SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-062117

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. · GWW

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

A later amendment supersedes this filing — read the amendment. The figures below are kept as originally reported (version chain, not an overwrite).

Reporting owner

Officer — Sr. VP & Chief Financial Off

Period of report

Jun 18, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jul 23, 2015 · 10:46 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	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Jun 18, 2015	G	180	$0.00	D	19,237	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	M	3,200	$83.08	A	22,437	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	M	200	$85.82	A	22,637	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$228.05	D	22,537	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	300	$228.06	D	22,237	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	200	$228.13	D	22,037	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	200	$228.31	D	21,837	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	300	$228.32	D	21,537	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	225	$228.33	D	21,312	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	200	$228.36	D	21,112	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$228.41	D	21,012	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	200	$228.44	D	20,812	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	150	$228.81	D	20,662	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$228.94	D	20,562	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.05	D	20,462	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.12	D	20,362	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	200	$229.19	D	20,162	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.22	D	20,062	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.29	D	19,962	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.32	D	19,862	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	15	$229.41	D	19,847	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.46	D	19,747	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.51	D	19,647	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	100	$229.55	D	19,547	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	110	$229.58	D	19,437	D
Common Stock	Jul 22, 2015	S	200	$230.00	D	19,237	D
Common Stock^F3	holding	—	—		—	5,936	I	By wife.

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Stock Option	$83.08	Jul 22, 2015	M	3,200	D	Apr 25, 2010	Apr 24, 2017	Common Stock	3,200	0	D
Stock Option	$85.82	Jul 22, 2015	M	200	D	Apr 30, 2011	Apr 29, 2018	Common Stock	200	13,300	D
Stock Option	$81.49	holding	—	—	—	Apr 29, 2012	Apr 28, 2019	Common Stock	30,000	30,000	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	25,336	25,336	D
Stock Option	$204.01	holding	—	—	—	Apr 25, 2015	Apr 24, 2022	Common Stock	19,527	19,527	D
Stock Option	$245.86	holding	—	—	—	Apr 24, 2016	Apr 23, 2023	Common Stock	16,790	16,790	D
Stock Option	$248.22	holding	—	—	—	Apr 30, 2017	Apr 29, 2024	Common Stock	13,084	13,084	D
Stock Option	$231.88	holding	—	—	—	Apr 1, 2018	Mar 31, 2025	Common Stock	15,226	15,226	D

F1Disposition by gift.
F2Transaction pursuant to a previously adopted Rule 10b5-1 trading program.
F3Shares held by Mr. Jadin's wife. Mr. Jadin disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.