SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 14, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2011-12-13

Reporting Person: HENNESSY SEAN P (Sr. VP-Finance and CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-13	Common Stock	M	1576	$63.44	Acquired	121894	Direct
2011-12-13	Common Stock	M	1848	$54.09	Acquired	123742	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-12-13	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$63.44	M	1576	Disposed	2017-10-18	Common Stock (1576)	Direct
2011-12-13	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$54.09	M	1848	Disposed	2018-10-13	Common Stock (1848)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	17842.54	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 60,500 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 9/30/11 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.