Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-021496
Chunk: 115

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 115
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5 Annual Meeting, go to the Annual Meeting Website at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GWW2025 ; then, enter the 16-digit Control Number found on your proxy card or voting instruction form. How do I vote prior to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders? You may vote your shares prior to the 2025 Annual Meeting via the internet by visiting www.ProxyVote.com , via telephone by calling 1-800-690-6903 or, if you received a paper copy of a proxy or voting instruction card, by mail, by completing, signing, dating and returning your proxy or voting instruction card in the pre-addressed envelope provided. How do I vote during the Annual Meeting? You may vote your shares and submit your questions prior to the 2025 Annual Meeting by entering your Control Number and following the instructions also available on the Annual Meeting Website. You may vote during the virtual meeting by going to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GWW2025 . We will answer questions germane to the Company and the 2025 Annual Meeting. Proxy Materials What is the purpose of this proxy statement? This proxy statement relates to the 2025 Annual Meeting, to be held on April 30, 2025, and any adjournment of that meeting to a later date. It contains information intended to help you make your voting decisions. We are sending or making available this proxy statement to you because Grainger’s Board is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares at the meeting. This proxy statement and other proxy-soliciting materials were first sent or made available to shareholders on or about March 7, 2025. What does it mean if I receive more than one set of proxy materials? Receiving multiple sets of proxy-soliciting materials generally means that your Grainger shares are held in different names or in different accounts. You must sign, date and return all proxy forms to ensure that all of your shares are voted. Who pays for the solicitation of proxies? Grainger will bear all costs of this proxy solicitation. In addition to solicitation by mail, proxies may be solicited in person, by telephone or other means of electronic communication by directors, officers and other employees of Grainger, who will not receive any additional compensation for such solicitation activities. We have retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of $10,000 plus reimbursement of certain disbursements and expenses. May I revoke my proxy? Yes. You may revoke your proxy