W.W. GRAINGER, INC. — Director's Dealing 2019

Apr 2, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GRAINGER W W INC (GWW)
CIK: 0000277135
Period of Report: 2019-04-01

Reporting Person: Tapia Eric R (Vice President & Controller)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2019-04-01	Common Stock	A	389	$0.00	Acquired	2667	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2019-04-01	Stock Option	$311.26	A	1167	Acquired	2029-03-31	Common Stock (1167)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option	$234.38	2026-03-31	Common Stock (865)	865	Direct
Stock Option	$231.20	2027-04-02	Common Stock (1258)	1258	Direct
Stock Option	$276.64	2028-04-01	Common Stock (1593)	1593	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. This award will fully vest in three years, where 1/3 shall vest on April 1, 2020, 1/3 shall vest on April 1, 2021, and the remainder shall vest on 4/1/2022.

F2: The stock option will fully vest in three years, where 1/3 shall vest on April 1, 2020, 1/3 shall vest on April 1, 2021, and the remainder shall vest on 4/1/2022.