Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-015730
Chunk: 101

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 101
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7 metrics w/o ranking)(1) | ​ |
| ​ | Adjusted ROIC—Total Company                                        | ​ |
| ​ | Daily, Organic Constant Currency Sales                             | ​ |
| ​ | Share Gain—High-Touch Solutions—U.S.                               | ​ |
| ​ | Daily Sales—Endless Assortment                                     | ​ |
| ​ | Adjusted Operating Margin—Total Company                            | ​ |

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The following are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix B of this proxy statement for information regarding non-GAAP financial measures, including reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

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

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Equity Compensation Plans This table contains information as of December 31, 2024 about Grainger’s equity compensation plans, all of which have been approved by Grainger’s shareholders.

| ​ | ​                                                      | ​ | ​ | ​ | Number of commonshares to be issued uponexercise of outstandingstock options warrantsand rights |   |               |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Weighted-averageexercise price ofoutstanding stockoptions, warrantsand rights |   |            |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Number of common sharesavailable for future issuanceunder equity compensationplans (excluding commonshares reflected in the firstcolumn) |   |              |   | ​ |
| ​ | Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders     | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                               | ​ | 416,069(1)(2) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                             | ​ | $285.56(3) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                                                                        | ​ | 1,362,100(4) | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                               | ​ |