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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549


FORM 11-K

(Mark One)

[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013
 
 
 
OR
 
 
[ ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the transition period from _______________ to _______________

Commission File Number: 1-4797

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.  
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
 
 
 
36-1258310
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
 
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3600 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, IL
 
 
 
60026-1215
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 847-724-7500

ITW Savings and Investment Plan
Financial Statements
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012
Plan Number 003




REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Employee Benefits Steering
Committee of Illinois Tool Works/Plan Administrator
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of ITW Savings and Investment Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2013, is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
By:/s/Grant Thornton LLP
Chicago, Illinois
June 26, 2014




















ITW Savings and Investment Plan



Financial Statements and Schedule
as of December 31, 2013 and 2012



Employer Identification Number 36-1258310
Plan Number 003
































ITW SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012

Employer Identification Number 36-1258310, Plan Number 003


 
2013
 
2012
ASSETS:
 
 
 
Receivables
 
 
 
   Notes receivable from participants
$
72,211,134

 
$
86,236,865

   Other income
32,561

 
61,817

     Total receivables
72,243,695

 
86,298,682

 
 
 
 
Investments at fair value
 
 
 
  Plan’s interest in Master Trust
2,926,984,747

 
2,699,291,459

 
 
 
 
    Total assets
2,999,228,442

 
2,785,590,141

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES:
 
 
 
Administrative expenses payable
557,943

 
490,804

 
 
 
 
Net assets reflecting all investments at fair value
2,998,670,499

 
2,785,099,337

 
 
 
 
  Adjustment from fair value to contract value for
 
 
 
   fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
(8,197,599
)
 
(7,751,480
)
 
 
 
 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
$
2,990,472,900

 
$
2,777,347,857




The accompanying notes to financial statements
are an integral part of these statements.




















ITW SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013

Employer Identification Number 36-1258310, Plan Number 003


INCREASES (DECREASES):
 
 Contributions
 
  Company
$
64,826,993

  Participant
90,585,879

  Rollovers
18,971,495

        Total contributions
174,384,367

 
 
 Investment gain
 
   Plan’s interest in Master Trust net investment gain
441,984,453

 
 
 Interest income on notes receivable from participants
2,102,564

 
 
 Benefits paid to participants
(343,942,865
)
 
 
 Administrative expenses
(2,385,218
)
 
 
        Net increase before net transfers to other plans
272,143,301

 
 
 Net transfers to other plans (Note 10)
(59,018,258
)
        Net increase
213,125,043

 
 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:
 
 Beginning of year
2,777,347,857

 End of year
$
2,990,472,900




The accompanying notes to financial statements
are an integral part of this statement.
















ITW SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2013 and 2012

Employer Identification Number 36-1258310, Plan Number 003


1.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM

The following describes the major provisions of the ITW Savings and Investment Plan (the “Plan”). Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan in which employees of participating business units of Illinois Tool Works Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company”), are eligible to participate in the Plan as soon as administratively feasible upon hire. Established on November 16, 1967, and as subsequently amended, the Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).

The investment assets of the Plan are held in the Illinois Tool Works Inc. Master Pension Trust (the “Master Trust”) at The Northern Trust Company (the “Trustee”). The Trustee also serves as an investment advisor of The NorthernTrust Company funds. ING (the “Recordkeeper”) serves as a recordkeeper of the Plan.

Participant and Company Contributions

Participants may contribute amounts from a minimum of 1% to a maximum of 50% of eligible compensation to their pre-tax accounts. In addition, participants may contribute amounts from a minimum of 1% to a maximum of 10% of eligible compensation to their after-tax accounts. The combined pre-tax and after-tax contributions cannot exceed 50% of eligible compensation. Participants may change their contribution percentages with each payroll period.

Participants who are at least age 50 during the plan year may be eligible to contribute an additional amount to the Plan on a pre-tax basis. This additional amount, known as a “catch-up” contribution, is subject to an annual maximum amount.

Participants may enroll in the Plan and begin contributions to their pre-tax and after-tax accounts as soon as administratively feasible after being hired. After sixty days of eligibility, employees will be automatically enrolled in the Plan unless participation is declined. Automatically-enrolled participants will be enrolled at a 3% pre-tax contribution rate, which will escalate each year by 1% until a rate of 6% is reached, unless a participant elects otherwise.

