SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Sep 1, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-09-01

Reporting Person: NANDOR RONALD P (Pres. and GM-Automotive Div.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-09-01	Common Stock	S	8600	$41.05	Disposed	34413	Direct
2004-09-01	Common Stock	S	440	$41.19	Disposed	33973	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	6035.7263	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 31,000 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.