CLEVELAND, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced that shareholders at today's annual meeting elected the following directors to serve on the board until the 2010 annual meeting: Stephen D. Newlin, J. Douglas Campbell, Dr. Carol A. Cartwright, Gale Duff-Bloom, Richard H. Fearon, Gordon D. Harnett, Richard A. Lorraine, Edward J. Mooney, William H. Powell and Farah M. Walters. With the retirement of Robert A. Garda, who has reached the mandatory retirement age, PolyOne's board now consists of ten directors. In addition, shareholders approved an amendment to the PolyOne Corporation Code of Regulations to allow the Board of Directors to amend the Regulations to the extent permitted by law and ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as PolyOne Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. About PolyOne PolyOne Corporation, with 2008 revenues of $2.7 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions. Headquartered outside of Cleveland, Ohio USA, PolyOne has operations around the world. For additional information on PolyOne, visit our Web site at http://www.polyone.com/. To access PolyOne's news library online, please visit http://www.polyone.com/news. DATASOURCE: PolyOne Corporation CONTACT: Amanda Marko, Director, Corporate Communications, PolyOne Corporation, +1-440-930-3162, Web Site: http://www.polyone.com/

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