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Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 1-12744

MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


North Carolina		56-1848578
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

2710 Wycliff Road, Raleigh, North Carolina		27607-3033
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(919) 781-4550
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock (par value $.01 per share) (including rights attached thereto)		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o No x

As of June 29, 2007, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $5,189,050,508 based on the closing sale price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock on the latest practicable date.


Class		Outstanding at February 15, 2008
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share		41,254,046 shares

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE


Document		Parts Into Which Incorporated
Excerpts from Annual Report to Shareholders for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007 (Annual Report)		Parts I, II, and IV
Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 28, 2008 (Proxy Statement)		Part III

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page

PART I			3

ITEM 1.	BUSINESS		3

ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		16

ITEM 1B.	UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS		23

ITEM 2.	PROPERTIES		23

ITEM 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS		26

ITEM 4.	SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS		27

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT			27

PART II			28

ITEM 5.	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES		28

ITEM 6.	SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA		29

ITEM 7.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS		29

ITEM 7A.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK		30

ITEM 8.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA		30

ITEM 9.	CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE		30

ITEM 9A.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES		30

ITEM 9B.	OTHER INFORMATION		31

PART III			31

ITEM 10.	DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE		31

ITEM 11.	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION		32

ITEM 12.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS		32

ITEM 13.	CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE		32

ITEM 14.	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES		32

PART IV			33

ITEM 15.	EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES		33

SIGNATURES			39
Exhibit 12.01
Exhibit 13.01
Exhibit 21.01
Exhibit 23.01
Exhibit 31.01
Exhibit 31.02
Exhibit 32.01
Exhibit 32.02

PART I

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS

General

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) is a leading producer of aggregates for the construction industry, including infrastructure, commercial, agricultural, and residential. The Company also has a Specialty Products segment that manufactures and markets magnesia-based chemical products used in industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications; dolomitic lime sold primarily to the steel industry; and structural composite products. In 2007, the Company’s Aggregates business accounted for 92% of the Company’s total net sales, and the Company’s Specialty Products segment accounted for 8% of the Company’s total net sales.

The Company was formed in 1993 as a North Carolina corporation to serve as successor to the operations of the materials group of the organization that is now Lockheed Martin Corporation. An initial public offering of a portion of the Company’s Common Stock was completed in 1994, followed by a tax-free exchange transaction in 1996 that resulted in 100% of the Company’s Common Stock being publicly traded.

Initially, the Company’s aggregates operations were predominantly in the Southeast, with additional operations in the Midwest. In 1995, the Company started its geographic expansion with the purchase of an aggregates business that included an extensive waterborne distribution system along the East and Gulf Coasts and the Mississippi River. Smaller acquisitions that year, including the acquisition of the Company’s granite operations on the Strait of Canso in Nova Scotia, complemented the Company’s new coastal distribution network.

Subsequent acquisitions in 1997 and 1998 expanded the Company’s Aggregates business in the middle of the country and added a leading producer of aggregates products in Texas, which provided the Company with access to an extensive rail network in Texas. These two transactions positioned the Company for numerous additional expansion acquisitions in Ohio, Indiana, and the southwestern regions of the United States, with the Company completing 29 smaller acquisitions between 1997 and 1999, which allowed the Company to enhance and expand its presence in the aggregates marketplace.

In 1998, the Company made an initial investment in an aggregates business that would later serve as the Company’s platform for further expansion in the southwestern and western United States. In 2001, the Company completed the purchase of all of the remaining interests of this business, which increased its ability to use rail as a mode of transportation.

Effective January 1, 2005, the Company formed a joint venture with Hunt Midwest Enterprises to operate substantially all of the aggregates facilities of both companies in Kansas City and surrounding areas. The joint venture was formed by the parties contributing a total of 15 active quarry operations with production of approximately 7.5 million tons annually.

Between 2001 and 2007, the Company disposed of or permanently shut down a number of underperforming operations, including aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, trucking, and road paving operations of its Aggregates business and the refractories business of its Magnesia Specialties business. In some of its divestitures, the Company concurrently entered into supply agreements to provide aggregates at market rates to certain of these divested businesses. The Company will continue to evaluate opportunities to divest underperforming assets during 2008 in an effort to redeploy capital for other opportunities.

Business Segment Information

The Company operates in four reportable business segments: the Mideast Group, Southeast Group, and West Group, collectively the Aggregates business, and the Specialty Products segment. The Specialty Products segment includes the magnesia-based chemicals and dolomitic lime businesses and the structural composites product line. Information concerning the Company’s total revenues, net sales, earnings from operations, assets employed, and certain additional information attributable to each reportable business segment for each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007 is included in “Note O: Business Segments” of the “Notes to Financial Statements” of the Company’s 2007 consolidated financial statements (the “2007 Financial Statements”), which are included under Item 8 of this Form 10-K, and are part of the Company’s 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders (the “2007 Annual Report”), which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Aggregates Business

The Aggregates business mines, processes and sells granite, limestone, sand, gravel, and other aggregate products for use in all sectors of the public infrastructure, commercial and residential construction industries as well as miscellaneous uses such as agriculture, railroad ballast and chemical uses. The Aggregates business also includes the operation of other construction materials businesses. These businesses, located primarily in the West Group, were acquired through continued selective vertical integration by the Company, and include asphalt, ready mixed concrete, and road paving operations.

The Company is a leading producer of aggregates for the construction industry in the United States. In 2007, the Company’s Aggregates business shipped 182.3 million tons of aggregates primarily to customers in 31 states, Canada, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean Islands, generating net sales and earnings from operations of $1.8 billion and $431.8 million, respectively.

