The Valspar (UK) Funding Corporation Ltd - Limited company accounts 20.1

REGISTERED NUMBER: 07185959 (England and Wales)

STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019

FOR

THE VALSPAR (UK) FUNDING CORPORATION

LIMITED

Page

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

4

Report of the Independent Auditors

6

Statement of Comprehensive Income

8

Statement of Financial Position

9

Statement of Changes in Equity

10

Notes to the Financial Statements

11

DIRECTORS:

Mrs C G Morley

J J Miklich

J M Donchess

D H Karnstein

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Avenue One

Station Lane

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX28 4XR

REGISTERED NUMBER:

07185959 (England and Wales)

AUDITORS:

Bradshaw Johnson

Chartered Accountants

Statutory Auditor

Croft Chambers

11 Bancroft

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

SG5 1JQ

PURPOSE OF THE ENTITY

The Valspar (UK) Funding Corporation exists to enable the steady cash flow between the cash accounts used within the

Valspar EMEAI entities. The funds are distributed to allow the entities to make scheduled payments, excess funds are

swept from the accounts on a daily basis and net funds are paid into a global account to ensure better liquidity

management.

The funds swept/lent to the entities are recorded in the local and Funding Corporation books as intercompany loans

attracting an accrued daily rate of interest based on the LIBOR rate.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

Profit and loss account

During the year the Company generated interest income on intercompany loans of €2,167,737 (FY18 €2,183,305) on

investment of excess cash and incurred €1,839,528 (FY18 €1,933,076) of interest expense on intercompany loans and

overdrawn accounts.

The Company generated a profit for the year, after taxation, of €573,393 (FY18 €459,397).

Balance sheet

During the year as part of the cash sweep activities, the Company accumulated bank balances totalling €13,440,961

(FY18 (€68,049,260)) which are offset against intercompany payable loan accounts held within the EMEAI (Europe, the

Middle East, Africa and India) entities totalling (€11,815,793) (FY18 €69,106,660 intercompany receivable). Share

capital has remained at €1,147 as converted at historic cost of £1,000.

Consolidation

The Sherwin-Williams Company is the ultimate parent of the group in whose accounts the entity is consolidated.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The Company has loans and borrowings, which are subject to floating interest rates. The Company is therefore exposed

to interest rate risk. The Company is also exposed to economic risk and also has some exposure to foreign exchange risk.

Corporate treasury review the requirement for foreign exchange deals on behalf of participating entities and deals

entered into where necessary to convert non functional currency into functional currency. The Company is exposed to

funding risk however the risk of being unable to fund the operations on an ongoing basis has been mitigated through the

level of financial support available from the ultimate parent company.

SECTION 172(1) STATEMENT

The Directors fulfil their duty by ensuring that there is a strong governance structure and process running through all

aspects of the Group's (The Sherwin-Williams Company and all subsidiaries) operations. The Group's strategy and

business model are underpinned by the employees and all members of the Board undertake regular site visits to deliver

key engagement and development programmes. The Group engages with its key stakeholders in a variety of ways,

explained in more detail in the Directors' responsibilities statement on pages 3 & 4. The Board is kept informed of all

relevant issues by means of a number of written reports against agreed KPIs.

The Board of Directors of The Valspar (UK) Funding Corporation Limited consider that they, both individually and

collectively, have acted in a way that would be most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its

members as a whole (having regard to the stakeholders and matters set out in S172(1)(a-f) of the Act) in the decisions

they have taken during the year ended 31 December 2019. In making this statement the Directors considered the longer

term consideration of stakeholders and the environment and have taken into account the following:

a) the likely consequences of any decisions in the long term;

b) the interests of the Group's employees;

c) the need to foster the Group's business relationships with suppliers, customers and others;

d) the impact of the Group's operations on the community and the environment;

e) the desirability of the Group maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct; and

f) the need to act fairly between members of the Company.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

The Company does not have specific key performance indicators since the main function is to provide support to the

group. The intercompany loan positions were managed effectively and reconciled every month.

GOING CONCERN AND LIQUIDITY RISK ASSESSMENT

The company is part of The Sherwin-Williams Company, a company incorporated in the United States of America. The

company is a listed fortune 500 company and provides comfort in respect of the provision of financial support to The

Valspar (UK) Funding Corporation Limited to assist in meeting liabilities as and when they fall due to the extent that

money is not otherwise available to meet such liabilities.

The parent company, The Sherwin-Williams Company, will continue to support the company in the foreseeable future.

This has been confirmed by a letter of support that covers the period of 12 months from the date of signing the financial

statements.

The directors have assessed the ability of The Sherwin-Williams Company to provide the level of support that might be

required given the level of uncertainty associated with trading and cash forecasts and see no reason to believe that a

material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of The Valspar (UK) Funding Corporation

Limited to continue as a going concern or its ability to continue with the current banking arrangements.

The group operates in a low growth market environment which is set to continue in 2020. The group continues to

manage its risk by developing innovation in its product range, and maintaining a very strong brand presence through

advertising and promotional literature spend. The group is financially sound and continues to have a strong customer

retention from its customer base who place a value on continuity of supply.

