Laurie R. Thomson - Apr 1, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for W.W. GRAINGER, INC. (GWW)

Role: VP, Controller
Signature: Hugo Dubovoy, Jr., as attorney-in-fact
Stock symbol: GWW
Transactions as of: Apr 1, 2022
Transactions value $: -$38,684
Form type: 4
Date filed: 4/4/2022, 02:18 PM
Previous filing: Jan 4, 2022
Next filing: May 4, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	GWW	Common Stock	Award	$0	+225	+11.11%	$0.00	2.25K	Apr 1, 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	GWW	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$13.9K	-27	-1.2%	$515.79	2.22K	Apr 1, 2022	Direct	F2
transaction	GWW	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$15.5K	-30	-1.35%	$515.79	2.19K	Apr 1, 2022	Direct	F3
transaction	GWW	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$9.28K	-18	-0.82%	$515.79	2.18K	Apr 1, 2022	Direct	F4

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	GWW	Stock Option						551	Apr 1, 2022	Common Stock	551	$311.26	Direct	F5

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	April 1, 2022 award of restricted stock units to be settled after vesting by the delivery of unrestricted shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. This award will vest in three tranches, where 1/3 vests on April 1, 2023, 1/3 vests on April 1, 2024, and the remainder vests on April 1, 2025.
F2	Shares withheld for tax withholding for the partial settlement of the 4/1/2019 award of restricted stock units (RSUs). The RSU award is to be settled after vesting by the delivery of unrestricted shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. This award will vest in three tranches, where 1/3 vests on April 1, 2020, 1/3 vests on April 1, 2021, and the remainder vests on April 1, 2022.
F3	Shares withheld for tax withholding for the partial settlement of the 4/1/2020 award of restricted stock units (RSUs). The RSU award is to be settled after vesting by the delivery of unrestricted shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. This award will vest in three tranches, where 1/3 vests on April 1, 2021, 1/3 vests on April 1, 2022, and the remainder vests on April 1, 2023.
F4	Shares withheld for tax withholding for the partial settlement of the 4/1/2021 award of restricted stock units (RSUs). The RSU award is to be settled after vesting by the delivery of unrestricted shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. This award will vest in three tranches, where 1/3 vests on April 1, 2022, 1/3 vests on April 1, 2023, and the remainder vests on April 1, 2024.
F5	The stock option fully vested in three years, where 1/3 vested on April 1, 2020, 1/3 vested on April 1, 2021, and the remainder vested on April 1, 2022.