Avient : Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Form 8-K)
May 17, 2021 at 01:04 pm EDT
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Avient Corporation (the 'Company') held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 13, 2021 (the 'Annual Meeting'). The final results for the proposals submitted for a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. The proposals below are described in more detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2021.
a) The following individuals were nominated in 2021 to serve as directors until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. All nominees were elected. The voting results were as follows:
Director Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Robert E. Abernathy
83,869,883
743,500
2,824,993
Richard H. Fearon
80,230,245
4,383,138
2,824,993
Gregory J. Goff
83,242,486
1,370,897
2,824,993
William R. Jellison
84,370,700
242,683
2,824,993
Sandra Beach Lin
83,590,230
1,023,153
2,824,993
Kim Ann Mink, Ph.D.
84,399,369
214,014
2,824,993
Robert M. Patterson
82,304,442
2,308,941
2,824,993
Kerry J. Preete
82,932,838
1,680,545
2,824,993
Patricia Verduin, Ph.D.
83,592,760
1,020,623
2,824,993
William A. Wulfsohn
83,872,231
741,152
2,824,993
b) The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company's named executive officer compensation. The voting results were as follows:
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
81,240,721
2,886,145
486,517
2,824,993
c) The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The voting results were as follows:
For
Against
Abstentions
84,321,035
3,075,041
42,300
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Avient Corporation is a premier formulator of specialized and sustainable materials solutions. The Companyâs products include specialty engineered materials, performance fibers, advanced composites and color and additive systems. The Company operates through two segments: Color, Additives and Inks and Specialty Engineered Materials. The Color, Additives, and Inks segment is a formulator of specialized custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, as well as specialty inks. Color and additive solutions include a range of colors, special effects and performance enhancing and sustainable solutions. It also provides custom-formulated liquid systems. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment is a formulator of specialty and sustainable polymer formulations, services and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials across variety of markets and end-use applications.