a) demand return and take repossession of any delivered Products which have not been paid for and all costs relating to the recovery of the Products shall be for the account of Buyer; and/or (b) suspend its performance or terminate its order confirmation for pending delivery of Products unless Buyer makes such payment for Products on a cash in advance basis or provides adequate assurance of such payment for Products to Seller. Buyer intends that its indemnification obligations for claims related to or brought by anyone directly or indirectly employed by Buyer or its subcontractors will not be limited by any provision of any worker’s compensation act, disability benefit act or other employee benefit act, and Buyer hereby waives immunity under such acts to the extent it would bar recovery under or prevent enforcement of Buyer’s indemnification obligations. 16.

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Unless otherwise stated, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS figures included in this presentation exclude the impact of special items as defined in our quarterly earnings releases. 2 0 2 1 P E R F O R M A N C E $80 $85 2020 2021 $0.52 $0.58 2020 2021 Q4 2021 PERFORMANCE ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 4 Sales Adjusted Operating Income $997 $1,202 2020 2021 + 21% Adjusted EPS + 6% + 12% (in millions) (in millions) $308 $429 2020PF 2021 $1.93 $3.05 2020PF 2021 FULL YEAR 2021 PERFORMANCE ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 5 Sales Adjusted Operating Income $3,783 $4,819 2020PF 2021 + 27% Adjusted EPS + 39% + 58% (in millions) (in millions) (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business (1) (1) (1) FULL YEAR 2021 SEGMENT PERFORMANCE 6 CAI $2,043 $2,402 Sales ($ in millions) SEM Distribution $226 $303 Operating Income + 18% + 34% $1,110 $1,631 Sales $70 $93 Operating Income + 47% + 33% (1) $709 $919 Sales $94 $132 Operating Income + 30% + 40% (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business (1) Full Year 2020 (Pro forma) $3,783 $308 Sustainable Solutions 147 19% 60 Healthcare 143 28% 30 Composites 58 43% 29 Growth in Asia / LATAM 107 21% 26 Other 543 30% 58 Sub-total $4,781 26% $511 Wage Inflation and Overtime (39) Other Supply Chain Costs (15) COVID Response Applications (22) (12) Synergies 44 FX, Incentives, Other Employee Costs 60 (60) Full Year 2021 $4,819 27% $429 FULL YEAR 2021 SALES AND OPERATING INCOME ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 7 Sales Growth Rate Adjusted Operating Income$ millions (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business (1) Adjusted EBITDA 8 Full Year 2020 (Pro forma) $ 457 Demand 135 $ millions CAI: Price / Mix 158 Inflation (120) SEM: Price / Mix 84 Inflation (65) Distribution: Price / Mix 318 Inflation (304) Net Price Benefit 71 Wage Inflation and Overtime (39) Other Supply Chain Costs (15) COVID Response Applications (12) Synergies 44 Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (60) Full Year 2021 $ 581    (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business (1) • Demand impact driven by growth in key focus areas: sustainable solutions, healthcare, composites and growth in Asia / LATAM • Price increases more than offset raw material and supply chain impacts FULL YEAR 2021 EBITDA BRIDGE SPECIALTY EBITDA MARGIN EXPANSION 9 CAI (1) 2018-2020 financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business 15.3% 15.2% 16.2% 17.0% 2018 2019 2020 2021 14.8% 15.2% 17.6% 17.8% 2018 2019 2020 2021 (1) SEM • Record margins in 2021 despite unprecedented supply chain challenges • Continued portfolio transformation to high-growth end markets and sustainable solutions • Clariant Color synergy realization • Investments in composites and outdoor high performance applications drove growth and mix improvements • Acquisition of Clariant Color business significantly expanded presence in healthcare, packaging and consumer end markets • Strength of portfolio – double-digit annual EBITDA growth since acquisition • $54 million of synergies realized in 2021 • Acquisition completed on 2020年7月1日 for $1.45 billion. Purchase price multiple rapidly declining on strength of business and synergy capture 10 $133 $205 2019PF 2021 10 Clariant Color EBITDA Growth