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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
49826	Illinois Tool Works Inc	ITW	General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)	361258310

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1143959	C Robert Mccormack	3600 West Lake Avenue Glenview IL 60026		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-17	464,577	$43.05	4,394,337	No	4	S	Indirect	Trusts

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	S	Indirect	Trusts

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	5,210,568	Indirect	Trusts
Common Stock	9,742	Direct

Reported Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Price	Date	Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Phantom Stock Units	$0.00			5,023	5,023	Direct

Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
	5,023	5,023	Direct

Footnotes

Shares held in trusts of which the Reporting Person is a co-trustee and in which a member of his immediate family (adult not living in his household) has a pecuniary interest. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.
Reporting person sold and transferred 464,577 shares to three new trusts in exchange for twenty-four promissory notes (the three purchasing trusts issued two promissory notes to each of the four selling trusts) in the median amount of $43.05 per share.
Shares held in trusts of which the Reporting Person is a co-trustee and has a pecuniary interest.
Represents units of phantom stock under the Phantom Stock Plan for non-employee directors as of July 21, 2010. Each unit is equal in value to one share of common stock. The units are not transferable and have no voting rights. Additional units are credited in amounts equivalent to cash dividends paid on the common stock.