FASTENAL CO — Director's Dealing 2017

Nov 30, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK: 0000815556
Period of Report: 2017-11-28

Reporting Person: Polipnick Gary A. (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-11-28	Common Stock	M	30000	$27	Acquired	91059	Direct
2017-11-28	Common Stock	S	30000	$50.0287	Disposed	61059	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-11-28	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27	M	30000	Disposed	2018-05-31	Common Stock (30000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	7539	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The options will fully vest and become exercisable over a period of eight years, with 50% of the options vesting and becoming exercisable half way through the relevant vesting period, and the remainder vesting and becoming exercisable proportionately each year thereafter.

F2: Shares attributed to reporting person's account within issuer's 401(K) Plan as of November 30, 2017 and includes 292 shares added to this account since the reporting person's last holdings report filed on January 5, 2017.

F3: Includes 1,735 shares maintained in a self-directed IRA.