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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * THORNTON JERRY SUE   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ [RPM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RPM INTERNATIONAL INC., 2628 PEARL ROAD, P.O. BOX 777 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/08/2009 (Street) MEDINA, OH 44258 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, $0.01 par value 10/08/2009   A(1)   2,700 A $ 0 15,497 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock

(3) (4)

(5)

(5)

Common Stock

22,405

22,405 (6)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
THORNTON JERRY SUE C/O RPM INTERNATIONAL INC. 2628 PEARL ROAD, P.O. BOX 777 MEDINA, OH 44258	X

Signatures

/s/ Jerry Sue Thornton, by Gregory J. Dziak, her attorney-in-fact pursuant to Power of Attorney dated May 14, 2007 on file with the Commission		10/13/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents a grant of 2,700 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the RPM International Inc. 2003 Restricted Stock Plan for Directors.
(2)	Includes 10,600 shares of restricted Common Stock issued pursuant to the RPM International Inc. 2003 Restricted Stock Plan for Directors.
(3)	1-for-1
(4)	No transaction is being reported on this line. Reported on a previously filed Form 3, Form 4, or Form 5.
(5)	Upon cessation as a Director in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RPM International Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended.
(6)	The reporting person elected to receive her director fees in the form of stock equivalents. The phantom stock units represent the stock equivalent value of the reporting person's director fees and dividends accrued thereon, and such units are held in the reporting person's account under the RPM International Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended.

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