W.W. GRAINGER, INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 28, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GRAINGER W W INC (GWW)
CIK: 0000277135
Period of Report: 2010-04-28

Reporting Person: CARRUTHERS COURT D (Sr. Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-28	Common Stock	A	5000	$108.15	Acquired	15711	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-04-28	Option	$108.15	A	29000	Acquired	2020-04-27	Common Stock (29000)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option	$76.61	2016-04-25	Common Stock (3000)	3000	Direct
Option	$83.08	2017-04-24	Common Stock (4300)	4300	Direct
Option	$85.82	2018-04-29	Common Stock (8000)	8000	Direct
Option	$81.49	2019-04-28	Common Stock (30000)	30000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Award of restricted stock units to be settled after vesting by the delivery of unrestricted shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis.