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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FORM&nbsp;S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Under </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>The
Securities Act of 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AVIENT CORPORATION </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">34-1730488</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>33587 Walker Road,</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Avon Lake, Ohio</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>44012</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Avient Corporation 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lisa K. Kunkle, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Avient Corporation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>33587
Walker Road </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(440) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">930-1000</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Avient Corporation (the &#147;<B><I>Registrant</I></B>&#148;) hereby files this Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&#148;) to register an additional 2,500,000 common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the &#147;<B><I>Common Shares</I></B>&#148;) under the
Avient Corporation 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended or amended and restated to date, the &#147;<B><I>Plan</I></B>&#148;). The Plan is an amendment and restatement, effective May&nbsp;11, 2023, of the Avient Corporation 2020
Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, for which a previously filed registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this
Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-238246)</FONT> filed by the Registrant on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000119312520142383/d931386ds8.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;14, 2020</A>, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented,
amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;). The
following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001122976/000112297623000009/avnt-20221231.htm">Form
 10-K for the year ended December<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2022</A> (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16091),</FONT> filed February&nbsp;22, 2023; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> (Commission File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16091),</FONT> filed <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297623000021/avnt-20230331.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;3, 2023</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000095015200006395/l83682ae8-a12b.txt">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
001-16091),</FONT> filed August 31, 2000, as amended by the description of the Common Shares contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297620000015/ex42-descriptionofregi.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16091),</FONT> filed February&nbsp;19, 2020, and as amended by any subsequent
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297621000014/avnt-ex31_20201231.htm">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (as amended through June&nbsp;
30, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;
31, 2020 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16091),</FONT> filed February&nbsp;25, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297621000014/avnt-ex32_20201231.htm">Amended and Restated Code of Regulations, effective June&nbsp;
30, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
001-16091),</FONT> filed February&nbsp;25, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297620000015/ex42-descriptionofregi.htm">Description of the Registrant&#146;s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section&nbsp;
12 of the Exchange Act (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019 (Commission File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16091),</FONT> filed February&nbsp;19, 2020) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001122976/000112297623000014/avnt-20230324.htm">Avient Corporation 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (Amended and Restated Effective May&nbsp;11,
 2023) (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16091),</FONT> filed March&nbsp;29, 2023) </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Avon Lake, State of Ohio, on
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lisa K. Kunkle</P></TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The
Securities Act of 1933
AVIENT CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Ohio
34-1730488
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
33587 Walker Road,
Avon Lake, Ohio
44012
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Avient Corporation 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Lisa K. Kunkle, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Avient Corporation
33587
Walker Road
Avon Lake, Ohio 44012
(Name and address of agent for service)
(440)
930-1000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Avient Corporation (the "
Registrant
") hereby files this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(the "
Registration Statement
") to register an additional 2,500,000 common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "
Common Shares
") under the
Avient Corporation 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended or amended and restated to date, the "
Plan
"). The Plan is an amendment and restatement, effective May 11, 2023, of the Avient Corporation 2020
Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, for which a previously filed registration statement on Form
S-8
is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
this
Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(Registration
No. 
333-238246)
filed by the Registrant on
May
14, 2020
, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented,
amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
"). The
following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2022
(Commission File
No. 001-16091),
filed February 22, 2023;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
(Commission File
No. 001-16091),
filed
May
3, 2023
; and
(c)
The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form
8-A
(Commission File
No. 
001-16091),
filed August 31, 2000, as amended by the description of the Common Shares contained in
Exhibit 4.2
to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019 (Commission File
No. 001-16091),
filed February 19, 2020, and as amended by any subsequent
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (as amended through June 
30, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 
31, 2020 (Commission File
No. 001-16091),
filed February 25, 2021)
4.2
Amended and Restated Code of Regulations, effective June 
30, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (Commission File
No. 
001-16091),
filed February 25, 2021)
4.3
Description of the Registrant's Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 
12 of the Exchange Act (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (Commission File
No. 001-16091),
filed February 19, 2020)
4.4
Avient Corporation 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (Amended and Restated Effective May 11,
 2023) (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (Commission File
No. 001-16091),
filed March 29, 2023)
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (filed herewith)
107
Filing Fee Table (filed herewith)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Avon Lake, State of Ohio, on
this 11th day of May, 2023.
AVIENT CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Lisa K. Kunkle
Name:
Lisa K. Kunkle
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Robert M. Patterson
President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (principal executive officer)
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Jamie A. Beggs
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Robert E. Abernathy
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Richard H. Fearon
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Gregory J. Goff
Director
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Date: May 11, 2023
*
Neil Green
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
William R. Jellison
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Sandra Beach Lin
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Kim Ann Mink
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Ernest Nicolas
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Kerry J. Preete
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
Patricia Verduin
Director
Date: May 11, 2023
*
William A. Wulfsohn
Director
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*
This Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the above officers and directors by Lisa K. Kunkle, as
attorney-in-fact,
pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Registration Statement.
Dated: May 11, 2023
By:
/s/ Lisa K. Kunkle
Lisa K. Kunkle
Attorney-in-Fact
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