SMITH A O CORP — Director's Dealing 2023

May 9, 2023

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK: 0000091142
Period of Report: 2023-05-09

Reporting Person: Otchere Benjamin A (Vice President and Controller)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2023-05-09	Common Stock	M	1525	$49.42	Acquired	2072	Direct
2023-05-09	Common Stock	M	2760	$42.39	Acquired	4832	Direct
2023-05-09	Common Stock	S	4285	$70.0047	Disposed	547	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2023-05-09	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$49.42	M	1525	Disposed	2029-02-11	Common Stock (1525.0)	Direct
2023-05-09	Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$42.39	M	2760	Disposed	2030-02-10	Common Stock (2760.0)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Mr. Otchere is a participant in the A. O. Smith Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('Plan") and receives a quarterly dividend pursuant to the Plan. The total amount of dividends received was 1 share of Common Stock.

F2: The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received ranged from $70.00 to $70.055. 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.

F3: The employee stock options were granted on 02/11/2019, 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 02/11/2020.

F4: The employee stock options were granted on 02/10/2020, 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 02/10/2021.