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W.W. Grainger, Inc.: meeting of 30 Apr 2025
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
1,159 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the W.W. Grainger, Inc. meeting of 30 Apr 2025. Their records fall into 4 items below, in ballot order: management items first, then proposals from security holders. Each bar shows how the reporting filers split; it is not the result of the meeting.
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Items
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSIssuer
Director elections
12 nominees; 95.8% of reported votes for; 67 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
8,828 vote records from 283 filers. 7 of the 281 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
1,816 vote records from 1,146 filers. 62 of the 1,110 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 36 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
737 vote records from 281 filers. 5 of the 279 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSESIssuer
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
723 vote records from 274 filers. 16 of the 272 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
How the largest families voted
* against management. A family's position is the way most of its reported shares were voted across its filers; "split" means no single position led. "No report" means none of the family's filers listed the item.
Questions
How did large funds vote at the W.W. Grainger, Inc. meeting?
1,159 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 30 Apr 2025. On say-on-pay, 62 of 1,110 voted against management (5.6%). The family table lists each of the largest families item by item.
Is this the meeting result?
No. These are the votes of funds and managers that file Form N-PX, counted by filer and by the shares they reported. The certified result, which includes every shareholder, is reported by W.W. Grainger, Inc. on Form 8-K.
Why are director elections shown as counts only?
Director records name the nominee. This site does not publish pages or rows about individuals, so for director elections it keeps the number of nominees and the split of votes and discards the wording.
Every meeting on file for W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing W.W. Grainger, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 30 Apr 2025. Proposal titles are the most common wording among filers and are replaced by the SEC category where a wording could name a person. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026.