secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ (RPM)
CIK:        0000110621
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-13T20:27:17+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-420478
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312526420478/0001193125-26-420478-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312526420478/d147407d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-420478

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