https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-02/AVNT Q4 2022 Earnings Presentation.pdf
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
• Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future;
• The effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks;
• The current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows, including, without limitation, any supply chain and logistics issues;
• Changes in laws and regulations regarding plastics in jurisdictions where we conduct business;
• Fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply, and in energy prices and supply;
• Production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs;
• Unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters;
• Our ability to achieve strategic objectives and successfully integrate acquisitions, including Avient Protective Materials (APM);
• An inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services;
• Our ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends;
• Information systems failures and cyberattacks;
• Amounts for cash and non-cash charges related to restructuring plans that may differ from original estimates, including because of timing changes associated with the underlying actions; and
• Other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates, changes in the rate of inflation and any recessionary conditions
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
This presentation includes the use of both GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) and non-GAAP financial measures.
Three Months Ended
December 31,
2022 2021
Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS(1) $ EPS(1)
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Avient
shareholders $ (17.0) $ (0.19) $ 11.2 $ 0.12
Special items, after tax (Attachment 3) 38.3 0.42 23.9 0.26
Amortization expense, after-tax 14.6 0.16 11.3 0.12
Adjusted net income / EPS $ 35.9 $ 0.39 $ 46.4 $ 0.50
Year Ended
December 31,
2022 2021
Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS(1) $ EPS(1)
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Avient shareholders $ 82.8 $ 0.90 $ 151.8 $ 1.65
Special items, after tax (Attachment 3) 116.2 1.26 50.0 0.54
Amortization expense, after-tax 49.0 0.53 44.9 0.49
Adjusted net income / EPS $ 248.0 $ 2.69 $ 246.7 $ 2.68
(1) Per share amounts may not recalculate from figures presented herein due to rounding
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Three Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
Reconciliation to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA 2022 2021 2022 2021
Net (loss) income from continuing operations – GAAP $ (16.6) $ 10.3 $ 83.1 $ 151.6
Income tax (benefit) expense (60.8) 17.1 (19.3) 51.9
Interest expense 49.4 17.5 119.8 75.2
Depreciation and amortization from continuing operations 48.6 38.0 162.5 145.1
EBITDA $ 20.6 $ 82.9 $ 346.1 $ 423.8
Special items, before income tax 104.3 20.5 194.0 57.1
Interest expense included in special items (16.0) — (26.0) —
Depreciation and amortization included in special items (1.5) (1.6) (5.5) (1.7)
APM pro forma adjustments - 2021 — 30.4 — 120.5
APM pro forma adjustments - 8 months 2022* — — 83.1 —
Adjusted EBITDA $ 107.4 $ 132.2 $ 591.7 $ 599.7
* Pro forma adjustment for January - August 2022 APM results (period before Avient ownership).
Year Ended
December 31,
Reconciliation of Pro Forma Sales and EBITDA - SEM 2022 2021
Specialty Engineered Materials $ 1,044.4 $ 911.6
APM pro forma adjustments - 2021 — 396.5
APM pro forma adjustments - 8 months 2022* 256.1 —
Pro forma sales $ 1,300.5 $ 1,308.1
EBITDA
Specialty Engineered Materials $ 188.8 $ 157.2
APM pro forma adjustments - 2021 — 120.5
APM pro forma adjustments - 8 months 2022* 83.1 —
Pro forma EBITDA $ 272.0 $ 277.8
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Year Ended
December 31,
Reconciliation of Pro Forma Sales - Avient 2022 2021
Sales $ 3,396.9 $ 3,315.5
APM pro forma adjustments - 2021 — 396.5
APM pro forma adjustments - 8 months 2022* 256.1 —
Pro forma sales $ 3,653.0 $ 3,712.0
* Pro forma adjustment for January - August 2022 APM results (period before Avient ownership).
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IR Recs - 2.14 454pm
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/AVNT February IR Presentation_w_Non-GAAP Recs_v2.pdf
&
Canada
EMEA
Asia
Latin America
64%
36%
Specialty
Engineered
Materials
Color
Additives
and Inks
41%
36%
18%
5%
7%
7%
23%
19%
9%
16%
10% 5% 4%
Defense
Healthcare
Packaging
Consumer
Building &
Construction
Industrial
Transportation
Energy Telecom
Geography
Segment
Industry
4
CRE AT ING A WORL D-CL AS S
S US TAINABL E ORGANIZ AT ION
1. 6% annualized long term sales
growth leveraging sustainable
solutions, composites, healthcare
and emerging regions
2.
