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Sherwin Williams Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 7/27/21, at 4:53pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/21   ·   Accession #:  89800-21-28   ·   File #:  1-04851

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/27/21  Sherwin Williams Co.              10-Q        6/30/21   77:7.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    845K 
 2: EX-31.A     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.B     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.A     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.B     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     71K 
13: R2          Statements of Consolidated Income (Unaudited)       HTML     95K 
14: R3          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML     55K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R4          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML     32K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
16: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    126K 
17: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R7          Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows     HTML    124K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R8          Statements of Consolidated??Shareholders' Equity    HTML     97K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
20: R9          Statements of Consolidated??Shareholders' Equity    HTML     22K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
21: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     25K 
22: R11         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     32K 
23: R12         Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     23K 
24: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     30K 
25: R14         Goodwill, Intangible and Long-Lived Assets          HTML     37K 
26: R15         Debt                                                HTML     28K 
27: R16         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     75K 
28: R17         Other Long-Term Liabilities                         HTML     37K 
29: R18         Litigation                                          HTML     48K 
30: R19         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     27K 
31: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     45K 
32: R21         Derivatives and Hedging                             HTML     41K 
33: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     67K 
34: R23         Revenue                                             HTML     47K 
35: R24         Other                                               HTML     58K 
36: R25         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
37: R26         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     50K 
38: R27         Reportable Segment Information                      HTML    120K 
39: R28         Non-Traded Investments                              HTML     29K 
40: R29         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     27K 
41: R30         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     30K 
42: R31         Goodwill, Intangible and Long-Lived Assets          HTML     36K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R32         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML     74K 
44: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     44K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R34         Derivatives and Hedging (Tables)                    HTML     44K 
46: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     65K 
47: R36         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     39K 
48: R37         Other (Tables)                                      HTML     57K 
49: R38         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     50K 
50: R39         Reportable Segment Information (Tables)             HTML    112K 
51: R40         Non-Traded Investments (Tables)                     HTML     32K 
52: R41         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     21K 
53: R42         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details)             HTML     32K 
54: R43         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     27K 
55: R44         Goodwill, Intangible and Long-Lived Assets          HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R45         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     63K 
57: R46         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Other Long-Term Liabilities (Details)               HTML     53K 
59: R48         Litigation (Details)                                HTML     83K 
60: R49         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     38K 
61: R50         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R51         Derivatives and Hedging (Details)                   HTML     55K 
63: R52         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     65K 
64: R53         REVENUE - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     31K 
65: R54         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     68K 
66: R55         OTHER - Other General Expense - Net (Details)       HTML     29K 
67: R56         OTHER - Other (Income) Expense - Net (Details)      HTML     38K 
68: R57         OTHER - Narrative (Details)                         HTML     23K 
69: R58         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     31K 
70: R59         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     66K 
71: R60         REPORTABLE SEGMENT INFORMATION - Narrative          HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R61         REPORTABLE SEGMENT INFORMATION - Reportable         HTML     63K 
                Segment Information (Details)                                    
73: R62         Non-Traded Investments (Details)                    HTML     30K 
75: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    135K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- shw-20210630_htm                    XML   2.05M 
74: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     92K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- shw-20210630_cal                XML    179K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- shw-20210630_def                 XML    394K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- shw-20210630_lab                      XML   1.37M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- shw-20210630_pre               XML    741K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- shw-20210630                          XSD    140K 
76: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              406±   542K 
77: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000089800-21-000028-xbrl      Zip    264K

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11/10/21  Sherwin-Williams Co.              424B5                  1:572K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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