SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Sep 13, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-09-10

Reporting Person: MORIKIS JOHN G (President, Paint Stores Group)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-09-10	Common Stock	S	33334	$40.50	Disposed	67968	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	12457.4326	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 60,000 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 6/30/04 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.