Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-015730
Chunk: 117

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 117
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 shareholder of record on: • the record date for that annual meeting; • the date the shareholder provides timely notice to Grainger; and • the date of the annual meeting; may directly nominate persons for Director or make proposals of other business to be brought before the annual meeting, by providing proper timely written notice to the Office of the Corporate Secretary at the address on the Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders accompanying this proxy statement. Our By-laws require that written notice of proposals intended to be presented by a shareholder at the next annual meeting, but that are not intended for inclusion in our proxy statement for that meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, be delivered no earlier than December 31, 2025, and no later than January 30, 2026. Our By-laws also require that written notice of nominees for the election of Directors intended to be made by a shareholder at the next annual meeting be delivered by no later than the date with respect to submission of shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act as set forth in the proxy statement for the preceding annual meeting of shareholders, which in this case is November [•], 2025. To be in proper written form, these notices must include certain information required by our By-laws, including information about the shareholder, any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is being made, their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, and any proposed Director nominee. A nomination or other business will not be considered if it does not comply with these notice procedures and the additional requirements set forth in our By-laws, including, as appropriate, those set forth in Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act. A copy of our By-laws is available under “Governance” in the Investor Relations section of our website at http://invest.grainger.com or may be obtained free of charge on written request to the Office of the Corporate Secretary at the address on the Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders accompanying this proxy statement. Information not Incorporated into This Proxy Statement Neither the Company’s ESG Report, nor the information on the Company’s websites, including http://invest.grainger.com , will be deemed to be incorporated into this proxy statement by reference or otherwise incorporated into any other filings the Company makes with the SEC, except to the extent the Company specifically incorporates any such information by reference. Forward Looking Statements From time to time in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as well