SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Aug 2, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2016-08-01

Reporting Person: MORIKIS JOHN G (Director, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-08-01	Common Stock	M	30353	$154.4325	Acquired	119804	Direct
2016-08-01	Common Stock	S	4139	$297.20	Disposed	115665	Direct
2016-08-01	Common Stock	S	26214	$299.00	Disposed	89451	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-08-01	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$154.4325	M	10334	Disposed	2022-10-16	Common Stock (10334)	Direct
2016-08-01	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$154.4325	M	10333	Disposed	2022-10-16	Common Stock (10333)	Direct
2016-08-01	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$154.4325	M	9686	Disposed	2022-10-16	Common Stock (9686)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	17332.78	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Of shares listed, 11,500 are restricted stock and 6,000 are restricted stock units.

F2: 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 06/30/2016 statement.