SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Mar 18, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2005-03-16

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-03-16	Common Stock	M	27500	$19.625	Acquired	366293.067	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-03-16	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$19.625	M	27500	Disposed	2010-10-18	Common Stock (27500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	39942.744	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 301,750 are restricted and 505.067 are owned pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan per the trustee's 12/31/04 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 12/31/04 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.