---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000049826-22-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ITW"
cik: "0000049826"
company_name: "ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T17:12:51.148976+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Illinois Tool Works annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Ten director nominees elected with majority support; broker non-votes ~23.7M for each.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for 2022: 269.1M for, 8.8M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 237.0M for, 16.7M against, 23.7M non-votes.
- Stockholder proposal to lower special meeting ownership threshold defeated: 86.3M for, 166.2M against.
- All proposals passed except the stockholder proposal; no other material matters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000049826-22-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ITW
- cik: 0000049826
- company_name: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982622000031/0000049826-22-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982622000031/itw-20220506.htm

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