Terry Modock Owen - 07 Feb 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for FASTENAL CO (FAST)

Signature
/s/ John J. Milek , Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol
FAST
Transactions as of
07 Feb 2023
Net transactions value
-$378,640
Form type
4
Filing time
09 Feb 2023, 09:40:11 UTC
Previous filing
23 Jan 2023
Next filing
15 Jun 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction FAST Common Stock Options Exercise $420,000 +15,000 +214% $28.00 22,000 07 Feb 2023 Direct
transaction FAST Common Stock Sale $798,640 -15,000 -68% $53.24 7,000 07 Feb 2023 Direct
holding FAST Common Stock 1,672 07 Feb 2023 Held in 401(K) Plan F1

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
transaction FAST Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -15,000 -100% $0.000000* 0 07 Feb 2023 Common Stock 15,000 $28.00 Direct F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Shares attributed to reporting person's account within issuer's 401(K) Plan and includes an additional 93 shares acquired since the reporting person's prior holdings report filed on 9/4/2020.
F2 The option was previously reported in a filing on 5/6/2014 as covering 7,500 securities at an exercise price of $56 and the amounts reported were adjusted to reflect the 2-for-1 stock split on May 22, 2019.
F3 The option will fully vest and become exercisable over a period of eight years, with 50% of the option vesting and becoming exercisable half way through the relevant vesting period, and the remainder vesting and becoming exercisable proportionately each year thereafter.