ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 16, 2012

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC (ITW)
CIK: 0000049826
Period of Report: 2011-04-27

Reporting Person: SPEER DAVID B (Director, Chairman & CEO)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-04-27	Employee Stock Option	$57.67	A	114284	Acquired	2016-02-01	Common Stock (114284)	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: On April 29, 2011 this option grant was mistakenly reported as being exercisable on April 27, 2011 and as having an exercise price of $57.44 for 131,575 shares.

F2: Options are held by Speer Investment Partners, LP (FLP), a family limited partnership of which the reporting person is the sole general partner. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of options held by FLP except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.