FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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 * Hein LeLand J   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) President (Last) (First) (Middle) 2001 THEURER BLVD. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/21/2009 (Street) WINONA, MN 55987 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 04/30/2009 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

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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) (2)

$ 54

04/21/2009

A

25,000

(1)

05/31/2018

Common Stock

25,000

$ 0

25,000 (2)

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) (2)

$ 45

(1)

05/31/2016

Common Stock

50,000

50,000 (2)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Hein LeLand J 2001 THEURER BLVD. WINONA, MN 55987			President

Signatures

John Milek, Attorney-in-Fact		02/01/2013
**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)	These options will fully vest and become exercisable over a period of eight years, with 50% of the options vesting and becoming exercisable half way through the vesting period and remainder vesting and becoming exercisable proportionately on each anniversary of the date of grant of the option occuring after the initial vesting date.
(2)	Form 4 filed on 4/30/2009 inaccurately combined and did not separately report derivative securities of a differnt class. This Amended filing is reporting separately the two classes of derivative securities reported in the 4/30/2009 filing and hereby replaces such amounts reported on any subsequent filings. As of the date of this amended filing (2/1/2013), the reporting person holds 100,000 derivative securites with an exercise price of $22.50 (expiration date of 5/31/2016) and 50,000 derivative securities with an exercise price of $27.00 (expiration date of 5/31/2018) and an additional 37,500 derivative securities that were granted on 4/17/2012 with an exercise price of $54 (expiration date of 5/31/2021), which amounts and exercise prices reflect the stock split in May of 2011.

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