The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development and position, are set

out in the Directors' Report on pages 4 to 5.

The Company is expected to continue to generate positive cash flows on its own account for the foreseeable future. The

company participates in the group's centralised treasury arrangements and shares banking arrangements with its parent

and fellow subsidiaries.

The Company has a reported profit of €573k in 2019. The company's net asset position at 31 December 2019 is €1.6m.

Annual and rolling company profit forecasts are collated on a business unit level as oppose to each individual statutory

entity level.

The 2020 forecast anticipates further volume growth and improved performance for the business unit reflecting the

company's and Sherwin's EMEAI strategy to grow business. The directors of the company have also taken measures to

mitigate the financial risks associated with the impacts of the Covid-19.

On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position the Company's Directors have a reasonable

expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they

continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

J J Miklich - Director

11 September 2020

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2019.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the investment of funds available from the

daily cash concentration of Deutsche Bank balances into the Company. The daily cash balances across EMEAI are

swept into the Company and excess cash invested.

DIVIDENDS

No dividends were paid during the year ended 31 December 2019 (2018 - €nil).

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The Company will review the opportunities to invest funds in longer term investments at higher returns, subject to

liquidity needs and security over funds.

POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

There have not been any significant matters subsequent to the balance sheet date.

DIRECTORS

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2019 to the date of this

report.

Mrs C G Morley

J J Miklich

Other changes in directors holding office are as follows:

A J Mistysyn - resigned 29 March 2019

E N G Braggio - resigned 29 March 2019

J M Donchess - appointed 29 March 2019

D H Karnstein - appointed 29 March 2019

DIRECTORS' LIABILITIES

The Company has granted an indemnity to one or more of its directors against liability in respect of proceedings brought

by third parties, subject to the conditions set out in section 234 of the Companies Act 2006. Such qualifying third party

indemnity provision remains in force as at the date of approving the directors' report.

GOING CONCERN

See Strategic Report page 3.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements

in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors

have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting

Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The

Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not

approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the

company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors

are required to:

-	select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

-	make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

-	prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the

company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and

enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for

safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud

and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS

So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act

2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have

taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the

company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS

The auditors, Bradshaw Johnson, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

J J Miklich - Director

11 September 2020

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Valspar (UK) Funding Corporation Limited (the 'company') for the year

ended 31 December 2019 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position,

Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting

policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United

Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard

applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

- give a true and fair view of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2019 and of its profit for the year then ended;

- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law.

Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the

financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical

requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard,

and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit

evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to

you where:

-	the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or

-

the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic

Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors

thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise

explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing

so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge

obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or

apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial

statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude

that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to

report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

-	the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

-	the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit,

we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you

if, in our opinion:

-	adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

-	the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

-	certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

-	we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on pages four and five, the directors are

responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and

for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are

free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a

going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of

accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic

alternative but to do so.

Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from

material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion.

Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs

(UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are

considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic

decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting

Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the

Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those

matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent

permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's

members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Neil Harding (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Bradshaw Johnson

Chartered Accountants

Statutory Auditor

Croft Chambers

11 Bancroft

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

SG5 1JQ

24 September 2020

TURNOVER

-

-

Foreign exchange (gain)/loss

(261,514

)

(232,360

)

Administrative expenses

16,330

23,192

(245,184

)

(209,168

)

OPERATING PROFIT

5

245,184

209,168

Interest receivable and similar income

6

2,167,737

2,183,305

2,412,921

2,392,473

Interest payable and similar expenses

7

1,839,528

1,933,076

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

573,393

459,397

Tax on profit

8

-

-

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

573,393

459,397

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

573,393

459,397

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

9

152,174,220

219,865,448

Cash at bank

13,440,961

-

165,615,181

219,865,448

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

10

164,016,900

218,840,560

NET CURRENT ASSETS

1,598,281

1,024,888

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

1,598,281

1,024,888

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

12

1,147

1,147

Retained earnings

1,597,134

1,023,741

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

1,598,281

1,024,888

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 11 September 2020 and were signed on its behalf by:

J J Miklich - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Total

capital

earnings

equity

€

€

€

Balance at 1 January 2018

1,147

564,344

565,491

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

459,397

459,397

Balance at 31 December 2018

1,147

1,023,741

1,024,888

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

573,393

573,393

Balance at 31 December 2019

1,147

1,597,134

1,598,281

1.	STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

The Valspar (UK) Funding Corporation Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England.

The registered office is:

Avenue One

Station Lane

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX28 4XR.

The Company's financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102 as it applies to the financial

statements for the year ended 31 December 2019.

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards. The financial

statements are prepared in Euros.

The financial statements are presented to round €1's to align with fellow group companies within the UK.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as The Sherwin-Williams Company, the

ultimate parent undertaking, has agreed to provide adequate support to enable the Company to meet its liabilities

as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements,

as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

•

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;

•

the requirement of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.

Significant judgements and estimates

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and

assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the statement of financial position

date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation

means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. The directors believe there are no key sources of

estimation uncertainty in preparation of the financial statements.

