ITW Board Maintains Cash Dividend of $1.24 Per Share on an Annual Basis

GLENVIEW, Ill., Aug. 7, 2009 -- The board of directors of Illinois Tool Works Inc. today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 cents per share or $1.24 per share on an annual basis. This new dividend payout is consistent with the 2008-2009 dividend payout.

The dividend will be paid on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 to stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 30, 2009.

With $17.1 billion in 2008 revenues, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment. The Company consists of 895 business units in 54 countries and employs some 59,000 people.