SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO — Director's Dealing 2016

May 17, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK: 0000089800
Period of Report: 2016-05-13

Reporting Person: HENNESSY SEAN P (SVP-Finance & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-05-13	Common Stock	M	20353	$154.4325	Acquired	92747	Direct
2016-05-13	Common Stock	S	20353	$294.88	Disposed	72394	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-05-13	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$154.4325	M	7000	Disposed	2022-10-16	Common Stock (7000)	Direct
2016-05-13	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$154.4325	M	7000	Disposed	2022-10-16	Common Stock (7000)	Direct
2016-05-13	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$154.4325	M	6353	Disposed	2022-10-16	Common Stock (6353)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	19043.51	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $294.63 to $294.98 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to The Sherwin-Williams Company, any security holder of The Sherwin-Williams Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.

F2: Of shares listed, 8,000 are restricted stock and 4,500 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 03/31/2016 statement.