-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PrqfTU/2sv2MjD1RhKG8ObKQbSxE/KCBYmF46eYCTLQ4rkO+LMXGV2CKV96pTrTy 8tQzmyPfQSzVTCML4FzuYQ== 0001181431-03-006532.txt : 20030501 0001181431-03-006532.hdr.sgml : 20030501 20030501140208 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-03-006532 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030430 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030501 REPORTING-OWNER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LOIZZO LARRY J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001187061 RELATIONSHIP: OFFICER FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 BUSINESS PHONE: 8475351000 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRAINGER W W INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000277135 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-DURABLE GOODS [5000] IRS NUMBER: 361150280 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05684 FILM NUMBER: 03676272 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 4 1 rrd7702.htm FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4

[  ] Check this box if no longer
subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form
5 obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b).
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Loizzo, Larry J.
(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
100 Grainger Parkway
(Street)
Lake Forest,    IL   60045-5201
(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)
2. Issuer Name
and Ticker or Trading Symbol

W.W. Grainger, Inc.
GWW
3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    (Month/Day/Year

04/30/2003

5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

   Director      10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)        Other (specify below)

Description           Senior Vice President; President, Lab Safety Supply, Inc.
7. Individual or Joint/Group
    Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Form filed by One Reporting Person
     Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)
2.Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)
 3. Transaction
    Code
    (Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D)
    (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned Following
    Reported Transaction(s)

    (Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct (D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
Code
V
Amount
A/D
Price
Common Stock
20,000
D


Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security
3. Transaction Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any

(Month/
Day/
Year)
 4. Transaction Code
    (Instr.8) 		5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed Of (D)

    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)
 9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    Following
    Reported
    Transaction(s)
    (Instr.4) 		10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Securities:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect (I)

(Instr.4) 		11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)
Code
V
A
D
DE
ED
Title
Amount or Number of Shares
Option $30.75
             
4/27/1997
4/26/2004
Common Stock
3,580
3,580
D
Option $31.0625
             
4/26/1998
4/25/2005
Common Stock
3,340
3,340
D
Option $33.75
             
4/24/1999
4/23/2006
Common Stock
4,000
4,000
D
Option $35.4375
             
8/7/1999
8/6/2006
Common Stock
4,440
4,440
D
Option $37.25
             
4/30/2000
4/29/2007
Common Stock
8,060
8,060
D
Option $51.6875
             
4/29/2001
4/28/2008
Common Stock
7,180
7,180
D
Option $48.625
             
4/28/2002
4/27/2009
Common Stock
8,790
8,790
D
Option $42.8125
             
3/01/2003
2/28/2010
Common Stock
760
760
D
Option $43.50
             
4/26/2003
4/25/2010
Common Stock
10,120
10,120
D
Option $37.50
             
4/25/2004
4/24/2011
Common Stock
15,600
15,600
D
Option $54.61
             
4/24/2005
4/23/2012
Common Stock
15,000
15,000
D
Option $45.50 04/30/2003
A
15,000       
4/30/2006
4/29/2013
Common Stock
15,000
15,000
D

Explanation of Responses:
 
By: Date:
/s/ K.S. Kirsner 05/01/2003
as attorney-in-fact
** Signature of Reporting Person
SEC 1474 (9-02)


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Additional Information Reported For This Form
Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Loizzo, Larry J.
(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
100 Grainger Parkway
(Street)
Lake Forest,    IL   60045-5201
(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)
Issuer Name
and Ticker or Trading Symbol

W.W. Grainger, Inc.
GWW
Statement for
(Month/Day/Year)

04/30/2003
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John L. Howard, Kenneth S. Kirsner, and Aimee Nolan, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)        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;

        (2)        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 simi lar authority; and

        (3)        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, is 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 August, 2002.

        /s / Larry J. Loizzo        


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