---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001122976-22-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNT"
cik: "0001122976"
company_name: "AVIENT CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T13:43:43.380657+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avient shareholders elect all 12 directors and approve say-on-pay and auditor

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 76.6M to 82.0M shares.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 80.1M for, 1.8M against, 303.5K abstentions.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2022 passed with 81.7M for, 1.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001122976-22-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNT
- cik: 0001122976
- company_name: AVIENT CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297622000026/0001122976-22-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297622000026/avnt-20220512.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001122976-22-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AVIENT CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2022-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-12
  source text: 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, 2022. The voting results were as follows: For Against Abstentions 81,681,989 1,900,206 185,695
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297622000026/0001122976-22-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AVIENT CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation at the 2022-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-12
  source text: 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 80,108,163 1,789,352 303,531 1,566,844
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297622000026/0001122976-22-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AVIENT CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-12
  source text: All nominees were elected. The voting results were as follows: Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Robert E. Abernathy 81,606,618 594,428 1,566,844
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297622000026/0001122976-22-000026-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.