Fairlawn, Ohio-Based Manufacturer A. Schulman Inc's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Very Robust 18.5% Per Year During the Nine Years (FYEs Aug 2009-Aug 2017) Before It Was Acquired in 2018

From annual compensation information contained in Company Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows A. Schulman Inc's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive substantially full years of employment for the nine years before it was acquired in 2018.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Aug	Aug		Aug	Aug		Aug	Aug		Aug	Aug
A Schulman	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Gingo CEO and Chairman	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		8,860	4,704		4,704	3,950
Levanduski Former CFO	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		1,089	1,419		1,419	1,302		1,302	1,082
Lingnau-Schneider SVP GM--EMEA	N/A	N/A		1,236	1,099		1,099	985
Perez SVP GM--LATAM	N/A	N/A		775	912		912	865		865	1,032		1,032	1,429
Rzepka Former CEO							7,268	2,328		2,328	1,414		1,414	2,309
Minc Chief Legal Officer							1,464	1,107		1,107	1,069		1,069	909
Totals	N/A	N/A		2,011	2,011		11,832	6,704		14,579	9,521		9,521	9,679
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	N/A			0.0%			76.5%			53.1%			-1.6%
4 Year Average Per Year % Change					32.0%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Aug	Aug		Aug	Aug		Aug	Aug		Aug	Aug		Aug	Aug
A Schulman	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009		2009	2008
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Gingo CEO and Chairman	3,950	3,957		3,957	3,723		3,723	4,689		4,689	3,703		N/A	N/A
Levanduski Former CFO	1,082	1,021		N/A	N/A
Perez SVP GM--LATAM	1,029	843		843	722
Rzepka Former CEO	2,309	1,706		1,706	1,197		1,197	1,567		1,603	1,034		1,034	954
Minc Chief Legal Officer	909	881		881	853		853	701
DeSantis Former CFO							N/A	N/A		1,002	829		829	912
Taylor Former COO--Asia										1,285	1,168		1,168	902
Belderbos CFO--Europe and Asia													805	917
Totals	9,279	8,408		7,387	6,495		5,773	6,957		8,579	6,734		3,836	3,685
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	10.4%			13.7%			-17.0%			27.4%			4.1%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		7.7%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		18.5%