ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC — Director's Dealing 2007

Feb 13, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC (ITW)
CIK: 0000049826
Period of Report: 2007-02-09

Reporting Person: ZENTMYER HUGH J (Executive Vice President)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-02-09	Employee Stock Option	$51.60	A	80000	Acquired	2017-02-09	Common Stock (80000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	11899	Direct
Common Stock	22028	Indirect
Common Stock	16091	Indirect
Common Stock	650	Indirect
Common Stock	4000	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option	$27.9375	2010-12-15	Common Stock (120000)	120000	Direct
Employee Stock Option	$31.125	2011-12-14	Common Stock (100000)	100000	Direct
Employee Stock Option	$47.13	2014-12-10	Common Stock (80000)	80000	Direct
Employee Stock Option	$42.08	2016-02-01	Common Stock (80000)	80000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares held by my spouse in the Diane J. Zentmyer Trust.

F2: Includes 16,091 shares of common stock allocated to my account in the Illinois Tool Works Inc. Savings & Investment Plan--Information reported as of February 9, 2007.

F3: Shares held in a trust of which I am the Trustee and in which a member of my immediate family has a pecuniary interest.

F4: Shares held in the Hugh J. Zentmyer Revocable Trust--Hugh J. Zentmyer, Trustee.

F5: Options vest in four (4) equal annual installments beginning one year from date of grant.

F6: Options vest in four (4) equal annual installments beginning in each December following the grant date.