Avient Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
$AVNT
Major Chemicals
Industrials
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 14, 2025
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Avient Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 14, 2025. 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 27, 2025.
a) The following individuals were nominated in 2025 to serve as directors until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. All nominees were elected. The voting results were as follows:
| Director Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Robert E. Abernathy | 85,825,388 | 822,754 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Richard H. Fearon | 71,734,141 | 14,914,001 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Gregory J. Goff | 84,403,408 | 2,244,734 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Neil Green | 85,118,858 | 1,529,284 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| William R. Jellison | 85,935,484 | 712,658 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Ashish K. Khandpur, Ph.D. | 85,449,642 | 1,198,500 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Sandra Beach Lin | 84,897,568 | 1,750,574 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Kim Ann Mink, Ph.D. | 86,218,844 | 429,298 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Ernest Nicolas | 85,829,837 | 818,305 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Kerry J. Preete | 84,090,802 | 2,557,340 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| Patricia Verduin, Ph.D. | 85,300,569 | 1,347,573 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
| William A. Wulfsohn | 84,576,707 | 2,071,435 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
| 80,322,583 | 6,185,143 | 140,416 | 1,884,443 | ||||||||
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, 2025. The voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 86,900,119 | 1,599,954 | 32,512 | ||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AVIENT CORPORATION | |||||
| By: /s/ Amy M. Sanders | |||||
| Name: Amy M. Sanders | |||||
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Corporate Ethics Officer | |||||
Date: May 15, 2025