AS HIS H KHANDP UR
P R E S I D E N T & C E O
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8
PORTFOLIO TRANSFORMATION
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7%
46%
66%
87%
100%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2005 2010 2015 2020 2023
%
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Adjusted EBITDA from Specialty Applications
SUSTAINABILITY AS A GROWTH DRIVER
9
LONG-TERM REVENUE GROWTH DRIVERS
Sustainable
Solutions
Composites, Healthcare,
Asia / LATAM
Overlap
Other
60%+
Key Growth
Drivers
Total Company Revenue
Growth Drivers Long-Term Growth Rate
Sustainable Solutions 8–12%
Composites 8–10%
Healthcare 8–10%
Asia / LATAM 5%
Other 0–2%
Avient 6%
END MARKET OBSERVATIONS
( % O F C O M PA N Y S A L E S )
ENERGY
5%
DEFENSE
7%
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
4%
HEALTHCARE
7%
10
TRANSPORTATION
10%
INDUSTRIAL
16%
BUILDING &
CONSTRUCTION 9%
CONSUMER
19%
PACKAGING
23%
11
REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS
( % O F C O M PA N Y S A L E S )
11
US & Canada
Latin America
EMEA
Asia
41%
36%
18%
5%
Q 4 2 0 2 3 R E S U L T S
Q4 2023 PERFORMANCE VS.
Free Cash Flow Calculation December 31, 2023
Cash provided by operating activities $ 201.6
Taxes paid on gain on sale of business 104.1
Adjusted cash provided by operating activities $ 305.7
Capital expenditures $ (119.4)
Free cash flow $ 186.3
2
Three Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
2023 2022 2023 2022
Sales:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 459.4 $ 490.8 $ 2,007.4 $ 2,355.0
Specialty Engineered Materials 259.8 300.8 1,138.2 1,044.4
Corporate (0.2) (1.2) (2.8) (2.5)
Sales $ 719.0 $ 790.4 $ 3,142.8 $ 3,396.9
Operating income:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 61.8 $ 44.3 $ 259.9 $ 301.0
Specialty Engineered Materials 29.4 35.2 142.5 140.1
Corporate (48.1) (79.1) (205.6) (197.8)
Operating income $ 43.1 $ 0.4 $ 196.8 $ 243.3
Other expense, net: $ 4.3 $ (28.4) $ 5.8 $ (59.7)
Depreciation & amortization:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 22.2 $ 25.2 $ 98.3 $ 101.3
Specialty Engineered Materials 19.8 20.3 81.5 48.7
Corporate 2.2 3.1 9.0 12.5
Depreciation & amortization $ 44.2 $ 48.6 $ 188.8 $ 162.5
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA):
Color, Additives and Inks $ 84.0 $ 69.5 $ 358.2 $ 402.3
Specialty Engineered Materials 49.2 55.5 224.0 188.8
Corporate (45.9) (76.0) (196.6) (185.3)
Other expense, net $ 4.3 $ (28.4) $ 5.8 $ (59.7)
EBITDA $ 91.6 $ 20.6 $ 391.4 $ 346.1
Special items in EBITDA 22.3 86.8 110.4 162.5
EBITDA - excluding special items $ 113.9 $ 107.4 $ 501.8 $ 508.6
APM pro forma adjustments - 8 months 2022* — — — 83.1
Pro forma EBITDA $ 113.9 $ 107.4 $ 501.8 $ 591.7
* Pro forma adjustment for January - August 2022 APM results (period before Avient ownership).
