Grainger's Shareholders Elect 12 Directors and Other Meeting Highlights

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Apr 27, 2011, 11:37 ET

CHICAGO, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Grainger (NYSE: GWW) annual shareholder meeting held in Lake Forest, IL, today, Grainger Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan provided an update on the state of the business and offered a recap of 2010 full year and 2011 first quarter performance. For a copy of his speech, go to www.grainger.com/investor.

Shareholders re-elected the following 12 directors:


Brian P. Anderson	Neil S. Novich
Wilbur H. Gantz	Michael J. Roberts
V. Ann Hailey	Gary L. Rogers
William K. Hall	James T. Ryan
Stuart L. Levenick	E. Scott Santi
John W. McCarter, Jr.	James D. Slavik

In addition, the shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for the year 2011. Relative to Say on Pay, shareholders voted in favor of the advisory resolution on executive compensation and voted for "one year" as the preferred frequency for the advisory vote.

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc., with 2010 sales of $7.2 billion, is North America's leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products, with an expanding presence in Asia and Latin America.

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