UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________________________________________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 5, 2017
_________________________

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
1-4797
36-1258310
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
155 Harlem Avenue, Glenview, IL
 
60025
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 847-724-7500

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was held on May 5, 2017 for the purposes of (i) electing the eleven directors named in the Company’s proxy statement to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders; (ii) ratifying the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal year; (iii) approving, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving executive compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement; (iv) approving the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation; and (v) considering a stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.

All eleven nominees for director as named in the Company’s proxy statement for the meeting were elected by the votes set forth in the table below.

 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
Broker Non-Vote
Election of Directors
 
 
 
 
Daniel J. Brutto
273,504,783
1,705,461
345,711
33,452,924
Susan Crown
272,573,509
2,746,782
235,664
33,452,924
James W. Griffith
273,416,679
1,800,719
338,557
33,452,924
Jay L. Henderson
273,163,500
2,027,421
365,034
33,452,924
Richard H. Lenny
271,655,142
3,393,418
507,395
33,452,924
E. Scott Santi
266,838,420
7,075,942
1,641,593
33,452,924
James A. Skinner
270,143,793
5,080,696
331,466
33,452,924
David B. Smith, Jr.
273,956,997
1,318,811
280,147
33,452,924
Pamela B. Strobel
273,734,304
1,576,144
245,507
33,452,924
Kevin M. Warren
273,263,639
1,942,908
349,408
33,452,924
Anré D. Williams
273,271,023
1,935,602
349,330
33,452,924

The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal year was ratified by the vote set forth in the table below.

 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
Broker Non-Vote
Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm
305,663,842
3,031,644
313,393
N/A

A Company proposal requesting that stockholders approve a non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission under “Compensation Discussion & Analysis,” the Summary Compensation Table, the related compensation tables and the related narrative disclosures, in the March 24, 2017 proxy statement, passed with the following vote.

 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
Broker Non-Vote
Advisory vote to approve executive compensation
267,016,489
7,570,761
968,705
33,452,924

A Company proposal requesting that stockholders approve a one-, two- or three-year frequency for the advisory vote on executive compensation resulted in approval of a one-year frequency by the vote set forth in the table below. The Company’s Board of Directors, who recommended a one-year frequency, has determined that the Company will continue to hold its advisory executive compensation vote every year.

 
ONE YEAR
TWO YEARS
THREE YEARS
ABSTENTIONS
Frequency of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
255,246,023
1,046,575
18,685,838
577,519






The shareholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent was defeated by the vote set forth in the table below.

 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
Broker Non-Vote
Permit Stockholders to Act by Written Consent
93,331,185
179,249,224
2,975,546
33,452,924


 








SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
 
 
 
 
Dated: May 11, 2017
By: /s/ Randall J. Scheuneman
 
Randall J. Scheuneman
 
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer