---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:42:07.638852+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger director Brian Anderson to retire after 23 years; 12 incumbents nominated for board

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- 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

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024311.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian P. Anderson departed as Director at W.W. GRAINGER, INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922024311/0001104659-22-024311-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.