UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 30, 2020

PolyOne Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Ohio	1-16091	34-1730488
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

PolyOne Center

33587 Walker Road

Avon Lake, Ohio 44012

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(440) 930-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, par value $.01 per share	POL	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 30, 2020, PolyOne Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), in connection with the public offering and sale (the “Offering”) of 13,333,333 of the Company’s common shares, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), at a price to the public of $33.75 per share. As a component of the Offering, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,000,000 Common Shares from the Company.

The Offering was registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-236116). In connection with the Offering, copies of the Underwriting Agreement and an opinion of Jones Day and related consent are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Number		Exhibit
	1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated January 30, 2020, by and among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
	5.1	Opinion of Jones Day.
	23.1	Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).
	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

POLYONE CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Lisa K. Kunkle
Name:	Lisa K. Kunkle
Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: February 4, 2020

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