Masco Corporation Announces Date Change for Earnings Release andConf

Masco Corporation Announces Date Change for Earnings
Release and Conference Call for 2004 Fourth Quarter

PRNewswire-FirstCall
Thursday February 10, 2005

TAYLOR, Mich., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Masco Corporation
(NYSE: MAS – News) today announced that to avoid a conflict
with another company’s investor presentation, it will change its
conference call regarding 2004 fourth quarter earnings to 1:00 p.m.
ET, Wednesday, February 23, 2005. Previously the call was scheduled for
11:00 a.m. ET, Thursday, February 24, 2005. The conference call will be
hosted by Masco Chairman and CEO Richard A. Manoogian. Participants
in the call are asked to register five to ten minutes prior to
the scheduled start time by dialing: (719) 457-2632 (confirmation
#8393274).

The 2004 fourth quarter supplemental material will be distributed
prior to the conference call and will be available on the Company’s
website at

The conference call will be webcast simultaneously and in its
entirety through the Masco Corporation website. Shareholders, media
representatives and others interested in Masco may participate in the
webcast by registering through the Investor Relations section on the
Company’s website.

A replay of the call will be available on Masco’s website or by phone
by dialing (719) 457-0820 (replay access code #8393274). The replay
will be available approximately two hours after the end of the call
and continue through March 2, 2005.

Headquartered in Taylor, Michigan, Masco Corporation is one of
the world’s leading manufacturers of home improvement and building
products as well as a leading provider of services that include the
installation of insulation and other building products.

Statements contained herein may include certain forward-looking
statements regarding Masco’s future sales, earnings growth potential
and other developments. Actual results may vary materially because
of external factors such as interest rate fluctuations, changes
in consumer spending and other factors over which management
has no control. The Company believes that certain non-GAAP
performance measures and ratios, used in managing the business,
may provide users of this financial information with additional
meaningful comparisons between current results and results in prior
periods. Non-GAAP performance measures and ratios should be viewed
in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company’s reported
results under accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States. Additional information about the Company’s products, markets
and conditions, which could affect the Company’s future performance,
is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is available on Masco’s website at
Masco undertakes no obligation to update any forward- looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.

Source: Masco Corporation

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