FAST: Leadership change

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On June 12, 2026, the Board of Directors (the 'Board') of Fastenal Company (the 'Company') elected as a director of the Company Mr. Vishal Talwar, effective on June 12, 2026, increasing the number of directors on the Board from eleven to twelve on this date. Mr. Talwar was elected to serve as an independent director until the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board also appointed Mr. Talwar to serve on the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective on the same date. Mr. Talwar is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer of FedEx Corporation, and President of FedEx DataWorks, since August 15, 2025. Mr. Talwar oversees enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and data platforms, focused on enabling data-driven decision-making at every level of the organization. From April 14, 2015 to August 14, 2025, Mr. Talwar was a consultant and executive leader for Accenture plc. His last position was serving as Senior Managing Director and Chief Growth Officer for Accenture Technology, where he led global offerings, solutions, and go-to-market teams supporting Fortune Global 2000 clients. From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Talwar served as Vice President at Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. From 2011 to July 2014, he served as Managing Director at Dell Technologies and from 2006 to 2011, he served as Associate Partner at International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). From 1996 to 2006, he held senior technolog