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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;16, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </U> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Ohio</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">34-0526850</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>101 West Prospect Avenue</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cleveland, Ohio</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>44115</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Sherwin-Williams Company 2025 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mary L. Garceau </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior
  Vice President &#150; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>101 West Prospect Avenue </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cleveland, Ohio 44115 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(216) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">566-2000</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>with a copy to: </I></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amy I. Pandit </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jones Day
  </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1221 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 400 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta, GA 30361 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(404) <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">581-8611</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
  filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 1. Plan Information.</B> * </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 2. Registrant
  Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B> * </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Information required by Part I to be included in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus will be sent or given to
  employees as specified by Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&#148;), and is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I
  of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by The Sherwin-Williams Company (the &#147;<B><I>Registrant</I></B>&#148; or the
  &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980025000030/shw-20241231.htm">Annual
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2024</A>, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;20, 2025. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000119312525028111/d916475d8k.htm">February
  <U></U>&nbsp;18, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000119312525050609/d921470d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;10, 2025</A>. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$0.33-1/3</FONT> per share (the
  &#147;<B><I>common stock</I></B>&#148;), contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980022000007/shw-12312021xex4a.htm">Exhibit 4(a)</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> or any exhibit
  thereto, was furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents that the Registrant subsequently files with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates the Registrant has sold all of the
  securities offered under this Registration Statement or that deregisters the distribution of all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
  date that the Registrant files such report or document. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mary L. Garceau, Senior Vice President &#150; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Company, is passing on certain legal matters regarding
  the securities being registered. Ms.&nbsp;Garceau is a full-time employee of the Company, owns Company securities and is eligible to participate in various employee benefit and equity incentive plans, including The Sherwin-Williams Company 2025
  Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of the Ohio Revised Code (the &#147;<B><I>ORC</I></B>&#148;) and the Company&#146;s
  Regulations (As Amended and Restated) (the &#147;<B><I>Regulations</I></B>&#148;), as such provisions relate to the indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company. This description is intended only as a summary and is qualified in its
  entirety by reference to the ORC and the Regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;1701.13 of the ORC, an Ohio corporation may indemnify or agree
  to indemnify a director or officer who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than an action by
  or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another
  corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement
  actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner the director or officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;1701.13 of the ORC, an Ohio corporation may also indemnify or agree to indemnify any director or officer who was or is a
  party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of
  the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a
  partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, if the
  director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner the director or officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except in certain circumstances set forth in Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) of the ORC.
  </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indemnification authorized under Ohio law is not exclusive and is in addition to any other rights granted to officers and directors
  under an Ohio corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or code of regulations or any agreement with directors, officers and certain other persons. Ohio corporations may also purchase and maintain insurance for directors and officers. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Regulations, the Company will indemnify, to the full extent then permitted by law, any director or officer or former director
  or officer of the Company who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the
  individual is or was a director or an officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
  enterprise. The Company will pay, to the full extent then required by law, expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, incurred by a director in defending any such action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition
  thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the full extent then permitted by law, the Company may indemnify employees, agents and other persons and may pay expenses,
  including attorneys&#146; fees, incurred by any employee, agent or other person in defending any action, suit or proceeding as such expenses are incurred, in advance of the final disposition thereof. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indemnification and payment of expenses described above shall not be exclusive of, and
  shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to any person seeking indemnification under any law, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, any agreement, vote of shareholders or of disinterested directors, or
  otherwise, both as to action in official capacities and as to action in another capacity while he or she is a director or an officer, employee or agent of the Company, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee,
  officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may
  purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including but not limited to trust funds, letters of credit or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or designated agent of the
  Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or designated agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and
  incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the Regulations or of Chapter 1701 of the ORC.
  Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person in whom the Company has a financial interest. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is expressly
  authorized to enter into any indemnification or insurance agreements with or on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or designated agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
  officer, employee or designated agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in accordance with the terms of Article IV of the Regulations or the laws of the State of Ohio. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its current directors and officers that include, in each case, indemnification
  provisions to provide them additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in the Regulations and to provide additional procedural protections. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits
  </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000119312515053447/d873135dex3.htm">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through February<U></U>&nbsp;
  18, 2015, filed as Exhibit 3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated February<U></U>&nbsp;18, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000119312521067572/d133201dex31.htm">Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through February<U></U>&nbsp;
  18, 2015, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated March<U></U>&nbsp;3, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d215695dex43.htm">Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (filed herewith)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000119312523190077/d488898dex31.htm">Regulations of The Sherwin-Williams Company (As Amended and Restated July<U></U>&nbsp;
  19, 2023), filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated July<U></U>&nbsp;18, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d215695dex51.htm">Opinion of Mary L. Garceau, Senior Vice President &#150; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Company (filed herewith) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d215695dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d215695dex51.htm">Consent of Mary L. Garceau (set forth in her opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d215695dex241.htm">Power of Attorney (filed herewith) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d215695dex991.htm">The Sherwin-Williams Company 2025 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (filed herewith) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d215695dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table (filed herewith) </A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
  the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Filing Fee Tables&#148; or &#147;Calculation
  of Registration Fee&#148; table, as applicable, in the effective Registration Statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
  controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
  opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on
  April&nbsp;16, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><B>THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mary L. Garceau</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Mary L. Garceau</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President &#150; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
  following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Heidi G. Petz</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;16,&nbsp;2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Heidi G. Petz</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Allen J. Mistysyn</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President &#150; Finance and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;16, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Allen J. Mistysyn</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ J. Paul Lang</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Senior Vice President &#150; Enterprise Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;16, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">J. Paul Lang</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;16, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Kerrii B. Anderson</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;16, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Jeff M. Fettig</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;16, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Robert J. Gamgort</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2025
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Ohio
  34-0526850
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  101 West Prospect Avenue
  Cleveland, Ohio
  44115
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  The Sherwin-Williams Company 2025 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Mary L. Garceau
  Senior
  Vice President – Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
  101 West Prospect Avenue
  Cleveland, Ohio 44115
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (216)
  566-2000
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  with a copy to:
  Amy I. Pandit
  Jones Day
  1221 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 400
  Atlanta, GA 30361
  (404)
  581-8611
  Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
  filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  *
  Item 2. Registrant
  Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  *
  *
  Information required by Part I to be included in the Section 10(a) prospectus will be sent or given to
  employees as specified by Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  "), and is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I
  of Form
  S-8.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents previously filed by The Sherwin-Williams Company (the "
  Registrant
  " or the
  "
  Company
  ") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  ") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  (a) The Registrant's
  Annual
   Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December
  31, 2024
  , filed with the Commission on February 20, 2025.
  (b) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
  8-K,
  filed with the Commission on
  February
  18, 2025
  and
  March
  10, 2025
  .
  (c) The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value
  $0.33-1/3
  per share (the
  "
  common stock
  "), contained in
  Exhibit 4(a)
  to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form
  8-K,
  or any exhibit
  thereto, was furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference.
  All reports and other documents that the Registrant subsequently files with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange Act
  "), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates the Registrant has sold all of the
  securities offered under this Registration Statement or that deregisters the distribution of all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
  date that the Registrant files such report or document.
  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Mary L. Garceau, Senior Vice President – Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Company, is passing on certain legal matters regarding
  the securities being registered. Ms. Garceau is a full-time employee of the Company, owns Company securities and is eligible to participate in various employee benefit and equity incentive plans, including The Sherwin-Williams Company 2025
  Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  .
  Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of the Ohio Revised Code (the "
  ORC
  ") and the Company's
  Regulations (As Amended and Restated) (the "
  Regulations
  "), as such provisions relate to the indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company. This description is intended only as a summary and is qualified in its
  entirety by reference to the ORC and the Regulations.
