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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Caporale Michael JR 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/22/2008 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SCHULMAN A INC [SHLM] (Last) (First) (Middle) 3668 SHETLAND TRAIL 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) RICHFIELD, OH 44286 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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)

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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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Profit Participation Agreement (1)	  (2)	  (3)	Common Stock	951 (4)	$ 0 (5)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Caporale Michael JR 3668 SHETLAND TRAIL RICHFIELD, OH 44286	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Aaron S. Berke, as attorney in fact for Michael Caporale, Jr.		01/25/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In consideration of his participation as a nominee for the A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Company") Board of Directors, Mr. Caporale and Ramius Captial Group ("Ramius") entered into a Profit Particpation Agreement (the "Agreement"), whereby Mr. Caporale would be entitled to receive profits from the sale of the last $20,000 worth of stock of the Company beneficially owned by Ramius or its affiliates, in the event that Mr. Caporale was elected to the Company's Board of Directors at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. On January 16, 2008, the Company officially announced the election of Mr. Caporale to the Company's Board of Directors.
(2)	Mr. Caporale will receive any compensation attributable to him under the Agreement on the date which Ramius and its affiliates exit their holdings in the Company's common stock.
(3)	Mr. Caporale's right to receive any profit from the participation shares does not expire, absent a breach of the Agreement.
(4)	Pursuant to the Agreement, the number of participation shares attributable to Mr. Caporale are calculated by dividing $20,000 by the closing price of the Company's common stock on the filing date of Ramius' definitive proxy statement, December 19, 2007. The closing price of the Company's common stock on December 19, 2007 was $21.02.
(5)	Mr. Caporale will receive a payment from Ramius equal to the product of (i) 951 and (ii) the difference between (x) the sale price of the last 951 shares of the Company's common stock sold by Ramius or its affiliates and (y) $21.02.

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