SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Nov 17, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-11-15

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-11-15	Common Stock	G	1357	—	Disposed	163133.313	Direct
2004-11-15	Common Stock	M	20280	$27.75	Acquired	183413.313	Direct
2004-11-15	Common Stock	M	28272	$19.625	Acquired	211685.313	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-11-15	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.75	M	8000	Disposed	2007-01-28	Common Stock (8000)	Direct
2004-11-15	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy	$27.75	M	7882	Disposed	2007-01-28	Common Stock (7882)	Direct
2004-11-15	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.75	M	4398	Disposed	2007-01-28	Common Stock (4398)	Direct
2004-11-15	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$19.625	M	33	Disposed	2010-10-18	Common Stock (33)	Direct
2004-11-15	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$19.625	M	28239	Disposed	2010-10-18	Common Stock (28239)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	28942.628	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 131,000 are restricted.

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 9/30/04 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.