SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Jun 13, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2005-06-09

Reporting Person: AULT JOHN L (VP-Corporate Controller)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-06-09	Common Stock	M	6000	$20.7188	Acquired	8821	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-06-09	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.7188	M	2000	Disposed	2006-01-23	Common Stock (2000)	Direct
2005-06-09	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.7188	M	2000	Disposed	2006-01-23	Common Stock (2000)	Direct
2005-06-09	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$20.7188	M	2000	Disposed	2006-01-23	Common Stock (2000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	12568.099	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 2,500 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 3/31/05 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.