---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-199209"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPM"
cik: "0000110621"
company_name: "RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/"
filed_at: "2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T09:51:34.721296+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPM appoints retired Air Force General Ellen Pawlikowski to Board of Directors

## Summary
- General Ellen Pawlikowski appointed to RPM Board effective July 18, 2022; will stand for election at 2022 annual meeting.
- She served 36-year Air Force career, commanded five times as general officer, and led Air Force Materiel Command.
- Pawlikowski holds a PhD in chemical engineering and currently serves on the board of Raytheon Technologies.
- Appointed to Board's Governance and Nominating Committee; compensation consistent with other non-employee directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-199209
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPM
- cik: 0000110621
- company_name: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/
- filed_at: 2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312522199209/0001193125-22-199209-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312522199209/d321668d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-199209
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-199209.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-199209.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ellen M. Pawlikowski was appointed as Director at RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 18, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of RPM International Inc. (the “Company”) appointed General Ellen M. Pawlikowski (Ret.) to Class I of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312522199209/0001193125-22-199209-index.htm

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