SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Oct 21, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-10-20

Reporting Person: LaCour Blair P (Pres & Gen Mgr-Automotive Div)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-10-20	Common Stock	A	4000	—	Acquired	28000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-10-20	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$41.725	A	16000	Acquired	2014-10-19	Common Stock (16000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	7420.0674	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Grant of restricted shares of common stock under The Sherwin-Williams Company's 2003 Stock Plan.

F2: Shares listed are restricted.

F3: 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 9/20/04 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.

F4: The option vests in three annual installments of 5,333, 5,333 and 5,334 beginning on October 20, 2005.