---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000049826-21-000085"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ITW"
cik: "0000049826"
company_name: "ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:03:28.357682+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ITW EVP John R. Hartnett to retire effective April 1, 2022

## Summary
- John R. Hartnett, age 61, Executive Vice President, will retire on April 1, 2022.
- Hartnett informed ITW of his retirement intention; no successor announced.
- No other changes to board or officer positions were reported in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000049826-21-000085
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ITW
- cik: 0000049826
- company_name: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982621000085/0000049826-21-000085-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982621000085/itw-20211215.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-21-000085
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-21-000085.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-21-000085.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John R. Hartnett departed as Executive Vice President at ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President
  source text: John R. Hartnett, age 61, Executive Vice President of Illinois Tool Works Inc., has informed the Company that he intends to retire effective April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982621000085/0000049826-21-000085-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.