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0001977296
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000915389
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
001-12626
PO BOX 511
200 SOUTH WILCOX DRIVE
KINGSPORT
TN
37660
4232292000
Holt Adrian James
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
1935
165713.40
118555734
08/01/2023
NYSE
Common
08/01/2023
Option Granted - 02/28/2020
Issuer
N
1935
08/01/2023
Cash
Y
08/01/2023
/s/ Rae Pierson, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact Adrian Holt