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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Avient (AVNT)

Avient to see Specialty Engineered Materials president retire June 30, 2025

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Avient Corporation said Christopher L. Pederson, Senior Vice President and President of Specialty Engineered Materials, has given notice that he will retire effective June 30, 2025. The company says a search for a successor is in progress, and the filing does not name a replacement or describe any financial effect.

Key points

  • Christopher L. Pederson, Senior Vice President and President of Specialty Engineered Materials, is retiring
  • Retirement is effective June 30, 2025
  • A search for a successor is in progress; no replacement is named in the filing
  • Filing dated June 3, 2025, signed by General Counsel and Secretary Amy M. Sanders

The filing

CompanyAvient (AVNT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJun 3, 2025, 8:40 AM ET
Accession number0001122976-25-000041

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on June 03, 2025.

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