SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2018

Feb 13, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2018-02-12

Reporting Person: Ackerman Patricia K (VP, Investor Relations & Treas)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-09-08	Common Stock	G	46	—	Disposed	1596	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-02-12	Restricted Stock Units	$61.76	A	930	Acquired		Common Stock (930)	Direct
2018-02-12	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$61.76	A	3870	Acquired	2028-02-12	Common Stock (3870)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Gift

F2: The restricted stock units were granted on 02/12/2018 under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The restricted stock units become payable in Common Stock on the vesting date of 02/12/2021.

F3: The Restricted Stock Units that Ms. Ackerman has deferred receive a quarterly dividend pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the A. O. Smith Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. The total amount of dividends received was 147 Restricted Stock Units.

F4: The employee stock options were granted on 02/12/2018 under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The options become exercisable in three annual installments of 1/3 of the award starting on 02/12/2019.