ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. (Form: 8-K)  

 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   May 6, 2011

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 1-4797 36-1258310
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
3600 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois   60026-1215
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   847-724-7500

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) At the 2011 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2011 Cash Incentive Plan. A detailed description of the material terms of the Cash Incentive Plan is included under “Approval of Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2011 Cash Incentive Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2011 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

(a) At its May 6, 2011 meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to the first sentence of Article III, Section 2 of the Company’s By-Laws, effective May 6, 2011, to decrease the number of directors from eleven to ten. The text of Article III, Section 2, as amended, is as follows:

“SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the corporation is established at ten. Each director shall hold office for the term for which such director is elected or until a successor shall have been chosen and shall have qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.”

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was held on May 6, 2011 for the purposes of (i) electing the ten directors named in the Company’s proxy statement to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders; (ii) ratifying the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year; (iii) approving, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving executive compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement; (iv) an advisory vote on the frequency of the vote on executive compensation; (v) approving the Company’s 2011 Cash Incentive Plan; and (vi) re-approving the performance factors and award limits under the Company’s 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

All ten nominees for director as named in the Company’s proxy statement for the meeting were elected by the votes set forth in the table below.

                                             
  
       FOR        AGAINST        ABSTENTIONS   BROKER
NON-VOTES
 
                                           
Election of Directors
                                              
Susan Crown
         390,221,377            7,850,820            307,136       44,642,620  
Don H. Davis, Jr.
         395,571,358            2,494,958            313,017       44,642,620  
Robert C. McCormack
         262,549,589            135,578,114            251,630       44,642,620  
Robert S. Morrison
         392,107,824            5,957,535            313,974       44,642,620  
James A. Skinner
         388,619,850            9,445,922            313,561       44,642,620  
David B. Smith, Jr.
         396,749,343            1,339,912            290,078       44,642,620  
David B. Speer
         387,028,242            11,067,378            283,713       44,642,620  
Pamela B. Strobel
         392,233,223            5,840,440            305,670       44,642,620  
Kevin M. Warren
         386,137,640            11,932,506            309,187       44,642,620  
Anré D. Williams
         387,129,124            10,931,693            318,516       44,642,620  

The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year was ratified by the votes set forth in the table below.

                                             
          FOR        AGAINST        ABSTENTIONS       
BROKER
NON-VOTE
                                           
 
Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm          440,471,958            1,820,308            729,687         
N/A

A Company proposal requesting that stockholders approve a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission under “Compensation Discussion & Analysis”, the Summary Compensation Table, the related compensation tables and the related narrative disclosures, in the March 23, 2011 proxy statement, passed with the following vote.

                                             
          FOR        AGAINST        ABSTENTIONS       
BROKER
NON-VOTE
                                           
 
Advisory vote to approve executive compensation          387,163,246            10,140,301            1,075,786         
44,642,620

A Company proposal requesting a non-binding vote of the stockholders to determine whether the advisory stockholder vote on executive compensation shall occur every 1, 2 or 3 years, resulted in stockholders expressing a preference for a 1 Year frequency. Based on these results, and consistent with the Company’s recommendation, the Company has determined to hold a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in its proxy statement annually. The following table shows the voting results on the frequency of the executive compensation vote from its 2011 Annual Meeting.

                                 
  
       SHARES VOTED IN
FAVOR OF 1 YEAR
FREQUENCY
       SHARES VOTED IN
FAVOR OF 2 YEAR
FREQUENCY
       SHARES VOTED IN
FAVOR OF 3 YEAR
FREQUENCY
 

  
 

ABSTENTIONS
 
                               
Advisory vote
on frequency of
future advisory
votes on executive
compensation
 



  
 



355,622,544
 



  
 



1,781,228
 



  
 



40,154,003
 



  
 



821,558

A Company proposal requesting approval of the Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2011 Cash Incentive Plan was approved by the votes set forth in the table below.

                                             
         FOR        AGAINST        ABSTENTIONS       
BROKER
NON-VOTE
                                           
 
Approval of the Company’s 2011 Cash Incentive Plan          387,132,852            9,859,487            1,386,994         
44,642,620

A Company proposal requesting re-approval of the performance factors and award limits under the Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan was approved by the votes set forth in the table below.

                                 
 
       FOR        AGAINST        ABSTENTIONS        BROKER
NON-VOTE
 
                               
Re-approval of
the performance
factors & award
limits under 2011
Long-Term Incentive
Plan
 




  
 




372,627,091
 




  
 




24,281,772
 




  
 




1,470,470
 




  
 




44,642,620


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
          
May 12, 2011   By:   James H. Wooten, Jr.
       
        Name: James H. Wooten, Jr.
        Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary


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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
3
  By-Laws of Illinois Tool Works Inc., as amended and restated as of May 6, 2011
99.1
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2011 Cash Incentive Plan