SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Dec 9, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-12-09

Reporting Person: SCAMINACE JOSEPH M (Director, President and COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-09	Common Stock	S	700	$44.00	Disposed	0	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8333	Indirect
Common Stock	28942.628	Indirect
Common Stock	146322.313	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of shares listed.

F2: Represents the approximate number of shares of common stock for which the Reporting Person has the right to direct the vote under The Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan per the trustee's 9/30/2004 statement. Shares of common stock are not directly allocated to the Plan participants, but are instead held in a unitized fund consisting primarily of common stock and a small percentage of short-term investments. Participants acquire units of this fund.

F3: Of shares listed, 131,000 are restricted.