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AVNT February IR Presentation_w_Non-GAAP Recs.pdf
AVNT February IR Presentation.pdf
Avient corporation�investor presentation
DISCLAIMER
Slide Number 3
Creating a world-class�sustainable organization
Top-tier sustainability performance�and recognition
Slide Number 6
Slide Number 7
Portfolio transformation
Slide Number 9
END MARKET observations�(% of company sales)
Regional observations�(% of company sales)
Slide Number 12
Slide Number 13
Slide Number 14
Slide Number 15
Slide Number 16
Slide Number 17
Slide Number 18
Slide Number 19
Slide Number 20
Slide Number 21
Slide Number 22
2023 segment, end market and Geography
Color, Additives & Inks
Specialty Engineered Materials
Slide Number 26
AVNT Q4 2023 Earnings Presentation.pdf
AVNT Q4 2023 Earnings Presentation_For Website_with Non-GAAP.pdf
IR Deck - AVNT-2023.12.31 (2.12.24 9PM Milestone February 12 0905 pm).pdf
Attachment
3.26.24 - Public Lender Presentation Non-GAAP Attachments (005).pdf
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-11/AVNT Q3 2022 Earnings Presentation - Website Final.pdf
EBITDA Margins
(1)
• Focus on organic growth
combined with transformative
and bolt-on acquisitions
• Divested commodity businesses
tied to more cyclical end markets
• Expanded presence in high
growth areas of sustainable
solutions, specialty healthcare
applications, composites and
more resilient end markets
5.4%
11.5%
16.1%
2006 2018 2022PF
$142
$408
$585
2006 2018 2022PF
2006 figures exclude joint venture results
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RETURNING CASH TO SHAREHOLDERS
Growing Dividend
0.1 0.1
0.2
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0 1.0
1.0
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
0.16
0.20
0.26
0.34
0.42
0.50
0.58
0.72
0.79 0.81
0.85
0.95
0.99
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
~$1Bn
REPURCHASED
OVER LAST 11 YEARS
~$550MM
PAID OVER LAST 11 YEARS
Dividends Share Repurchases
Cumulative Buybacks
$
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$
p
e
r
sh
a
re
$2.95
2022 PRO FORMA
ADJUSTED EPS
Earnings Growth
Expanding Profitability
$0.15
$1.09
$2.08
$2.67
$2.95
2009 2012 2015 2018 2022PF
T H I R D Q U A R T E R 2 0 2 2
R E S U L T S
$110
$119
2021 2022
$0.61
$0.59
2021 2022
Q3 2022 PERFORMANCE
( T O TA L C O M PA N Y C O N T.
Ops Pro Forma
FULL YEAR 2022 GUIDANCE
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Sales Adjusted EBITDA
$3,375
$3,635
Cont.
The Q3 2022 "Pro Forma
APM" adjustments reflect periods prior to the acquisition date and are preliminary estimates for APM’s results for the months of July and August.
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AVNT Q3 2022 Earnings Presentation - Website v2.pdf
AVNT Q3 2022 Earnings Presentation - Website Update.pdf
AVNT Q3 2022 Earnings Presentation - Website.pdf
11.7 823am IR Deck - AVNT-2022.09.30 (002).pdf
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/AVNT February IR Presentation_w_Non-GAAP Recs.pdf
&
Canada
EMEA
Asia
Latin America
64%
36%
Specialty
Engineered
Materials
Color
Additives
and Inks
41%
36%
18%
5%
7%
7%
23%
19%
9%
16%
10% 5% 4%
Defense
Healthcare
Packaging
Consumer
Building &
Construction
Industrial
Transportation
Energy Telecom
Geography
Segment
Industry
4
CRE AT ING A WORL D-CL AS S
S US TAINABL E ORGANIZ AT ION
1. 6% annualized long term sales
growth leveraging sustainable
solutions, composites, healthcare
and emerging regions
2.
AS HIS H KHANDP UR
P R E S I D E N T & C E O
7
8
PORTFOLIO TRANSFORMATION
8
7%
46%
66%
87%
100%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2005 2010 2015 2020 2023
%
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us
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B
IT
D
A
Commodity JVs Distribution Performance Products & Solutions Specialty Businesses
Adjusted EBITDA from Specialty Applications
SUSTAINABILITY AS A GROWTH DRIVER
9
LONG-TERM REVENUE GROWTH DRIVERS
Sustainable
Solutions
Composites, Healthcare,
Asia / LATAM
Overlap
Other
60%+
Key Growth
Drivers
Total Company Revenue
Growth Drivers Long-Term Growth Rate
Sustainable Solutions 8–12%
Composites 8–10%
Healthcare 8–10%
Asia / LATAM 5%
Other 0–2%
Avient 6%
END MARKET OBSERVATIONS
( % O F C O M PA N Y S A L E S )
ENERGY
5%
DEFENSE
7%
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
4%
HEALTHCARE
7%
10
TRANSPORTATION
10%
INDUSTRIAL
16%
BUILDING &
CONSTRUCTION 9%
CONSUMER
19%
PACKAGING
23%
11
REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS
( % O F C O M PA N Y S A L E S )
11
US & Canada
Latin America
EMEA
Asia
41%
36%
18%
5%
Q 4 2 0 2 3 R E S U L T S
Q4 2023 PERFORMANCE VS.
