Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-021496
Chunk: 74

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 74
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 If a participant who is retirement-eligible under the EDBP dies after retirement or other separation of service from the Company, the beneficiary is entitled to a lump sum death benefit equal to 100% of the participant’s annual base salary and target annual incentive, unless such participant elects to receive, in lieu of the post-retirement death benefit, a lump sum cashout of the participant’s death benefit upon retirement. The Company’s policy is that, unless offered to other employees, it will not make payments, grants or awards following the death of an executive in the form of unearned salary or unearned bonuses, accelerated vesting or the continuation in force of unvested equity grants, awards or un-granted equity, perquisites and other payments or awards made in lieu of compensation. Post-Employment Compensation Information regarding post-employment compensation can be found in E mployment Agreements, Change in Control and Termination of Employment Arrangements below.

| ​ | 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

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Summary Compensation Table

| ​ |                                          Name and Principal Position(1) | ​ | ​ | ​ |       Year | ​ | ​ | ​ |     Salary | ​ | ​ | ​ |      Bonus | ​ | ​ | ​ | StockAwards(2) | ​ | ​ | ​ | Non-EquityIncentive PlanComp.(3) | ​ | ​ | ​ | All OtherComp.(4) | ​ | ​ | ​ |       Total | ​ |
| ​ |           D.G. MacphersonChairman of the Board &Chief Executive Officer | ​ | ​ | ​ |       2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | $1,137,568 | ​ | ​ | ​ |         $0 | ​ | ​ | ​ |     $7,817,946 | ​ | ​ | ​ |