---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-227453"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPM"
cik: "0000110621"
company_name: "RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/"
filed_at: "2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:28:16.687128+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPM appoints Michael Laroche as VP, Controller & CAO effective Nov 1, 2021

## Summary
- Michael J. Laroche (age 39) named VP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective Nov 1, 2021.
- He succeeds Keith R. Smiley, who previously announced his retirement from RPM in October 2021.
- Laroche currently serves as CFO of RPM's Specialty Products Group; previously senior manager at PwC.
- He will receive a base salary of $275,000 and participate in the company's annual cash incentive and equity plans.
- Laroche has no family relationship with any director or executive officer and no material interest in any reportable transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-227453
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPM
- cik: 0000110621
- company_name: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/
- filed_at: 2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312521227453/0001193125-21-227453-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312521227453/d178764d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Keith R. Smiley departed as Vice President — Finance & Controller at RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Vice President — Finance & Controller
  source text: Keith R. Smiley, the Company’s current Vice President — Finance & Controller, who previously announced his plans to retire from the Company effective in October 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312521227453/0001193125-21-227453-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael J. Laroche was appointed as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 22, 2021, Michael J. Laroche (age 39) was appointed Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for RPM International Inc. (the “Company”), effective November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312521227453/0001193125-21-227453-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.