Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-021496
Chunk: 80

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 80
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, 2022 through December 31, 2024. (17) Represents 1,106 PSUs that are assumed to vest on April 1, 2026, based on the maximum level of achievement of the performance goals over the three-year performance period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025, and 820 PSUs that are assumed to vest on April 1, 2027, based on the maximum level of achievement of the performance goals over the three-year performance period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026.

| ​ | 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

| ​ | ● | ​ | ​ | 58 | ​ | ​ | 2025proxy statement | ​ |

Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table

| ​ | Name                              | ​ | ​ | ​ | Option Awards |   |        |                             |   |   |   |   |   |             |                                | ​ | ​ | ​ | Stock Awards |   |        |                            |   |   |   |   |   |             |   | ​ |
| ​ | No. ofSharesAcquiredonExercise(1) |   |   |   | ​             | ​ |      ​ | ValueRealized onExercise(2) |   |   |   | ​ | ​ |           ​ | No. ofSharesAcquired onVesting |   |   |   | ​            | ​ |      ​ | ValueRealized onVesting(3) |   |   |   | ​ |   |             |   |   |
| ​ | D.G. Macpherson                   | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​             | ​ | 46,063 | ​                           | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $33,357,890 | ​                              | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​            | ​ | 13,720 | ​                          | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |