SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Nov 14, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2016-11-09

Reporting Person: Lauber Charles T (SVP, Strategy & Corporate Dev.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-11-09	Common Stock	M	4000	$17.462	Acquired	27980	Direct
2016-11-09	Common Stock	M	4800	$23.235	Acquired	32780	Direct
2016-11-09	Common Stock	F	6327	$46.615	Disposed	26453	Direct
2016-11-10	Common Stock	S	2473	$48.1181	Disposed	23980	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-11-09	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$17.462	M	4000	Disposed	2023-02-11	Common Stock (4000)	Direct
2016-11-09	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.235	M	4800	Disposed	2024-02-10	Common Stock (4800)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Common Stock (0)	6740	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On October 5, 2016, the common stock of A. O. Smith Corporation split 2-for1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 11,990 additional shares of Common Stock.

F2: On October 5, 2016, the common stock of A. O. Smith Corporation split 2-for1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 15,360 additional Employee Stock Options.

F3: On October 5, 2016, the common stock of A. O. Smith Corporation split 2-for1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 3,370 additional Restricted Stock Units.

F4: The restricted stock units become payable in Common Stock on the vesting date.