The Aggregates business markets its products primarily to the construction industry, with approximately 48% of its shipments made to contractors in connection with highway and other public infrastructure projects and the balance of its shipments made primarily to contractors in connection with commercial and residential construction projects. As a result of dependence upon the construction industry, the profitability of aggregates producers is sensitive to national, regional, and local economic conditions, and particularly to cyclical swings in construction spending, which is affected by fluctuations in interest rates, demographic and population shifts, and changes in the level of infrastructure spending funded by the public sector. The Company’s Aggregates business covers a wide geographic area, with aggregates, asphalt products, and ready mixed concrete sold and shipped from a network of approximately 287 quarries, underground mines, distribution facilities, and plants in 28 states, Canada, and the Bahamas. The Company’s five largest revenue-generating states (North

Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Iowa, and South Carolina) account for approximately 61% of total 2007 net sales for the Aggregates business by state of destination. The Company’s Aggregates business is accordingly affected by the economies in these regions and has been adversely affected in part by recessions and weaknesses in these economies from time to time.

The Company’s Aggregates business is also highly seasonal, due primarily to the effect of weather conditions on construction activity within its markets. The operations of the Aggregates business that are concentrated in the northern United States and Canada typically experience more severe winter weather conditions than operations in the southeastern and southwestern regions of the United States. Excessive rainfall can also jeopardize shipments, production, and profitability. Due to these factors, the Company’s second and third quarters are the strongest, with the first quarter generally reflecting the weakest results. Results in any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the Company’s annual results. Similarly, the operations of the Aggregates business in the southeastern and Gulf Coast regions of the United States and the Bahamas are at risk for hurricane activity and have experienced weather-related losses in recent years. The Company did not incur significant damage from hurricanes during 2007. However, during 2007, the West Group, particularly Texas, southern Oklahoma and Kansas, experienced near historic levels of rainfall and flooding, which affected both shipments and operations.

Natural aggregates sources can be found in relatively homogeneous deposits in certain areas of the United States. As a general rule, truck shipments from an individual quarry are limited because the cost of transporting processed aggregates to customers is high in relation to the price of the product itself. As described below, the Company’s distribution system mainly uses trucks, but also has access to a river barge and ocean vessel network where the per mile unit cost of transporting aggregates is much lower. In addition, acquisitions have enabled the Company to extend its customer base through increased access to rail transportation. Proximity of quarry facilities to customers or to long-haul transportation corridors is an important factor in competition for aggregates business.

A growing percentage of the Company’s aggregates shipments are being moved by rail or water through a distribution yard network. In 1994, 93% of the Company’s aggregates shipments were moved by truck, the rest by rail. In contrast, in 2007, the originating mode of transportation for the Company’s aggregates shipments was 74% by truck, 17% by rail, and 9% by water. The majority of the rail and water movements occur in the Southeast Group and the West Group. The Company has an extensive network of aggregates quarries and distribution centers along the Mississippi River system throughout the central and southern United States and in the Bahamas and Canada, as well as distribution centers along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts. In recent years, the Company has brought additional capacity on line at its Bahamas and Nova Scotia locations to transport materials via oceangoing ship. Further, in 2006, the Company completed the second largest capital project in its history, a highly-automated plant and barge loadout system at its Three Rivers facility in Kentucky. This new plant, a key site in the Company’s long-haul distribution network, is capable of producing more than 8 million tons per year for shipment to 14 states along the Ohio and Mississippi River network. The Company is currently focusing a significant part of its capital spending program on locations along the geological fall line in Georgia and South Carolina, which are part of the rail transportation network.

In addition, the Company’s acquisitions and capital projects have expanded its ability to ship material by rail, as discussed in more detail below. The Company has added additional capacity in a

number of locations that can now accommodate larger unit train movements. These expansion projects have enhanced the Company’s long-haul distribution network. The Company’s process improvement program has also improved operational effectiveness through plant automation, mobile fleet modernization, right-sizing, and other cost control improvements. Accordingly, the Company has enhanced its reach through its ability to provide cost-effective coverage of coastal markets on the east and gulf coasts, as well as geographic areas that can be accessed economically by the Company’s expanded distribution system. This distribution network moves aggregates materials from domestic and offshore sources, via rail and water, to markets where aggregates supply is limited.

As the Company continues to move more aggregates by rail and water, embedded freight costs have consequently reduced gross margins. This typically occurs where the Company transports aggregates from a production location to a distribution location by rail or water, and the customer pays a selling price that includes a freight component. Margins are negatively affected because the Company typically does not charge the customer a profit associated with the transportation component of the selling price. Moreover, the Company’s expansion of its rail-based distribution network, coupled with the extensive use of rail service in the Southeast and West Groups, increase the Company’s dependence on and exposure to railroad performance, including track congestion, crew availability, and power availability, and the ability to renegotiate favorable railroad shipping contracts. The waterborne distribution network, primarily located within the Southeast Group, also increases the Company’s exposure to certain risks, including the ability to negotiate favorable shipping contracts, demurrage costs, fuel costs, barge or ship availability, and weather disruptions. The Company has entered into long-term agreements with shipping companies to provide ships to transport the Company’s aggregates to various coastal ports.

In 2005 and 2006, the Company experienced rail transportation shortages in Texas and parts of the Southeast Group. These shortages were caused by the downsizing in personnel and equipment by certain railroads during the economic downturn in the early part of this decade. Further, in response to these issues, rail transportation providers focused on increasing the number of cars per unit train under transportation contracts and are generally requiring customers, through the freight rate structure, to accommodate larger unit train movements. A unit train is a freight train moving large tonnages of a single bulk product between two points without intermediate yarding and switching. In 2006, the Company brought a new plant online on a greensite at its North Troy operation in Oklahoma, which is capable of producing 5 million tons per year and handling multiple 90-car unit trains. Certain of the Company’s sales yards in the southwestern region of the United States have the system capabilities to meet the unit train requirements. Over the last few years, the Company has made capital improvements to a number of its sales yards in this region in order to better accommodate unit train unloadings. Further, in 2005, the Company addressed certain of its railcar needs for future shipments by leasing 780 railcars under two master lease agreements.

The Company experiences shortages of barges from time to time. Barge availability has become an issue as the rate of barges being retired is exceeding the rate at which new barges are being constructed. Shipyards that build barges are operating at capacity, and the lead time for new barges is approximately 18 months. To help alleviate this problem, the Company purchased 50 new barges in 2007.

