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Form 4 OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC For: Mar 16 Filed by: MERRIMAN MICHAEL J

March 18, 2016 2:57 PM EDT
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
MERRIMAN MICHAEL J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
25435 HARVARD ROAD

(Street)
BEACHWOOD OH 44122

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC [ OMN ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/16/2016
4. 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 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
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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Deferred Shares (1) 03/16/2016   A   12,963     (2)   (2) Common Shares 12,963 $ 0 (3) 68,615 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. Each Deferred Share is the economic equivalent of one OMNOVA Solutions Inc. Common Share.
2. Under the terms of the OMNOVA Solutions Inc. Third Amended and Restated 1999 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), the Deferred Shares shall not issue until the later of one year following the date of grant or the Reporting Person's separation from service on the OMNOVA Solutions Inc. Board of Directors (the "Board").
3. The Deferred Shares were granted under the Plan as part of the Reporting Person's annual retainer for Board Service.
Frank P. Esposito, Attorney-in-fact for Michael J. Merriman 03/18/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC.

Authorization and Designation to Sign and File
Section 16 and Rule 144 Reporting Forms





	The undersigned, Michael J. Merriman, a director of OMNOVA Solutions Inc., an
Ohio corporation, does hereby authorize and designate James C. LeMay, Paul F.
DeSantis, and Frank P. Esposito, or any of them, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, to sign and file on the undersigned's behalf
(i) any and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Section 16") with respect to the ownership of
equity securities of OMNOVA Solutions Inc., including, without limitation, all
Forms 3, 4, and 5 relating to equity securities of OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
pursuant to the requirements of Section 16, and (ii) any and all notices
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144") with respect
to sales of shares of equity securities of OMNOVA Solutions Inc., including,
without limitation, all notices of proposed sales on Form 144.  This
authorization, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in writing, shall be
valid until the undersigned's reporting obligations under Section 16 and Rule
144 cease with respect to equity securities of OMNOVA Solutions Inc.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Authorization and
Designation this 19th day of March 2015.



						/s/Michael J. Merriman
                                                Michael J. Merriman





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