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PART IV  
ITEM 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules  
(a)    (1)    Financial Statements  
        The following information is included as part of Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data:            Management Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting        Statement of Income        Statement of Comprehensive Income        Statement of Financial Position        Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity        Statement of Cash Flows        Notes to Financial Statements  
The following report of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm (PCAOB ID:34) is included as part of Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data:  
        Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm  
    (2)    Financial Statement Schedules        None.  
    (3)    Exhibits  


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| [2.1(a)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982612000073/wimbledoninvtagmt.htm) |  | [Investment Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2012, among CD&R Wimbledon Holdings III, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership; Illinois Tool Works Inc.; ITW DS Investments Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Wilsonart International Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 17, 2012 (Commission File No. 1-4797) and incorporated herein by reference. (Certain of the schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, but the Company undertakes to furnish a copy of the schedules or similar attachments to the Securities and Exchange Committee upon request.)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982612000073/wimbledoninvtagmt.htm) |
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| [3(a)(i)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982614000130/itw_exhibit0301.htm) |  | [Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Illinois Tool Works Inc., filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014 (Commission File No. 1-4797) and incorporated herein by reference.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982614000130/itw_exhibit0301.htm) |
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| [3(a)(ii)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000119312516588819/d192476dex3aii.htm) |  | [Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Illinois Tool Works Inc., filed as Exhibit 3(a)(ii) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 12, 2016 (Commission File No. 1-4797) and incorporated herein by reference.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000119312516588819/d192476dex3aii.htm) |
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| [3(b)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000119312516588819/d192476dex3bi.htm) |  | [By-laws of Illinois Tool Works Inc., as amended and restated as of May 6, 2016, filed as Exhibit 3(b)(i) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 12, 2016 (Commission File No. 1-4797) and incorporated herein by reference.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000119312516588819/d192476dex3bi.htm) |
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| [4(a)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000049826/000119312520213047/d95049dex44.htm) |  | [Indenture between Illinois Tool Works Inc. and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, dated as of November 1, 1986, filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 7, 2020 (Commission File No. 333-242331) and incorporated herein by reference.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000049826/000119312520213047/d95049dex44.htm) |
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| [4(b)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000119312520213047/d95049dex45.htm) |  | [First Supplemental Indenture between Illinois Tool Works Inc. and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee, dated as of May 1, 1990, filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 7, 2020 (Commission File No. 333-242331) and incorporated herein by reference.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000119312520213047/d95049dex45.htm) |
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| [4(c)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982611000059/exhibit43.htm) |  | [Officers' Certificate dated August 31, 2011, establishing the terms, and setting forth the forms, of the 3.375% Notes due 2021 and the 4.875% Notes due 2041, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2011 (Commission File No. 001-04797) and incorporated herein by reference.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982611000059/exhibit43.htm) |
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| [4(d)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982612000083/exhibit41.htm) |  | [Officers' Certificate dated August 28, 2012, establishing the terms, and setting forth the forms, of the 3.9% Notes due 2042, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 28, 2012 (Commission File No. 001-4797) and incorporated herein by reference.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49826/000004982612000083/exhibit41.htm) |
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