Fastenal : July 2014 Sales Information

Daily sales in January $ 13,326 12,494
Change in daily sales since January 10.4% 2.7%

Stores more than 10 years old* 12.2% -0.9% Stores more than 5 years old* 12.9% 0.6% Stores more than 2 years old* 13.4% 1.4%
* Age measured on the last day of the respective calendar year.
All locations regardless of age 14.7% 2.9% Impact of currency fluctuations (primarily Canada) -0.2% -0.2%

Manufacturing 14.5% 2.1% Non-residential construction 11.6% -0.1%

Month 0 1
Quarter-to-date 0 1
Year-to-date 17 34

Total store count 2,684 2,678

Employee headcount at month end 2014 2013 Change Change

Store personnel - FTE 10,880 9,357 16.3% 14.6% Non-store selling personnel - FTE 1,362 1,189 14.6% 14.6% Selling personnel - FTE 12,242 10,546 16.1% 14.6%
Distribution personnel - FTE 2,189 1,947 12.4% 8.6% Manufacturing personnel - FTE 641 570 12.5% 13.7% Administrative personnel - FTE 942 869 8.4% 7.8% Non-selling personnel - FTE 3,772 3,386 11.4% 9.1%

Total personnel - FTE 16,014 13,932 14.9% 13.2% Total personnel - absolute 18,161 16,049 13.2%

Our fastener product line, which represents approximately 41% of our sales, had daily sales growth of 10.5% in
July 2014. This is our first double-digit fastener growth month since April 2012.

Net sales - Net sales for the period indicated.
Daily sales - Net sales divided by the number of business days in the United States. FTE - Full time equivalent headcount.

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