SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-067050

SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO · SHW

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

Reporting owner

Steven J Oberfeld

Officer — SVP-Corp. Plan. & Develop.

Period of report

Aug 18, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Aug 20, 2015 · 12:28 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	Aug 18, 2015	M	27,123	$72.62	A	121,747	D
Common Stock	Aug 18, 2015	M	12,200	$73.57	A	133,947	D
Common Stock^F1	Aug 18, 2015	S	5,700	$283.80	D	128,247	D
Common Stock^F2	Aug 18, 2015	S	23,410	$284.56	D	104,837	D
Common Stock^F3	Aug 18, 2015	S	8,013	$285.57	D	96,824	D
Common Stock^F4	Aug 18, 2015	S	1,600	$286.43	D	95,224	D
Common Stock^F5,F6	Aug 18, 2015	S	600	$287.66	D	94,624	D
Common Stock^F7	holding	—	—		—	589	I	Stock Plan

Table II — derivative securities

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	D/I
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$72.62	Aug 18, 2015	M	9,500	D	Oct 19, 2011	Oct 18, 2020	Common Stock	9,500	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$72.62	Aug 18, 2015	M	9,500	D	Oct 19, 2012	Oct 18, 2020	Common Stock	9,500	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$72.62	Aug 18, 2015	M	8,123	D	Oct 19, 2013	Oct 18, 2020	Common Stock	8,123	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$73.57	Aug 18, 2015	M	4,067	D	Nov 15, 2011	Nov 14, 2020	Common Stock	4,067	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$73.57	Aug 18, 2015	M	4,066	D	Nov 15, 2012	Nov 14, 2020	Common Stock	4,066	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$73.57	Aug 18, 2015	M	4,067	D	Nov 15, 2013	Nov 14, 2020	Common Stock	4,067	D

Explanation of responses

F1The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $283.16 to $284.15 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.
F2The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $284.16 to $285.14 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.
F3The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $285.16 to $286.14 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.
F4The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $286.17 to $286.97 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.
F5The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $287.55 to $287.77 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.
F6Of shares listed, 10,000 are restricted stock and 3,150 are restricted stock units.
F7Represents 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 06/30/2015 statement.