The Company’s management expects the multiple transportation modes that have been developed with various rail carriers and via barges and deepwater ships should provide the Company

with the flexibility to effectively serve customers in the southeastern and southwestern regions of the United States.

The construction aggregates industry has been in a consolidating mode. The Company’s management expects this trend to continue but at a slower rate as the number of suitable small to mid-sized acquisition targets in high growth markets decline. The Company’s Board of Directors and management continue to review and monitor the Company’s strategic long-term plans, which include assessing business combinations and arrangements with other companies engaged in similar businesses, increasing market share in the Company’s core businesses, and pursuing new opportunities related to the Company’s existing markets.

The Company became more vertically integrated with an acquisition in 1998 and subsequent acquisitions, particularly in the West Group, pursuant to which the Company acquired asphalt, ready mixed concrete, paving construction, trucking, and other businesses, which complement the Company’s aggregates business. These vertically integrated operations accounted for approximately 6% of revenues of the Aggregates business in 2007. These operations have lower gross margins than aggregates products, and are affected by volatile factors, including fuel costs, operating efficiencies, and weather, to an even greater extent than the Company’s aggregates operations. The road paving and trucking businesses were acquired as supplemental operations that were part of larger acquisitions. As such, they do not represent core businesses of the Company. The results of these operations are currently insignificant to the Company as a whole. Over the last few years the Company has disposed of some of these operations. The Company continues to review carefully the acquired vertically integrated operations to determine if they represent opportunities to divest underperforming assets in an effort to redeploy capital for other opportunities.

Environmental and zoning regulations have made it increasingly difficult for the aggregates industry to expand existing quarries and to develop new quarry operations. Although it cannot be predicted what policies will be adopted in the future by federal, state, and local governmental bodies regarding these matters, the Company anticipates that future restrictions will likely make zoning and permitting more difficult, thereby potentially enhancing the value of the Company’s existing mineral reserves.

Management believes the Aggregates business’ raw materials, or aggregates reserves, are sufficient to permit production at present operational levels for the foreseeable future. The Company does not anticipate any material difficulty in obtaining the raw materials that it uses for current production in its Aggregates business. The Company’s aggregates reserves on the average exceed 50 years of production, based on current levels of activity. However, certain locations may be subject to more limited reserves and may not be able to expand. Moreover, as noted above, environmental and zoning regulations will likely make it harder for the Company to expand its existing quarries or develop new quarry operations. The Company generally sells products in its Aggregates business upon receipt of orders or requests from customers. Accordingly, there is no significant order backlog. The Company generally maintains inventories of aggregate products in sufficient quantities to meet the requirements of customers.

Less than 2% of the revenues from the Aggregates business are from foreign jurisdictions, principally Canada and the Bahamas, with revenues from customers in foreign countries totaling $22.3 million, $25.0 million, and $16.4 million during 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.

Specialty Products Business

The Company manufactures and markets, through its Specialty Products business, magnesia-based chemical products for industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications, and dolomitic lime for use primarily in the steel industry. These chemical products have varying uses, including flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, and other environmental applications. In 2007, 66% of Specialty Products’ net sales were attributable to chemical products, 29% to lime, and 2% to stone, with the remaining 3% attributable to the structural composite products line described below.

Given the high fixed costs associated with operating this business, low capacity utilization negatively affects its results of operations. A significant portion of the costs related to the production of magnesia-based products and dolomitic lime is of a fixed or semi-fixed nature. In addition, the production of certain magnesia chemical products and lime products requires natural gas, coal, and petroleum coke to fuel kilns. Price fluctuations of these fuels affect the profitability of this business.

In 2007, approximately 75% of the lime produced was sold to third-party customers, while the remaining 25% was used internally as a raw material in making the business’ chemical products. Dolomitic lime products sold to external customers are used primarily by the steel industry. Accordingly, a portion of the profitability of the Specialty Products business is dependent on steel production capacity utilization and the related marketplace. Products used in the steel industry accounted for approximately 70% of the Specialty Products’ net sales in 2007, attributable primarily to the sale of dolomitic lime products. During 2007, softness in housing-related steel products and auto making curtailed demand for steel making. Further, steel production in 2007 was reduced following a record year for steel imports in 2006. Import rates in 2007 adjusted to the domestic market, but the continued downturn in steel-related industries will affect Specialty Products’ revenues.

Management has shifted the strategic focus of this magnesia-based business to specialty chemicals that can be produced at volume levels that support efficient operations. Accordingly, that business is not as dependent on the steel industry as is the dolomitic lime portion of the Specialty Products business.

The principal raw materials used in the Specialty Products business are dolomitic limestone and alkali-rich brine. Management believes that its reserves of dolomitic limestone and brine are sufficient to permit production at the current operational levels for the foreseeable future.

After the brine is used in the production process, the Specialty Products business must dispose of the processed brine. In the past, the business did this by reinjecting the processed brine back into its underground brine reserve network around its facility in Manistee, Michigan. The business has also sold a portion of this processed brine to third parties. In 2003, Specialty Products entered into a long-term processed brine supply agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) pursuant to which Dow purchases processed brine from Specialty Products, at market rates, for use in Dow’s production of calcium chloride products. Specialty Products also entered into a venture with Dow to construct, own, and operate a processed brine supply pipeline between the Specialty Products facility in Manistee, Michigan, and Dow’s facility in Ludington, Michigan. Construction of the pipeline was

completed in 2003, and Dow began purchasing processed brine from Specialty Products through the pipeline.

Specialty Products generally delivers its products upon receipt of orders or requests from customers. Accordingly, there is no significant order backlog. Inventory for products is generally maintained in sufficient quantities to meet rapid delivery requirements of customers.

Approximately 12% of the revenues of the Specialty Products business are from foreign jurisdictions, principally Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and the Pacific Rim, but no single country accounts for 10% or more of the revenues of the business. Revenues from customers in foreign countries totaled $20.2 million, $17.0 million, and $19.6 million in 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively. As a result of these foreign market sales, the financial results of the Specialty Products business could be affected by foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in the foreign markets. To mitigate the short-term effects of currency exchange rates, the Specialty Products business principally uses the U.S. dollar as the functional currency in foreign transactions.

