CLEVELAND, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) will issue a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008 prior to the opening of the market on Thursday, January 22, 2009. At that time, a copy of the press release and information regarding Sherwin-Williams' financial condition, operating segment results and other information will be available at www.sherwin.com by clicking on About Us, choosing Investor Relations and then selecting Press Releases.

The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2008 at 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Participating in the call will be Sherwin-Williams' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Christopher M. Connor, along with other senior executives.

The conference call will be webcast simultaneously in the listen only mode by Vcall. To listen to the webcast on the Sherwin-Williams website, www.sherwin.com, click on About Us, choose Investor Relations and then select Press Releases.

Click on the webcast icon following the reference to the January 22nd release. The webcast will also be available at Vcall's Investor Calendar website, www.investorcalendar.com. An archived replay of the webcast will be available at www.sherwin.com beginning approximately two hours after the call ends and will be available until Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. ET.



    Contacts:
    Robert Wells
    Vice President-Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
    Sherwin-Williams
    Direct:  216.566.2244
    rjwells@sherwin.com

    Mike Conway
    Director Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
    Sherwin-Williams
    Direct:  216.515.4393
    Pager:  216.422.3751
    mike.conway@sherwin.com

SOURCE Sherwin-Williams Company