Grainger to Host Annual Analyst Meeting

CHICAGO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grainger (NYSE: GWW), the leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions, will host its annual analyst meeting on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009, in Lake Forest, Illinois. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, James T. Ryan, will host the event. The meeting will also include presentations from the following leaders:

• Ron Jadin, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
• D.G. Macpherson, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain
• Mike Pulick, Senior Vice President and President, Grainger United States
• Court Carruthers, Senior Vice President and President, Grainger International
  

The event will be web cast live beginning at 11:45 a.m. CST and may be accessed on Grainger's Investor Relations Web site at www.grainger.com/investor.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. with 2008 sales of $6.9 billion is the leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico, India, China and Panama. Through a highly integrated network including more than 600 branches, 18 distribution centers and multiple Web sites, Grainger's employees help customers get the job done.

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