SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Oct 8, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2003-10-07

Reporting Person: RETTLER STEVE W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-10-07	Common Stock	A	1500	—	Acquired	3750	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-10-07	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$28.70	J	10700	Acquired	2013-10-07	Common Stock (10700)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Award of restricted stock.

F2: Granted on 10/7/2003 under the A. O. Smith Combined Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F3: At such date as the stock option is exercised, the price will be that which is shown on Table II in Column 2.