FASTENAL CO — Director's Dealing 2012

May 10, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK: 0000815556
Period of Report: 2012-05-09

Reporting Person: FLORNESS DANIEL L (Exec. V-P and CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-09	Common Stock	P	89	$43	Acquired	38287	Direct
2012-05-09	Common Stock	P	913	$43.2	Acquired	39200	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3015	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held jointly with reporting person and his wife.

F2: Shares attributed to reporting person's account within issuer's 401(K) Plan as of December 31, 2011.