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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 11, 2023

FASTENAL COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Minnesota	0-16125	41-0948415
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2001 Theurer Boulevard, Winona, Minnesota 55987-1500

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(507) 454-5374

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.01 per share	FAST	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933

(17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging Growth Company

☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 11, 2023, the Board of Directors of Fastenal Company (the "Company") appointed Anthony P. Broersma as the Executive Vice President-Operations of the Company effective October 11, 2023.

Mr. Broersma's term of office as Executive Vice President-Operations of the Company, will expire concurrently with the expiration of the term of office of the Company's other executive officers. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Broersma and any other person or persons (other than the directors of the Company acting in their capacity as such) pursuant to which he was selected as Executive Vice President-Operations of the Company. Mr. Broersma is not related to any of our other executive officers or directors. There are no current or proposed transactions in which Mr. Broersma, or any member of his immediate family, has an interest that is required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S‑K promulgated by the Securities Exchange Commission.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 12, 2023, the Company issued a press release disclosing the events described in Item 5.02 above, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number						Description of Document

99.1						Press release dated October 1 2 , 2023

104						The cover page from the Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


		Fastenal Company
		(Registrant)

October 12, 2023	By:	/s/ HOLDEN LEWIS
(Date)		Holden Lewis Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Fastenal Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits