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  0001755008
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000042888
  GRACO INC
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  88 11TH AVENUE NE
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  MN
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  White Timothy R
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Investmenst
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  Boston
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  02210
  2500
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  168178661
  03/08/2024
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  Graco inc
  N
  352
  03/01/2022
  N/A
  Common
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  Stock Option Purchase
  Graco Inc
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  2148
  05/13/2022
  N/A
  N
  Timothy R White
  4317 PARKVIEW CIRCLE
  Anoka
  MN
  55303
  Common
  02/07/2024
  2895
  253284.00
  03/08/2024
  Jason Coleman as a duly authorized representative of National Financial Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Timothy R White