SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):     April 7, 2004
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                             RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    Delaware                       1-14187                       02-0642224
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(State or other                  (Commission                  (I.R.S. Employer
 jurisdiction of                 File Number)                Identification No.)
 incorporation)


        2628 Pearl Road, P.O. Box 777, Medina, Ohio             44258
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        (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:       (330) 273-5090
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ITEM 12.      RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

     On April 7, 2004, RPM International Inc. issued a press release announcing
its third quarter results for the quarter ended February 29, 2004, which
provided detail not included in previously issued reports. A copy of the press
release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.






































                                    SIGNATURE



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.




                                      RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.


Date: April 7, 2004                   By:  /s/ P. Kelly Tompkins
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                                          P. Kelly Tompkins
                                          Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                          and Secretary

























                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit                Description of Exhibit
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99.1                   Press Release issued by RPM International Inc., dated
                       April 7, 2004, announcing the Company's third quarter
                       results.