---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000049826-22-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ITW"
cik: "0000049826"
company_name: "ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T11:28:11.426666+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Illinois Tool Works elects Kelly J. Grier to board of directors

## Summary
- Kelly J. Grier, former US Chair and CEO of Ernst & Young, elected as director effective September 9, 2022.
- She will serve until the May 2023 Annual Meeting and has been deemed independent.
- Appointed to Audit and Finance Committees; standard non-employee director compensation.
- No reportable transactions under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000049826-22-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ITW
- cik: 0000049826
- company_name: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982622000053/0000049826-22-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982622000053/itw-20220909.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-22-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-22-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-22-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly J. Grier was elected as director at ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 9, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Kelly J. Grier as a director, effective immediately, to serve until the May 2023 Annual Meeting and determined her to be independent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982622000053/0000049826-22-000053-index.htm

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