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  XXXXXXXX
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  Chemed Corporation
  001-08351
  255 E. Fifth Street,  Suite 2600
  Cincinnati
  OH
  45202
  513-762-6690
  Patrick P.  Grace
  Director
  Capital Stock
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  390 Madison Avenue
  6th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10017
  284
  154280
  15139240
  06/12/2024
  NYSE
  Capital Stock
  05/20/2024
  Compensation
  Issuer
  N
  284
  05/20/2024
  Compensation
  Y
  06/12/2024
  /s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for Patrick P. Grace