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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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 * RICHARDSON JOHN W   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SCHULMAN A INC [SHLM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP - Chief Financial Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 3637 RIDGEWOOD ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/21/2018 (Street) FAIRLAWN, OH 44333 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 Common Stock 08/21/2018   D   52,961 D $ 42 (1) 0 D

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 32.55

08/21/2018

D

19,210 (2)

01/11/2020

01/11/2027

Common Stock

19,210

$ 9.45 (3)

0

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 38.9

08/21/2018

D

15,230 (2)

01/10/2021

01/10/2028

Common Stock

15,230

$ 3.1 (4)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
RICHARDSON JOHN W 3637 RIDGEWOOD ROAD FAIRLAWN, OH 44333			EVP - Chief Financial Officer

Signatures

/s/ Aaron S Berke, attorney in fact for John W. Richardson		08/22/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposed of pursuant to the merger agreement (the "Merger Agreement") between the issuer, LyondellBasell Industries N.V and LYB Americas Holdco Inc. In addition to the cash consideration, each shareholder will also receive one contingent value right ("CVR") per share or, with respect to equity awards, per share underlying each such equity award. Each CVR will represent the right to receive contingent cash payments from certain net proceeds, if any are recovered, relating to claims arising from the issuer's acquisition of its Citadel subsidiary or the acquisition by Citadel's subsidiary, the Matrixx Group, Incorporated of its Lucent subsidiary, including from certain ongoing litigation against the former owners of the issuer's Citadel subsidiary and the former owners of A. Schulman's Lucent subsidiary and the related government investigations. Reporting person will receive 52,961 CVRs.
(2)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, all outstanding options were settled for merger consideration equal to $42.00 less the exercise price of the option and one CVR for each share of common stock underlying the option.
(3)	In addition to the cash consideration, the reporting person also received 19,210 CVRs.
(4)	In addition to the cash consideration, the reporting person also received 15,230 CVRs.

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