SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-050038

SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO · SHW

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Chairman and CEO · Director

Period of report

Jun 2, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jun 4, 2015 · 2:23 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000089800

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Jun 2, 2015	M	9,792	$54.09	A	500,663	D
Common Stock^F1,F2	Jun 2, 2015	S	9,792	$288.05	D	490,871	D
Common Stock^F3	holding	—	—		—	49,497	I	Stock Plan

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$54.09	Jun 2, 2015	M	9,792	D	Oct 14, 2011	Oct 13, 2018	Common Stock	9,792	3,131	D

F1The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $288.00 to $288.20 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to The Sherwin-Williams Company, any security holder of The Sherwin-Williams Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.
F2Of shares listed, 68,200 are restricted stock, 19,500 are restricted stock units and 500.07 are owned pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan per the trustee's 03/31/2015 statement.
F3Represents the number of shares of common stock attributable to the reporting person's participation in The Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan per the trustee's 03/31/2015 statement.