The Company provides for a matching contribution based on each participant’s contribution rate and eligible Plan compensation. The Plan provides for a Company matching contribution immediately upon the start of participant contributions.

The Plan also provides for an enhanced Company match and additional contribution (“Company Basic Contribution”) to certain eligible participants. Certain eligible participants include all employees hired on or after January 1, 2007 and all employees of certain business units participating on or after this date (“Group II”) as designated by the ITW Employee Benefits Steering Committee (“EBSC”). Certain other business units participating on or after the above date as designated by the EBSC and all Plan participants as of December 31, 2006 (“Group I”) are not eligible for the enhanced Company match and additional contribution.







The Company matching contribution for each group is as follows:

Group I - Dollar-for-dollar match on the first 1% and 50¢ per $1 on the next 5% of eligible compensation contributed.

Group II - Dollar-for-dollar match on the first 3% and 50¢ per $1 on the next 3% of eligible compensation contributed.

The Group II Company Basic Contribution formula is based on age and years of service. Eligible Group II participants must have completed one year of service and be age 21 or older to receive this contribution.

Contributions are subject to certain limitations.

Participants may also roll over amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans.

Participants’ Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s contributions, Plan earnings, and charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

Investment Funds

The Plan offers two investment paths and each path offers a mix of investments with different strategies, objectives and risk/reward potentials. Participants may only select one path but may change paths at any time, subject to certain restrictions on transfers between funds. Within the first path, participants choose a fund based on the date closest to their retirement or need for savings. Participants may choose from a combination of any six core funds in the second path.

Vesting

Participants’ interest in their employee and Company matching contribution accounts are fully vested at all times. Eligible Group II participants’ interests in their Company Basic Contribution accounts are fully vested after three years of service.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow up to 50% of their vested account balance, up to $50,000, with a minimum loan amount of $1,000 from the vested portion of their account. Loans bear a reasonable rate of interest based on prevailing market rates, are secured by a portion of the participant’s account and are repayable over a period not to exceed five years. Amounts borrowed do not share in the earnings of the investment funds; the participant’s account is credited with the interest payments made pursuant to the loan agreements. Principal and interest is paid ratably through payroll deductions.

Benefits

Upon termination of employment or death of a plan member, a participant may receive a lump-sum payment of their account balance. Additional optional payment forms are available at the election of the participant, in accordance with the Plan document.








Forfeitures

Forfeitures, primarily representing the unvested portion of Company Basic Contributions and former companies’ contributions, amounting to $1,052,000 and $954,000 as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, will be used to reduce future Company contributions pursuant to the terms of the Plan. The former companies’ contributions represent amounts from former plans that merged into the Plan. In 2013, Company contributions were reduced by $707,000 from forfeited and nonvested accounts.

2. SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan were prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the plan. The Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits presents the Plan’s interest of fair value of the investment contracts held in the Master Trust as well as the Plan’s interest of the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 5 for a complete description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Plan provides for investments that, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the participants’ accounts and amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan document.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.






Administrative Expenses

Certain administrative expenses of the Plan may be paid from Plan assets to the extent permissible by the Plan document. Expenses are identified as either specific or common fees. Specific fees, if any, are charged entirely to the Plan. Common fees are prorated to the Plan based on the Plan assets in relation to Master Trust assets.

Net Appreciation/ (Depreciation)

Net appreciation/(depreciation) on investments is based on the value of the assets at the beginning of the year or at the date of purchase during the year, rather than the original cost at the time of purchase. The Plan’s unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and realized gain (loss) are included in the Plan’s interest of Master Trust net investment gain or (loss).

3. INVESTMENT CONTRACTS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES

The Plan’s investments in the Master Trust include fully benefit-responsive investment contracts in the Stable Asset Fund. The accounts for these contracts are credited with contributions and earnings on the underlying investments and charged for participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

Investment contracts provide for a variable crediting rate, which typically resets at least quarterly, and the issuer of the wrap contract provides assurance that future adjustments to the crediting rate cannot result in a crediting rate less than zero. The crediting rate is primarily based on the current yield to maturity of the covered investments, plus or minus amortization of the difference between the market value and contract value of the covered investments at the time of computation.
    
The average yields based on annualized earnings were approximately 1.9% for 2013 and 3.1% for 2012. The average yields based on interest rate credited to participants were approximately 1.7% for 2013 and 2.2% for 2012.

