SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Feb 3, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2005-02-02

Reporting Person: SCAMINACE JOSEPH M (Director, President and COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-02-02	Common Stock	A	25000	—	Acquired	171352.313	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	29041.478	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Grant of restricted shares of common stock under The Sherwin-Williams Company's 2003 Stock Plan.

F2: Of shares listed, 156,000 are restricted.

F3: May include shares acquired since date of last report through dividend reinvestment.

F4: 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.