SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Oct 20, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2016-10-18

Reporting Person: Wells Robert J (SVP-Corp Comm & Public Affairs)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-10-18	Common Stock	A	1686	$0.00	Acquired	18805	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-10-18	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$270.12	A	4500	Acquired	2026-10-17	Common Stock (4500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1651.16	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Grant of restricted stock units under the 2006 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan.

F2: Of shares listed, 1,750 are restricted stock and 2,736 are restricted stock units.

F3: Represents the number of shares of common stock attributable to the reporting person's participation in The Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan per the trustee's 09/30/2016 statement.

F4: The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on October 18, 2017.