Through the Stable Asset Fund, the Plan also holds synthetic investment contracts. A synthetic investment contract includes a wrapper fee, which is a risk charge in order to credit participant accounts with contract value over the term of the agreement.

Although the investment contracts are reported at fair value as described in Note 2 and Note 5, contract value is applied to participant account balances since that is the amount participants would receive if they initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise.

Certain events, such as Plan termination, may limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the issuer. The Company does not believe that the occurrence of any such event is probable.


4. MASTER TRUST

Through the Master Trust agreement, three investment accounts were established to accommodate the investment assets of the Plan and other Company sponsored retirement plans. Within the Master Trust, the investment assets of the Plan reside in the ITW Defined Contribution Plans’ Investment Account (the “DC Investment Account”). The Plan’s interest in the DC Investment Account has an interest in the ITW Collective Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans’ Investment Account (the “Collective Investment Account”). The Plan does not have an interest in the ITW Defined Benefit Plans’ Investment Account (the “DB Investment Account”). Plan investments and investment income reported in the Plan’s financial statements represent the Plan’s interest of the corresponding total of the Master Trust net assets and investment income.






The net assets in the DC Investment Account as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 
2013
 
2012
Assets
 
 
 
    Interest and dividends receivable
$
3,028,680

 
$
1,600,311

 
 
 
 
    Investments at fair value
 
 
 
      Interest-bearing cash
5,879,568

 
77,561

      Interest in collective trust funds
1,245,952,527

 
1,201,846,063

      Interest in Collective Investment Account
329,962,779

 
277,534,479

      Interest in mutual funds
322,382,715

 
457,285,023

      Investment contracts with insurance companies
483,619,645

 
456,501,269

      Company common stock
397,978,218

 
323,576,699

      Common stock
139,651,714

 

      Real estate
16,056,585

 

            Total investments
2,941,483,751

 
2,716,821,094

 
 
 
 
            Total assets
2,944,512,431

 
2,718,421,405

 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
  Operating payables
2,027,918

 
1,828,123

 
 
 
 
DC Investment Account Net Assets
$
2,942,484,513

 
$
2,716,593,282



For the year ended December 31, 2013, the net earnings on investments in the DC Investment Account are as follows:

Interest from interest-bearing cash
$
3,885

Interest from investment contracts with insurance companies
9,537,639

Company common stock dividends
7,767,120

Common stock dividends
418,337

Net gain on sale of common stock
9,632,507

Unrealized appreciation of common stock
112,530,547

Net investment gain from collective trust funds
141,100,745

Net investment gain from Collective Investment Account
86,835,927

Net investment gain from mutual funds
77,473,843

Net gain from real estate
221,167

Investment management fee
(930,036
)
          Net investment gain
$
444,591,681


The Plan’s interest in the DC Investment Account assets represents the specific assets which are identifiable to the Plan and an allocation of the common assets. The Plan’s interest in the DC Investment Account net investment gain represents an allocation of the common gain. The Plan’s interest in the DC Investment Account assets and net investment gain was 99.5% at December 31, 2013 and 99.4% at December 31, 2012.





The Plan’s interest in the DC Investment Account includes an interest in the Collective Investment Account. The net assets in the Collective Investment Account as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 
2013
 
2012
Assets
 
 
 
  Noninterest-bearing cash
$
29,784

 
$
75,554

 
 
 
 
  Receivables
 
 
 
    Interest and dividends
1,050,000

 
2,507,875

    Due from brokers
3,161,970

 

           Total receivables
4,211,970

 
2,507,875

 
 
 
 
  Investments at fair value
 
 
 
    Interest bearing cash
2,618,871

 
2,503,353

    Interest in collective trust funds
16,270,923

 
15,338,874

    Corporate bonds
805,967

 

    Preferred stock
2,348,129

 
2,686,467

    Common stocks
617,269,400

 
543,369,474

    Real estate
2,306,236

 
407,542

          Total investments
641,619,526

 
564,305,710

 
 
 
 
          Total assets
645,861,280

 
566,889,139

 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
  Operating payables
989,071

 
892,839

  Due to brokers and other liabilities
3,117,118

 
3,088,940

         Total liabilities
4,106,189

 
3,981,779

 
 
 
 
Collective Investment Account Net Assets
$
641,755,091

 
$
562,907,360


For the year ended December 31, 2013, the net earnings on investments in the Collective Investment Account are as follows:

