ITW Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend

GLENVIEW, lll., Oct. 30, 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 dividend will be paid on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 to stockholders of record on Thursday, December 31, 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.