secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVIENT CORP (AVNT)
CIK:        0001122976
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001122976-21-000046
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avient expands board to 12, appoints Neil Green and Ernest Nicolas as directors
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- Board increased from 10 to 12 directors; Green and Nicolas elected effective August 6, 2021.
- Neil Green (EVP & Chief Digital Officer at Otis) will serve on Audit and Governance & Corporate Responsibility Committees.
- Ernest Nicolas (SVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer at Rockwell) will serve on Compensation and EHS Committees.
- Non-employee director compensation updated: annual retainer of $250k ($110k cash + $140k stock).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297621000046/0001122976-21-000046-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297621000046/avnt-20210806.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001122976-21-000046

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