Interest from interest-bearing cash
$
7,734

Preferred stock dividends
36,468

Common stock dividends
12,138,699

Net gain on sale of common stocks
40,826,097

Unrealized appreciation of common stock
119,811,324

Net investment gain from collective trust funds
273,736

Net investment gain from real estate income
8,145

Investment management fee
(3,846,853
)
      Net investment gain
$
169,255,350



The Plan’s interest in the Collective Investment Account assets and net investment gain represents an allocation of the common assets and gain. The Plan’s interest in the Collective Investment Account net assets and the net investment gain was 51.11% at December 31, 2013 and 48.99% at December 31, 2012.





5.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The valuation inputs for the three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

Level 1
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Plan has the ability to access.

Level 2
Other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;
inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability;
inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or
other means.

Level 3
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2013 and 2012.

Interest-bearing cash is recorded at cost, which approximates fair value.

Collective trust funds are valued using the net asset value provided by the fund trustee based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the trust, minus its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding.

Mutual funds are traded in active markets and are valued based on quoted net asset value of shares held by the Master Trust investment accounts at year end.

Investment contracts with insurance companies are valued at fair value by discounting the related cash flows based on current yields of similar instruments with comparable durations (Note 3).

Synthetic investment contracts held in the DC Investment Account are valued at representative quoted market prices of the underlying investments. This means that the current market value of such contracts is discounted by wrapper fees underlying the contract. Since the participants transact at contract value, fair value is determined annually for financial statement reporting purposes only. In determining the reasonableness of the methodology, management evaluates a variety of factors including review of existing contracts, economic conditions, industry and market developments, and overall credit ratings. Certain unobservable inputs are assessed through review of contract terms while others are substantiated utilizing available market data.

Common and preferred stock is valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.




Corporate bonds are valued using pricing models maximizing the use of observable inputs for similar securities. This includes basing value on yields currently available on comparable securities of issuers with similar credit ratings.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the DC Investment Account’s and Collective Investment Account’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:



 
Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2013
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
DC Investment Account
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Cash & cash equivalents
$
5,879,568

 
$

 
$

 
$
5,879,568

    Mutual funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Diversified bond funds
113,463,485

 

 

 
113,463,485

      Diversified foreign stock funds
208,919,230

 

 

 
208,919,230

    Collective trust funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Diversified bond funds (a)

 
443,009,355

 

 
443,009,355

      Large company U.S. stock funds (b)

 
489,569,822

 

 
489,569,822

      Mid & small company U.S.
  stock funds (c)

 
130,466,124

 

 
130,466,124

      Diversified foreign stock funds (d)

 
182,907,226

 

 
182,907,226

    Company common stock
397,978,218

 

 

 
397,978,218

    Common stock
139,651,714

 

 

 
139,651,714

    Interest in Collective Investment
  Account
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Cash & cash equivalents
1,346,795

 

 

 
1,346,795

      Collective short-term
       investment fund (e)

 
8,367,574

 

 
8,367,574

      Corporate bonds

 
414,481

 

 
414,481

      Preferred stock
1,207,561

 

 

 
1,207,561

      Common stock
317,440,350

 

 

 
317,440,350

      Real estate
1,186,018

 

 

 
1,186,018

Investment contracts with insurance companies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Guaranteed investment contracts

 

 
255,432,412

 
255,432,412

      Synthetic investment contracts

 
228,187,233

 

 
228,187,233

    Real estate
16,056,585

 

 

 
16,056,585

        Total investments at fair value
$
1,203,129,524

 
$
1,482,921,815

 
$
255,432,412

 
$
2,941,483,751

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collective Investment Account
    Cash & cash equivalents
$
2,618,871

 
$

 
$

 
$
2,618,871

    Collective short-term
  investment fund (e)

 
16,270,923

 

 
16,270,923

    Corporate bonds

 
805,967

 

 
805,967

    Preferred stocks
2,348,129

 

 

 
2,348,129

    Common stocks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Large company stocks
289,319,398

 

 

 
289,319,398

      Mid & small company stocks
223,386,745

 

 

 
223,386,745

      Foreign company stocks
104,563,257

 

 

 
104,563,257

      Real estate
2,306,236

 

 

