LIN SANDRA BEACH 4

What Happened

• Sandra Beach, a member of Avient Corporation’s board of directors, acquired 1,049 shares on June 30, 2026. The Form 4 reports the transaction as an award/acquisition at $0.00 per share (total reported value $0). This acquisition was made under a deferred compensation arrangement rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-06-30; filing accession: 0001122976-26-000109 (filed 2026-07-02).
• Transaction type/code: A (award/grant or other acquisition).
• Price reported: $0.00 per share; total reported value: $0.
• Shares acquired: 1,049.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the filing summary provided.
• Footnote: F1 — shares were acquired pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of the Avient Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
• Timeliness: filing date is 2026-07-02; the Form 4 itself does not indicate a tardiness flag in the provided data.

Context

• This was a dividend reinvestment/deferred compensation acquisition, meaning dividends or plan credits were used to acquire additional shares for a non-employee director. Such plan-driven awards are common and do not necessarily signal the insider’s view of the company’s near-term prospects. They differ from open-market buys (direct bullish signal) or sales (liquidity-taking).