Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-015730
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Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: PRE 14A
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 | ​                         | ​ |   $700,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                      | ​ | 3.6% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                         | ​ |   $725,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Paige K. Robbins             | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                         | ​ |   $700,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                      | ​ | 3.6% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                         | ​ |   $725,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Nancy L. Berardinelli-Krantz | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                         | ​ |   $615,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                      | ​ | 5.7% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                         | ​ |   $650,000 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Jonny LeRoy(2)               | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                         | ​ |          — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                      | ​ | —%   | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                         | ​ |   $605,000 | ​ | ​ |

(1) Table outlines base salaries of current executive officers as of December 31, 2024. (2) New NEO for fiscal year 2024. (3) Percentage increase based on year-over-year base salary change. All NEO salary changes were effective March 31, 2024.

| ​ | 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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Annual Incentives Annual incentives are intended to provide an appropriate level of variable compensation to encourage executives to achieve annual results that create shareholder value without encouraging excessive risk-taking. NEOs are eligible to receive short-term cash-based incentives on the achievement of specified annual Company-wide financial performance measures