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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (i440) i930-1000
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
iCommon Shares, par value $.01 per share
iAVNT
iNew
York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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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 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
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.