RPM International Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

RPM International's CEO is Frank Sullivan, appointed in Oct 2002, has a tenure of 30.75 years. total yearly compensation is $11.16M, comprised of 9.9% salary and 90.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.81% of the company’s shares, worth MX$2.23B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.9 years and 9 years respectively.

Key information

Frank Sullivan

Chief executive officer

US$11.2m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	9.86%
CEO tenure	23yrs
CEO ownership	0.8%
Management average tenure	3.9yrs
Board average tenure	9yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Frank Sullivan's remuneration changed compared to RPM International's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Aug 31 2025	n/a	n/a	US$686m
May 31 2025	US$11m	US$1m	US$686m
Feb 28 2025	n/a	n/a	US$641m
Nov 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$650m
Aug 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$612m
May 31 2024	US$12m	US$1m	US$586m
Feb 29 2024	n/a	n/a	US$557m
Nov 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$523m
Aug 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$509m
May 31 2023	US$6m	US$995k	US$477m
Feb 28 2023	n/a	n/a	US$523m
Nov 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$529m
Aug 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$522m
May 31 2022	US$9m	US$995k	US$488m
Feb 28 2022	n/a	n/a	US$445m
Nov 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$450m
Aug 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$453m
May 31 2021	US$12m	US$920k	US$499m
Feb 28 2021	n/a	n/a	US$452m
Nov 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$426m
Aug 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$376m
May 31 2020	US$9m	US$970k	US$302m
Feb 29 2020	n/a	n/a	US$327m
Nov 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$329m
Aug 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$301m
May 31 2019	US$8m	US$975k	US$265m

Compensation vs Market: Frank's total compensation ($USD11.16M) is above average for companies of similar size in the MX market ($USD5.24M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Frank's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Frank Sullivan (64 yo)

23yrs

Tenure

US$11,158,125

Compensation

Mr. Frank C. Sullivan has been the Chief Executive Officer of RPM International Inc. since October 11, 2002 and served as its President from August 1999 until 2008 and again serves as President since 2018....

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Frank Sullivan	Chairman	23yrs	US$11.16m	0.81% MX$ 2.2b
Russell Gordon	VP & CFO	13.5yrs	US$2.88m	0.11% MX$ 292.3m
Timothy Kinser	Vice President of Operations	4yrs	US$2.51m	0.019% MX$ 53.1m
Tracy Crandall	VP, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer	1yr	US$1.63m	0.019% MX$ 53.4m
Michael Laroche	VP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer	3.9yrs	no data	0.011% MX$ 29.4m
Matthew Schlarb	Vice President of Investor Relations & Sustainability	1.3yrs	no data	no data
Randell McShepard	VP of Public Affairs & Chief Talent Officer	18yrs	no data	no data
John Kramer	Vice President of Corporate Development	no data	no data	no data
Michael Matchinga	Director of Human Resource Information Systems	no data	no data	no data
Paul G. Hoogenboom	President of Construction Products Group	no data	US$2.10m	no data
David Dennsteadt	Executive Vice President	no data	no data	no data
Bryan Gillette	VP of Internal Audit & Chief Audit Executive	3.3yrs	no data	no data

3.9yrs

Average Tenure

60.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: RPM *'s management team is considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Frank Sullivan	Chairman	30.8yrs	US$11.16m	0.81% MX$ 2.2b
Bruce Carbonari	Independent Lead Director	23yrs	US$296.21k	0.024% MX$ 66.5m
Salvatore Fazzolari	Independent Director	12.8yrs	US$298.71k	0.017% MX$ 47.2m
William Summers	Independent Director	21.3yrs	US$278.71k	0.038% MX$ 104.3m
Christopher Mapes	Independent Director	less than a year	US$50.00k	0.0011% MX$ 3.0m
Julie Beck	Independent Director	less than a year	US$25.00k	0.0011% MX$ 3.0m
Frederick Nance	Independent Director	18.8yrs	US$298.71k	0.0069% MX$ 18.9m
Robert Livingston	Independent Director	8yrs	US$306.21k	0.014% MX$ 39.7m
Elizabeth Whited	Independent Director	4yrs	US$281.21k	0.0055% MX$ 15.3m
Craig Morford	Independent Director	less than a year	US$50.00k	0.0090% MX$ 24.7m
Jenniffer Deckard	Independent Director	10yrs	US$278.71k	0.013% MX$ 36.9m
Ellen Pawlikowski	Independent Director	3.3yrs	US$281.21k	0.0051% MX$ 14.0m

9.0yrs

Average Tenure

67yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: RPM *'s board of directors are considered experienced (9 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/10/04 04:47
End of Day Share Price	2025/09/30 00:00
Earnings	2025/08/31
Annual Earnings	2025/05/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

RPM International Inc. is covered by 32 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Ghansham Panjabi	Baird
John McNulty	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Laurent Favre	BNP Paribas Exane