0000277135-14-000005.txt : 20140219 0000277135-14-000005.hdr.sgml : 20140219 20140219170033 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000277135-14-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140219 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20140219 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140219 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRAINGER W W INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000277135 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-DURABLE GOODS [5000] IRS NUMBER: 361150280 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05684 FILM NUMBER: 14626411 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045-5201 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-535-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 8-K 1 gwwform8-k2014.htm 8-K GWW Form 8-K (2014)


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT


PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
February 19, 2014

W.W. Grainger, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Illinois
1-5684
36-1150280
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest, Illinois  60045
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(847) 535-1000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01.   Other Events.
As described in the attached press release, the Company has announced its slate of nominees for directors for the April 30, 2014 annual meeting.  As further described in the press release, John W. McCarter, Jr., who has served as a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 1990, will not stand for reelection.

A copy of the Company's press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits (numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).
 
 
Exhibit No.
Document Description
99.1
Press release issued by the Company on February 19, 2014


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 19, 2014

 
W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
 
 
 
 
 By:
/s/ David L. Rawlinson
 
 
David L. Rawlinson
Corporate Secretary



 EX-99.1 2 release2014.htm EXHIBIT Release (2014)


 

TEN DIRECTORS SLATED FOR GRAINGER'S BOARD TO BE VOTED ON AT THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL MEETING ON APRIL 30, 2014

CHICAGO, February 19, 2014 - The Board of Directors of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW) today selected a slate of nominees to serve for the 2014 - 2015 period. The ten candidates, all current board members, to be voted on at the annual meeting are:
Brian P. Anderson
V. Ann Hailey
William K. Hall
Stuart L. Levenick
Neil S. Novich
Michael J. Roberts
Gary L. Rogers
James T. Ryan
E. Scott Santi
James D. Slavik

John W. McCarter, Jr. will not stand for re-election. Mr. McCarter has been a board member of Grainger since 1990 and served as a member of the Board Affairs and Nominating Committee and the Compensation Committee.

Grainger Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan said, “On behalf of The Board of Directors, I would like to thank John W. McCarter, Jr. for his strategic insight, bold thinking and valuable contributions to Grainger over the past 24 years.”

W.W. Grainger, Inc. with 2013 sales of $9.4 billion is North America's leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products, with operations in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Contacts:
Media:
 
Investors:
 
Joseph Micucci
 
Laura Brown
 
Director, Media Relations
SVP, Communications & Investor Relations
O: 847-535-0879
 
O: 847-535-0409
 
M: 847-830-5328
 
M: 847-804-1383
 
 
 
 
 
Grainger Media Relations Hotline
William Chapman
 
847-535-5678
 
Sr. Director, Investor Relations
 
 
O: 847-535-0881
 
 
 
M: 847-456-8647
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Casey Darby
 
 
 
Sr. Manager, Investor Relations
 
 
O: 847-535-0099
 
 
 
M: 847-964-3281