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                                                                EXHIBIT 4.a.i(i)

                                   RESOLUTIONS
                            OF THE PRICING COMMITTEE
                            OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                              OF MASCO CORPORATION

                                 August 17, 1993


         In lieu of a meeting, the undersigned being all of the members of the
Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of Masco Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), adopt the following resolutions:

         WHEREAS, the Company has filed two Registration Statements (Nos.
33-40067 and 33-53330) on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
which are in effect;

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to create an additional series of
securities under the Indenture dated as of December 1, 1982 (the "Indenture"),
with Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
providing for the issuance from time to time of unsecured debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness of this Company ("Securities") in one or more
series under such Indenture; and

         WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these resolutions and not otherwise
defined are used with the same meaning ascribed to such terms in the Indenture;

         THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED, that there is established a series of
Securities under the Indenture, the terms of which shall be as follows:

         1.   The Securities of such series shall be designated as "7 1/8%
              Debentures Due August 15, 2013".

         2.   The aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series which
              may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is limited
              to Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000), except for
              Securities of such series authenticated and delivered upon
              registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
              other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.08,
              2.09, 9.04 or 14.03 of the Indenture.

         3.   The date on which the principal of the Securities of such series
              shall be payable is August 15, 2013.

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         4.   The Securities of such series shall bear interest from August 15,
              1993, at the rate of 7 1/8% per annum, payable semi-annually on
              February 15 and August 15 of each year commencing on February 15,
              1994, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for
              payment. The February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a business
              day), as the case may be, next preceding each such interest
              payment date shall be the "record date" for the determination of
              holders to whom interest is payable.


         5.   The principal of and interest on the Securities of such series
              shall be payable at the office or agency of this Company
              maintained for such purpose under Section 3.02 of the Indenture in
              the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at any other
              office or agency designated by the Company, for such purpose
              pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that at the option
              of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
              the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall
              appear on the Company's registry books.

         6.   The Securities of such series shall not be redeemable prior to
              maturity.

         7.   The Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations
              of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) and any integral multiples
              thereof.

         8.   The Securities shall be issuable at a price such that this Company
              shall receive $197,000,000 (plus accrued interest from August 15,
              1993 to the date of delivery) after an underwriting discount of
              $1,750,000.

         FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Securities of such series are declared to be
issued under the Indenture and subject to the provisions hereof;

         FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board, the President of any
Vice President is authorized to execute, on the Company's behalf and in its
name, and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary is authorized to attest to
such execution and under the Company's seal (which may be in the form of a
facsimile of the Company's seal) $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series (and in addition Securities to replace lost, stolen,
mutilated or destroyed Securities and Securities required for exchange,
substitution or transfer, all as provided in the Indenture) in fully registered
form in substantially the form of the debenture filed as an exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statements on Form S-3 (No. 33-40067 and 33-53330), but
with such changes and insertions therein as are appropriate to conform the
Debentures to the terms set forth herein or otherwise as the respective officers
executing the Securities shall approve and as are not inconsistent with these
resolutions, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by such

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officer's execution and delivery of such Securities, and to deliver such
Securities to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee is authorized and
directed thereupon to authenticate and deliver the same to or upon the written
order of the Company as provided in the Indenture;

         FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signatures of the Company officers so
authorized to execute the Securities of such series may be the manual or
facsimile signatures of the present or any future authorized officers and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon, and the Company for such purpose
adopts each facsimile signature as binding upon it notwithstanding the fact that
at the time the respective Securities shall be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of, the individual so signing shall have ceased to hold such office;

         FURTHER RESOLVED, that Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Shearson
Inc. are appointed as the underwriters for the issuance and sale of the
Securities of such series, and the Chairman of the Board, the President or any
Vice President of the Company is authorized, in the Company's name and on its
behalf, to execute and deliver and Underwriting Agreement, substantially in the
form heretofore approved by the Company's Board of Directors, with such
underwriters, with such changes and insertions therein as are appropriate to
conform such Underwriting Agreement to the terms set forth herein or otherwise
as the officer executing such Underwriting Agreement shall approve and as are
not inconsistent with these resolutions, such approval to be conclusively
evidenced by such officer's execution and delivery of the Underwriting
Agreement;

         FURTHER RESOLVED, that Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the
Trustee under the Indenture, is appointed trustee for Securities of such series,
and as Agent of this Company for the purpose of effecting the registration,
transfer and exchange of the Securities of such series as provided in the
Indenture, and the corporate trust office of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of
New York in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York is designated
pursuant to the Indenture as the office or agency of the Company where such
Securities may be presented for registration, transfer and exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon this Company in respect of the Securities and the
Indenture may be served;

         FURTHER RESOLVED, that Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York is
appointed Paying Agent of this Company for the payment of interest on and
principal of the Securities of such series, and the corporate trust office of
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, is designated, pursuant to the
Indenture, as the office or agency of the Company where Securities may be
presented for payment; and

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         FURTHER RESOLVED, that each Company officer is authorized and directed,
on behalf of the Company and in its name, to do or cause to be done everything
such officer deems advisable to effect the sale and delivery of the Securities
of such series pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and otherwise to carry out
the Company's obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, and to do or cause
to be done everything and to execute and deliver all documents as such officer
deems advisable in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Underwriting Agreement and the execution, authentication and delivery of such
Securities (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
delivery to the Trustee of the Securities for authentication and of requests or
orders for the authentication and delivery of Securities).


