0000277135-14-000021.txt : 20140729 0000277135-14-000021.hdr.sgml : 20140729 20140729113549 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000277135-14-000021 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140729 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20140729 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140729 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: 14998746 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 form8-k72914.htm 8-K 7.29.14 Form 8-K 7.29.14



 
 
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):
July 29, 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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)
On July 29, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed a new director, Rodney C. Adkins. Mr. Adkins will serve on the Company’s Board Affairs and Nominating Committee and on its Compensation Committee. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Adkins and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director, and there are no related party transactions between Mr. Adkins and the Company. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Mr. Adkins’ appointment 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 July 29, 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: July 29, 2014

 
W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
 
 
 
 
 By:
/s/ David L. Rawlinson
 
 
David L. Rawlinson
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary



 EX-99.1 2 exhibit99172914.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 7.29.14 Exhibit 99.1 7.29.14



 
 
GRAINGER ADDS NEW MEMBER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHICAGO, July 29, 2014 - Grainger’s Board of Directors has appointed Rodney C. Adkins to the board, bringing the total number of members to 11. The appointment was effective July 29, 2014.

Mr. Adkins, 55, has held multiple leadership positions in a 30-year career at International Business Machines Corporation, including senior vice president of Corporate Strategy and senior vice president of the Systems and Technology Group. He has deep experience at IBM leading global teams in a number of development and management roles.

Mr. Adkins is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Executive Leadership Council and the National Society of Black Engineers, which in 2001 awarded him the Golden Torch Award for Lifetime Achievement in Industry. He serves on the board of directors for United Parcel Service, the national board of the Smithsonian Institution and the board of directors for the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. Mr. Adkins also serves on the Georgia Tech Foundation, Rollins College Board of Trustees, University of Maryland Baltimore County Board of Visitors and the University of Miami College of Engineering Visiting Committee.

Mr. Adkins graduated from Rollins College with a Bachelor of Arts degree with an emphasis in physics. He also holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and honorary doctorate degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. 

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
 

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