Taxation

Taxation for the year comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income,

except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or

substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date.

Deferred tax

Deferred taxation is recognised in respect of all temporary differences arising between the tax base of assets and

liabilities and their carrying amount. Deferred tax is determined using the tax rates (and laws) that have been

enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred

tax asset is realised or the deferred tax liability is settled. Deferred tax is measured on an undiscounted basis.

Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that the Directors consider that it is probable that there will

be suitable future taxable profits available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets

against current tax liabilities and when the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the

same tax authority.

Foreign currencies

Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into Euros at the rates of exchange ruling at the

statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into Euros at the rate of

exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the

operating result.

Non-monetary assets and liabilities that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are

translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction.

Financial instruments

All financial assets and liabilities are measured at amortised cost.

Interest receivable and payable

Intercompany loan interest receivable and payable is calculated on the daily balance of the intercompany loan

position. The Company accrues interest receivable at LIBOR plus 50 points and accrues interest payable at

LIBOR minus 40 points.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of financial position comprise cash at banks and in hand and

short-term deposits with an original maturity date of three months or less.

Short-term debtors and creditors

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at

transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the income statement in other operating

income.

Group balances

This Company holds the pooled cash balances for the Valspar EMEAI entities. The funds lent to/from the

entities are recorded as intercompany payables/receivables and attract a daily rate of interest based on the

LIBOR rate.

The Company do not expect to settle these period-end account balances on a net basis, therefore they are

disclosed on a gross basis by entity.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

There were no staff costs for the year ended 31 December 2019 nor for the year ended 31 December 2018.

4.	DIRECTORS' EMOLUMENTS

Directors remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2019 and for the year ended 31 December 2018 has

been borne by ultimate parent undertaking. The directors of the Company are also directors or officers of other

companies within the Sherwin-Williams group. The directors' services to the Company do not occupy a

significant amount of their time. As such, the directors do not consider that they have received any remuneration

for their incidental services to the Company for the year ended 31 December 2019 and year ended 31 December

2018.

5.	OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.12.19

31.12.18

€

€

Auditors' remuneration

8,272

12,268

Foreign exchange (gain)/loss

(261,514

)

(232,360

)

6.

INTEREST RECEIVABLE AND SIMILAR INCOME

31.12.19

31.12.18

€

€

Interest income from group

entities

2,167,737

2,183,305

Interest rates are based on average 3 month daily LIBOR rates of 0.4%.

7.

INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES

31.12.19

31.12.18

€

€

Interest expense to group

entities

1,839,528

1,933,076

1,839,528

1,933,076

Interest rates are based on average 3 month daily LIBOR rates of 0.4%.

8.

TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge

No liability to UK corporation tax arose for the year ended 31 December 2019 nor for the year ended

31 December 2018.

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss

The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is

explained below:

31.12.19

31.12.18

€

€

Profit before tax

573,393

459,397

Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19% (2018 - 19%)

108,945

87,285

Effects of:

Utilisation of tax losses

-

(87,285

)

Group relief

(108,945

)

-

Total tax charge

-

-

The deferred tax asset not recognised in the financial statements is as follows:

2019

2019

2018

2018

Recognised

Not Recognised

Recognised

Not Recognised

€

€

€

€

Tax losses

-

31,511

-

39,226

-

31,511

-

39,226

The standard rate of tax applied to reported profit on ordinary activities is 19% (2018: 19%). The Finance Bill

2016 included provisions to reduce the main rate of corporation tax to 17% from 1 April 2020. However, in the

March 2020 Budget it was announced that the cut in the rate to 17% will now not occur and Corporation Tax

Rate will be held at 19%. As this has not been enacted by the balance sheet date, balances as at 31 December

2019 continue to be measured at 17%.

A decision has been made across the UK group that deferred tax is not considered to be recoverable.

9.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.12.19

31.12.18

€

€

Amounts owed by group undertakings

152,174,220

219,865,448

10.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.12.19

31.12.18

€

€

Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 11)

-

68,049,260

Amounts owed to group undertakings

163,990,013

150,758,788

Accrued expenses

26,887

32,512

164,016,900

218,840,560

Balances are repayable on demand. Interest rates are based on average 3 month daily LIBOR rates of 0.4%.

11.

LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

31.12.19

31.12.18

€

€

Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:

Bank overdrafts

-

68,049,260

The bank overdraft is repayable on demand. Interest rates are based on average rate of 0.8458%.

12.	CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:

Number:

Class:

Nominal

31.12.19

31.12.18

value:

€

€

1,000

Ordinary

£1

1,147

1,147

The nominal value of each share has been issued in GBP (£), however the presentational and functional currency

of these financial statements is Euro's (€).

13.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The

Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party

transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

14.	ULTIMATE PARENT UNDERTAKING AND CONTROLLING PARTY

As at 31 December 2019 the Company's immediate parent undertaking and ultimate controlling party is The

Sherwin-Williams Company, which is incorporated in the United States of America. Copies of its group financial

statements, which include the Company, are available from:

The Sherwin-Williams Company

101 W. Prospect Ave

Cleveland

Ohio

USA

44115-1075