The Company also develops structural composite products, through its Specialty Products business and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Martin Marietta Composites (“MMC”). Pursuant to various agreements, MMC has rights to commercialize certain proprietary technologies including those related to flat panel applications. These agreements give MMC the opportunity to pursue the use of certain fiber-reinforced polymer composites technologies for products where corrosion resistance and high strength-to-weight ratios are important factors. MMC continued its commercialization during 2007 of these structural composites technologies and initiated other selected products in related target markets.

In 2007, MMC narrowed the focus within several market sectors for its composite products: military products, including ballistic and blast panels, transportation products, including rail cars, and other structural panel products. MMC will continue to evaluate a variety of homeland security and commercial uses for composite materials. There can be no assurance that these technologies will become profitable.

Patents and Trademarks

As of February 15, 2008, the Company owns, has the right to use, or has pending applications for approximately 129 patents pending or granted by the United States and various countries and approximately 59 trademarks related to business. The Company believes that its rights under its existing patents, patent applications, and trademarks are of value to its operations, but no one patent or trademark or group of patents or trademarks is material to the conduct of the Company’s business as a whole.

Customers

No material part of the business of any segment of the Company is dependent upon a single customer or upon a few customers, the loss of any one of which would have a material adverse effect on the segment. The Company’s products are sold principally to commercial customers in private industry. Although large amounts of construction materials are used in public works projects,

relatively insignificant sales are made directly to federal, state, county, or municipal governments, or agencies thereof.

Competition

Because of the impact of transportation costs on the aggregates industry, competition in the Aggregates business tends to be limited to producers in proximity to each of the Company’s production facilities. Although all of the Company’s locations experience competition, the Company believes that it is generally a leading producer in the areas it serves. Competition is based primarily on quarry or distribution location and price, but quality of aggregates and level of customer service are also factors.

There are over 3,800 companies in the United States that produce aggregates. The largest five producers account for approximately 31% of the total market. The Company, in its Aggregates business, competes with a number of other large and small producers. The Company believes that its ability to transport materials by ocean vessels, river barges, and rail have enhanced the Company’s ability to compete in the aggregates business. Some of the Company’s competitors in the aggregates industry have greater financial resources than the Company.

The Company’s Specialty Products segment competes with various companies in different geographic and product areas principally on the basis of quality, price, technological advances, and technical support for its products. The Specialty Products business also competes for sales to customers located outside the United States, with revenues from foreign jurisdictions accounting for approximately 12% of revenues for the Specialty Products business in 2007, principally in Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and the Pacific Rim. Certain of the Company’s competitors in the Specialty Products business have greater financial resources than the Company.

Research and Development

The Company conducts research and development activities principally for its magnesia-based chemicals business, at its plant in Manistee, Michigan, and for its structural composites product line, at its headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, and its plant in Sparta, North Carolina. In general, the Company’s research and development efforts in 2007 were directed to applied technological development for the use of its chemicals products and for its proprietary technologies, including composite materials. The Company spent approximately $0.9 million in 2007, $0.7 million in 2006, and $0.7 million in 2005 on research and development activities.

Environmental and Governmental Regulations

The Company’s operations are subject to and affected by federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to the environment, health and safety, and other regulatory matters. Certain of the Company’s operations may from time to time involve the use of substances that are classified as toxic or hazardous substances within the meaning of these laws and regulations. Environmental operating permits are, or may be, required for certain of the Company’s operations, and such permits are subject to modification, renewal, and revocation.

The Company records an accrual for environmental remediation liabilities in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amounts can be reasonably estimated. Such accruals are adjusted as further information develops or circumstances change. The accruals are not discounted to their present value or offset for potential insurance or other claims or potential gains from future alternative uses for a site.

The Company regularly monitors and reviews its operations, procedures, and policies for compliance with existing laws and regulations, changes in interpretations of existing laws and enforcement policies, new laws that are adopted, and new laws that the Company anticipates will be adopted that could affect its operations. The Company has a full time staff of environmental engineers and managers that perform these responsibilities. The direct costs of ongoing environmental compliance were approximately $9.1 million in 2007 and approximately $8.5 million in 2006 and are related to the Company’s environmental staff and ongoing monitoring costs for various matters (including those matters disclosed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K). Capitalized costs related to environmental control facilities were approximately $4.1 million in 2007 and are expected to be approximately $3 million in each of 2008 and 2009. The Company’s capital expenditures for environmental matters were not material to its results of operations or financial condition in 2007 and 2006. However, our expenditures for environmental matters generally have increased over time and are likely to increase in the future. Despite our compliance efforts, risk of environmental liability is inherent in the operation of the Company’s businesses, as it is with other companies engaged in similar businesses, and there can be no assurance that environmental liabilities will not have a material adverse effect on the Company in the future.

Many of the requirements of the environmental laws are satisfied by procedures that the Company adopts as best business practices in the ordinary course of its operations. For example, plant equipment that is used to crush aggregates products may, as an ordinary course of operations, have an attached water spray bar that is used to clean the stone. The water spray bar also suffices as a dust control mechanism that complies with applicable environmental laws. The Company does not break out the portion of the cost, depreciation, and other financial information relating to the water spray bar that is only attributable to environmental purposes, as it would be derived from an arbitrary allocation methodology. The incremental portion of such operating costs that is attributable to environmental compliance rather than best operating practices is impractical to quantify. Accordingly, the Company expenses costs in that category when incurred as operating expenses.

The environmental accruals recorded by the Company are based on internal studies of the required remediation costs and estimates of potential costs that arise from time to time under federal, state, and/or local environmental protection laws. Many of these laws and the regulations promulgated under them are complex, and are subject to challenges and new interpretations by regulators and the courts from time to time. In addition, new laws are adopted from time to time. It is often difficult to accurately and fully quantify the costs to comply with new rules until it is determined the type of operations to which they will apply and the manner in which they will be implemented is more accurately defined. This process often takes years to finalize and changes significantly from the time the rules are proposed to the time they are final. The Company typically has several appropriate alternatives available to satisfy compliance requirements, which could range from nominal costs to some alternatives that may be satisfied in conjunction with equipment replacement or expansion that also benefits operating efficiencies or capacities and carry significantly higher costs.

