SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2018

Feb 14, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2018-02-13

Reporting Person: Heideman Robert J (Senior VP-Chief Tech. Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-02-13	Common Stock	M	5533	$30.76	Acquired	34099	Direct
2018-02-13	Common Stock	M	6073	$31.67	Acquired	40172	Direct
2018-02-13	Common Stock	S	11606	$61.7394	Disposed	28566	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-02-13	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$30.76	M	5533	Disposed	2025-02-09	Common Stock (5533)	Direct
2018-02-13	Employee Stock Options	$31.67	M	6073	Disposed	2026-02-08	Common Stock (6073)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received ranged from $61.42 to $62.09. The reporting person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range for all transactions reported on this Form 4 utilizing an average weighted price.

F2: The employee stock options were granted on 02/09/2015, under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under rule 16b-3. The options became exercisable in three annual installments of 1/3 of the award starting on 02/09/2016.

F3: The employee stock options were granted on 02/08/2016, under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under rule 16b-3. The options became exercisable in three annual installments of 1/3 of the award starting on 02/08/2017.