Insider trade

Director sold ~$16.8M of ITW shares in the open market

Traded Feb 4, 2026 · Filed Feb 6, 2026

Illinois Tool WorksITW

~$16.8M
Reported value · 57K sh @ $292.72: 263K
Holds after · shares reported: −8.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.9%, $288.80 → $264.19 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

A board member of Illinois Tool Works sold $16.8M of Illinois Tool Works shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 4, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 6, 2026

Director$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$16,790,712

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

1 day after results of Feb 3, 2026, 85 days before results of Apr 30, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $288.80 on Feb 4, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 15% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $218.41 (Apr 8, 2025) to $288.80 (Feb 4, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $250.14 on Dec 19, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+2.4%	−1.6%	+4.0%
30 days	−6.6%	−2.5%	−4.0%
90 days	−13.3%	+6.5%	−19.8%
180 days	+1.4%	+11.4%	−10.0%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001307581-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Feb 6, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Issuer CIK: 49826
Ticker: ITW
Reporting person: Ernest Scott Santi
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 4, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 57,361
Price per share: $292.72
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 262,697
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed at multiple prices ranging from $292.30 to $293.30. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, Illinois Tool Works Inc. or a shareholder of Illinois Tool Works Inc. full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.