Management believes that its current accrual for environmental costs is reasonable, although those amounts may increase or decrease depending on the impact of applicable rules as they are finalized from time to time and changes in facts and circumstances. The Company believes that any additional costs for ongoing environmental compliance would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s obligations or financial condition.

With respect to reclamation costs effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations (“FAS 143”). See “Note N: Commitments and Contingencies” of the “Notes to Financial Statements” of the 2007 Financial Statements and the 2007 Annual Report. Under FAS 143, future reclamation costs are estimated using statutory reclamation requirements and management’s experience and knowledge in the industry, and are discounted to their present value using a credit-adjusted, risk-free rate of interest. The future reclamation costs are not offset by potential recoveries. The Company is generally required by state or local laws or pursuant to the terms of an applicable lease to reclaim quarry sites after use. The Company performs activities on an ongoing basis that may reduce the ultimate reclamation obligation. These activities are performed as an integral part of the normal quarrying process. For example, the perimeter and interior walls of an open pit quarry are sloped and benched as they are developed to prevent erosion and provide stabilization. This sloping and benching meets dual objectives — safety regulations required by the Mine Safety and Health Administration for ongoing operations and final reclamation requirements. Therefore, these types of activities are included in normal operating costs and are not a part of the asset retirement obligation. Historically, the Company has not incurred substantial reclamation costs in connection with the closing of quarries. Reclaimed quarry sites owned by the Company are available for sale, typically for commercial development or use as reservoirs.

The Company believes that its operations and facilities, both owned or leased, are in substantial compliance with applicable laws and regulations and that any noncompliance is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations or financial condition. See “Legal Proceedings” under Item 3 of this Form 10-K, “Note N: Commitments and Contingencies” of the “Notes to Financial Statements” of the 2007 Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Environmental Regulation and Litigation” included under Item 7 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report. However, future events, such as changes in or modified interpretations of existing laws and regulations or enforcement policies, or further investigation or evaluation of the potential health hazards of certain products or business activities, may give rise to additional compliance and other costs that could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

In general, quarry and mining facilities must comply with air quality, water quality, and noise regulations, zoning and special use permitting requirements, applicable mining regulations, and federal health and safety requirements. As new quarry and mining sites are located and acquired, the Company works closely with local authorities during the zoning and permitting processes to design new quarries and mines in such a way as to minimize disturbances. The Company frequently acquires large tracts of land so that quarry, mine, and production facilities can be situated substantial distances from surrounding property owners. Also, in certain markets the Company’s ability to transport material by rail and ship allows it to locate its facilities further away from residential areas. The Company has established policies designed to minimize disturbances to surrounding property owners from its operations.

As is the case with other companies in the same industry, some of the Company’s products contain varying amounts of crystalline silica, a common mineral also known as quartz. Excessive, prolonged inhalation of very small-sized particles of crystalline silica has been associated with lung diseases, including silicosis, and several scientific organizations and some states, such as California, have reported that crystalline silica can cause lung cancer. The Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have established occupational thresholds for crystalline silica exposure as respirable dust. The Company monitors occupational exposures at its facilities and implements dust control procedures and/or makes available appropriate respiratory protective equipment to maintain the occupational exposures at or below the appropriate levels. The Company, through safety information sheets and other means, also communicates what it believes to be appropriate warnings and cautions its employees and customers about the risks associated with excessive, prolonged inhalation of mineral dust in general and crystalline silica in particular.

In February 1998, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (“GDNR”) determined that both the Company and the Georgia Department of Transportation (“GDOT”) are responsible parties for investigation and remediation at the Company’s Camak Quarry in Thomson, Georgia, due to the discovery of trichloroethene (“TCE”) above its naturally occurring background concentration in a drinking water well on site. The Company provided the GDNR with information indicating that the source of the release was either from an asphalt plant and associated GDOT testing laboratory that was on the site in the early 1970’s or from a maintenance shop that was operated on the property in the 1940’s and 1950’s before the Company purchased the property. The Company entered into a Consent Order with GDNR to conduct an environmental assessment of the site and file a report of the findings. The Company and GDOT signed an agreement to share evenly the costs of the assessment work. The assessment report was completed and filed. Based upon the results of the assessment report, GDOT withdrew from the cost sharing agreement and has indicated it will not share in any future remediation costs. The Company submitted a corrective action plan to GDNR for approval on December 9, 2002. GDNR requested additional information which was duly submitted. GDNR approved the plan on June 28, 2005, and the Company completed the installation of the remediation system. The Company funded the entire cost of the corrective plan and installation of the remediation system. The groundwater monitoring and reporting, which is the last task required by the Consent Order, will occur over fifteen years. Management believes the future costs to be incurred by the Company associated with the groundwater monitoring will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations or its financial condition.

In December 1998, the GDNR determined that the Company, the GDOT, and two former asphalt plant operators are responsible parties for investigation and remediation of groundwater contamination at the Company’s Ruby Quarry in Macon, Georgia. The Company was designated by virtue of its ownership of the property. GDOT was designated because it operated a testing laboratory at the site. The two other parties were designated because both entities operated asphalt plants at the site. The groundwater contamination was discovered when the Company’s tenant vacated the premises and environmental testing was conducted. The Company and GDOT signed an agreement to share the costs of the assessment work. The report of the assessment work was filed with the GDNR. GDOT entered into a Consent Order with GDNR agreeing to conduct additional testing and any necessary remediation at the site. On May 21, 2001, GDNR issued separate Administrative Orders against the Company and other responsible parties to require all parties to participate with GDOT to undertake additional testing and any necessary remediation. The Company and GDOT submitted a corrective

action plan to GDNR for approval on May 20, 2002. GDNR requested additional information in connection with its consideration of the submitted plan and subsequently approved the plan on July 19, 2004. GDOT filed an amendment to the plan, which was approved on June 28, 2005. GDOT completed installation of the remediation system and has been proceeding with required groundwater monitoring and reporting activities which will occur over fifteen to twenty years. Under Georgia law, responsible parties are jointly and severally liable, and therefore, the Company is potentially liable for the full cost of funding any necessary remediation. Management believes any costs incurred by the Company associated with the future groundwater monitoring will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations or its financial condition.

