SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2015

Dec 2, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2015-12-01

Reporting Person: Heideman Robert J (Senior VP Engineering & Tech.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-12-01	Common Stock	M	8000	$21.558	Disposed	18621	Direct
2015-12-01	Common Stock	F	4784	$80.08	Disposed	13837	Direct
2015-12-02	Common Stock	S	3216	$80.2976	Disposed	10261	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-12-01	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$21.558	M	8000	Disposed	2021-02-07	Common Stock (8000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The employee stock options wre granted on 02/07/2011 under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The options became exerciable in three annual installments of 1/3 of the award starting on 02/07/2012.