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text: 144
  0001825022
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000089800
  SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
  001-04851
  101 PROSPECT AVE NW
  CLEVELAND
  OH
  44115
  2165662200
  Petz Heidi G
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  6699
  1944300.61
  255966090
  12/08/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  12/08/2023
  Option Granted - 10/18/2017
  Issuer
  N
  420
  12/08/2023
  Cash
  Common
  12/08/2023
  Option Granted - 10/17/2018
  Issuer
  N
  579
  12/08/2023
  Cash
  Common
  12/08/2023
  Option Granted - 10/16/2019
  Issuer
  N
  3000
  12/08/2023
  Cash
  Common
  12/08/2023
  Option Granted - 10/20/2020
  Issuer
  N
  2700
  12/08/2023
  Cash
  Y
  The sale of these shares is being made at the direction of Ms. Petz's ex-spouse pursuant to a domestic relations order. Ms. Petz's ex-spouse will retain the after-tax proceeds from the sales.
  12/08/2023
  /s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Heidi G. Petz