Sherwin-Williams to Present at the UBS Building & Building Products CEO Investor Conference

CLEVELAND, Ohio – October 28, 2005 – The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) is scheduled to make a presentation at the UBS Building & Building Products CEO Investor Conference on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, in New York City. Mr. Christopher M. Connor, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to begin his presentation at 12:20 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

The audio portion of the conference presentation by Sherwin-Williams will be webcast simultaneously in the listen only mode. To access the audio link to the live presentation on November 2nd, go to the Sherwin-Williams website, www.sherwin.com, click on Press Room, then choose Corporate Press Releases in the Corporate Information box and click on the webcast link following the reference to the October 28th release.

Windows Media Player or Real Player are needed to listen to the live presentation.

For those who cannot listen to Sherwin-Williams’ live webcast, an archived replay will be available at www.sherwin.com beginning approximately three hours after the live presentation. The archived replay will be available until Friday, November 11, at 5:00 p.m. EST. Additional instructions to listen to the webcast are available on the webcast site.

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