Three Months
Ended Year Ended
Reconciliation of Pro Forma Adjusted Earnings per Share December 31, 2022
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Avient
shareholders $ (17.0) $ 82.8
Special items, after tax 38.3 116.2
Amortization expense, after-tax 14.6 49.0
Adjusted net income from continuing operations excluding special
items 35.9 248.0
Pro forma adjustments* 2.5 13.6
APM pro forma amortization expense, after-tax* — 19.1
Pro forma adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable
to Avient shareholders $ 38.4 $ 280.7
Weighted average diluted shares 91.7 92.2
Pro forma adjusted EPS - excluding special items pro forma for APM
acquisition $ 0.42 $ 3.04
* Pro forma adjustment to reflect APM results for the period before Avient ownership including the impacts of debt financing and paydown of
debt with net proceeds from the Distribution sale.
2
Three Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
2023 2022 2023 2022
Sales:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 459.4 $ 490.8 $ 2,007.4 $ 2,355.0
Specialty Engineered Materials 259.8 300.8 1,138.2 1,044.4
Corporate (0.2) (1.2) (2.8) (2.5)
Sales $ 719.0 $ 790.4 $ 3,142.8 $ 3,396.9
Operating income:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 61.8 $ 44.3 $ 259.9 $ 301.0
Specialty Engineered Materials 29.4 35.2 142.5 140.1
Corporate (48.1) (79.1) (205.6) (197.8)
Operating income $ 43.1 $ 0.4 $ 196.8 $ 243.3
Other expense, net: $ 4.3 $ (28.4) $ 5.8 $ (59.7)
Depreciation & amortization:
Color, Additives and Inks $ 22.2 $ 25.2 $ 98.3 $ 101.3
Specialty Engineered Materials 19.8 20.3 81.5 48.7
Corporate 2.2 3.1 9.0 12.5
Depreciation & amortization $ 44.2 $ 48.6 $ 188.8 $ 162.5
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA):
Color, Additives and Inks $ 84.0 $ 69.5 $ 358.2 $ 402.3
Specialty Engineered Materials 49.2 55.5 224.0 188.8
Corporate (45.9) (76.0) (196.6) (185.3)
Other expense, net $ 4.3 $ (28.4) $ 5.8 $ (59.7)
EBITDA $ 91.6 $ 20.6 $ 391.4 $ 346.1
Special items in EBITDA 22.3 86.8 110.4 162.5
EBITDA - excluding special items $ 113.9 $ 107.4 $ 501.8 $ 508.6
APM pro forma adjustments - 8 months 2022* — — — 83.1
Pro forma EBITDA $ 113.9 $ 107.4 $ 501.8 $ 591.7
* Pro forma adjustment for January - August 2022 APM results (period before Avient ownership).
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AVNT February IR Presentation.pdf
Avient corporation�investor presentation
DISCLAIMER
Slide Number 3
Creating a world-class�sustainable organization
Top-tier sustainability performance�and recognition
Slide Number 6
Slide Number 7
Portfolio transformation
Slide Number 9
END MARKET observations�(% of company sales)
Regional observations�(% of company sales)
Slide Number 12
Slide Number 13
Slide Number 14
Slide Number 15
Slide Number 16
Slide Number 17
Slide Number 18
Slide Number 19
Slide Number 20
Slide Number 21
Slide Number 22
2023 segment, end market and Geography
Color, Additives & Inks
Specialty Engineered Materials
Slide Number 26
AVNT Q4 2023 Earnings Presentation.pdf
AVNT Q4 2023 Earnings Presentation_For Website_with Non-GAAP.pdf
IR Deck - AVNT-2023.12.31 (2.12.24 9PM Milestone February 12 0905 pm).pdf
Attachment
https://www.avient.com/investor-center/investor-news/archives?page=27
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