{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-22-024311","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GWW","cik":"0000277135","company_name":"W.W. GRAINGER, INC.","filed_at":"2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:09.182871+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-27T07:42:07.638852+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Grainger director Brian Anderson to retire after 23 years; 12 incumbents nominated for board","bullets":["Brian P. Anderson will not stand for re-election; his term ends at the April 27, 2022 annual meeting.","Anderson's departure is not due to any disagreement with the company.","The board slate includes all 12 current members, such as CEO D.G. Macpherson and Stuart L. Levenick.","Anderson served as Lead Director and chaired the Audit and Board Affairs Committees.","Chairman/CEO Macpherson thanked Anderson for his strategic insight over 23 years."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024311","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024311.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024311.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024311.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922024311/0001104659-22-024311-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922024311/tm226756d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-27T07:42:07.638852+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"e2cb005ac5","claim":"Brian P. Anderson departed as Director at W.W. GRAINGER, INC..","evidence_excerpt":"On February 16, 2022, Brian P. Anderson, a member of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (the “ Company ”), notified the Board that he would not stand for re-election as a member of the Board for the 2022-2023 period.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922024311/0001104659-22-024311-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"not stand for re-election"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}