Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000089800-12-000077
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2012-05-04 13:27:32
Reporting Period:
2012-05-03
Filing Date:
2012-05-04
Accepted Time:
2012-05-04 13:27:32
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
89800 Sherwin Williams Co SHW Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200) 340526850
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1203528 E Louis Stellato 101 West Prospect Avenue
Cleveland OH 44115
Sr Vp, General Counsel & Secy No Yes No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2012-05-03 5,270 $59.44 23,586 No 4 M Direct
Common Stock Disposition 2012-05-03 5,270 $122.70 18,316 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 M Direct
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) Disposition 2012-05-03 5,000 $0.00 5,000 $59.44
Common Stock Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) Disposition 2012-05-03 270 $0.00 270 $59.44
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
0 2007-10-18 2016-10-17 No 4 M Direct
4,730 2008-10-18 2016-10-17 No 4 M Direct
Reported Non-Derivative Holdings
Sec. Name Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock 22,573 Indirect Stock Plan
Footnotes
  1. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $122.60 to $123.23 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.
  2. Of shares listed, 18,090 are restricted and 225.80 are owned pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan per the trustee's 3/31/12 statement.
  3. Represents the approximate number of shares of common stock for which the Reporting Person has the right to direct the vote under The Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan per the trustee's 3/31/12 statement. Shares of common stock are not directly allocated to the Plan participants, but are instead held in a unitized fund consisting primarily of common stock and a small percentage of short-term investments. Participants acquire units of this fund.