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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
277135	Grainger W W Inc	GWW	Wholesale-Durable Goods (5000)	361150280

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1451437	G Donald Macpherson	100 Grainger Parkway Lake Forest IL 60045	Chairman And Ceo	Yes	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2019-02-20	3,302	$0.00	45,848	No	4	A	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2019-02-20	985	$314.65	44,863	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2019-02-21	1,255	$309.63	43,608	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2019-02-21	1,062	$310.51	42,546	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	A	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Price	Date	Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Stock Option	$204.01	2015-04-25	2022-04-24	16,923	16,923	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option	$245.86	2016-04-24	2023-04-23	15,741	15,741	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option	$248.22	2017-04-30	2024-04-29	12,266	12,266	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option	$231.88	2018-04-01	2025-03-31	14,380	14,380	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option	$234.38	2019-04-01	2026-03-31	23,827	23,827	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option	$231.20	2020-04-03	2027-04-02	36,415	36,415	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option	$276.64	2021-04-02	2028-04-01	46,063	46,063	Direct

Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
2022-04-24	16,923	16,923	Direct
2023-04-23	15,741	15,741	Direct
2024-04-29	12,266	12,266	Direct
2025-03-31	14,380	14,380	Direct
2026-03-31	23,827	23,827	Direct
2027-04-02	36,415	36,415	Direct
2028-04-01	46,063	46,063	Direct

Footnotes

Performance vested stock units ("PSUs"), granted on January 1, 2016. The Company's performance over the three-year period ended December 31, 2018 achieved a payout equal to 97 percent of the 2016 PSU program target, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), acting in executive session with only independent directors participating, on February 20, 2019, upon the earlier determination and recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board.
Transaction pursuant to a previously adopted Rule 10b5-1 trading program.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $309.14 to $310.07, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide W.W. Grainger, Inc., any security holder of W.W. Grainger, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (3) and (4) to this Form 4.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $310.17 to $310.93, inclusive.