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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 21, 2018
 
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-4797
 
36-1258310
(State or other
 
(Commission
 
(IRS employer
jurisdiction of
 
file number)
 
identification no.)
incorporation)
 
 
 
 
 
155 Harlem Avenue, Glenview, IL
 
60025
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 847-724-7500
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 





Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 21, 2018, Illinois Tool Works Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release recommending that our stockholders not tender their shares in response to an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Corporation (“TRC”) to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Company Common Stock”), representing approximately 0.30% of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
This information, including Exhibit 99.1, will not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section and it will not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits.
 
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
 
 
 
 

 
 





SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
 
December 21, 2018
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Norman D. Finch Jr.
 
 
Norman D. Finch Jr.
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &
Secretary