PR Newswire | Jul 16, 2020 04:14PM EDT

07/16 15:13 CDT

Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend CLEVELAND, July 16, 2020

CLEVELAND, July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of twenty and one-quarter cents ($0.2025) per share on the common stock outstanding, to be paid on October 8, 2020, to stockholders of record on September 18, 2020.

About Avient

Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with 2019 pro forma revenues of $4.0 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

* Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic * Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation * Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses

Avient employs approximately 9,100 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care(r) and a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. For more information, visit www.avient.com.

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