GLENVIEW, Ill., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 31 cents per share or $1.24 cents per share on an annual basis. This dividend will be paid on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 to stockholders of record Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

With $15.9 billion in revenues, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment. The Company consists of 875 business units in 54 countries and employs some 65,000 people.

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