GWW · W.W. Grainger, Inc. · Executive Compensation

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Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
D.G. Macpherson	Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer	$969,091	$0	$4,761,519	$0	$1,303,316	$441,452	$7,475,378
John L. Howard	Sr. Vice President & General Counsel	$709,442	$0	$1,000,279	$0	$483,840	$324,391	$2,517,952
Thomas Okray	Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	$714,827	$0	$1,571,661	$0	$0	$99,158	$2,385,646
Paige K. Robbins	Sr. Vice President Chief Technology, Merchandising, Marketing and Strategy Officer	$563,423	$0	$619,357	$0	$383,040	$77,708	$1,643,528
Deidra C. Merriwether	Sr. Vice President & President, North America Sales & Service	$523,885	$0	$523,887	$0	$356,160	$61,577	$1,465,509

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
D.G. Macpherson	Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer	$1,053,175	$0	$2,901,333	$2,081,098	$1,074,161	$555,360	$7,665,127
Thomas Okray	Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	$711,250	$0	$885,359	$634,924	$482,625	$162,886	$2,877,044
John L. Howard	Sr. Vice President & General Counsel	$712,500	$0	$565,733	$405,659	$429,000	$397,717	$2,510,609
Paige K. Robbins	Sr. Vice President Chief Technology, Merchandising, Marketing and Strategy Officer	$531,667	$0	$270,519	$194,040	$342,000	$110,016	$1,448,242
Deidra C. Merriwether	Sr. Vice President & President, North America Sales & Service	$469,491	$0	$221,411	$158,748	$204,844	$80,479	$1,134,972

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
D.G. Macpherson	Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer	$1,030,000	$0	$4,086,887	$3,100,501	$1,842,464	$395,992	$10,455,844
Thomas Okray	Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	$498,630	$0	$2,450,059	$0	$567,000	$795,845	$4,311,534
John L. Howard	Sr. Vice President & General Counsel	$703,533	$0	$796,617	$604,376	$749,486	$185,994	$3,040,006
Paige K. Robbins	Sr. Vice President Chief Technology, Merchandising, Marketing and Strategy Officer	$508,500	$0	$846,722	$262,778	$516,375	$118,944	$2,253,319
Deidra C. Merriwether	Sr. Vice President & President, North America Sales & Service	$448,922	$0	$293,843	$210,209	$305,749	$100,035	$1,358,758

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Laurie R. Thomson	interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)	Appointed	2026-09-05	2026-08-03
Deidra C. Merriwether	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	Resigned	2026-09-04	2026-08-03
Matthew E. Fortin	Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer	Terminated	2024-08-23	2024-08-26
Christopher Klein	director	Appointed	2023-12-13	2023-12-13
George S. Davis	director	Appointed	2023-07-26	2023-07-26
Nancy L. Berardinelli-Krantz	Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer	Appointed	2023-01-30	2022-12-15
John L. Howard	Senior Vice President	Retired	2023-07-31	2022-12-15

Leadership

D.G. Macpherson CEO
Laurie R. Thomson CFO, Chief Accounting Officer
Robert F. O'Keef, Jr. CFO
Jonny LeRoy CTO
John L. Howard General Counsel
Nancy L. Berardinelli-Krantz General Counsel
Christopher Klein Board Member
George S. Davis Board Member
Steven A. White Board Member

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