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: 2004-08-30

Reporting Person: ZALESKY ALEXANDER (Pres. and GM-International)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-08-30	Common Stock	M	4000	$25.425	Acquired	31500	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-08-30	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$25.425	M	4000	Disposed	2012-10-17	Common Stock (4000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	794.0275	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 27,500 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.