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                 Permanent Global Registered Fixed Rate Security

         THIS DEBENTURE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART FOR DEBENTURES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS DEBENTURE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
("DTC") TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS DEBENTURE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO MASCO CORPORATION OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY DEBENTURE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

                                MASCO CORPORATION
                      7 1/8% Debenture Due August 15, 2013

REGISTERED                                                   CUSIP No. 574599AN6
No. R-1

Masco Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the "Company"), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, at the office or
agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the
principal sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) on August 15, 2013,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and
to pay interest, semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, on
said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the
rate per annum specified in the title of this Debenture, from the February 15 or
August 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Debenture to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless the date hereof is a
date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, in which case from
the date of this Debenture, or unless no interest has been paid or duly provided
for on the Debentures since the original issue date (as defined in the Indenture
referred to on the reverse hereof) of this Debenture, in which case from the
February 15 or August 15 next preceding such original issue date or if the
original issue date is a February 15 or August 15 then from such original issue
date, until

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payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after February 1 or August
1, as the case may be, and before the following February 15 or August 15, this
Debenture shall bear interest from such February 15 or August 15; provided,
however, that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest on such
February 15 or August 15, then this Debenture shall bear interest from the next
preceding February 15 or August 15 to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for on the
Debentures since the original issue date (as defined in such Indenture) of this
Debenture, from the February 15 or August 15 next preceding such original issue
date unless the original issue date is a February 15 or August 15, in which case
from the original issue date hereof. The interest so payable on any February 15
or August 15 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in such Indenture, be
paid to the person in whose name this Debenture is registered at the close of
business on the February 1 or August 1, as the case may be, next preceding such
February 15 or August 15, whether or not such February 1 or August 1 is a
business day, and may, at the option of the Company, be paid by check mailed to
the registered address of such person.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Debenture set forth on the
reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Debenture shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of
the Trustee under such Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Masco Corporation has caused this instrument to be executed
in its corporate name by the facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board or
its President and imprinted with a facsimile of its corporate seal, attested by
the facsimile signature of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Dated: August 18, 1993


Masco Corporation



By /s/Richard A. Manoogian
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      Chairman of the Board

Attest


By /s/ Gerald Bright
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       Assistant Secretary


CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE SECURITIES OF THE SERIES DESIGNATED THEREIN REFERRED TO IN
THE WITHIN-MENTIONED INDENTURE.


MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
                                        AS TRUSTEE

BY
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     AUTHORIZED OFFICER

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                              REVERSE OF DEBENTURES

         This Debenture is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes,
bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (hereinafter called the
"Securities") of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued
under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of December 1, 1982 (herein called
the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Morgan Guaranty
Trust Company of New York, Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and holders of the Securities.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may
be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times,
may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different
redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or
analogous funds (if any), may be subject to different covenants and Events of
Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Debenture is
one of a series designated as the 7 1/8% Debentures Due August 15, 2013 of the
Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000.

         In case an Event of Default with respect to the 7 1/8% Noes Due August
15, 2013 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

         The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of all series to be
affected (voting as a class), evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute
supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities
of each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall (i) extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or any premium thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption
thereof or make the principal thereof or any interest of premium thereon payable
in any coin or currency other than that hereinbefore provided, or impair or
affect the right of any holder to institute suit for payment thereof or the
right of repayment, if any, at the option of the holder, without the consent of
the holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid principal
amount of Securities of all series to be affected, the holders of which are
required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of
the holders of all Securities so affected then outstanding. It is also provided
in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default
regarding the Securities of any series, prior to any declaration accelerating
the maturity of such Securities, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time outstanding (or,

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in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all the Securities) may on
behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series (or all the
Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default
under the Indenture and its consequences except a default in the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any of the Securities.
Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Debenture (unless revoked as
provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and
upon all future holders and owners of this Debenture and any Debentures which
may be issued in exchange or transfer hereof or in substitution herefor,
irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Debenture
or such other Debentures.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this
Debenture at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or
currency herein prescribed.

         The Debentures are issuable in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000. Upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of this Debenture at the office or agency of the
Company for such registration in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
or any other location or locations as may be provided for pursuant to the
Indenture, a new Debenture or Debentures of authorized denominations for an
equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange
therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge
except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

         The Debentures may not be redeemed prior to maturity.

         The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may deem and treat the holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Debenture
(whether or not this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation
of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of
or on account of the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions on the face
hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All payments made to or upon the order of such holder shall, to the extent of
the sum or sums paid, effectually satisfy and discharge liability for moneys
payable hereon.

         No recourse for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in
respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto
or in any Debenture, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or

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any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or
rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all
such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration
for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

         All terms used in this Debenture which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them therein.

         This Debenture shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of
the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of that State.

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The following abbreviations, where such abbreviations appear on this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-              Custodian
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                      (Cust)                          (Minor)
                   under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
                                                     --------------------
                                                             (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.



                FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells,
                           assigns and transfers unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
 IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

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             PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE


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              the within Debenture of MASCO CORPORATION and hereby
                     does irrevocably constitute and appoint


                                                                   Attorney
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    to transfer the said Debenture on the books of the within-named Company,
                with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated
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                                     NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT
                                     MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
                                     UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY
                                     PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR
                                     ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.


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