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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000062996
  MASCO CORP /DE/
  001-05794
  17450 COLLEGE PARKWAY
  LIVONIA
  MI
  48152
  3132747400
  Cole Kenneth G.
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  36210
  2702938.27
  219764935
  02/22/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  02/08/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  8351
  02/08/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/13/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  12859
  02/13/2023
  Compensation
  Common
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  Option Granted - 02/10/2016
  Issuer
  N
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  Cash
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  17450 College Parkway
  Livonia
  MI
  48152
  Common
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  /s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Kenneth G. Cole