secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVIENT CORP (AVNT)
CIK:        0001122976
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-178887
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avient CFO Jamie Beggs resigning June 1; internal successor Giuseppe Di Salvo appointed
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- CFO Jamie A. Beggs resigns effective June 1, 2026, to pursue other opportunities; no disagreement with company.
- Giuseppe (Joe) Di Salvo appointed SVP & CFO effective June 1; he previously served as Corporate Controller, VP of IR, led Treasury/FP&A.
- Di Salvo's compensation: $560k base salary, $220k one-time RSU grant vesting in 3 years, standard benefits and severance.
- Di Salvo will enter a Management Continuity Agreement providing 2x salary + target bonus if terminated within 24 months post-change-in-control.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000119312526178887/0001193125-26-178887-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000119312526178887/d28746d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-178887

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