SEC FORM
4
SEC Form 4
| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See
Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| AVIENT CORPORATION |
| 33587 WALKER ROAD |
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVIENT CORP
[ AVNT ]
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year)
03/29/2024
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication |
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Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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5.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
3 and 4)
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6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
Amount |
(A) or (D) |
Price |
| Common Stock |
03/29/2024 |
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A |
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808 |
A |
$0
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52,488.64
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I |
Deferred Comp Plan |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
4. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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5.
Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
3 and 4)
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8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.
5)
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9.
Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
4)
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10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
(A) |
(D) |
Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
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By: Robert K. James, Power of Attorney For: William A Wulfsohn |
04/01/2024 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
4
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. |
VIENT CORPORATION
Instrument of Substitution of Attorney-in-Fact
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, as
attorney-in-fact under a duly authorized and executed Power of Attorney filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) on October 11,
2011 (the ?Power of Attorney?) for William A. Wulfsohn (the ?Insider?), hereby
constitutes and appoints (pursuant to the substitution authority granted to the
undersigned pursuant to such Power of Attorney (the ?Substitution Authority?))
each of Jamie A. Beggs, Kristen A. Gajewski, Robert K. James, and Lorraine E.
Gaulding, signing individually, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the
Insider, and as a substitute for the undersigned, to: 1. Prepare, execute in
the Insider?s name and on the Insider?s behalf, and submit to the SEC a Form
ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC; and 2.
Execute for and on behalf of the Insider, in the Insider?s capacity as an
officer and/or director of Avient Corporation (the ?Corporation?), Forms 3, 4,
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules and regulations thereunder; and 3. Do and perform any and all
acts for and on behalf of the Insider which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and 4. Take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the Insider, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the Insider pursuant to the
Power of Attorney and this Instrument of Substitution of Attorney-in-Fact shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact?s discretion. The
undersigned, pursuant to the Substitution Authority, hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers granted to the undersigned under the Power of
Attorney, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Insider might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of the Power of Attorney and this Instrument of Substitution of
Attorney-in-Fact (and the rights and powers therein granted). The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
pursuant to the Substitution Authority, are not assuming, nor is the
Corporation assuming, any of the Insider?s responsibility to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Instrument of
Substitution of Attorney-in-Fact shall remain in full force and effect until
the Insider is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
Insider?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation,
unless earlier revoked by the Insider in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Instrument of Substitution of Attorney-in-Fact to be executed as of this
24th day of January 2024. /s/ Lisa K. Kunkle Lisa K. Kunkle, attorney-in-fact
for Insider
