SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Aug 10, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2011-08-08

Reporting Person: MORIKIS JOHN G (President & COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-08-08	Common Stock	G	990	—	Disposed	144806	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	16040.9	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 85,166 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 6/30/11 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.