FASTENAL CO — Director's Dealing 2020

May 20, 2020

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK: 0000815556
Period of Report: 2020-05-18

Reporting Person: Jansen James C (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2020-05-18	Common Stock	M	10000	$27	Acquired	35176	Direct
2020-05-18	Common Stock	S	10000	$40.1374	Disposed	25176	Direct
2020-05-18	Common Stock	M	15000	$27	Acquired	40176	Direct
2020-05-18	Common Stock	S	15000	$40.1481	Disposed	25176	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2020-05-18	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27	M	25000	Disposed	2021-05-31	Common Stock (25000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	17582	Indirect
Common Stock	160	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The option will fully vest and become exercisable over a period of five years, with 50% vesting and becoming exercisable halfway through the relevant vesting period, and the remainder vesting and becoming exercisable incrementally (20%, 20% and 10%) each year thereafter.

F2: The option was previously reported in a filing on 4/21/2016 as covering 37,500 securities at an exercise price of $54 and the amounts reported were adjusted to reflect a 2-for-1 stock split on May 22, 2019.

F3: On May 22, 2019, the common stock of Fastenal Company split 2-for-1 resulting in the reporting person acquiring indirectly an additional 9,247 shares since his holdings report filed on May 17, 2018, which additional shares consist of split shares and new money.

F4: On May 22, 2019, the common stock of Fastenal Company split 2-for-1 resulting the reporting person acquiring an additional 12,588 shares since the reporting person's report filed on May 17, 2018.

F5: On May 22, 2019, the common stock of Fastenal Company split 2-for-1 resulting in the acquisition of an additional 80 shares in this custodian account for his children since the reporting person's prior holdings report filed on January 5, 2017.