In the vicinity of and beneath the Specialty Products facility in Manistee, Michigan, there is an underground plume of material originating from adjacent property which formerly was used by Packaging Corporation of America (“PCA”) as a part of its operations. The Company believes the plume consists of paper mill waste. On September 8, 1983, the PCA plume and property were listed on the National Priorities List (“NPL”) under the authority of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (the “Superfund” statute). The PCA plume is subject to a Record of Decision issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on May 2, 1994, pursuant to which PCA’s successor, Pactiv Corporation (“Pactiv”), is required to conduct annual monitoring. The EPA has not required remediation of the groundwater contamination. On January 10, 2002, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (“MDEQ”) issued Notice of Demand letters to the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties (“Magnesia Specialties”), PCA and Pactiv indicating that it believes that Magnesia Specialties’ chloride contamination is commingling with the PCA plume which originates upgradient from the Magnesia Specialties property. The MDEQ is concerned about possible effects of these plumes, and designated Magnesia Specialties, PCA and Pactiv as parties responsible for investigation and remediation under Michigan state law. The MDEQ held separate meetings with Magnesia Specialties, PCA, and Pactiv to discuss remediation and reimbursement for past investigation costs totaling approximately $700,000. Magnesia Specialties entered into an Administrative Order with the MDEQ to pay for a portion of MDEQ’s past investigation costs and thereby limit its liability for past costs in the amount of $20,000. Michigan law provides that responsible parties are jointly and severally liable, and, therefore, Magnesia Specialties is potentially liable for the full cost of funding future investigative activities and any necessary remediation. Michigan law also provides a procedure whereby liability may be apportioned among responsible parties if it is capable of division. The Company believes that the liability most likely will be apportioned and that any such costs attributed to Magnesia Specialties’ brine contamination will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations or its financial condition, but can give no assurance that the liability will be apportioned or that the compliance costs will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of the operations of the Specialty Products business.

Employees

As of January 31, 2008, the Company has approximately 5,255 employees, of which 3,902 are hourly employees and 1,353 are salaried employees. Included among these employees are 698 hourly employees represented by labor unions (13.3% of the Company’s employees). Of such amount, 12.5% of the Company’s Aggregates business’s hourly employees are members of a labor union, while 90% of the Specialty Products segment’s hourly employees are represented by labor unions. The Company’s principal union contracts cover employees of the Specialty Products business at the

Manistee, Michigan, magnesia-based chemicals plant and the Woodville, Ohio, lime plant. The Manistee collective bargaining agreement expires in August 2011. The Woodville collective bargaining agreement expires in June 2010.

Available Information

The Company maintains an Internet address at www.martinmarietta.com. The Company makes available free of charge through its Internet web site its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, if any, filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. These reports and any amendments are accessed via the Company’s web site through a link with the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at www.sec.gov. Accordingly, the Company’s referenced reports and any amendments are made available as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC, once EDGAR places such material in its database.

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct that applies to all of its directors, officers, and employees. The Company’s code of ethics is available on the Company’s web site at www.martinmarietta.com. The Company intends to disclose on its Internet web site any waivers of or amendments to its code of ethics as it applies to its directors and executive officers.

The Company has adopted a set of Corporate Governance Guidelines to address issues of fundamental importance relating to the corporate governance of the Company, including director qualifications and responsibilities, responsibilities of key board committees, director compensation, and similar issues. Each of the Audit Committee, the Management Development and Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has adopted a written charter addressing various issues of importance relating to each committee, including the committee’s purposes and responsibilities, an annual performance evaluation of each committee, and similar issues. These Corporate Governance Guidelines, and the charters of each of these committees, are available on the Company’s web site at www.martinmarietta.com.

The Company will make paper copies of its filings with the SEC, its Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, its Corporate Governance Guidelines, and the charters of its key committees, available to its shareholders free of charge upon request by writing to: Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Attn: Corporate Secretary, 2710 Wycliff Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-3033.

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are required to file with the SEC each quarter and each year certifications regarding the quality of the Company’s public disclosure of its financial condition. The annual certifications are included as Exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer is also required to certify to the New York Stock Exchange each year that he is not aware of any violation by the Company of the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

An investment in our common stock or debt securities involves risks and uncertainties. You should consider the following factors carefully, in addition to the other information contained in this Form 10-K, before deciding to purchase or otherwise trade our securities.

This Form 10-K and other written reports and oral statements made from time to time by the Company contain statements which, to the extent they are not recitations of historical fact, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities law. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and are based on assumptions that the Company believes in good faith are reasonable, but which may be materially different from actual results. Investors can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate only to historic or current facts. The words “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “scheduled,” and similar expressions in connection with future events or future operating or financial performance are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any or all of the Company’s forward-looking statements in this Form 10-K and in other publications may turn out to be wrong.

Statements and assumptions on future revenues, income and cash flows, performance, economic trends, the outcome of litigation, regulatory compliance, and environmental remediation cost estimates are examples of forward-looking statements. Numerous factors, including potentially the risk factors described in this section, could affect our forward-looking statements and actual performance.

Factors that the Company currently believes could cause its actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set out below. In addition to the risk factors described below, we urge you to read our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Our aggregates business is cyclical and depends on activity within the construction industry.

We sell most of our aggregate products to the construction industry, so our results depend on the strength of the construction industry. Since our business depends on construction spending, which can be cyclical, our profits are sensitive to national, regional, and local economic conditions. The overall economy has been hurt by mortgage security losses and the tightening credit markets. Construction spending is affected by economic conditions, changes in interest rates, demographic and population shifts, and changes in construction spending by federal, state, and local governments. If economic conditions change, a recession in the construction industry may occur and affect the demand for our aggregate products. Construction spending can also be disrupted by terrorist activity and armed conflicts.

