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W.W. Grainger, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 10/28/22, at 4:11pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  277135-22-43   ·   File #:  1-05684

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

10/28/22  W.W. Grainger, Inc.               10-Q        9/30/22   54:5.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.40M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     42K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     68K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings       HTML    103K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     63K 
                Earnings                                                         
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     19K 
                Earnings (Parenthetical)                                         
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    133K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     98K 
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Sharedholders'  HTML     85K 
                Equity Condensed Consolidated Statement of                       
                Sharedholders' Equity                                            
19: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Sharedholders'  HTML     19K 
                Equity Condensed Consolidated Statement of                       
                Sharedholders' Equity (Parenthetical)                            
20: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     25K 
21: R11         Revenue                                             HTML     98K 
22: R12         Property, Buildings and Equipment                   HTML     27K 
23: R13         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     56K 
24: R14         Debt                                                HTML     52K 
25: R15         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     48K 
26: R16         Dividend                                            HTML     18K 
27: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML     46K 
28: R18         Contingencies and Legal Matters                     HTML     23K 
29: R19         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     92K 
30: R20         Property, Buildings and Equipment (Tables)          HTML     27K 
31: R21         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     60K 
32: R22         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     45K 
33: R23         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML     47K 
34: R24         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     41K 
35: R25         REVENUE - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     22K 
36: R26         REVENUE - Disaggregation of Revenues (Details)      HTML     69K 
37: R27         Property, Buildings and Equipment (Details)         HTML     31K 
38: R28         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Balances     HTML     31K 
                and Changes in Carrying Amounts of Goodwill                      
                (Details)                                                        
39: R29         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Narrative    HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R30         GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Balance in   HTML     40K 
                Intangible Assets, Net (Details)                                 
41: R31         DEBT - Long-Term Debt Instruments (Details)         HTML     57K 
42: R32         DEBT - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     47K 
43: R33         DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - Narrative (Details)        HTML     31K 
44: R34         DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - Effect of Fair Value       HTML     25K 
                Hedges in Interest Expense, Net (Details)                        
45: R35         DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - Fair Value and Carrying    HTML     32K 
                Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Instruments                    
                (Details)                                                        
46: R36         Dividend (Details)                                  HTML     19K 
47: R37         SEGMENT INFORMATION - Narrative (Details)           HTML     17K 
48: R38         SEGMENT INFORMATION - Summary of Segment Results    HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R39         Contingencies and Legal Matters (Details)           HTML     20K 
52: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     89K 
50: XML         XBRL Instance -- gww-20220930_htm                    XML   1.58M 
51: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     80K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gww-20220930_cal                XML    145K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gww-20220930_def                 XML    291K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gww-20220930_lab                      XML    897K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gww-20220930_pre               XML    530K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gww-20220930                          XSD     87K 
53: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              256±   373K 
54: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000277135-22-000043-xbrl      Zip    273K

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