Company: GGG
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-052581
Chunk: 6

Company: GRACO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
---
 time for online check-in,which begins at 12:45 p.m. Central Time. You may check your browser’s compatibility any time prior to the Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GGG2025 . If you experience any difficulties accessing the Meeting, please call (612) 623-6770for assistance. Shareholders who wish to submit questions may do so electronically before the Meeting (starting at the time of check-in)or during the Meeting. We will post any appropriate questions received during the Meeting and our answers on our Investor Relations website at https://investors.graco.com/webcast-presentation as soon as practical after the Meeting. 5 Graco Inc. 2025 Proxy Statement

2024 HIGHLIGHTS

| Financial                        |     |                                           |     |                                 |     |                                                                       |     |                   |     |                                                       |
| Net Sales                        |     | Operating Earnings                        |     | Diluted Earnings                
 Per Share                       |     | Dividends                                                             |     | Share Repurchases |     | Total Shareholder                                     
 Return                                                |
| Ø  $2.113 billion     Ø  Down 4% 
 from 2023                        |     | Ø  $570.1 million   Ø  Down 12% from 2023 |     | Ø  $2.82   Ø  Down 4% from 2023 |     | Ø  $1.02 per share   Ø  Up 9% from 2023   Ø  Our 25th annual increase |     | Ø  $31 million    |     | Ø  1 Year = -2%   Ø  5 Year = 69%   Ø  10 Year = 235% |

| Environmental, Social & Governance |

| Ø  We issued our third annual ESG report, which for the first time included global safety data and continued reporting of global Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions data                                                                                            |
| Ø  We were named one of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America by Newsweek                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Ø  We launched revolutionary new products, including our Ultra® QuickShot™, Stellair™ Automatic Spray Gun, and the Invisipac® HM10 system, which will help our customers achieve their