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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CAMPBELL JOHN R   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC [ITW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive V.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., 3600 WEST LAKE AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/10/2004 (Street) GLENVIEW, IL 60026 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 12/13/2004 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1) (2) (6) 12/10/2004   A   0 A $ 0 11,615 D   Common Stock (3) (4) (5) (6) 12/10/2004   A   0 A $ 0 12,394 I See Footnotes (3) (4) (5) (6)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CAMPBELL JOHN R ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 3600 WEST LAKE AVENUE GLENVIEW, IL 60026			Executive V.P.

Signatures

John R. Campbell by James H. Wooten, Jr., V.P., Gen. Counsel & Secretary Attorney-In-Fact POA on File		12/29/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes grant of restricted stock vesting over 2 year period 12/16/2004, 12/16/2005.
(2)	Includes grant of restricted stock vesting over 3 year period 12/16/2004, 12/16/2005, 12/18/2006.
(3)	6424 shares held in John R. Campbell Living Trust dated 2/16/95.
(4)	4206 shares - John R. Campbell & Donna C. Campbell, Joint Tenants
(5)	1,764 Shares - John R. Campbell
(6)	Shares were inadvertently understated. Amount of securities beneficially owned at initial filing should have been 24,009 not 22,745 as reported (Typographical Error). Of this number 11,615 shares are held directly and 12,394 are held indirectly.

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