0000277135-23-000079.txt : 20230906 0000277135-23-000079.hdr.sgml : 20230906 20230906140415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000277135-23-000079 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230901 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230906 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230906 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Williams Susan Slavik CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001731111 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05684 FILM NUMBER: 231238740 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4450 MACARTHUR BLVD. STREET 2: SECOND FLOOR CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: W.W. GRAINGER, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000277135 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-DURABLE GOODS [5000] IRS NUMBER: 361150280 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 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 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRAINGER W W INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 4 1 wk-form4_1694023444.xml FORM 4 X0508 4 2023-09-01 0 0000277135 W.W. GRAINGER, INC. GWW 0001731111 Williams Susan Slavik 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY LAKE FOREST IL 60045 1 0 0 0 0 Common Stock 8342 D Common Stock 5132 I In Trust Common Stock 48939 I In Trust Common Stock 200314 I In Trust Common Stock 572 I In Trust Common Stock 852158 I In Trust Common Stock 1635760 I By Corporation Common Stock 1528584 I By LLC Common Stock 150000 I By LLC Deferred Stock Units 2023-09-01 4 A 0 4 714.14 A Common Stock 4 1548 D Shares held in a trust for which Ms. Slavik Williams serves as trustee and she and her immediate family are beneficiaries. She disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of her actual pecuniary interest in such shares. Shares held in trusts for which Ms. Slavik Williams serves as trustee and is the sole beneficiary. Shares held in a trust for which Ms. Slavik Williams' husband serves as trustee and her immediate family are beneficiaries. Ms. Slavik Williams disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. Shares held by a corporation of which Ms. Slavik Williams is a director. Ms. Williams disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of her actual pecuniary interest therein. Shares held by a limited liability company of which Ms. Slavik Williams is the sole manager. Ms. Williams disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of her actual pecuniary interest therein. Shares held by a limited liability company of which Ms. Slavik Williams is the sole manager. The membership interests are held for the benefit of her children. 1-for-1 The deferred stock units are expected to settle in shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis following end of service as a director. /s/ James Colin McGee, by POA from Susan Slavik Williams, Director 2023-09-06 EX-24 2 sswpoa.txt EX-24 EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nancy L. Berardinelli-Krantz, Ronald J. Edwards, and James Colin McGee, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (including amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, that may be necessary to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced in clause (2) below; (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 relating to equity securities of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (the Company) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933; (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete any such Form 3, 4, 5, or 144 and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the 25th day of July, 2023 and revokes any previously adopted power of attorney with respect to the rights and powers herein granted. /s/ Susan Slavik Williams