SEC FORM 3SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
10/07/2026 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVIENT CORP
[ AVNT ]
Foreign Trading Symbol
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable) | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | | President & CEO |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
| 2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
| 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
| 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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| No securities are beneficially owned. |
| Jeremy D. Siegfried, Attorney-in-Fact | 10/07/2026 |
| ** 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
5
(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. |
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Jeremy D.
Siegfried and Patricia S. Callahan, or either of them acting singly, and with
full power of substitution, re-substitution and delegation, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney in fact (each of such persons and their substitutes
and delegees being referred to herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full
power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's an in the
undersigned's name, place and stead to:
1. Take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to enable the
undersigned to submit and file forms, schedules and other documents with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") utilizing the SEC's Electronic
Data Gathering and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system, which actions may include (a)
enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next and (b) preparing, executing and
submitting to the SEC a Form ID, amendments thereto, and such other documents
and information as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords enabling the undersigned to make filings and submissions utilizing
the EDGAR system;
2. Prepare and execute any and all forms, schedules and other documents
(including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file
with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable for the
undersigned to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation thereunder, or
under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144"), including
Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144 (all such forms,
schedules and other documents being referred to herein as "SEC Filings");
3. Submit and file SEC Filings with the SEC utilizing the EDGAR system
or cause them to be submitted and filed by a person appointed under
Section 5 below;
4. File, submit or otherwise deliver SEC Filings to any securities
exchange on which the undersigned is required to file;
5. Act as an account administrator for the undersigned's EDGAR account,
including: (i) appoint, remove and replace account administrators,
account users, technical administrators and delegated entities; (ii)
maintain the security of the undersigned's EDGAR account, including
modification of access codes; (iii) maintain, modify and certify the
accuracy of information on the undersigned's EDGAR account dashboard;(iv)
act as the EDGAR point of contact with respect to the undersigned's EDGAR
account; and (v) any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation
S-T with respect to account administrators;
6. Cause the undersigned to accept a delegation of authority from any of
the undersigned's EDGAR account administrators and, pursuant to that
delegation, authorize the undersigned's EDGAR account administrators to
appoint, remove or replace users for the undersigned's EDGAR account; and
7. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information regarding transactions in equity securities from any
third party, and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to
release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
a) This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-
in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such
Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;
b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form
and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
c) The Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirements of
Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any liability
of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or
any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
d) This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section 13 or Section
16 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting
requirements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power
of Attorney.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G
or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous
powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of
Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
September 23, 2026.
/s/ Michael J. Frank
Signature
Printed Name: Michael J. Frank
NOTARIZATION
State of Florida
County of Collier
This Power of Attorney was acknowledged before me on September 23, 2026 by
Michael J. Frank.
/s/ Marissa Mullins
Notary Seal
