Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
OnJuly 31, 2020 ,Illinois Tool Works Inc. (the "Company") announced its 2020 second quarter results of operations in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1. Non-GAAP Financial Measures The Company uses free cash flow to measure cash flow generated by operations that is available for dividends, share repurchases, acquisitions and debt repayment. The Company believes this non-GAAP financial measure is useful to investors in evaluating the Company's financial performance and measures the Company's ability to generate cash internally to fund Company initiatives. Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less additions to plant and equipment. Free cash flow is a measurement that is not the same as net cash flow from operating activities per the statement of cash flows and may not be consistent with similarly titled measures used by other companies. A reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities is included in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The Company uses after-tax return on average invested capital ("ROIC") to measure the effectiveness of its operations' use of invested capital to generate profits. ROIC is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Company believes is a meaningful metric to investors in evaluating the Company's financial performance and may be different than the method used by other companies to calculate ROIC. Average invested capital represents the net assets of the Company, excluding cash and equivalents and outstanding debt, which are excluded as they do not represent capital investment in the Company's operations. Average invested capital is calculated using balances at the start of the period and at the end of each quarter. A calculation of ROIC is included in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (d) Exhibits Exhibit Number Exhibit Description 99.1 Press Release issued by Illinois Tool
(furnished pursuant to Item 2.02). 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File
(embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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