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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-051322
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220427
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220427
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20220427

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000277135
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-DURABLE GOODS [5000]
		IRS NUMBER:				361150280
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-264519
		FILM NUMBER:		22861022

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 GRAINGER PARKWAY
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045-5201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		847-535-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 GRAINGER PARKWAY
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GRAINGER W W INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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on April&nbsp;27, 2022</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>W.W. GRAINGER,&nbsp;INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Illinois</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 48%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>36-1150280</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>100 Grainger Parkway</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Lake Forest,&nbsp;Illinois</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>60045-5201</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>John L. Howard<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest,&nbsp;Illinois
60045-5201</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(847) 535-1000</B></P>

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for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    Accelerated filer </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: Black"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    reporting company </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; color: Black">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    growth company </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; color: Black">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; color: Black">o</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The information required by
Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the &ldquo;Note&rdquo; to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
3. </B></FONT><B> Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents, which
have been filed by W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;
or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;The
Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713522000012/gww-20211231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;10-K</A></FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, filed with the Commission on
February&nbsp;23, 2022 (&ldquo;Annual Report&rdquo;) (including the information incorporated by reference therein from the Company&rsquo;s
Definitive Proxy Statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922034677/tm223362-1_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Schedule 14A</A> for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2022).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;The
Company&rsquo;s Current Report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922024311/tm226756d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;8-K</A></FONT>, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;16, 2022.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;The
descriptions of the Company&rsquo;s common stock (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) contained in <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713522000012/exhibit48toformdescription.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit&nbsp;4.8</A></FONT> to the Company&rsquo;s
Annual Report, including any amendments or reports filed thereunder that update or otherwise modify such descriptions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and other documents
subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly
incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form&nbsp;8-K prior or subsequent to the filing of this Registration
Statement shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not</FONT>
applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
5. </B></FONT><B> Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Hugo Dubovoy,&nbsp;Jr., Vice
President, Corporate Secretary of the Registrant, will pass upon the validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered by
this Registration Statement. As of the date of this filing, Mr.&nbsp;Dubovoy beneficially owns less than 1% of the Registrant&rsquo;s outstanding Common Stock and has vested stock options, unvested
restricted stock units and unvested performance shares. Mr.&nbsp;Dubovoy is eligible to participate in the W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. 2022
Incentive Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
6. </B></FONT><B> Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section&nbsp;8.75 of the Illinois
Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended, provides that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or who is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Under certain circumstances, such Section&nbsp;permits a corporation to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees, and agents against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement
of shareholder derivative actions. Such Section&nbsp;also provides that the corporation may purchase insurance on behalf of any such director,
officer, employee or agent.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s Bylaws
provide that the Company shall indemnify the directors and officers of the Company under the circumstances described in the preceding
paragraph, subject, except in the case of defense expenses, to a finding by the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors, its shareholders or,
under certain circumstances, independent legal counsel that the applicable standard of conduct has been met.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company entered into Indemnification
Agreements with each of its directors and certain of its officers providing that the Company shall indemnify the directors and officers
under the circumstances described above, subject, except in the case of defense expenses, to a finding by any appropriate person or body
consisting of a member or members of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors or any other person or body appointed by the Board of Directors
who is not a party to the particular claim for which the director or officer is seeking indemnification or independent legal counsel that
the applicable standard of conduct has been met.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Under an insurance policy
maintained by the Company, the directors and officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of
the policy, against certain expenses in connection with the liabilities that might be imposed as a result of claims, actions, suits or
proceedings that may be brought against them by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
7. </B></FONT><B> Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
8. </B></FONT><B> Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; width: 86%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/0000277135-98-000011-index.html" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/0000277135-98-000011-index.html" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Restated
    Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(i)&nbsp;to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly
    Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 1998</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465917015516/a17-8047_1ex3d1d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465917015516/a17-8047_1ex3d1d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended March&nbsp;9, 2017, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated March&nbsp;9, 2017</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Hugo Dubovoy,&nbsp;Jr.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex23-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex23-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Hugo Dubovoy,&nbsp;Jr. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#sp1a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#sp1a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922034677/tm223362-1_def14a.htm#tAPC" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000110465922034677/tm223362-1_def14a.htm#tAPC" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan., incorporated by reference to Appendix C of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March&nbsp;17, 2022</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex-fillingfees.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2212682d1_ex-fillingfees.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Fees</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
