SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Nikrant Craig M

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

POLYONE CENTER

33587 WALKER ROAD

(Street)

AVON LAKE

44012

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
POLYONE CORP [ POL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	SVP, President of Global SEM

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/06/2012

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	08/06/2012		M		20,000	A	$8.115	63,136	D
Common Stock	08/06/2012		D		13,499	D	$15.435	49,637	D
Common Stock	08/06/2012		M		11,567	A	$1.43	61,204	D
Common Stock	08/06/2012		D		4,363	D	$15.63	56,841	D
Common Stock	08/07/2012		S		8,000	D	$16.0075⁽¹⁾	48,841	D
Common Stock								26,951.443	I	Savings Plan Trust⁽²⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Appreciation Right	$1.43	08/06/2012		M			11,567	⁽³⁾	03/04/2016	Common Stock	11,567	$0	0	D
Stock Appreciation Right	$8.115	08/06/2012		M			20,000	⁽⁴⁾	10/04/2013	Common Stock	20,000	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The sale price is a weighted average for the sale transactions. The sales prices range from a low of $15.85 per share to a high of $16.11 per share. Full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price is available upon request by the Commission staff, PolyOne Corporation, or a security holder of PolyOne Corporation.

2. The information in this report is based on a PolyOne Retirement Savings Plan statement as of August 6, 2012. PolyOne common shares are held in a unitized fund that consists of stock and cash. The number of shares and the amount of cash may fluctuate daily depending on plan level activity in the fund. Even though no transaction has occurred, this fluctuation may result in an increase or decrease in the number of shares held since the last report filed by the reporting person.

3. SARs become exercisable and vest one-third on the attainment of 10%, 20% and 30% stock appreciation (which must be maintained for a minimum of three consecutive trading days) from the grant date closing price of $1.43 per share, with no more than one-third vesting per year during the first three years.

4. SARs are exercisable upon vesting. Vesting occurs when the market price of the PolyOne common stock reaches pre-determined levels for three consecutive days as follows: 1/3 vests at a market price of $7.50 per share; an additional 1/3 vests at a market price of $8.50 per share; and the remaining 1/3 vests at a market price of $10.00 per share; provided, however, that no vesting will occur sooner than one year from the grant date of October 4, 2006.

	By: Lisa K. Kunkle, Power of Attorney For: Craig M. Nikrant	08/08/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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