secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK:        0000089800
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000089800-25-000076
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sherwin-Williams shareholders approve 2025 equity plan and eliminate supermajority voting
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- Shareholders approved 2025 Equity Plan authorizing 21,969,555 shares; non-employee director compensation capped at $750,000/year.
- Charter amended to eliminate supermajority requirements; most matters now require only majority vote.
- All nine director nominees elected; CEO Heidi G. Petz received ~191M votes in favor.
- Say-on-pay approved with ~183.5M for, ~17.9M against; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor.
- Amended and Restated Charter filed with Ohio Secretary of State effective April 17, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980025000076/0000089800-25-000076-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980025000076/shw-20250416.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089800-25-000076

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