Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032713
Chunk: 4

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 4
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100% independent Board committees; |

| · | Annual director elections (the Board is not classified and the directors do not serve staggered terms); |

| · | Majority voting with a director resignation policy; |

| · | A well-defined director recruitment process, commitment to Board refreshment and robust director selection process—with six 
 new directors since 2020;                                                                                                   |

| · | Proxy access provisions in our By-laws, allowing shareholders access to the ballot for their director nominees without a veto from 
 the Board Affairs and Nominating Committee;                                                                                        |

| · | Right for shareholders to call special meetings; and |

| · | No poison pill or shareholder rights plan. |

<div align='center'>Accordingly, we strongly encourage you to vote FOR Proposal 4.</div>