While our aggregate operations cover a wide geographic area, our earnings depend on the strength of the local economies in which we operate because of the high cost to transport our products relative to their price. If economic conditions and construction spending decline significantly in one or more areas, particularly in our top five revenue-generating states of North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina, our profitability will decrease.

Within the construction industry, we sell our aggregate products for use in both commercial construction and residential construction. Commercial and residential construction levels generally move with economic cycles; when the economy is strong, construction levels rise, and when the economy is weak, construction levels fall. Commercial construction was mixed in 2007, with growth slowing during the year. In some areas we saw declining commercial construction activity, including office and retail space, as developers considered the impact of the current credit markets on construction and development plans. Businesses facing tighter credit conditions often find it difficult to obtain financing for capital investments. The residential construction market declined sharply in 2007 in connection with the housing market downtown. Further, the outlook reflects diminished demand, with recovery not expected prior to late 2009 or 2010. Approximately 12% of our aggregates shipments in 2007 were to the residential construction market.

Our aggregate products are used in public infrastructure projects, which include the construction, maintenance, and improvement of highways, bridges, schools, prisons, and similar projects. So our business is dependent on the level of federal, state, and local spending on these projects. We cannot be assured of the existence, amount, and timing of appropriations for spending on these projects. For example, while the current federal highway law passed in 2005 provides funding of $286.4 billion for highway, transit, and highway safety programs through September 30, 2009, Congress must pass an appropriations bill each year to approve spending these funds. We cannot be assured that Congress will pass an appropriations bill each year to approve funding at the level authorized in the federal highway law. Similarly, each state funds its infrastructure spending from specially allocated amounts collected from various taxes, typically gasoline taxes and vehicle fees, along with voter-approved bond programs. Shortages in state tax revenues can reduce the amounts spent on state infrastructure projects, even below amounts awarded under legislative bills. Delays in state infrastructure spending can hurt our business. For example, we expect delays in infrastructure spending in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas will continue in 2008, which will limit our business growth in those states until the level and timing of spending improves.

Our aggregates business is seasonal and subject to the weather .

Since the construction aggregates business is conducted outdoors, seasonal changes and other weather conditions affect our business. Adverse weather conditions, including hurricanes and tropical storms, cold weather, snow, and heavy or sustained rainfall, reduce construction activity and the demand for our products. Adverse weather conditions also increase our costs and reduce our production output as a result of power loss, needed plant and equipment repairs, time required to remove water from flooded operations, and similar events. Severe drought conditions can restrict available water supplies and restrict production. The construction aggregates business production and shipment levels follow activity in the construction industry, which typically occur in the spring, summer and fall. Because of the weather’s effect on the construction industry’s activity, the aggregates business production and shipment levels vary by quarter. The second and third quarters are generally the most profitable and the first quarter is generally the least profitable.

Our aggregates business depends on the availability of aggregate reserves or deposits and our ability to mine them economically.

Our challenge is to find aggregate deposits that we can mine economically, with appropriate permits, near either growing markets or long-haul transportation corridors that economically serve

growing markets. As communities have grown, they have taken up attractive quarrying locations and have imposed restrictions on mining. We try to meet this challenge by identifying and permitting sites prior to economic expansion, buying more land around our existing quarries to increase our mineral reserves, developing underground mines, and developing a distribution network that transports aggregates products by various transportation methods, including rail and water, that allows us to transport our products longer distances than would normally be considered economical.

Our aggregates business is a capital-intensive business.

The property and machinery needed to produce our products are very expensive. Therefore, we must have access to large amounts of cash to operate our businesses. We believe we have adequate cash to run our businesses. Because significant portions of our operating costs are fixed in nature, our financial results are sensitive to production volume changes.

Our businesses face many competitors.

Our businesses have many competitors, some of whom are bigger and have more resources than we do. Some of our competitors also operate on a worldwide basis. Our results are affected by the number of competitors in a market, the production capacity that a particular market can accommodate, the pricing practices of other competitors, and the entry of new competitors in a market. We also face competition for some of our products from alternative products. For example, our magnesia specialties business may compete with other chemical products that could be used instead of our magnesia-based products.

Our future growth may depend in part on acquiring other businesses in our industry.

We expect to continue to grow, in part, by buying other businesses. While the pace of acquisitions has slowed considerably over the last few years, we will continue to look for strategic businesses to acquire. In the past, we have made acquisitions to strengthen our existing locations, expand our operations, and enter new geographic markets. We will continue to make selective acquisitions, joint ventures, or other business arrangements we believe will help our company. However, the continued success of our acquisition program will depend on our ability to find and buy other attractive businesses at a reasonable price and our ability to integrate acquired businesses into our existing operations. We cannot assume there will continue to be attractive acquisition opportunities for sale at reasonable prices that we can successfully integrate into our operations.

We may decide to pay all or part of the purchase price of any future acquisition with shares of our common stock. We may also use our stock to make strategic investments in other companies to complement and expand our operations. If we use our common stock in this way, the ownership interests of our shareholders will be diluted and the price of our stock could fall. We operate our businesses with the objective of maximizing the long-term shareholder return.

We acquired 62 companies from 1995 through 2002. Some of these acquisitions were more easily integrated into our existing operations and have performed as well or better than we expected, while others have not. We have sold underperforming and other non-strategic assets, particularly lower margin businesses like our asphalt plants in Houston, Texas, and our road paving businesses in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Texarkana, Arkansas.

Short supplies and high costs of fuel and energy affect our businesses.

Our businesses require a continued supply of diesel fuel, natural gas, coal, petroleum coke and other energy. The financial results of these businesses have been affected at times by the short supply or high costs of these fuels and energy. While we can contract for some fuels and sources of energy, significant increases in costs or reduced availability of these items have and may in the future reduce our financial results. For example, in 2007, increases in fuel prices lowered net earnings for the aggregates business by $0.10 per diluted share when compared with 2006 fuel prices.

