Sullivan Frank C Form 4 RPM INTERNATIONAL / FRANK C SULLIVAN ownership change

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^*

SULLIVAN FRANK C

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2628 PEARL ROAD

P.O. BOX 777

(Street)

MEDINA OH 44258

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ [ RPM ]

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

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2017

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	05/31/2017		F(1)		4,486	D	$54.23	1,029,873(2)	D
Common Stock, $0.01 par value								15,000	I	By LLC
Common Stock, $0.01 par value								12,105	I	By Thomas C. and Sandra S. Sullivan Irrevocable Grandchildren's Trust dated May 8, 2006
Common Stock, $0.01 par value								9,630	I	By Thomas C. Sullivan Irrevocable Trust FBO Frank C. Sullivan 10/26/12
Common Stock, $0.01 par value								3,000	I	As custodian for son
Common Stock, $0.01 par value								3,000	I	As custodian for son
Common Stock, $0.01 par value								4,389(3)	I	By 401(k) Plan

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Appreciation Rights	(4)							(5)	(5)	Common Stock	1,400,000		1,400,000(5)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On May 31, 2017, 13,866 shares of Common Stock issued to the reporting person pursuant to the 2007 RPM International Inc. Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plan") vested. In accordance with the terms of the Plan, the reporting person disposed of 4,486 shares back to the issuer to satisfy tax obligations of the reporting person.

2. Includes an aggregate of 32,516 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the 2007 RPM International Inc. Restricted Stock Plan, 28,467 vested restricted shares of Common Stock held in escrow in the 1997 RPM International Inc. Restricted Stock Plan and 78,141 vested restricted shares of Common Stock held in escrow in the 2007 RPM International Inc. Restricted Stock Plan until the reporting persons' retirement, 179,000 shares of Common Stock, issued as Performance Earned Restricted Stock, pursuant to the RPM International Inc. 2004 and 2014 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plans, and 80,000 shares of Common Stock, issued as Performance Contingent Restricted Stock, pursuant to the RPM International Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan.

3. Approximate number of shares held as of May 31, 2017 in the account of the reporting person by Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Trustee of the RPM International Inc. 401(k) Trust and Plan, as amended.

4. No transaction is being reported on this line. Reported on a previously filed Form 3, Form 4, or Form 5.

5. Stock Appreciation Rights granted pursuant to the RPM International Inc. 2004 and 2014 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plans in exempt transactions under Rule 16b-3. These Stock Appreciation Rights vest in four equal installments commencing one year after the date of grant. These Stock Appreciation Rights were granted between 2010 and 2016 and expire 10 years from the date of grant.

Remarks:

	/s/ Frank C. Sullivan, by Gregory J. Dziak, his attorney-in-fact pursuant to Power of Attorney dated September 26, 2013 on file with the Commission	06/02/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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