Fastenal Co SEC Filings

Fastenal (FAST) director reported an option exercise on 10/14/2025. The filing shows a stock option (right to buy) with a $13.75 exercise price converted into 2,000 common shares. Table I lists the acquired common stock at a reported price of $43.195.

After the transaction, beneficial ownership is 54,190 shares held directly and 13,008 shares held indirectly in a 401(k) plan. The reporting person also lists 14,948 derivative securities (options) beneficially owned following the transaction. Explanatory notes indicate prior 2-for-1 stock splits and that direct holdings include shares in a revocable trust and a self-directed IRA.

Fastenal Company (FAST) disclosed an insider purchase on Form 4. A director bought 1,000 shares of common stock on 10/16/2025 at $42.45 per share, bringing beneficial ownership to 9,000 shares held directly. The filing also notes that Fastenal’s common stock underwent a 2-for-1 split on May 21, 2025, and the reported amounts reflect that adjustment.

Fastenal Company filed a Form 8-K to report that it issued a press release announcing results for its most recently ended fiscal quarter. The press release was dated October 13, 2025 and is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

The filing cites Item 2.02 (Results of Operations and Financial Condition) and lists the press release under Item 9.01 as an exhibit. The company’s common stock trades on Nasdaq under the symbol FAST.

Fastenal Company insider William J. Drazkowski reported option activity and an open-market sale. The filings show an option grant for 6,842 shares with an exercise price of $19 that is reported as acquired under code "M" and subject to vesting through 2029. The report also discloses a sale of 6,842 shares at $48.6717, and after these reported transactions the filing lists 18,836 shares beneficially owned in total and 11,994 shares owned following the sale. Additionally, 10,600 shares are held indirectly in the issuer's 401(k) plan.

The option grant vests over five years with an initial 40% vesting after two years and the remainder vesting 20% annually. The amounts have been adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split noted in the filing.

Fastenal Co (FAST) filed a Form 144 reporting a proposed sale of 6,842 common shares for an aggregate market value of $333,011.77. The filing shows the shares were acquired and intended to be sold on 08/15/2025 following a stock option exercise, with payment made in cash. The sale is to be executed through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on NASDAQ. No other sales in the past three months were reported.

Daniel L. Florness, listed as CEO and a director of Fastenal Company (FAST), reported transactions on 08/12/2025 involving company stock and options. He exercised employee stock options with an exercise price of $13 for 84,612 shares and reported a corresponding sale of 84,612 shares at $48.4408. After these transactions his beneficial ownership is reported as 565,036 shares (direct).

The filing notes indirect holdings of 20,000 shares owned by his spouse and 23,056 shares held in the issuer's 401(k) plan. The option grant and counts are adjusted for prior 2-for-1 stock splits, and the option's vesting schedule is described as a five-year vesting with 40% vesting two years after grant and the remainder vesting proportionately on each anniversary.

Fastenal Co (FAST) submitted a Form 144 reporting a proposed sale of 84,612 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on NASDAQ, with an aggregate market value of $4,098,672.97. The filing lists 1,147,636,617 shares outstanding. The securities were acquired by a stock option exercise and paid for in cash, with the acquisition and approximate sale date shown as 08/12/2025.

The filer reports nothing to report for securities sold in the past three months. Several contact and issuer relationship fields in the form are left blank. The notice includes the standard representation that the seller does not possess undisclosed material adverse information and references Rule 10b5-1 trading plan language.

John Lewis Soderberg, Senior EVP-IT of Fastenal Co (FAST), reported exercising employee stock options and an immediate disposition of the resulting shares. The filing shows an option exercise that covered 34,612 common shares at an $13 exercise price (amounts adjusted for prior stock splits), followed the same day by the sale of 34,612 shares at $48.0302. After these transactions the filing shows 0 derivative securities of that option remaining and 28,638 shares attributed to the reporting person's account in the issuer’s 401(k) plan. The report also discloses the option’s vesting schedule: full vesting over five years with 40% vesting two years after grant and the remainder vesting proportionately thereafter.

Fastenal Company officer Jeffery Michael Watts, listed as President and Chief Sales Officer, reported option exercises and share sales on 08/08/2025. The filing shows acquisitions of 32,724 shares at an exercise price of $13.75 and 16,000 shares at $13.00, and contemporaneous sales of 32,724 and 16,000 shares at $48.0507 and $48.0494, respectively.

The derivative schedule identifies the underlying employee stock options with expiration dates of 12/31/2027 and 12/31/2028 and states the options "will fully vest and become exercisable over a period of five years, with 40% vesting two years following the date of grant and the remainder vesting proportionately (20%) each year thereafter." The filing notes adjustments for two 2-for-1 stock splits and is signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/12/2025.