Illinois Tool Works Inc. Insider Trading

ITW

Last 12 months

Insiders bought $1.88M and sold $67.3M on the open market.

None of the selling was scheduled in advance under a 10b5-1 plan. Director Ernest Scott Santi sold $48.7M on Feb 4, 39% of their stake, outside a plan.

Net open-market

−$65.4M

2 buys · 6 sales

Under a 10b5-1 plan

of the value sold

Insiders who bought / sold

2 / 5

executives and directors

Last open-market buy

Jun 2026

Jun 2, 2026

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Trades · last 2 years

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Of their stake	Filing
Aug 19	Ernest Scott Santi Director	SoldNo plan 4 parts	41,431	$287.09 average	$11.9M	13%	Form 4
Aug 13	Matteo C. Pigozzo VP & Chief Accounting Officer	SoldNo plan	277	$289.22	80K	5.8%	Form 4
Jun 2	Jennifer F. Scanlon Director	Bought	806	$247.99	200K	95%	Form 4
Feb 6	Mary Katherine Lawler SVP & Chief HR Officer	SoldNo plan	17,279	$291.90	$5.04M	37%	Form 4
Feb 5	Axel Beck Executive Vice President	SoldNo plan	4,223	$290.22	$1.23M	42%	Form 4
Feb 4	Ernest Scott Santi Director	SoldNo plan 6 parts	167,345	$290.93 average	$48.7M	39%	Form 4
Dec 10, 2025	David Byron Smith Jr Director	Bought	6,709	$250.13	$1.68M	12%	Form 4
Nov 5, 2025	Pamela B Strobel Director	SoldNo plan	1,521	$245.25	373K	3.8%	Form 4
Sep 11, 2025	Randall J Scheuneman VP & Chief Accounting Officer	SoldNo plan	6,802	$265.08	$1.8M	40%	Form 4
Jun 2, 2025	David Byron Smith Jr Director	Bought	872	$241.16	210K	0.2%	Form 4
Mar 7, 2025	Christopher A O'Herlihy President & CEO	SoldNo plan 2 parts	48,453	$274.36 average	$13.3M	46%	Form 4
Mar 7, 2025	Michael M Larsen SVP & CFO	SoldNo plan 2 parts	41,472	$271.25 average	$11.2M	45%	Form 4
Feb 20, 2025	Ernest Scott Santi Director	SoldNo plan 3 parts	73,453	$264.67 average	$19.4M	22%	Form 4
Feb 19, 2025	Ernest Scott Santi Director	SoldNo plan 3 parts	70,000	$263.30 average	$18.4M	21%	Form 4
Dec 9, 2024	David Byron Smith Jr Director	Bought	635	$275.20	175K	0.2%	Form 4
Nov 6, 2024	Mary Katherine Lawler SVP & Chief HR Officer	SoldNo plan	11,647	$272.95	$3.18M	31%	Form 4

Aug 19No plan
Ernest Scott Santi
Director · sold 41,431 at avg $287.09
$11.9M
13% of stake
Aug 13No plan
Matteo C. Pigozzo
VP & Chief Accounting Officer · sold 277 at $289.22
80K
5.8% of stake
Jun 2
Jennifer F. Scanlon
Director · bought 806 at $247.99
200K
95% of stake
Feb 6No plan
Mary Katherine Lawler
SVP & Chief HR Officer · sold 17,279 at $291.90
$5.04M
37% of stake
Feb 5No plan
Axel Beck
Executive Vice President · sold 4,223 at $290.22
$1.23M
42% of stake
Feb 4No plan
Ernest Scott Santi
Director · sold 167,345 at avg $290.93
$48.7M
39% of stake
Dec 10, 2025
David Byron Smith Jr
Director · bought 6,709 at $250.13
$1.68M
12% of stake
Nov 5, 2025No plan
Pamela B Strobel
Director · sold 1,521 at $245.25
373K
3.8% of stake
Sep 11, 2025No plan
Randall J Scheuneman
VP & Chief Accounting Officer · sold 6,802 at $265.08
$1.8M
40% of stake
Jun 2, 2025
David Byron Smith Jr
Director · bought 872 at $241.16
210K
0.2% of stake
Mar 7, 2025No plan
Christopher A O'Herlihy
President & CEO · sold 48,453 at avg $274.36
$13.3M
46% of stake
Mar 7, 2025No plan
Michael M Larsen
SVP & CFO · sold 41,472 at avg $271.25
$11.2M
45% of stake
Feb 20, 2025No plan
Ernest Scott Santi
Director · sold 73,453 at avg $264.67
$19.4M
22% of stake
Feb 19, 2025No plan
Ernest Scott Santi
Director · sold 70,000 at avg $263.30
$18.4M
21% of stake
Dec 9, 2024
David Byron Smith Jr
Director · bought 635 at $275.20
175K
0.2% of stake
Nov 6, 2024No plan
Mary Katherine Lawler
SVP & Chief HR Officer · sold 11,647 at $272.95
$3.18M
31% of stake

How to read this. Insiders sell for many reasons: taxes, diversifying, a house. Open-market buys are rarer and say more. A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule set up months in advance, so those sales were not timed on news. Large holders (funds and 10% owners) are listed under Everything but not counted as insiders. If you own or watch ITW, we send a push when an executive buys or makes a large sale outside a plan.

Source: SEC Form 4 filings, filed within two business days of each trade and checked for new ones every hour.

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