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FORM 4
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                                 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                          Washington, DC 20549

                               STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check box if no
    longer subject to         Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
    Section 16. Form 4            Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
    or Form 5 obligations         Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
    may continue. See              or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
    Instruction 1(b).                           Act of 1940

                                                                                                       
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1) | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol  |6. Relationship of Reporting Person to|
| Shephard        Daniel           G.        | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLM)        |     Issuer (Check all applicable)    |
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| (Last)          (First)          (Middle)  | 3. IRS Identification   | 4.  Statement For  |  [ ] Director      [ ] 10% Owner     |
|                                            |    Number of Reporting  |     Month/Year     |  [X] Officer (give [ ] Other (Specify|
| 2710 Wycliff Road                          |    Person, if an Entity |                    |              title           below)  |
|                                            |    (Voluntary)          |     12/2000        |              below)                  |
|                                            |                         |                    |  Vice President and Treasurer        |
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|                (Street)                    |                         | 5. If Amendment,   |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing   |
|                                            |                         |    Date of Original|   (Check applicable line)            |
| Raleigh          NC                27607   |                         |    (Month/Year)    |   [X] Form Filed by One              |
|                                            |                         |                    |       Reporting Person               |
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|   [ ] Form Filed by More Than        |
| (City)           (State)           (Zip)   |                                              |       One Reporting Person           |
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|                        TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED                         |
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|1. Title of Security |2. Transaction     |3. Transac-   |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of Se-   |6. Owner-    |7. Nature |
|   (Instr. 3)        |   Date            |   tion Code  |   or Disposed of (D)      |    curities Benefi-|   ship      |   of In- |
|                     |   (Month/Day/     |   (Instr. 8) |                           |    cially Owned at |   Form:     |   direct |
|                     |   Year)           |              |                           |    End of Month    |   Direct    |   Benefi-|
|                     |                   |              |   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)     |    (Instr. 3 and 4)|   (D) or    |   cial   |
|                     |                   |--------------|---------------------------|                    |   Indirect  |   Owner- |
|                     |                   | Code  |  V   |    Amount  | (A) or| Price|                    |   (I)       |   ship   |
|                     |                   |       |      |            | (D)   |      |                    |   (Instr. 4)|   (Instr.|
|                     |                   |       |      |            |       |      |                    |             |   4)     |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock         |     12/1/2000     |   M   |      |     280.00 |   A   | 29.00|                    |      D      |          |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock         |     12/1/2000     |   F   |      |      96.00 |   D   | 39.85|                    |      D      |          |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock         |     12/1/2000     |   G   |  V   |     184.00 |   D   |      |          416.00    |      I(1)   |by minor  |
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price | | Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of | | (Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities | Deriv- | | | Price of | (Month/| (Instr.| Acquired (A) | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative | | | Deriv- | Day/ | 8) | or Disposed | (Month/Day/ | | Secur- | | | ative | Year) | | or (D) | Year) | | ity | | | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | (Instr. 5)| | | | | | 4, and 5) |-----------------|--------------------| | | | | | | | Date |Expira- | | Amount or| | | | | |----------|----------------| Exer- |tion | Title | Number of| | | | | | Code| V | (A) | (D) | cisable|Date | | Shares | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| |Incentive Stock FY 1997| 29.00 | 12/1/2000| M | | | 280.00 | | (2) |Common | 280.00 | 29.00 | | | | | | | | | | |Stock | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of | | Derivative | Form of | Indirect | | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial | | Beneficially | Security: | Ownership | | Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) | | of Month | or Indirect (I) | | | (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | 0.00 | D | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (1) Securities owned by reporting person's minor children, each owning an approximately equal amount. (2) Units were awarded in January 1995 under the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan. Units vested as of December 1, 2000. (*) Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal /s/ Daniel G. Shephard 1-10-01 Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- ---------- Signature of Reporting Person(*) Date Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Daniel G. Shephard Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. (Print or Type Responses)