Purchase Price Multiple 10.8x 7.0x 6.1x 2019PF 2021 2021 w/ Full Synergies (1) (1) 11.9% 16.2% 2019PF 2021 EBITDA Margins (1) CLARIANT COLOR: TRANSFORMATIONAL ACQUISITION ($ in millions) (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business ($ millions) Initial Synergy Estimate 2021 Synergy Realization Total Synergies Expected Administrative $ 18 $ 29 $ 40 Sourcing 24 20 24 Operational 18 5 21 Total Synergies $ 60 $ 54 $ 85 C L A R I A N T C O LO R I N T E G R AT I O N & C O S T S Y N ERG I E S U PDATE 11 • Integration going extremely well: synergy target increased to $85 million at December 9th Investor Day • Relentless focus on guiding principles of safety first, employee collaboration and exceeding customer expectations • Future revenue synergies are not part of these estimates and represent additional growth over the long term S U S TA I NA B I L I T Y F O R A B ET T E R TO M O R ROW 12 • Revenue from sustainable solutions grew 16% in 2021 and expected to grow 8-12% in 2022 as our innovation efforts and collaboration with customers accelerates • Investments centered around innovation and global sustainability megatrends o Enabling a circular economy – Technologies that allow for increased use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) material and improve recyclability of plastics o Light-weighting – Composites and CAI applications to reduce weight and material requirements, which minimize energy and carbon emissions o Eco-Conscious – Health and human safety applications as well as Avient’s alternative materials to replace lead, PVC, halogens, BPA and other less eco-friendly options 12 *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 12 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020PF** 2021 $405M $455M $550M $790M Revenue From Sustainable Solutions* 2016-2021 $915M $340M PEOPL E C U L T U R E I S E V E R Y T H I N G Community Service 7x Safer than Industry Average World-Class Safety Leadership Development Over $16 million raised since 2010 Diversity & Inclusion 13 Q4 2020 $997 $80 Sustainable Solutions 23 12% 8 Healthcare 53 43% 9 Composites 7 22% 2 Growth in Asia / LATAM 14 10% 3 Other 118 23% 2 Sub-total $1,212 22% $104 Wage Inflation and Overtime (11) Other Supply Chain Costs (4) Synergies 9 Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (10) (13) Q4 2021 $1,202 21% $85 Q4 2021 SALES AND OPERATING INCOME ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 14 Sales Growth Rate Adjusted Operating Income$ millions Adjusted EBITDA Q4 EBITDA BRIDGE 15 Price increases more than offsets raw material and supply chain impacts Q4 2020 $ 118 Demand - $ millions CAI: Price / Mix 62 Inflation (45) SEM: Price / Mix 25 Inflation (20) Distribution: Price / Mix 114 Inflation (109) Net Price Benefit 27 Wage Inflation and Overtime (11) Other Supply Chain Costs (4) Synergies 9 Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (13) Q4 2021 $ 126    Transportation (5)$ Outdoor High Performance (3) Other 8 Total Demand - Q4 2021 SEGMENT PERFORMANCE 16 CAI $526 $581 Sales ($ in millions) SEM Distribution $58 $61 Operating Income + 11% + 6% $305 $425 Sales $18 $22 Operating Income + 39% + 22% (1) $191 $228 Sales $30 $29 Operating Income + 19% - 3% 2 0 2 2 O U T L O O K REVENUE GROWTH DRIVERS Growth Drivers Long-Term Growth Rate 2022E Growth Rate Sustainable Solutions 8–12% 12% Healthcare 8–10% 10% Composites 10% 3% Asia / LATAM 5% 6% Other (GDP growth) 2–3% 2–3% Avient 6.5% 6% 18 Excluding Outdoor High Performance 13% (7.5% excl. We will deliver for our stakeholders through multiple value creation levers—many of which are unique to Avient: o Demand for sustainable solutions, healthcare, and composites, together with Clariant Color revenue synergies, that will drive long-term revenue growth in excess of GDP o Clariant color cost synergy capture will result in significant near-term benefit In addition, we remain committed to increasing annual dividends in line with earnings growth and opportunistically buying back shares, all while remaining modestly levered.