Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

The executive officers of Fastenal Company are:

Mr. Oberton has been our chief executive officer since December 2002. From July 2001 to July 2012, Mr. Oberton was our president and chief executive officer. From July 2001 through December 2002, Mr. Oberton was our president and chief operating officer. Mr. Oberton has also served as one of our directors since June 1999.

Mr. Hein has been our president since July 2012. From November 2007 to July 2012, Mr. Hein was one of our executive vice presidents – sales. Mr. Hein’s responsibilities as an executive vice president – sales included sales and operational oversight over a substantial portion of our business. Prior to November 2007, Mr. Hein served in various sales leadership roles, most recently as leader of our Winona and Kansas City based regions.

Mr. Florness has been our executive vice president and chief financial officer since December 2002. From June 1996 to November 2002, Mr. Florness was our chief financial officer.

Mr. Rucinski has been one of our executive vice presidents – sales since November 2007. Mr. Rucinski’s responsibilities include sales and operational oversight over our international business. Prior to November 2007, Mr. Rucinski served in various sales leadership roles, most recently as leader of national accounts.

Mr. Polipnick has been one of our executive vice presidents – sales since July 2012. Mr. Polipnick's responsibilities include sales and operational oversight of our western United States business. Prior to July 2012, Mr. Polipnick served in various sales leadership roles, most recently as leader of our Winona based region.

Mr. Nance has been one of our executive vice presidents – sales since July 2012. Mr. Nance's responsibilities include sales and operational oversight of our eastern United States and Mexican businesses. Prior to July 2012, Mr. Nance served in various sales leadership roles, most recently as leader of our Texas based region.

Ms. Wisecup has been our executive vice president – human resources since November 2007. Prior to November 2007, Ms. Wisecup served in various support roles, most recently as director of employee development. Ms. Wisecup has served as one of our directors since 2000.

Mr. Lundquist has been one of our executive vice presidents – operations since July 2012. Mr. Lundquist's responsibilities include distribution development. From November 2007 to July 2012, Mr. Lundquist was one of our executive vice presidents – sales. Mr. Lundquist’s responsibilities as an executive vice president – sales included sales and operational oversight over a substantial portion of our business. From December 2002 to November 2007, Mr. Lundquist was our executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Mr. Jansen has been an executive vice president – operations since December 2010. Since July 2012, Mr Jansen's responsibilities include oversight of our manufacturing and specialty sales areas. Specialty sales include government sales and industrial vending. Prior to July 2012, Mr. Jansen's responsibilities also included distribution development. From November 2007 to December 2010, Mr. Jansen was our executive vice president – internal operations. From May 2005 to November 2007, Mr. Jansen served as leader of systems development (this role encompassed both information systems and distribution

systems development). From April 2000 to April 2005, Mr. Jansen served in the sales leadership role of our Texas based region.

Mr. Camp has been our executive vice president – product and procurement since January 2011. Mr. Camp’s responsibilities include product development, global sourcing, and procurement. From January 2008 through April 2008, Mr. Camp was our vice president – purchasing and supply chain and from May 2008 to December 2010, Mr. Camp was our vice president – product development and procurement. From January 2003 through December 2007, Mr. Camp served as the president of our FASTCO subsidiary, was based in Shanghai, China and was responsible for our sourcing, supplier development, and procurement functions within the Asia-Pacific region. From March 1996 to January 2003, Mr. Camp was the leader of our corporate purchasing departments.

Mr. Singh has been our executive vice president – information technology since January 2011. Mr. Singh joined Fastenal in 2001 and, prior to January 2011, served in various roles of increasing responsibility in the administration and application development areas within our information technology group.

The executive officers are elected by our board of directors for a term of one year and serve until their successors are elected and qualified. None of our executive officers are related to any other such executive officer or to any of our other directors.

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