9. </B></FONT><B> Undertakings.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;To include
any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration
Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and
(1)(ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form&nbsp;S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions
of the Registrant&rsquo;s articles of incorporation, by-laws or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Lake Forest, State of Illinois, on April&nbsp;27, 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">W.W. GRAINGER,&nbsp;INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ D.G. Macpherson</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: D.G. Macpherson</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title: Chairman of the Board <BR>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="sp1a_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Each person whose signature appears below hereby
severally constitutes and appoints John L. Howard and Hugo Dubovoy,&nbsp;Jr. and each of them acting singly, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several
power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities indicated
below, the registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and supplements
to said registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ D.G. Macpherson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board <BR>
and Chief Executive Officer, Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;27, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>D.G. Macpherson</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer and Director)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Deidra C. Merriwether</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;27, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Deidra C. Merriwether</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Laurie R. Thomson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vice President and Controller</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;27, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 3%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 14%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;27, 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TYPE>EX-5.1
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>tm2212682d1_ex5-1.htm
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">April&nbsp;27, 2022</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">100 Grainger Parkway</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Lake Forest,&nbsp;Illinois 60045-5201</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Re: 2022 W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As Vice President, Corporate
Secretary of W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc., an Illinois corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),&nbsp;I refer to a Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the &ldquo;Act&rdquo;) on or about the date of this letter to register 2,426,685 shares of common stock, par value $0.50
each, of the Company (the &ldquo;Shares&rdquo;), which may from time to time be offered and sold by the Company in connection with the
Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In rendering this opinion,&nbsp;I
have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of the corporate records of the Company, including
its Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, and such other documents (including the Plan and the Registration Statement) as I
have deemed relevant or necessary as the basis for the opinion as hereinafter set forth. I have also reviewed originals or copies, certified
or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such corporate and other records, documents, certificates and other papers, including certificates
of public officials, as I have deemed necessary to render this opinion.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Based upon and subject to
the foregoing, it is my opinion that the Shares delivered under the Plan will have been duly authorized and, when consideration therefor
shall have been received and when delivered pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan, the Shares so delivered will have been validly
issued and be fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">I hereby consent to the use
of my name in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit thereto. By giving such consent,&nbsp;I do
not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Very truly yours,</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt">Name: Hugo Dubovoy,&nbsp;Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Title: Vice President, Corporate Secretary</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<SEQUENCE>3
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; color: #333333"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We consent to the incorporation by reference in
the Registration Statement (Form&nbsp;S-8) pertaining to the W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan of our report dated February&nbsp;23,
2022 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. and Subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting of W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. and Subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form&nbsp;10-K) for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Chicago,&nbsp;Illinois</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">April&nbsp;27, 2022</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Calculation of Filing Fee Tables</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Form&nbsp;Type)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Table 1: Newly Registered Securities</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 13%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><B>Security Type</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Security<BR>
Class&nbsp;Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Fee<BR>
Calculation<BR>
Rule</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Amount<BR>
Registered<SUP>(1)(2)</SUP></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price Per<BR>
Unit<SUP>(3)</SUP></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Fee Rate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Amount of<BR>
Registration<BR>
Fee</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Equity</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Common</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Stock</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">Rule&nbsp;457(c)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2,415,773</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;515.56</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1,245,475,927.88</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">0.0000927</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">115,455.62</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 20pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total Offering Amounts</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1,245,475,927.88</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">115,455.62</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 30pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total Fee Offsets</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&mdash; </TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 40pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Net Fee Due</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">115,455.62</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font-size: 10pt">(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement shall also cover additional shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant. </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Represents 1,530,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock reserved for issuance under the W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;2022 Plan&rdquo;) <I>plus</I> up to 885,773 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock subject to outstanding awards under the W.W. Grainger,&nbsp;Inc. 2015 Incentive Plan as of the effective date of the 2022 Plan that on or after such effective date cease to be subject to such awards.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act solely for purposes of determining the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high ($520.49) and low ($510.63) prices for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;20, 2022. </TD></TR>
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