SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Higgin Andrew

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

25435 HARVARD ROAD

(Street)

BEACHWOOD

44122

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/28/2019

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC [ OMN ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	VP, Global Sales

5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares	11,865	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Restricted Share Units	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Common Shares	6,635	$0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The restricted share units reported in this row were granted to the reporting person on June 21, 2017 (1,500 restricted share units), June 25, 2018 (1,700 restricted share units), and June 25, 2019 (5,000 restricted share units). Each grant of restricted share units is scheduled to vest in approximately equal annual installments until the third year from the date of grant. For the grant issued June 21, 2017, two of the annual installments vested on June 21, 2018 and June 21, 2019 (999 shares in total). For the grant issued June 25, 2018, one installment vested on June 25, 2019 (566 shares). The total amount reported in this row reflects the remaining number of unvested restricted share units.

Remarks:

This Form 3 is being filed late due to inadvertent administrative error.

	/s/ Frank P. Esposito, attorney-in-fact for Andrew Higgin	07/19/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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