Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-021496
Chunk: 36

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 36
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 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​              | ​ | $168,219 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                        | ​ |     $0 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​     | ​ | $283,219 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Steven A. White       | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                            | ​ | $115,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​              | ​ | $168,219 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                        | ​ |     $0 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​     | ​ | $283,219 | ​ | ​ |

(1) Represents the annual cash retainers received in 2024 by all non-employee Directors. V. Ann Hailey served as a Director in 2024 but is omitted from the table because she did not receive any compensation in 2024. (2) Represents the fair value of the non-employee Directors’ 2024 award of 176 DSUs on the grant date of April 24, 2024, using the closing price of $955.79 per share of Grainger’s common stock as of April 23, 2024. The DSUs immediately vest upon the grant date and will be paid in shares of Grainger common stock on a 1:1 basis upon departure from the Board, computed in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718. (3) Represents amount paid by the Company to charitable organizations as part of the Company’s Matching Gifts Program. Administration of the Matching Gifts Program may cause us to pay more than $7,500 in a single fiscal year due to a lag in processing requests for matching. The amounts shown are for the actual payments by the Company in 2024. The Directors receive no direct or indirect benefit from the matching contributions.

| ​ | 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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