Cleveland, Ohio-Based Sherwin-Williams Company's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Clean, Robust 12.0% Per Year During the Past Ten Years

From annual compensation information contained in Company Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows Sherwin-Williams Company's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive substantially full years of employment for the past ten years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Sherwin-Williams Co	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Morikis CEO	13,214	13,513		13,513	9,648		9,648	6,010		6,010	4,204		4,204	4,159
Mistysyn CFO	3,367	3,202		N/A	N/A
Hennessy SVP Planning Development&Admin				3,949	3,487		3,487	3,565		3,565	3,105		3,105	3,019
Davisson President, The Americas Group				3,343	2,921		2,921	2,659		2,659	2,230		2,230	2,679
Connor Executive Chairman							7,287	12,488		12,488	10,897		10,897	10,817
Kilbane General Counsel							2,194	2,168		2,168	1,816		1,816	2,296
Oberfeld SVP Planning and Development										2,593	2,325		2,325	2,286
Totals	16,581	16,715		20,805	16,056		25,537	26,890		29,483	24,577		24,577	25,256
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-0.8%			29.6%			-5.0%			20.0%			-2.7%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		8.2%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Sherwin-Williams Co	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009		2009	2008
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Morikis CEO	4,159	4,346		4,346	3,359		3,359	3,446		3,446	3,394		3,394	2,247
Hennessy CFO	3,019	3,185		3,185	2,469		2,469	2,571		2,571	2,741		2,741	1,695
Davisson President, The Americas Group	2,679	2,317		2,317	2,069		N/A	N/A
Connor Executive Chairman	10,817	10,982		10,982	8,150		8,150	7,735		7,735	7,496		7,496	5,064
Kilbane General Counsel	N/A	N/A
Oberfeld SVP Planning and Development	2,286	2,332		2,332	2,043		2,043	2,425		2,425	2,297		2,297	1,643
Seitz SVP Strategic Excellence Initiatives										2,152	2,291		2,291	1,349
Totals	22,960	23,162		23,162	18,090		16,021	16,177		18,329	18,219		18,219	11,998
Annual % Change	-0.9%			28.0%			-1.0%			0.6%			51.9%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		15.7%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		12.0%