SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 1, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2012-11-01

Reporting Person: BEDNAR RANDALL S (Senior Vice President - CIO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-11-01	Common Stock	M	6750	$16.427	Acquired	25252	Direct
2012-11-01	Common Stock	S	6750	$61.2762	Disposed	18502	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-11-01	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.427	M	6750	Disposed	2014-10-12	Common Stock (6750)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The employee stock options were granted on 10/12/2004 under the A. O. Smith Combined Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.