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Sherwin Williams Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/21 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Wednesday, 4/28/21, at 2:07pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/21   ·   Accession #:  89800-21-16   ·   File #:  1-04851

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

 4/28/21  Sherwin Williams Co.              10-Q        3/31/21   78:6.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    685K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     20K 
 3: EX-31.A     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-31.B     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-32.A     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 6: EX-32.B     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
13: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     71K 
14: R2          Statements of Consolidated Income (Unaudited)       HTML     86K 
15: R3          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML     50K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R4          Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income     HTML     32K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
17: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    111K 
18: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R7          Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows     HTML    119K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
20: R8          Statements of Consolidated??Shareholders' Equity    HTML     69K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
21: R9          Statements of Consolidated??Shareholders' Equity    HTML     22K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     25K 
23: R11         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     29K 
24: R12         Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     23K 
25: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     30K 
26: R14         Goodwill, Intangible and Long-Lived Assets          HTML     39K 
27: R15         Debt                                                HTML     23K 
28: R16         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     58K 
29: R17         Other Long-Term Liabilities                         HTML     37K 
30: R18         Litigation                                          HTML     49K 
31: R19         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     23K 
32: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     45K 
33: R21         Derivatives and Hedging                             HTML     31K 
34: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     68K 
35: R23         Revenue                                             HTML     47K 
36: R24         Other                                               HTML     45K 
37: R25         Income Taxes                                        HTML     26K 
38: R26         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     40K 
39: R27         Reportable Segment Information                      HTML     84K 
40: R28         Non-Traded Investments                              HTML     29K 
41: R29         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     27K 
42: R30         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     31K 
43: R31         Goodwill, Intangible and Long-Lived Assets          HTML     36K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R32         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML     57K 
45: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     44K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R34         Derivatives and Hedging (Tables)                    HTML     29K 
47: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     65K 
48: R36         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     39K 
49: R37         Other (Tables)                                      HTML     45K 
50: R38         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     40K 
51: R39         Reportable Segment Information (Tables)             HTML     68K 
52: R40         Non-Traded Investments (Tables)                     HTML     32K 
53: R41         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     22K 
54: R42         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details)             HTML     31K 
55: R43         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     27K 
56: R44         Goodwill, Intangible and Long-Lived Assets          HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R45         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     44K 
58: R46         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R47         Other Long-Term Liabilities (Details)               HTML     53K 
60: R48         Litigation (Details)                                HTML     84K 
61: R49         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     40K 
62: R50         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R51         Derivatives and Hedging (Details)                   HTML     50K 
64: R52         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     65K 
65: R53         REVENUE - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     22K 
66: R54         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     62K 
67: R55         OTHER - Other General Expense - Net (Details)       HTML     29K 
68: R56         OTHER - Other (Income) Expense - Net (Details)      HTML     37K 
69: R57         OTHER - Narrative (Details)                         HTML     23K 
70: R58         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     31K 
71: R59         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     59K 
72: R60         REPORTABLE SEGMENT INFORMATION - Narrative          HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R61         REPORTABLE SEGMENT INFORMATION - Reportable         HTML     60K 
                Segment Information (Details)                                    
74: R62         Non-Traded Investments (Details)                    HTML     30K 
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    135K 
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75: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     87K 
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11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- shw-20210331_pre               XML    723K 
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78: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000089800-21-000016-xbrl      Zip    240K

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<xs:element id="shw_LitigationSettlementAmountAwardedToOtherPartyPerPlaintiff" abstract="false" name="LitigationSettlementAmountAwardedToOtherPartyPerPlaintiff" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
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<xs:element id="shw_LitigationSettlementAmountAwardedToOtherPartyMaximumLiableAmountInEventOfDefaultOfOtherDefendant" abstract="false" name="LitigationSettlementAmountAwardedToOtherPartyMaximumLiableAmountInEventOfDefaultOfOtherDefendant" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
<xs:element id="shw_NumberOfOperableUnits" abstract="false" name="NumberOfOperableUnits" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType"/>
<xs:element id="shw_A2.25SeniorNotesDueMay2020Member" abstract="true" name="A2.25SeniorNotesDueMay2020Member" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType"/>
<xs:element id="shw_OtherGeneralExpenseIncome" abstract="false" name="OtherGeneralExpenseIncome" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
<xs:element id="shw_TennantCoatingCompaniesMember" abstract="true" name="TennantCoatingCompaniesMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType"/>
<xs:element id="shw_NumberOfForeignForwardContractsOutstanding" abstract="false" name="NumberOfForeignForwardContractsOutstanding" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType"/>
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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

11/10/21  Sherwin-Williams Co.              424B5                  1:572K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/08/21  Sherwin-Williams Co.              424B5                  1:568K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

1 Previous Filing that this Filing References

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

 3/03/21  Sherwin-Williams Co.              8-K:5,9     3/03/21   11:146K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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