 
2,306,236

        Total investments at fair value
$
624,542,636

 
$
17,076,890

 
$

 
$
641,619,526








 
Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2012
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
DC Investment Account
    Cash & cash equivalents
$
77,561

 
$

 
$

 
$
77,561

    Mutual funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Diversified bond funds
131,979,234

 

 

 
131,979,234

      Mid & small company U.S.
  stock funds
128,125,137

 

 

 
128,125,137

      Diversified foreign stock funds
197,180,652

 

 

 
197,180,652

    Collective trust funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Diversified bond funds (a)

 
534,361,443

 

 
534,361,443

      Large company U.S. stock fund (b)

 
404,882,456

 

 
404,882,456

      Mid & small company U.S.
  stock funds (c)

 
101,524,493

 

 
101,524,493

      Diversified foreign stock funds (d)

 
161,077,671

 

 
161,077,671

    Company common stock
323,576,699

 

 

 
323,576,699

    Interest in Collective Investment
  Account
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Cash & cash equivalents
1,231,189

 

 

 
1,231,189

      Collective short-term
       investment fund (e)

 
7,543,901

 

 
7,543,901

      Preferred stock
1,321,247

 

 

 
1,321,247

      Common stock
267,438,142

 

 

 
267,438,142

    Investment contracts with
  insurance companies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Guaranteed investment contracts

 

 
234,425,717

 
234,425,717

      Synthetic investment contracts

 
222,075,552

 

 
222,075,552

         Total investments at fair value
$
1,050,929,861

 
$
1,431,465,516

 
$
234,425,717

 
$
2,716,821,094

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collective Investment Account
    Cash & cash equivalents
$
2,503,353

 
$

 
$

 
$
2,503,353

    Collective short-term investment fund (e)

 
15,338,874

 

 
15,338,874

    Preferred stocks
2,686,467

 

 

 
2,686,467

    Common stocks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Large company stocks
207,808,310

 

 

 
207,808,310

      Mid & small company stocks
176,538,140

 

 

 
176,538,140

      Foreign company stocks
159,023,024

 

 

 
159,023,024

      Real estate
407,542

 

 

 
407,542

         Total investments at fair value
$
548,966,836

 
$
15,338,874

 
$

 
$
564,305,710



a)
This fund’s strategy is to invest in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities including investment grade bonds, inflation index bonds, high yield bonds and foreign bonds. The fund allows for daily liquidation with no additional notice required for redemption.
b)
This fund’s strategy is to invest in large sized stocks and seeks a balance between value and growth investment styles. 85% of the portfolio is managed passively. The fund allows for daily liquidation with no additional notice required for redemption.
c)
This fund’s strategy is to invest in mid and small sized stocks, balancing value and growth investment styles. The 70% small company component is actively managed while the 30% mid cap stocks component is passively managed. The fund allows for daily liquidation with no additional notice required for redemption.



d)
This fund’s strategy is to invest in companies based outside the U.S. in both developed and emerging market countries. 55% of the portfolio is actively managed and 45% is passively managed. The fund allows for daily liquidation with no additional notice required for redemption.
e)
The strategy of the short-term investment fund is to invest in high-quality, short-term securities. The fund allows for daily liquidation with no additional notice required for redemption.

Level 3 Assets

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the DC Investment Account’s Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2013:

 
Guaranteed Investment Contracts
Balance, beginning of year
$
234,425,717

Interest credited
5,287,990

Unrealized net losses relating to instruments still held at the reporting date
(1,415,800
)
Purchases
115,000,000

Sales
(97,865,495
)
Balance, end of year
$
255,432,412

   

Quantitative Information about Significant Unobservable Inputs Used in Level 3 Fair Value

The following table represents the Plan’s Level 3 financial instruments, the valuation techniques used to measure
the fair value of those financial instruments, and the significant unobservable inputs and the ranges of values of
those inputs.

Instrument
Fair Value
Principal Valuation Technique
Unobservable Inputs
Range of Significant Input Values
Weighted Average
Guaranteed investment contracts
$255,432,412
Discounted Cash Flow
Credit Adjusted Discount Rates

Current Crediting Rates

Duration

Payout Date

Payout Percentage
0.068 - 1.621


1.16 - 3.03


0.25 - 4.75

3/31/14 - 10/1/18
13%-100%
0.71%


The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements of the Plan’s guaranteed investment contracts includes current crediting rates, contract duration and credit adjusted discount rates. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation could result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.
          










