Sep. 16, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

CHICAGO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael Pulick, President, Grainger U.S., will be presenting at the Morgan Keegan Industrial/Transportation Conference in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, September 17, 2009. The audio webcast of the event, scheduled for 9:45 a.m. CDT, will be available for 30 days at the following web site, www.grainger.com/investor. In addition the presentation slides will be posted on the Speeches and Presentations section of Grainger's Investor Relations Web site, listed above.

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, Japan, 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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