---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001122976-26-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNT"
cik: "0001122976"
company_name: "AVIENT CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T13:59:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T14:01:34.909208+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avient shareholders elect all 11 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY auditor

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with 83.4M-85.2M votes for each, broker non-votes ~2.0M.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 80.9M for, 4.4M against, 75.8k abstain.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY 2026: 86.0M for, 1.4M against, 43.1k abstain.
- Annual meeting held May 14, 2026; results filed May 15, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001122976-26-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNT
- cik: 0001122976
- company_name: AVIENT CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T13:59:56+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1122976/000112297626000097/0001122976-26-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000097/avnt-20260514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001122976-26-000097.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AVIENT CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The following individuals were nominated in 2026 to serve as directors until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. All nominees were elected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000097/0001122976-26-000097-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AVIENT CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000097/0001122976-26-000097-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AVIENT CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  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, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000097/0001122976-26-000097-index.htm

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