The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, OH. EIN 34-0526850. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Comex Group, Inc.
The Sherwin-Williams Company has 4 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, with 62,829 participants and $10.6 billion in assets in 2024. Fidelity has been its recordkeeper since 2010.
Merged. In 2020 its assets moved to the The Sherwin-Williams Company Salaried Employees' Revised Pension Investment Plan, sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company (EIN 34-0526850, plan 010). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Merged. In 2018 its assets moved to the The Sherwin-Williams Company Salaried Employees' Pension Investment Plan, sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company (EIN 34-0526850, plan 002). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
003Employer EIN 34-0526850
Participants (2016)
3,539
Net assets (2016)
$143 million
Plan administrator
The Sherwin-Williams Company 101 Prospect Avenue N.W., Tax Dept. 1220 GH Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 566-2000As filed for 2018
Earlier plan names: The Sherwin-Williams Company Employees' Retirement Plan.
Year by year, 2009 to 2018
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2018
0
$0
not listed
2017
0
$0
not listed
2016
3,539
$143 million
not listed
2015
3,894
$153 million
not listed
2014
3,973
$167 million
not listed
2013
4,100
$161 million
not listed
2012
4,254
$148 million
not listed
2011
4,828
$131 million
not listed
2010
4,894
$137 million
not listed
2009
5,220
$127 million
not listed
Valspar 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees
401(k) with ESOPMerged
Merged. In 2018 its assets moved to the Valspar Savings and Retirement Plan, sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company (EIN 34-0526850, plan 003). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
007Employer EIN 34-0526850
Participants (2017)
1,849
Net assets (2017)
$61.4 million
Plan administrator
The Sherwin-Williams Company 101 Prospect Avenue N.W., Tax Dept. 1220 GH Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 566-2000As filed for 2018
In effect since
February 1, 1977
Year by year, 2017 to 2018
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2018
0
$0
not listed
2017
1,849
$61.4 million
not listed
Comex Group 401(k) Plan
401(k)Merged
Merged. In 2014 its assets moved to the The Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company (EIN 34-0526850, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
040Employer EIN 34-0526850
Participants (2013)
2,727
Net assets (2013)
$47.8 million
Plan administrator
The Sherwin-Williams Company 101 W. Prospect Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 566-2000As filed for 2014
In effect since
August 1, 2000
Earlier sponsor: Comex Group, Inc. (2009–2012).
Year by year, 2009 to 2014
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2014
0
$0
not listed
2013
2,727
$47.8 million
not listed
2012
2,648
$43.8 million
not listed
2011
2,665
$41.6 million
not listed
2010
2,695
$43.8 million
not listed
2009
2,621
$40.1 million
not listed
Comex North America, Inc. Pension Plan
Pension (defined benefit)Merged
Merged. In 2012 its assets moved to the The Sherwin-Williams Company Salaried Employees' Pension Investment Plan, sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company (EIN 34-0526850, plan 002). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
041Employer EIN 34-0526850
Participants (2011)
2,919
Net assets (2011)
$67.9 million
Plan administrator
The Sherwin-Williams Company 101 Prospect Avenue, NW Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 566-2000As filed for 2012
In effect since
November 30, 1964
Earlier sponsor: Comex Group, Inc. (2009–2011).
Earlier plan names: Comex Group, Inc. Pension Plan; Comex North America, Inc. Pension Plan (Formerly Comex Group, Inc. Pension Plan).
Year by year, 2009 to 2012
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2012
0
$0
not listed
2011
2,919
$67.9 million
not listed
2010
2,873
$57.2 million
not listed
2009
2,833
$51.0 million
not listed
If you had money in one of these plans
Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((216) 566-2000). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.
What these numbers are
They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.