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Illinois Tool Works Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 2/14/20, at 3:16pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  49826-20-20   ·   File #:  1-04797

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 2/14/20  Illinois Tool Works Inc           10-K       12/31/19  114:17M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 3: EX-4.K      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     95K 
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10: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
76: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    117K 
35: R2          Statement of Income                                 HTML     74K 
50: R3          Statement of Comprehensive Income                   HTML     48K 
111: R4          Statement of Financial Position                     HTML    130K  
77: R5          Statement of Financial Position (Parenthetical)     HTML     38K 
37: R6          Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity        HTML     74K 
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                Accounting Policies                                              
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92: R11         Operating Revenue                                   HTML     87K 
57: R12         Legal Settlement                                    HTML     34K 
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                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
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                Accounting Policies (Tables)                                     
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                Accounting Policies - Schedule of Changes in                     
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33: R44         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     45K 
                Accounting Policies - Schedule of Inventory                      
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46: R45         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     51K 
                Accounting Policies - Schedule of Net Plant and                  
                Equipment (Details)                                              
105: R46         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     40K  
                Accounting Policies - Schedule of Ranges of Useful               
                Lives (Details)                                                  
67: R47         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     42K 
                Accounting Policies - Schedule of Changes in                     
                Accrued Warranties (Details)                                     
34: R48         Divestitures (Details)                              HTML     72K 
44: R49         Divestitures - Summary of Assets and Liabilities    HTML     71K 
                Related to Held For Sale Businesses (Details)                    
63: R50         Operating Revenue (Details)                         HTML     34K 
28: R51         Operating Revenue - Summary of Operating Revenue    HTML     62K 
                by Product Category (Details)                                    
84: R52         Legal Settlement (Details)                          HTML     38K 
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83: R56         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Provision  HTML     66K 
                for Income Taxes (Details)                                       
96: R57         Income Taxes - Schedule of Income Before Taxes for  HTML     77K 
                Domestic and Foreign Operations and Reconciliation               
                Between U.S. Federal Statutory Tax Rate and                      
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64: R58         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Deferred   HTML    101K 
                Income Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details)                      
26: R59         Income Taxes - Schedule of Net Operating Loss       HTML     47K 
                Carryforwards (Details)                                          
71: R60         Income Taxes - Schedule of Changes in Amount of     HTML     49K 
                Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)                              
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42: R62         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     64K 
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                Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details)                 
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                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
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29: R67         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     43K 
                Estimated Future Amortization Expense of                         
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
68: R68         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     57K 
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                Operating Lease Liabilities (Details)                            
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                Operating Leases (Details)                                       
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23: R72         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    174K 
59: R73         Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt at Carrying       HTML    135K 
                Value and Fair Value (Details)                                   
102: R74         Debt - Schedule of Future Maturities of Long-term   HTML     53K  
                Debt Including Current Maturities of Long-term                   
                Debt (Details)                                                   
87: R75         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits -         HTML     55K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
24: R76         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits -         HTML     56K 
                Summary of Information Regarding Net Periodic                    
                Benefit Cost Included in Statement of Income                     
                Related to Significant Defined Benefit Pension and               
                Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Details)                     
60: R77         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits - Change  HTML     68K 
                in Plan Benefit Obligations (Details)                            
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                Assumptions Used and Trend Rates (Details)                       
100: R80         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits -         HTML     99K  
                Benefit Plan Assets by Category and Valuation                    
                Methodology (Details)                                            
85: R81         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits -         HTML     49K 
                Expected Future Benefit Payments (Details)                       
22: R82         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     91K 
58: R83         Stockholders' Equity - Changes in Accumulated       HTML     60K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                      
103: R84         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     71K  
88: R85         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock-based   HTML     39K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
25: R86         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Activity      HTML     50K 
                Related to Non-vested RSUs (Details)                             
61: R87         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option  HTML     74K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
98: R88         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Assumptions   HTML     48K 
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89: R89         Other Balance Sheet Information (Details)           HTML    102K 
72: R90         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     47K 
109: R91         Segment Information - Summary of Segment            HTML    100K  
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43: R92         Segment Information - Summary of Enterprise-wide    HTML     54K 
                Information (Details)                                            
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