Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-015730
Chunk: 17

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 17
---
 Inc. (2018-November 2024): A business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions, including regulated waste management, secure information destruction and compliance. Prior to joining the Board of Directors and becoming President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2019, Ms. Miller joined in 2018 as President and COO.                                                                                                                                                           
 ​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 •                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 United Parcel Service, Inc. (1988-2018): A package delivery company and a leading provider of global supply chain management solutions, where she held various roles of increasing responsibility including as President, Global Freight Forwarding, President, Europe Region, Managing Director, UPS UK, and Managing Director, UPS South Europe, Middle East and Africa.                                                                                                                                                                
 ​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |     | ​ | ​ | Prior Public Company Boards  
 •                            
 Stericycle, Inc. (2019-2024) 
 ​                            
 •                            
 UGI Corporation (2020-2024)  
 ​                            | ​ |
| ​ | Qualifications, Attributes and Skills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     |   |   |                              | ​ |

| ​ | CORPORATEGOVERNANCE | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 1:ELECTION OFDIRECTORS | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 2:RATIFY THEINDEPENDENTAUDITOR | ​ | ​ | EXECUTIVECOMPENSATION | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 3:SAY ON PAY | ​ | ​ | PROPOSAL 4: APPROVALAND ADOPTION | ​ | ​ | QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS | ​ | ​ | APPENDICES | ​ |

TABLE OF CONTENTS

| ​ | ● | ​ | ​ | 14 | ​ | ​ | 2025proxy statement | ​ |

| ​ |     | ​ | ​ | Neil S. Novich                                                                                        
 Independent DirectorFormer Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ryerson Inc. | ​ | ​ | Age:70Years on Grainger’s Board:26Director Since:1999Grainger Board Committees:Audit(Audit Committee Financial Expert),BANC | ​ |

| ​ | Mr. Novichserved as the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Ryerson Inc., a global public company where he was deeply engaged in its distribution operations on a domestic and international basis, and also on leadership development and human resources functions. He also spent 13 years with a major management consulting firm,