SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-025864

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. · GWW

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Sr. VP & Group President

Period of report

Mar 12, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Mar 13, 2015 · 9:28 am EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000277135

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	M	3,000	$81.49	A	26,210	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	300	$230.62	D	25,910	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$230.71	D	25,810	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$230.78	D	25,710	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	50	$230.81	D	25,660	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	200	$230.88	D	25,460	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$230.90	D	25,360	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$231.34	D	25,260	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$231.35	D	25,160	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$231.39	D	25,060	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$231.55	D	24,960	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	20	$231.79	D	24,940	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$231.82	D	24,840	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$231.88	D	24,740	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.10	D	24,640	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.11	D	24,540	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.15	D	24,440	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.22	D	24,340	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.44	D	24,240	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.46	D	24,140	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	200	$232.50	D	23,940	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	51	$232.54	D	23,889	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.80	D	23,789	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$232.84	D	23,689	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$233.01	D	23,589	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$233.13	D	23,489	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	100	$233.25	D	23,389	D
Common Stock	Mar 12, 2015	S	179	$233.30	D	23,210	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Stock Option	$81.49	Mar 12, 2015	M	3,000	D	Apr 29, 2012	Apr 28, 2019	Common Stock	3,000	0	D
Stock Option	$108.15	holding	—	—	—	Apr 28, 2013	Apr 27, 2020	Common Stock	29,000	29,000	D
Stock Option	$149.02	holding	—	—	—	Apr 27, 2014	Apr 26, 2021	Common Stock	24,876	24,876	D
Stock Option	$204.01	holding	—	—	—	Apr 25, 2015	Apr 24, 2022	Common Stock	16,923	16,923	D
Stock Option	$245.86	holding	—	—	—	Apr 24, 2016	Apr 23, 2023	Common Stock	15,741	15,741	D
Stock Option	$248.22	holding	—	—	—	Apr 30, 2017	Apr 29, 2024	Common Stock	12,266	12,266	D