---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-309368"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPM"
cik: "0000110621"
company_name: "RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/"
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:16:49.124635+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPM appoints Elizabeth F. Whited to board of directors effective Oct 22, 2021

## Summary
- Elizabeth F. Whited appointed to Class I of RPM's board; term expires at 2022 annual meeting.
- She is EVP and Chief Human Resource Officer at Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP).
- Whited will serve on the Compensation Committee and receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- Company and Whited entered a standard indemnification agreement effective Oct 22, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-309368
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPM
- cik: 0000110621
- company_name: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312521309368/0001193125-21-309368-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312521309368/d245891d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-309368
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-309368.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-309368.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth F. Whited was appointed as Director at RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 22, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of RPM International Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Elizabeth F. Whited to Class I of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312521309368/0001193125-21-309368-index.htm

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