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SHWSherwin-Williams

Materials · Home Improvement Retail · NYSE
Employees
64,249
Headquarters
Cleveland, OH
CEO
Heidi G. Petz
Next results
around Jan 28, 2027
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When the SEC's staff reviews a filing, it writes to the company with numbered questions, and the company answers each one in a letter. SEC publishes the exchange once the review is over, at least 20 business days later. Below: what the staff asked SHW, and the company's answer to each question, quoted from the letters. A question is not an accusation; most reviews end with the company adding detail to its next filing.

Schedule 14A

2022-09-19 to 2022-10-06 · 3 questions · 1 letter from the SEC, 1 from the company
Review closed 2022-10-06
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Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 20, 2022 · General
SEC asked (1)
Please expand your discussion to address how the experience of your Lead Director is brought to bear in connection with your board’s role in risk oversight.
SHW answered
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that it will enhance its future proxy disclosures in accordance with this topic. Read in the reply ↗
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 20, 2022 · General
SEC asked (2)
Please expand upon the role that your Lead Director plays in the leadership of the board. For example, please enhance your disclosure to address whether or not your Lead Director may: • represent the board in communications with shareholders and other stakeholders; • require board consideration of, and/or override your CEO on, any risk matters; or • provide input on design of the board itself.
SHW answered
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that it will enhance its future proxy disclosures in accordance with this topic. Read in the reply ↗
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 20, 2022 · General
SEC asked (3)
Please expand upon how your board administers its risk oversight function. For example, please disclose: • the timeframe over which you evaluate risks (e.g., short-term, intermediate-term, or long-term) and how you apply different oversight standards based upon the immediacy of the risk assessed; • whether you consult with outside advisors and experts to anticipate future threats and trends, and how often you
Rest of the question

re-assess your risk environment; • how the board interacts with management to address existing risks and identify significant emerging risks; • whether you have a Chief Compliance Officer and to whom this position reports; and • how your risk oversight process aligns with your disclosure controls and procedures.

SHW answered
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that it will enhance its future proxy disclosures in accordance with this topic.

The Company also confirms it will describe any material developments to its risk oversight structure in future proxy disclosures.

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We want to thank the Staff for its review of our filings to assist us in compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosures in our filings.

If the Staff has any questions regarding our responses or any additional comments, please feel free to contact
Rest of the answer

Stephen J.

Perisutti at (216) 566-2543 or me at (216) 566-2478.

Read in the reply ↗

Also in this review: closing letter, 2022-10-06

3 other letters: notices that a filing will not be reviewed, requests to declare a registration effective, and the like

From the SEC's correspondence on EDGAR: staff letters (form UPLOAD) and company letters (form CORRESP), 23 letters filed since 2017-06-23. Questions and answers are matched by their numbers; topics come from words in each question. The reports are compared word for word (same form, before the first SEC letter against the first report after the company's reply). No AI.

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