6.    ADMINISTRATION

The Master Trust agreement provides, among other things, that the Trustee shall keep accounts of all trust transactions and report them periodically to the Company. Investment decisions, within the guidelines of the investment funds, are made by the Trustee and investment managers. The Trustee may use an independent agent to effect purchases and sales of common stock of the Company for the Illinois Tool Works Inc. Common Stock Fund.
  

7.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Through the Master Trust, certain Plan investments are shares of collective trust funds managed by the Trustee. In addition, the Recordkeeper was paid administrative fees in the Plan year. As defined by ERISA, any person or organization which provides these services to the Plan qualifies as a related party-in-interest. The Company is also a party-in-interest according to Section 3(14) of ERISA. The Illinois Tool Works Inc. Common Stock Fund is a Plan investment option.

8.
PLAN TERMINATION

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants would become 100% vested in the Company contributions’ portion of their accounts.

9.
TAX STATUS

The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on September 16, 2013, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan and related Trust, as adopted, was designed in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). The Company believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, the Company believes that the Plan was qualified and the related Trust was tax-exempt as of the financial statement dates.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the organization has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Company believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for the years prior to 2010.

10.     TRANSFERS (TO) FROM OTHER PLANS

Assets transferred (to) from the following plans in 2013:

Plan Name
Transfer Date
 
Assets Transferred (to)from Other Plans
Wilsonart LLC
1/15/13
 
$
(130,049,560
)
Weigh-Tronix Employee Savings and Profit Sharing Plan
1/28/13
 
43,417,347

Real Reel Corporation Discretionary Contribution Plan (Multi-Wall)
2/1/13
 
5,969,354

Brooks Instrument 401(k) and Retirement Plan
2/1/13
 
19,216,720

Lock Inspection Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan
10/17/13
 
1,697,288

ITW Bargaining Savings and Investment Plan (“BSIP”)
Various
 
730,593

Total transfers (to) from other plans
 
 
$
(59,018,258
)

The above asset transfers into the Plan, except for BSIP, were the result of plan mergers and the asset transfer out was the result of a divestiture. Substantially all of the assets from the above plan mergers were transferred to the



Plan on or near the effective date. Assets from BSIP represent transfers of individual participant account balances due to changes in job classification.

11.     RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

The following reconciles net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 
As of December 31
 
2013
 
2012
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
$
2,990,472,900

 
$
2,777,347,857

  Adjustment to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
8,197,599

 
7,751,480

  Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants
(3,264,460
)
 
(3,828,911
)
Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500
$
2,995,406,039

 
$
2,781,270,426


The following reconciles net investment income per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2013:

Net investment income per the financial statements
$
441,984,453

Adjustment to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts at:
 
         December 31, 2013
8,197,599

         December 31, 2012
(7,751,480
)
Net investment income per the Form 5500
$
442,430,572


Fully benefit-responsive investment contracts are recorded on the Form 5500 at fair value.

The following reconciles benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2013:

Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements
$
343,942,865

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at:
 
        December 31, 2013
3,264,460

        December 31, 2012
(3,828,911
)
Benefits paid to participants per the Form 5500
$
343,378,414


Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, 2013, but not yet paid as of that date.

12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Effective in 2014, participant assets and account balances pertaining to Coeur, Inc. Employee Savings Trust have merged into the Plan. The assets that were transferred to the Plan total approximately $3,000,000.

Effective in 2014, participant assets and account balances pertaining to the Industrial Packaging Group were transferred out of the Plan. The assets that were transferred out of the Plan total approximately $204,000,000.

The Company has evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2013 through the date these financial statements were available to be issued. Except as described above, there were no subsequent events that require recognition or additional disclosure in these financial statements.





Schedule


ITW SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

Schedule H, Line 4i SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

As of December 31, 2013

Employer Identification Number 36-1258310, Plan Number 003


Identity of Issuer/Description of Investments
 
Current Value
*Participant loans**
 
$
72,211,134


*Party-in-interest

**Interest rates on loans to participants with balances outstanding at
December 31, 2013, lowest 3.25% to highest 13.00%





SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on June 26, 2014.


ITW BARGAINING SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN

 
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
 
 
Dated: June 26, 2014
By: /s/ Karen Tulloch
 
       Karen Tulloch
 
       Vice President, Human Resources