ITW Announces Webcast of its Annual Meeting for Investors on December 11, 2009

GLENVIEW, Ill., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) today announced that it will webcast its Annual Meeting for Investors to be held December 11, 2009 at the Hotel Sofitel in New York City. The webcast of its meeting will begin at 8:20 a.m. eastern time and conclude at approximately 12:30 p.m. eastern time. The Company's webcast, featuring a synchronized slide show of management presentations, can be accessed via its website at http://www.itw.com/. Interested participants should then access the investor information tab. The webcast replay will be available through midnight on December 28, 2009. With $17.1 billion in 2008 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 895 business units in 54 countries and employs some 59,000 people. DATASOURCE: Illinois Tool Works Inc. CONTACT: Karen Biesiada of Illinois Tool Works Inc., +1-847-657-4062, Web Site: http://www.itw.com/