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: • 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 effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; • The current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows including without any limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues • Our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Clariant’s Masterbatch business, including any expected synergies; • Changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding plastics in jurisdictions where we conduct business; • 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 the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisition and integration working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; • Our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; • Information systems failures and cyberattacks; • Our ability to consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions; • Amounts for cash and non-cash charges related to restructuring plans that may differ from original estimates, including because of timing changes associated with the underlying actions; and • Other factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 2020年12月31日 under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”ColorWorks innovation centers are specially designed to foster imagination and enable creative exploration of innovative solutions • Focus on customers’ sustainability initiatives through recyclability and post-consumer recycled materials for packaging applications • Supports 8-12% long-term revenue growth expectations across our sustainable solutions portfolio 8 2020 Pro forma $870 $69 Sustainable Solutions 66 37% 26 Healthcare 29 20% 7 Composites 12 36% 6 Growth in Asia / LATAM 47 39% 11 Other 190 48% 22 Sub-total $1,214 40% $141 COVID Response Applications (15) (8) FX Impact 36 4 Synergies 11 Incentives, Travel, Other Employee Costs (26) 2021 Actual $1,235 42% $122 Q2 2021 ORGANIC SALES AND OPERATING INCOME ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 9 (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Masterbatch business acquisition Sales Growth Rate Adjusted Operating Income$ millions (1) 10 Q2 2020PF Q2 2021 (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Masterbatch business acquisition (2) Financial information is presented on a constant currency basis (1,2) (44% of total revenue) (56% of total revenue) Q2 END MARKET SALES PERFORMANCE +26% +38% +46% +103% +51% +9% +7% +67% Energy Telecom Building & Construction Transportation Industrial Healthcare Packaging Consumer Q2 YEAR-OVER-YEAR EBITDA BRIDGE Q2 2020 Pro forma $ 106 Demand 69 11 Adjusted EBITDA$ millions • Demand impact driven by growth in sustainable solutions and consumer products • Price increases more than offset raw material and supply chain impacts (1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Masterbatch business acquisition (1) CAI: Price / Mix 40 Inflation (32) SEM: Price / Mix 23 Inflation (18) Distribution: Price / Mix 81 Inflation (77) Net Price Benefit 17 Supply Chain Disruptions (14) COVID Response Applications (8) Synergies 11 Incentives, Travel, FX, Other (22) Q2 2021 Actual $ 159     Q1 2021 Actual $ 161 CAI: Price / Mix 32 Inflation (22) SEM: Price / Mix 15 Inflation (9) Distribution: Price / Mix 50 Inflation (48) Net Price Benefit 18 Supply Chain Disruptions (12) Demand / Seasonality (6) Other (2) Q2 2021 Actual $ 15912 Adjusted EBITDA$ millions • Price increases more than offset raw material and freight inflation impacts • Demand impact driven by Q2 seasonality for the business Q1 TO Q2 SEQUENTIAL EBITDA BRIDGE     Q 3 A N D F U L L Y E A R 2 0 2 1 O U T L O O K $74 $98 2020 2021E $0.46 $0.68 2020 2021E ORGANIC GROWTH PROJECTIONS – Q3 ( T O TA L C O M PA N Y ) 14 Sales Adjusted Operating Income $925 $1,150 2020 2021E + 24% Adjusted EPS + 32% + 48% (in millions) (in millions) FULL YEAR GUIDANCE INCREASED 15 Sales Adj. We will deliver for our stakeholders through multiple value creation levers—many of which are unique to Avient: o Demand for sustainable solutions, healthcare, and composites, together with Clariant Masterbatch revenue synergies, that will drive long-term revenue growth in excess of GDP o Clariant Masterbatch cost synergy capture will result in significant near-term benefit In addition, we remain committed to increasing annual dividends in line with earnings growth and opportunistically buying back shares, all while remaining modestly levered.