Item 6. Exhibits


EXHIBIT NO.						DESCRIPTION
3.1						Restated Articles of Incorporation of W.W. Grainger, Inc.**
10.1						2026 Form of W.W. Grainger, Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement between W.W. Grainger, Inc. and certain of its executive officers.*
10.2						2026 Form of W.W. Grainger, Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement between W.W. Grainger, Inc. and certain of its executive officers.*
10.3						2026 Form of Confidentiality, Invention Assignment, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement between W.W. Grainger, Inc. and certain of its executive officers.*
10.4						Summary Description of the Company Management Incentive Program.*
31.1						Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
31.2						Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
32						Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.***
101.INS						XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.**
101.SCH						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.**
101.CAL						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.**
101.DEF						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.**
101.LAB						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.**
101.PRE						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.**
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).**


(*) Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
(**) Filed herewith.
(***) Furnished herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


			W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Date:	May 7, 2026	By:	/s/ Deidra C. Merriwether
			Deidra C. Merriwether
			Senior Vice President
			and Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer)
Date:	May 7, 2026	By:	/s/ Laurie R. Thomson
			Laurie R. Thomson
			Vice President and Controller
			(Principal Accounting Officer)

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