UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    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) September 27, 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 jurisdiction          (Commission              (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                 File Number)           Identification No.)


        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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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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                   INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

         On September 27, 2004, RPM International Inc. issued a press release
announcing its first quarter earnings outlook, 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.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         (c) Exhibits.



Exhibit number                     Description
                                
99.1                               Press release of September 27, 2004


                                   SIGNATURES

         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.
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                                                          (Registrant)

Date    September 27, 2004
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                                  /s/ P. Kelly Tompkins
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                                  P. Kelly Tompkins
                                  Senior Vice President, General
                                  Counsel and Secretary