FASTENAL CO — Director's Dealing 2020

May 11, 2020

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK: 0000815556
Period of Report: 2020-05-08

Reporting Person: FLORNESS DANIEL L (Director, CEO and President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2020-05-08	Common Stock	M	12500	$27	Acquired	212190	Direct
2020-05-08	Common Stock	S	12500	$38.6167	Disposed	199690	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2020-05-08	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27	M	12500	Disposed	2021-05-31	Common Stock (12500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	9442	Indirect
Common Stock	20000	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Shares attributed to reporting person's account within issuer's 401(K) Plan and includes an additional 94 shares acquired since the reporting person's prior report filed on 2/14/2020.

F3: These shares are held in a trust for which reporting person's spouse serves as trustee. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.