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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000217346
  TEXTRON INC
  001-05480
  40 WESTMINSTER ST
  PROVIDENCE
  RI
  02903
  4014212800
  CLARK R KERRY
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  9353
  702447.95
  196005457
  10/27/2023
  NYSE
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4830
  04/29/2021
  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  04/28/2022
  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  Compensation
  N
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  40 Westminster Street
  Providence
  RI
  02903
  Common
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  /s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Ronald Kerry Clark