SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Mar 24, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2004-03-23

Reporting Person: CONNOR CHRISTOPHER M (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-03-23	Common Stock	M	14000	$20.7188	Acquired	299274.067	Direct
2004-03-23	Common Stock	M	24000	$27.75	Acquired	323274.067	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-03-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.7188	M	4666	Disposed	2006-01-24	Common Stock (4666)	Direct
2004-03-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.7188	M	4666	Disposed	2006-01-24	Common Stock (4666)	Direct
2004-03-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.7188	M	4668	Disposed	2006-01-24	Common Stock (4668)	Direct
2004-03-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.75	M	8000	Disposed	2007-01-29	Common Stock (8000)	Direct
2004-03-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.75	M	8000	Disposed	2007-01-29	Common Stock (8000)	Direct
2004-03-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.75	M	8000	Disposed	2007-01-29	Common Stock (8000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	39022.155	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 248,000 are restricted and 505.067 are owned pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan per the trustee's 12/31/03 statement.

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 12/31/03 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.