SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 14, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2012-09-13

Reporting Person: Connor Christopher M (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-09-13	Common Stock	G	88250	—	Disposed	464401.07	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	48016.67	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 153,600 are restricted and 500.07 are owned pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan per the trustee's 6/30/12 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 6/30/12 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.