SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Aug 27, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-08-25

Reporting Person: SEITZ THOMAS W (Pres. and GM-Consumer Div.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-08-25	Common Stock	M	33334	$20.25	Acquired	82040	Direct
2004-08-25	Common Stock	M	5905	$19.625	Acquired	87945	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-08-25	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.25	M	33334	Disposed	2009-10-21	Common Stock (33334)	Direct
2004-08-25	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$19.625	M	5905	Disposed	2010-10-18	Common Stock (5905)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	10505.258	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 3/31/04 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.