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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Polipnick Gary A.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FASTENAL CO [FAST] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 2413 ADVANCE ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/22/2014 (Street) MADISON, WI 53718 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               54,307 D   Common Stock               1,735 (1) D   Common Stock               898 (1) (2) I Held by Spouse Common Stock               1,796 (2) I Held in custodian account for Daughter Common Stock               896 (2) I Held in custodian account for Daughter Common Stock               3,672 (2) (3) I By Trust Common Stock               0 (4) I Held by Daughter Common Stock               5,898 (5) I Held by 401(K) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 56

04/22/2014

A

80,000

(6)

05/31/2023

Common Stock

80,000

$ 0

80,000

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 54

(6)

05/31/2021

Common Stock

2,500

2,500

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 27

(7)

05/31/2018

Common Stock

30,000

30,000

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 22.5

(7)

05/31/2016

Common Stock

10,000

10,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Polipnick Gary A. 2413 ADVANCE ROAD MADISON, WI 53718			Executive Vice President

Signatures

/s/ John J. Milek, Attorney-in-Fact		04/24/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares maintained in a self-directed IRA.
(2)	Reporting person disclaims beneficial owenership of these shares.
(3)	Reporting person's spouse serves as a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of spouse's sibling.
(4)	Reporting person relinquished investment and voting power to these shares owned by his adult daughter in June of 2012.
(5)	Shares attributed to reporting persons's account within issuer's 401(K) Plan as of April 23, 2014.
(6)	The options will vest and become exercisable over a period of five years, with 50% of the options vesting and becoming exercisable half way through the relevant vesting period and the remainder vesting and becoming exercisable incrementally (20%, 20% and 10%) on each anniversary of the initial vesting date (with the final 10% vesting and becoming exercisable on May 1).
(7)	The options will vest and become exercisable over a period of eight years, with 50% of the options vesting and becoming exercisable half way through the relevant vesting period and the remainder vesting and becoming exercisable proportionately on each anniversary of the grant thereafter.

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