0000950170-24-013469.txt : 20240209 0000950170-24-013469.hdr.sgml : 20240209 20240209191238 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950170-24-013469 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240207 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240209 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Robbins Paige K CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001688983 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05684 FILM NUMBER: 24616984 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Robbins Paige DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20161101 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: W.W. GRAINGER, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000277135 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-DURABLE GOODS [5000] ORGANIZATION NAME: 07 Trade & Services IRS NUMBER: 361150280 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045-5201 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-535-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRAINGER W W INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 4 1 ownership.xml 4 X0508 4 2024-02-07 0000277135 W.W. GRAINGER, INC. GWW 0001688983 Robbins Paige K 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY LAKE FOREST IL 60045 false true false false Sr. VP false Common Stock 2024-02-07 4 M false 3122 231.88 A 8031 D Common Stock 2024-02-07 4 S false 804 947.2622 D 7227 D Common Stock 2024-02-07 4 S false 200 949.0950 D 7027 D Common Stock 2024-02-07 4 S false 900 950.7422 D 6127 D Common Stock 2024-02-07 4 S false 818 951.8025 D 5309 D Common Stock 2024-02-07 4 S false 400 952.3375 D 4909 D Common Stock 11098 I Family Trust Stock Option 231.88 2024-02-07 4 M false 3122 0.00 D 2018-04-01 2025-03-31 Common Stock 3122 0 D Stock Option 234.38 2019-04-01 2026-03-31 Common Stock 3813 3813 D Stock Option 231.20 2020-04-03 2027-04-02 Common Stock 2814 2814 D Stock Option 276.64 2021-04-02 2028-04-01 Common Stock 3904 3904 D Stock Option 311.26 2029-03-31 Common Stock 2859 2859 D The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $946.94 to $947.71, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide W.W. Grainger, Inc., any security holder of W.W. Grainger, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (1) through (5). The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $948.88 to $949.31, inclusive. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $950.19 to $951.16, inclusive. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $951.22 to $952.19, inclusive. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $952.32 to $952.39, inclusive. Family trust. The reporting person has voting and investment power with respect to the shares. The stock option fully vested in three years, where 1/3 vested on April 1, 2020, 1/3 vested on April 1, 2021, and the remainder vested on April 1, 2022. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Ronald J. Edwards, by POA from Paige K. Robbins, Sr. VP 2024-02-09 EX-24 2 gww-ex24.htm EX-24 EX-24

EXHIBIT 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nancy L. Berardinelli-Krantz, Ronald J. Edwards, and James Colin McGee, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (including amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, that may be necessary to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced in clause (2) below;

 

(2)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 relating to equity securities of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (the Company) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;

 

(3)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete any such Form 3, 4, 5, or 144 and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

(4)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

 

The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the 27th day of October, 2023 and revokes any previously adopted power of attorney with respect to the rights and powers herein granted.

 

/s/ Paige K. Robbins