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Sherwin Williams Co – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 2/21/20, at 3:03pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  89800-20-5   ·   File #:  1-04851

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 2/21/20  Sherwin Williams Co               10-K       12/31/19  123:19M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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10: EX-31.B     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     42K 
11: EX-32.A     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
12: EX-32.B     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
82: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     96K 
37: R2          Statements of Consolidated Income                   HTML    130K 
54: R3          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML    128K 
117: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    162K  
83: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     38K 
39: R6          Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows               HTML    177K 
55: R7          Statements of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity     HTML     69K 
119: R8          Statements of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity     HTML     36K  
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123: R10         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     42K  
86: R11         Acquisitions                                        HTML     55K 
36: R12         Exit or Disposal Activities                         HTML     51K 
51: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     43K 
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85: R15         Debt                                                HTML    121K 
35: R16         Pension, Health Care and Postretirement Benefits    HTML    476K 
                Other Than Pensions                                              
50: R17         Leases                                              HTML     61K 
121: R18         Other Long-Term Liabilities                         HTML     53K  
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19: R20         Capital Stock                                       HTML     64K 
62: R21         Stock Purchase Plan                                 HTML     39K 
100: R22         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    130K  
89: R23         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Income)       HTML     79K 
18: R24         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements     HTML     84K 
61: R25         Revenue                                             HTML     58K 
98: R26         Other Expense (Income)                              HTML     75K 
88: R27         Income Taxes                                        HTML    169K 
20: R28         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     93K 
59: R29         Reportable Segment Information                      HTML    202K 
52: R30         Summary of Quarterly Results of Operations          HTML     85K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
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                (Schedule II)                                                    
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                (Tables)                                                         
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38: R39         Pension, Health Care and Postretirement Benefits    HTML    462K 
                Other Than Pensions (Tables)                                     
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                (Tables)                                                         
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108: R47         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    159K  
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21: R49         Reportable Segment Information (Tables)             HTML    183K 
29: R50         Summary of Quarterly Results of Operations          HTML     85K 
                (Unaudited) (Tables)                                             
45: R51         Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative         HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
116: R52         Significant Accounting Policies - Classes of        HTML     48K  
                Assets and Ranges of Annual Depreciation Rates                   
                (Details)                                                        
78: R53         Significant Accounting Policies - Changes in        HTML     44K 
                Product Warranty Accruals (Details)                              
28: R54         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                Value of the Valspar Acquisition (Details)                       
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                Activity and Remaining Liabilities Associated with               
                Qualified Exit Costs (Details)                                   
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Summary of Changes in the Carrying Value of                      
                Goodwill by Reportable Segment (Details)                         
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                Summary of the Carrying Value of Intangible Assets               
                (Details)                                                        
26: R62         Debt - Long-term Debt (Details)                     HTML    113K 
69: R63         Debt - Long-term Borrowings (Details)               HTML    120K 
104: R64         Debt - Short-term Borrowings (Details)              HTML     73K  
91: R65         Pension, Health Care and Postretirement Benefits    HTML    155K 
                Other Than Pensions - Narrative (Details)                        
25: R66         Pension, Health Care and Postretirement Benefits    HTML    103K 
                Other Than Pensions - Summary of the Components of               
                the Net Pension Costs and Cumulative Other                       
                Comprehensive Loss Related to the Defined Benefit                
                Pension Plans (Details)                                          
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                Other Than Pensions - Summary of the Fair Value of               
                the Defined Benefit Pension Plan Assets (Details)                
101: R68         Pension, Health Care and Postretirement Benefits    HTML    156K  
                Other Than Pensions - Summary of the Obligations,                
                Plan Assets and Assumptions Used for Defined                     
                Benefit Pension Plans (Details)                                  
94: R69         Pension, Health Care and Postretirement Benefits    HTML    104K 
                Other Than Pensions - Summary of the Obligation                  
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                Benefits Other than Pensions (Details)                           
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                Other Than Pensions - Summary of the Components of               
                Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Cumulative Other                   
                Comprehensive Loss Related to Postretirement                     
                Benefits Other than Pensions (Details)                           
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                Other Than Pensions - Expected Retiree Health Care               
                Benefit Cash Payments (Details)                                  
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                (Details)                                                        
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111: R75         Litigation (Details)                                HTML    121K  
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                Common Shares Outstanding (Details)                              
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                Assumptions Used for Estimating the Fair Value of                
                Option Rights (Details)                                          
109: R81         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of               HTML     75K  
                Non-Qualified and Incentive Stock Option Right                   
                Activity (Details)                                               
46: R82         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of RSU Activity  HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
31: R83         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Income)       HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R84         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     59K 
112: R85         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements -   HTML     44K  
                Carrying Amount and Fair Value of Debt (Details)                 
49: R86         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     49K 
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                Net (Details)                                                    
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                Net (Details)                                                    
113: R89         Other Expense (Income) - Narrative (Details)        HTML     41K  
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93: R91         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML    110K 
27: R92         Income Taxes - Significant Components of Deferred   HTML     65K 
                Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details)                             
70: R93         Income Taxes - Significant Components of the        HTML     64K 
                Provisions for Income Taxes (Details)                            
103: R94         Income Taxes - Significant Components of Income     HTML     41K  
                Before Income Taxes as Used for Income Tax                       
                Purposes (Details)                                               
90: R95         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of the Statutory      HTML     76K 
                Federal Income Tax Rate to the Effective Tax Rate                
                (Details)                                                        
24: R96         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of the Beginning and  HTML     51K 
                Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
                (Details)                                                        
67: R97         Reportable Segment Information - Narrative          HTML     96K 
                (Details)                                                        
102: R98         Reportable Segment Information - Reportable         HTML    118K  
                Segment Financial Information (Details)                          
95: R99         Summary of Quarterly Results of Operations          HTML     60K 
                (Unaudited) (Details)                                            
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