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Grainger to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference

June 5, 2009

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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