FASTENAL CO — Director's Dealing 2014

May 6, 2014

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK: 0000815556
Period of Report: 2014-05-01

Reporting Person: Soderberg John Lewis (Executive Vice President)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	174	Indirect
Common Stock	142	Indirect
Common Stock	157	Indirect
Common Stock	2734	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$22.5	2016-05-31	Common Stock (35000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$54	2021-05-31	Common Stock (10000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$56	2023-05-31	Common Stock (30000)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: These options fully vest and become exercisable over a period of eight years, with 50% vesting and becoming exercisable half way through the vesting period and the remainder vesting and becoming exercisable proportionately on each anniversary of the option grant date thereafter.

F2: These options fully vest and become exercisable over a period of five years, with 50% vesting and becoming exercisable half way through the vesting period and the remainder vesting and becoming exercisable incrementally (20%, 20% and 10%) on each anniversary of the initial vesting date (with the final 10% vesting and becoming exercisable on May 1).

F3: Shares attributed to reporting person's account with issuer's 401(K) Plan as of May 2, 2014.