Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-015730
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Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: PRE 14A
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 | CORPORATEGOVERNANCE | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 1:ELECTION OFDIRECTORS | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 2:RATIFY THEINDEPENDENTAUDITOR | ​ | ​ | EXECUTIVECOMPENSATION | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 3:SAY ON PAY | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 4: APPROVALAND ADOPTION | ​ | ​ | QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS | ​ | ​ | APPENDICES | ​ |

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| ​ |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | ​ | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 1:​           
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 Election of Directors​ | ​ |
| ​ | What are you voting on?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |   |   |                        | ​ |
| ​ | At the 2025 Annual Meeting, 12 Directors are to be elected to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Each Nominee is a current Grainger Board member who was elected by shareholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting. |   |   |   |                        | ​ |
| ​ | THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES NAMED INTHIS PROXY STATEMENT.                                                                                                                                                                                   |   |   |   |                        | ​ |

Director Nominees’ Experience and Qualifications The nominees have provided the following information about themselves, including their ages as of March [•], 2025, and their relevant background, including experience for at least the past five years. The Company’s nominees have varied experience, qualifications, attributes, skills and backgrounds that assist them in their oversight of the Company. The Board believes each of the current nominees qualifies for service on the Board. Moreover, each of the current nominees has significant leadership experience in large, multifaceted organizations. This leadership experience includes developing and executing corporate strategy, overseeing operations, and identifying and managing risks in organizations similar in size or complexity to the Company. The summaries provided below are not comprehensive of each nominee’s background, but are provided to describe the primary experience, qualifications, attributes, skills and background that led the Board to nominate each individual.

| ​ | CORPORATEGOVERNANCE | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 1:ELECTION OFDIRECTORS | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 2:R