# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001731111
**File Stem:** 0001731111-25-000004
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 10784
**Document Hash:** 23f9459c7ccf18d33e1f8238e8343142
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001731111-25-000004.hdr.sgml**: 20250903

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001731111-25-000004

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 4

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250901

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250903

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250903

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Williams Susan Slavik
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001731111

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 4
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-05684
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251290540

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4450 MACARTHUR BLVD.
- **STREET 2:** SECOND FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEWPORT BEACH
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92660
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000277135
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WHOLESALE-DURABLE GOODS [5000]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 361150280
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** IL
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY
- **CITY:** LAKE FOREST
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60045-5201
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 847-535-1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY
- **CITY:** LAKE FOREST
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60045

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GRAINGER W W INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Ex-24

```

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Nancy L. Berardinelli-Krantz and Paul Stanukinas,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID
(including amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, that may be necessary to obtain
codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced
in clause (2) below;

(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, 5, and
144 relating to equity securities of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (the Company)
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder and Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete any such Form 3, 4, 5, or
144 and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the
attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of July 30, 2025 and revokes any previously adopted
power of attorney with respect to the rights and powers herein granted.

/s/Susan Slavik Williams
Susan Slavik Williams

```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 4

### STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[ ] Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Williams Susan Slavik<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>100 GRAINGER PARKWAY<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>LAKE FOREST, IL 60045<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-09-01 | **5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner<br>[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_ _ |
| **2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>W.W. GRAINGER, INC. [ GWW ] | **4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8342 | D |  |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5132 | I | In Trust<sup>(1)</sup> |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48939 | I | In Trust<sup>(2)</sup> |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 200314 | I | In Trust<sup>(2)</sup> |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 572 | I | In Trust<sup>(3)</sup> |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 852158 | I | In Trust<sup>(4)</sup> |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1528585 | I | By LLC<sup>(5)</sup> |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 150000 | I | By LLC<sup>(6)</sup> |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Deferred Stock Units | <sup>(7)</sup> | 2025-09-01 |  | A |  | 5 |  | <sup>(8)</sup> | <sup>(8)</sup> | Common Stock | 5 | $1013.50 | 2166 | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Shares held in a trust for which Ms. Slavik Williams serves as trustee and she and her immediate family are beneficiaries.  She disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of her actual pecuniary interest in such shares.

(2) Shares held in trusts for which Ms. Slavik Williams serves as trustee and is the sole beneficiary.

(3) Shares held in a trust for which Ms. Slavik Williams' husband serves as trustee and her immediate family are beneficiaries. Ms. Slavik Williams disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

(4) Shares held in a trust for which Ms. Slavik Williams' husband serves as trustee and her immediate family are beneficiaries.  Ms. Slavik Williams disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

(5) Shares held by a limited liability company of which Ms. Slavik Williams is the sole manager.  Ms. Williams disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of her actual pecuniary interest therein.

(6) Shares held by a limited liability company of which Ms. Slavik Williams is the sole manager.  The membership interests are held for the benefit of her children.

(7) 1-for-1

(8) The deferred stock units are expected to settle in shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis following end of service as a director.

**Remarks:**
Exhibits: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.

**Signature:** /s/ Paul Stanukinas, by POA from Susan Slavik Williams, Director  
**Date:** 2025-09-03

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**