UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 333-201521
The Valspar Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
c/o The Sherwin-Williams Company
101 West Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(216) 566-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
3.300% Notes due 2025
3.950% Notes due 2026
4.400% Notes due 2045
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
Common stock, $0.50 par value
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1) | ☐ | |
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2) | ☐ | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) | ☒ | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ☐ | |
| Rule 15d-6 | ☐ |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
3.300% Notes due 2025: 20;
3.950% Notes due 2026: 23;
4.400% Notes due 2045: 13.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Valspar Corporation has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
| THE VALSPAR CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Allen J. Mistysyn | |
| Name: | Allen J. Mistysyn | |
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
Date: June 12, 2017
