SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Sep 8, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-09-03

Reporting Person: HENNESSY SEAN P (Sr. VP-Finance and CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-09-03	Common Stock	M	540	$27.75	Acquired	63540	Direct
2004-09-03	Common Stock	M	1242	$29.0313	Acquired	64782	Direct
2004-09-03	Common Stock	M	22000	$20.25	Acquired	86782	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-09-03	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.75	M	540	Disposed	2007-01-29	Common Stock (540)	Direct
2004-09-03	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$29.0313	M	1242	Disposed	2008-02-04	Common Stock (1242)	Direct
2004-09-03	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.25	M	7333	Disposed	2009-10-21	Common Stock (7333)	Direct
2004-09-03	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.25	M	7333	Disposed	2009-10-21	Common Stock (7333)	Direct
2004-09-03	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.25	M	7334	Disposed	2009-10-21	Common Stock (7334)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	13944.1268	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 63,000 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.