(NYSE: ITW) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected James H.

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, The Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM) today applauded the Wisconsin state legislature for
upholding the Governor's veto and allowing employers to continue setting
policies prohibiting weapons on company property. In addition, it would have prohibited employers from establishing
policies that prevented employees and patrons from carrying and storing
firearms in their vehicles while on company property or when using the vehicle
during work hours., Illinois Tool Works Inc.

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SHRM Applauds Legislature for Upholding Governor's Veto

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200,000 individual members, the Society's mission is both to serve human
resource management professionals and to advance the profession.

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He has been responsible for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, SEC
filings and supervising outside counsel on litigation matters.D.

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According to SHRM, the bill would have created unreasonable notification
requirements for employers to prevent weapons from being brought into the
workplace. from the
University of Chicago in 1982. The Company
consists of approximately 650 decentralized operations in 45 countries and
employs some 49,000 people.

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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest
association devoted to human resource management. Wooten was an associate at the Chicago-based law
firm of Gardner, Carton + Douglas.

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to the position of Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary.

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The legislation would have amended the Wisconsin Concealed Weapons Law. Founded in
1948, SHRM currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters and members in more
than 100 countries.
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ITW Board of Directors Elects James H. Wooten Jr. as Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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SHRM and its Wisconsin members argued that the bill would have jeopardized
employee safety and organizational efforts to maintain safe working
environments. Wooten is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, Minority
Corporate Counsel Association, the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar
Association, the Cook County Bar Association, the Association of Corporate
Counsel, and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance
Professionals.

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His responsibilities will include managing the corporate legal
department, government affairs, ethics and environmental and safety. Wooten
succeeds Stewart S.

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Prior to joining ITW, Mr. Wooten received his B.
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The Society's research indicates that the majority of employees
say that feeling safe in the work place is very important to their overall job
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Additional research released this year by the American Journal
of Public Health found that workplaces where guns were permitted were five
times more likely to experience a homicide than those where all weapons were
prohibited.
SHRM is currently working with its members to oppose similar legislation
in several states across the country.

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Wooten joined the ITW Legal Department in 1988, serving for the last
17 years as Associate General Counsel during a time of significant growth and
changes.7 billion in revenues diversified manufacturer of highly
engineered components and industrial systems and consumables.