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  XXXXXXXX
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  Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
  001-14625
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  Bethesda
  MD
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  240-744-1000
  Walter C. Rakowich
  Director
  Common Stock
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  390 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10017
  4644
  72261
  693714423
  05/19/2025
  NASDAQ
  Common Stock
  05/14/2025
  RSU Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4644
  05/14/2025
  Compensation
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  08/26/2024
  /s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for Walter C. Rakowich