SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2015

Apr 16, 2015

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2015-04-13

Reporting Person: Dana Paul R (VP, Global Operations)

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$0		Common Stock (7053)		Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Common Stock (3050)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Employee stock options were granted under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3: 3,400 employee stock options were granted on 02/11/2013 and became exercisable in three annual installments of 1/3 of the award starting on 02/11/2014. 2,267 stock options were previously exercised and 1,133 are outstanding; 2,570 employee stock options were granted on 02/10/2014 and became exercisable in three annual installments of 1/3 of the award starting on 02/10/2015. 3,350 employee stock options were granted on 02/09/2015 and became exercisable in three annual installments of 1/3 of the award starting on 02/09/2016. All employee stock options expire ten years after the date of the award.

F2: Restricted stock units were granted under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3: 1,200 restricted stock units were granted on 02/11/2013; 915 restricted stock units were granted on 02/10/2014; and 935 restricted stock units were granted on 02/09/2015. The restricted stock units become payable in Common Stock on the vesting date, which is three years after the grant date.