W.W. Grainger, Inc. filings document financial results, shareholder governance and corporate-authority matters for an Illinois-based broad line MRO distributor. Current reports on Form 8-K furnish quarterly earnings releases covering sales, margins, EPS, cash flow, outlook, capital returns and segment performance for High-Touch Solutions and Endless Assortment.
Proxy and annual meeting filings describe director elections, auditor ratification, advisory executive-compensation votes, voting mechanics and board governance. Other material-event filings record by-law amendments, including provisions for virtual shareholder meetings and remote communications.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. reported that VP and Controller Laurie R. Thomson sold a total of 313 shares of common stock in open-market transactions on May 12, 2026. The sales occurred at weighted average prices within a range of about $1,230.45 to $1,236.54 per share. Following these transactions, Thomson directly owned 399 shares of Grainger common stock. These disclosures show a series of small insider sales rather than a change in derivative or option positions.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. senior vice president and chief technology officer Jonny M. LeRoy reported selling company stock in multiple open-market transactions. On May 12, 2026, he sold a total of 854 shares of Common Stock across five trades at prices around the low $1,200s per share.
The reported weighted average sale prices for the trades ranged from about $1,229 to $1,233 per share, with individual trade prices detailed in the footnotes as falling between $1,228.99 and $1,233.48. Following these transactions, LeRoy directly holds 1,554 shares of W.W. Grainger common stock.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. senior vice president Paige K. Robbins reported open-market sales of company stock. On May 12, 2026, she sold a total of 1,457 shares of common stock in several transactions at weighted average prices generally around $1,230 per share, with individual price ranges disclosed between $1,229.26 and $1,235.20. After these sales, she holds 3,307 shares directly and an additional 16,004 shares indirectly through a family trust, over which she has voting and investment power.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. director Steven Andrew White reported gifting deferred stock units tied to company common stock. On May 12, 2026, he made two bona fide gift transfers of 288 deferred stock units each, totaling 576 units.
One transfer involved directly held units, leaving his direct deferred stock unit holdings at 0. The other reflects units held indirectly by a family trust, which now holds 2,913 deferred stock units. These deferred stock units are expected to settle on a one-for-one basis into common shares after his service as a director ends.
W.W. Grainger director Katherine D. Jaspon reported gifting deferred stock units rather than trading shares in the market. On May 12, 2026, she made two bona fide gift transfers totaling 576 deferred stock units, each unit tied one-for-one to common stock.
One gift of 288 units came from indirect holdings in a family trust, leaving 1,847 units held indirectly after the transaction. A second gift of 288 units came from her direct holdings, reducing that deferred stock unit balance to zero. These are compensation-related equity units expected to settle in common shares after her board service ends, not open-market sales.
GWW notice under Rule 144: a broker-dealer filing lists 313 shares of Common stock to be sold in connection with restricted stock vesting under a registered plan on 04/01/2026. The filing names Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services as the intermediary and records a broker/filing date of 05/12/2026.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services submitted a notice under Form 144 indicating the planned sale of Common stock that vested as restricted awards under a registered plan.
The excerpt lists 90 shares vesting on 04/01/2024 and 764 shares vesting on 04/01/2025, each described as "Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan" with the seller shown as the Issuer.
Company: Reported a Form 144 notice for a planned sale of 1,457 shares of Common Stock tied to restricted stock vesting under a registered plan. The filing lists $1,795,446.82 as an aggregate figure and shows 47,213,119 shares outstanding as of 05/12/2026.
The shares are described as issuable for services rendered and the transaction date is 04/01/2026. The sale is reported on the NYSE. The filing indicates the securities originate from an issuer-sponsored registered plan rather than open-market purchases.
W.W. Grainger reported strong first quarter 2026 results, with net sales of $4.7 billion, up 10.1% from a year earlier, and daily, organic constant currency sales up 12.2%. Diluted EPS rose 18.2% to $11.65 as operating margin expanded to 16.7%, up 110 basis points.
Growth was broad-based, with High-Touch Solutions – N.A. sales up 10.5% and Endless Assortment sales up 19.6%. Grainger generated $739 million of operating cash flow and $569 million of free cash flow, returning $345 million through dividends and buybacks and raising its quarterly dividend by 10%.
On the back of this momentum, the company increased its full-year 2026 guidance, lifting net sales to $19.2–$19.6 billion and diluted EPS to $44.25–$46.25, with expected sales growth of 6.7–9.1% and operating margin of 15.6–16.0% on an adjusted basis.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. has declared an automatic shelf registration on Form S-3 that permits the company to offer and sell, from time to time, debt securities in one or more series pursuant to an indenture dated June 11, 2015. The prospectus dated May 7, 2026 describes general terms, book-entry issuance through DTC, customary covenants and events of default, and states that specific terms (principal amount, interest rate, maturity, redemption and distribution methods) will be set forth in prospectus supplements for each offering.
The prospectus permits an unlimited aggregate amount of debt securities to be issued under the Indenture and identifies customary uses of proceeds including working capital, repayment of indebtedness, stock repurchases, acquisitions and capital expenditures; specific offerings will state the net proceeds treatment.