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accession: "0001104659-24-099316"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:19:51.231521+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger closes $500M offering of 4.450% Senior Notes due 2034

## Summary
- Issued $500M aggregate principal of 4.450% Senior Notes due 2034 on September 12, 2024.
- Underwriting agreement dated September 5 with BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities.
- Fifth Supplemental Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company as trustee executed on same date.
- Notes are senior unsecured obligations; use of proceeds not specified in filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-099316
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465924099316/0001104659-24-099316-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465924099316/tm2421859d4_8k.htm

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