ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
AMENDMENT TO THE 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10(q)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>AMENDMENT TO THE ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.<BR>
2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Amendment to the Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) is made
as of the 8<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of February, 2008 by the Board of Directors of Illinois Tool Works
Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>R E C I T A L S</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan, which was approved by the Board of Directors on February&nbsp;10, 2006, amended by the
Board of Directors on May&nbsp;5, 2006 and approved by the Stockholders on May&nbsp;5, 2006, is an amendment
and restatement of the Illinois Tool Works Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. All
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>A M E N D M E N T</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Definition of &#147;Fair Market Value&#148; in Section&nbsp;2 of the Plan is hereby amended and
superseded in its entirety to provide as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>Fair Market Value</I>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The closing market price of Common Stock on the relevant date, as
reported in the New York Stock Exchange section (or any successor thereto) of <U>The Wall
Street Journal</U>, or, if no sales of Common Stock were reported for that date, on the
most recent preceding date on which Common Stock was traded.
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