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    <periodOfReport>2020-06-10</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ROCK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Syvrud Cherri</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P.O. BOX 2028</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BUFFALO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>14219-0228</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle>Senior Vice President</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents the conversion of restricted stock units awarded as part of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan into common stock upon vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents common stock retained by the Company upon conversion of Reporting Person's restricted stock units into shares of common stock in satisfaction of the Reporting Person's individual minimum statutory withholding obligation.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the conversion of restricted stock units to shares of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units awarded as part of the Company 's Long Term Incentive Plan. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total units awarded vest and are payable, solely in shares of common stock of the Company on each anniversary of the June 10, 2016, award date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents matching restricted stock units allocated to the Reporting Person with respect to the Reporting Person's deferral of a portion of their annual base salary and annual cash incentive compensation pursuant to the Company's 2018 Management Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Restricted stock units are forfeited if Reporting Person's service as an officer of the Company is terminated prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Reporting Person's vesting commencement date.  If service as an officer continues beyond the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Reporting Person's vesting commencement date, restricted stock units are payable solely in cash in one lump sum payment or in five (5) or ten (10) consecutive, substantially equal annual installments, whichever distribution form is elected by the Reporting Person, beginning six (6) months following termination of service.  Each restricted stock unit is converted to cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of one share of the Company's common stock, as defined in the Company's 2018 Management Stock Purchase Plan, on the date of termination of the Reporting Person's service as an officer of the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Represents matching restricted stock units allocated to the Reporting Person after 2012 with respect to the Reporting Person's deferral of a portion of her annual cash incentive compensation pursuant to the Company's Management Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Restricted stock units are forfeited if Reporting Person's service as an officer of the Company is terminated prior to age sixty (60). If service as an officer continues through age sixty (60), restricted stock units are payable solely in cash in one lump sum payment or in five (5) or ten (10) consecutive, substantially equal annual installments, whichever distribution form is elected by the Reporting Person, beginning six (6) months following termination of service. Each restricted stock unit is converted to cash in an amount equal to the fair market value (200 day rolling average) of one share of the Company's common stock on the date of termination of the Reporting Person's service as an officer of the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Represents restricted stock units allocated to the Reporting Person after 2012 with respect to the Reporting Person's deferral of a portion of her annual cash incentive compensation pursuant to the Company's Management Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Restricted stock units are payable solely in cash in one lump sum payment or in five (5) or ten (10) consecutive, substantially equal annual installments, whichever distribution form is elected by the Reporting Person, beginning six (6) months following termination of service as an officer of the Company. Each restricted stock unit is converted to cash in an amount equal to the fair market value (200 day rolling average) of one share of the Company's common stock on the date of termination of the Reporting Person's service as an officer of the Company.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jeffrey J. Watorek, Attorney-in-Fact for Cherri Syvrud</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-06-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
