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Issuer:     ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC (ITW)
CIK:        0000049826
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000049826-23-000046
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ITW names Christopher O'Herlihy as CEO effective Jan 1, 2024; Santi becomes Non-Executive Chairman
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- Christopher A. O'Herlihy, current Vice Chairman, named President and CEO and elected to Board, effective Jan 1, 2024.
- E. Scott Santi steps down as CEO on Jan 1, 2024; remains Chairman until Mar 1, 2024, then Non-Executive Chairman.
- O'Herlihy receives $1.3M base salary and annual incentive target of 150% of year-end base salary.
- Santi gets non-employee director comp plus additional $250K annual stock grant as Non-Executive Chairman.
- Transition follows multi-year succession planning; O'Herlihy is eighth CEO in ITW's 112-year history.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982623000046/0000049826-23-000046-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982623000046/itw-20230906.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049826-23-000046

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