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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0508 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 3/18/24 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 91142 |
| Issuer Name: SMITH A O CORP |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: AOS |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1771264 |
| | Owner Name: Shafer Stephen M |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: A. O. SMITH CORPORATION |
| | Owner Street 2: 11270 WEST PARK PLACE |
| | Owner City: MILWAUKEE |
| | Owner State: WI |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 53224 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? No |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: COO |
| Aff 10b5 One: 0 |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Restricted Stock Units |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/18/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 40,425 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Commn Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 40,425 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 40,425 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, at settlement, one share of Common Stock. |
| Footnote - F2: The restricted stock units were granted on 3/18/24 under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The restricted stock units become payable in Common Stock on the vesting date of 3/18/27. |
| Remarks: |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: James F. Stern, Attorney-in-Fact for Stephen M. Shafer |
| Signature Date: 3/20/24 |
