Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-015730
Chunk: 81

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 81
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(1) The Company provides the SPSPs solely to maintain an equal percentage of profit-sharing contribution to employees (including all NEOs) who would be subject to contribution or compensation limits imposed on qualified plans by the Internal Revenue Code. This represents the Company SPSP contribution. These contributions were disclosed as part of All Other Comp. in the Summary Compensation Table . (2) Represents earnings on all nonqualified balances, including SPSP earnings. (3) Aggregate year-end balances for the SPSPs (contributions are disclosed as “All Other Comp.” in the Summary Compensation Table) and includes contributions previously reported in the Summary Compensation Tables for prior years of $535,895, $200,622, $202,336, and $67,552 for Mr. Macpherson, Ms. Merriwether, Ms. Robbins, and Ms. Berardinelli-Krantz.

| ​ | 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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| ​ | Employment Agreements, Change in Control and Termination of Employment Arrangements​ | ​ |

Employment Agreements The Company does not maintain employment agreements with its NEOs. Change in Control—Equity Plans Under the terms of the Company’s 2015 Incentive Plan and 2022 Incentive Plan, which are the sources for all equity awards granted after April 2015, “double trigger” vesting provisions apply to all equity awards (i.e., both a change in control occurs and a participant is involuntarily terminated within one year of the change in control). Change in Control Agreements The Company has change in control agreements (“CIC Agreements”)