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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-420478"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPM"
cik: "0000110621"
company_name: "RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/"
filed_at: "2026-10-13T20:27:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-13T20:28:01.763647+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPM raises quarterly dividend 5.6% to $0.57, 53rd straight annual increase

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.57/share declared, up 5.6% from $0.54 paid a year earlier; payable Oct 30, 2026 to holders of record Oct 20, 2026.
- Marks 53rd consecutive year of dividend increases; RPM says fewer than 0.5% of U.S. public companies match that streak, with only 38 companies longer.
- All 12 board nominees elected at Oct 8, 2026 annual meeting, including Julie A. Beck, Frank C. Sullivan and Elizabeth F. Whited.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 96,473,363 for vs 7,326,304 against; Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for fiscal year ending May 31, 2027 by 112,765,120 for.
- CEO Frank C. Sullivan credited associates' 'executing with discipline in a challenging environment' for the dividend milestone.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-420478
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPM
- cik: 0000110621
- company_name: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/
- filed_at: 2026-10-13T20:27:17+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312526420478/0001193125-26-420478-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312526420478/d147407d8k.htm

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