  Under Section 1701.13 of the ORC, an Ohio corporation may indemnify or agree
  to indemnify a director or officer who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than an action by
  or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another
  corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement
  actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner the director or officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
  Under Section 1701.13 of the ORC, an Ohio corporation may also indemnify or agree to indemnify any director or officer who was or is a
  party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of
  the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a
  partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, if the
  director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner the director or officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except in certain circumstances set forth in Section 1701.13(E) of the ORC.
  The indemnification authorized under Ohio law is not exclusive and is in addition to any other rights granted to officers and directors
  under an Ohio corporation's articles of incorporation or code of regulations or any agreement with directors, officers and certain other persons. Ohio corporations may also purchase and maintain insurance for directors and officers.
  Pursuant to the Regulations, the Company will indemnify, to the full extent then permitted by law, any director or officer or former director
  or officer of the Company who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the
  individual is or was a director or an officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
  enterprise. The Company will pay, to the full extent then required by law, expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by a director in defending any such action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition
  thereof.
  To the full extent then permitted by law, the Company may indemnify employees, agents and other persons and may pay expenses,
  including attorneys' fees, incurred by any employee, agent or other person in defending any action, suit or proceeding as such expenses are incurred, in advance of the final disposition thereof.
  The indemnification and payment of expenses described above shall not be exclusive of, and
  shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to any person seeking indemnification under any law, the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, any agreement, vote of shareholders or of disinterested directors, or
  otherwise, both as to action in official capacities and as to action in another capacity while he or she is a director or an officer, employee or agent of the Company, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee,
  officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
  The Company may
  purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including but not limited to trust funds, letters of credit or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or designated agent of the
  Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or designated agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and
  incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the Regulations or of Chapter 1701 of the ORC.
  Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person in whom the Company has a financial interest.
  The Company is expressly
  authorized to enter into any indemnification or insurance agreements with or on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or designated agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
  officer, employee or designated agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in accordance with the terms of Article IV of the Regulations or the laws of the State of Ohio.
  The Company has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its current directors and officers that include, in each case, indemnification
  provisions to provide them additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in the Regulations and to provide additional procedural protections.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through February
  18, 2015, filed as Exhibit 3 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  dated February
  18, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference
  4.2
  Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through February
  18, 2015, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  dated March
  3, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference
  4.3
  Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (filed herewith)
  4.4
  Regulations of The Sherwin-Williams Company (As Amended and Restated July
  19, 2023), filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  dated July
  18, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference
  5.1
  Opinion of Mary L. Garceau, Senior Vice President – Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Company (filed herewith)
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith)
  23.2
  Consent of Mary L. Garceau (set forth in her opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (filed herewith)
  99.1
  The Sherwin-Williams Company 2025 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (filed herewith)
  107
  Filing Fee Table (filed herewith)
  Item 9. Undertakings
  .
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
  the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Filing Fee Tables" or "Calculation
  of Registration Fee" table, as applicable, in the effective Registration Statement; and
  (iii) To include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  Provided, however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
  controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
  opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on
  April 16, 2025.
  THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
  By:
  /s/ Mary L. Garceau
  Name:
  Mary L. Garceau
  Title:
  Senior Vice President – Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
  following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Heidi G. Petz
  Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
  April 16, 2025
  Heidi G. Petz
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Allen J. Mistysyn
  Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  April 16, 2025
  Allen J. Mistysyn
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ J. Paul Lang
  Senior Vice President – Enterprise Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 16, 2025
  J. Paul Lang
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Kerrii B. Anderson
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Jeff M. Fettig
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Robert J. Gamgort
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Aaron M. Powell
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Marta R. Stewart
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Michael H. Thaman
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Matthew Thornton III
  *
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  Thomas L. Williams
  *
  The undersigned, by signing her name hereto, does sign this Registration Statement on behalf of the designated
  directors of The Sherwin-Williams Company pursuant to Power of Attorney executed on behalf of each of such director that is filed as an exhibit hereto.
  By:
  /s/ Mary L. Garceau
  April 16, 2025
  Mary L. Garceau, Attorney-in-Fact