CHICAGO, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- James T. Ryan, Grainger
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the
William Blair & Company 29th Annual Growth Stock Conference in Chicago,
Illinois on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The audio webcast of the event, scheduled
for 10:10 a.m. CDT, will be available for 30 days at the following web site,
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/blair17/gww/. In addition the presentation slides
will be posted on the Speeches and Presentations section of Grainger's
Investor Relations Web site, www.grainger.com/investor.
About Grainger
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW), with 2008 sales of $6.9 billion, is a
leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving
businesses and institutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, 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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