Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW)

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ITW reports Q1 results

April 24 (Reuters) - ITW :

* Reports 2012 first quarter diluted income per share from continuing

operations of $0.97; total revenues grow 6.4 percent and organic revenues

increase 3.2 percent; company repurchases $474 million of shares; company

raises full-year earnings per shar

* Q1 earnings per share $0.97 from continuing operations

* Q1 earnings per share view $0.95 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S

* Q1 revenue $4.55 billion versus I/B/E/S view $4.6 billion

* Sees Q2 2012 earnings per share $1.08 to $1.16 from continuing operations

* Sees FY 2012 earnings per share $4.14 to $4.38

* FY 2012 earnings per share view $4.15 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S

* Q2 earnings per share view $1.08 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S

* FY 2012 earnings per share view $4.15, revenue view $19.04 billion -- Thomson

Reuters I/B/E/S