Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Jan 2, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Jan 6, 2026
DirectorGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001554387-26-000003
Filed / recorded
Jan 6, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
FASTENAL CO
Issuer CIK
815556
Ticker
FAST
Reporting person
Rita J. Heise
Relationship
Director
Security
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Jan 2, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
23,474
Price per share
$8.52
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
23,474
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
The option was issued to the reporting person pursuant to the Fastenal Company Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan and in connection with the reporting person's annual director compensation.