secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     W.W. GRAINGER, INC. (GWW)
CIK:        0000277135
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-024311
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922024311/0001104659-22-024311-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922024311/tm226756d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024311

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