Changes in legal requirements and governmental policies concerning zoning, land use, the environment, and other areas of the law, and litigation relating to these matters, affect our businesses. Our operations expose us to the risk of material environmental liabilities.

Many federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to zoning, land use, the environment, health, safety, and other regulatory matters govern our operations. We take great pride in our operations and try to remain in strict compliance at all times with all applicable laws and regulations. Despite our extensive compliance efforts, risk of liabilities, particularly environmental liabilities, is inherent in the operation of our businesses, as it is with our competitors. We cannot assume that these liabilities will not negatively affect us in the future.

We are also subject to future events, including changes in existing laws or regulations or enforcement policies, or further investigation or evaluation of the potential health hazards of some of our products or business activities, which may result in additional compliance and other costs. We could be forced to invest in preventive or remedial action, like pollution control facilities, which could be substantial.

Our operations are subject to manufacturing, operating, and handling risks associated with the products we produce and the products we use in our operations, including the related storage and transportation of raw materials, products, hazardous substances, and wastes. We are exposed to hazards including storage tank leaks, explosions, discharges or releases of hazardous substances, exposure to dust, and the operation of mobile equipment and manufacturing machinery.

These risks can subject us to potentially significant liabilities relating to personal injury or death, or property damage, and may result in civil or criminal penalties, which could hurt our productivity or profitability. For example, from time to time we investigate and remediate environmental contamination relating to our prior or current operations, as well as operations we have acquired from others, and in some cases we have been or could be named as a defendant in litigation brought by governmental agencies or private parties.

We are involved from time to time in litigation and claims arising from our operations. While we do not believe the outcome of pending or threatened litigation will have a material adverse effect on our operations or our financial condition, we cannot assume that an adverse outcome in a pending or future legal action would not negatively affect us.

Labor disputes could disrupt operations of our businesses.

Labor unions represent 12.7% of the hourly employees of our aggregates business and 90% of the hourly employees of our specialty products business. Our collective bargaining agreements for employees of our magnesia specialties business at the Woodville, Ohio lime plant and the Manistee, Michigan magnesia chemicals plant expire in June 2010 and August 2011, respectively.

Disputes with our trade unions, or the inability to renew our labor agreements, could lead to strikes or other actions that could disrupt our businesses, raise costs, and reduce revenues and earnings from the affected locations. We believe we have good relations with all of our employees, including our unionized employees.

Delays or interruptions in shipping products of our businesses could affect our operations.

Transportation logistics play an important role in allowing us to supply products to our customers, whether by truck, rail, barge, or ship. Any significant delays, disruptions, or the non-availability of our transportation support system could negatively affect our operations. For example, in 2005 and partially in 2006, we experienced rail transportation shortages in Texas and parts of the southeastern region of the United States. In 2005 and 2006, following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we experienced significant barge transportation problems along the Mississippi River system.

Water levels can also affect our ability to transport our products. High water levels limit the number of barges we can transport and can require that we use additional horsepower to tow barges. Low water levels can reduce the amount of material we can transport in each barge. In 2007, dry weather caused low water levels and resulted in reduced tonnage that could be shipped on a barge. Consequently, the per ton cost of transporting material was higher than normal.

The availability of rail cars and barges can also affect our ability to transport our products. Rail cars and barges can be used to transport many different types of products. If owners sell or lease rail cars and barges for use in other industries, we may not have enough rail cars and barges to transport our products. Barges have become particularly scarce, since barges are being retired faster than new barges are being built. Shipyards that build barges are operating at capacity, so the lead time to buy or lease a new barge can extend many months. In 2005, we leased 780 additional rail cars. In 2006, we contracted to buy 50 new barges that were delivered in 2007.

We have long-term agreements with shipping companies to provide ships to transport our aggregate products from our Bahamas and Nova Scotia operations to various coastal ports. These contracts have varying expiration dates ranging from 2008 to 2017 and generally contain renewal options. Our inability to renew these agreements or enter into new ones with other shipping companies could affect our ability to transport our products.

Our earnings are affected by the application of accounting standards and our critical accounting policies, which involve subjective judgments and estimates by our management. Our estimates and assumptions could be wrong.

The accounting standards we use in preparing our financial statements are often complex and require that we make significant estimates and assumptions in interpreting and applying those standards. We make critical estimates and assumptions involving accounting matters including our stock-based compensation, our goodwill impairment testing, our expenses and cash requirements for our pension plans, our estimated income taxes, and how we account for our property, plant and equipment, and inventory. These estimates and assumptions involve matters that are inherently uncertain and require our subjective and complex judgments. If we used different estimates and assumptions or used different ways to determine these estimates, our financial results could differ.

While we believe our estimates and assumptions are appropriate, we could be wrong. Accordingly, our financial results could be different, either higher or lower. We urge you to read about our critical accounting policies in our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The adoption of new accounting standards may affect our financial results.

The accounting standards we apply in preparing our financial statements are reviewed by regulatory bodies and are changed from time to time. New or revised accounting standards could change our financial results either positively or negatively. For example, beginning in 2006, we were required under new accounting standards to expense the fair value of stock options we award our management and key employees as part of their compensation. This resulted in a reduction of our earnings and made comparisons between financial periods more difficult. We urge you to read about our accounting policies and changes in our accounting policies in Note A of our 2007 financial statements.

We depend on the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel, and our failure to attract and retain such personnel could affect our business.

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the continued services of our key personnel and executive officers. Our prospects depend upon our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel for our operations. Competition for personnel is intense, and we may not be successful in attracting or retaining qualified personnel, which could negatively affect our business.

Disruptions in the credit markets could affect our business.

The current credit environment has negatively affected the economy, and we have considered how it might affect our business. Demand for our products, particularly in the commercial and residential construction markets, could decline if companies and consumers are unable to finance construction projects or if the economic slowdown causes delays or cancellations to capital projects. We may also have difficulty placing our commercial paper in that it may take longer than we have recently experienced and/or may cost more. We experienced such problems in August and September, 2007, but have not had placement problems since that time. We expect we will refinance our $200

million Notes due December 2008. However, there is no guarantee we will be able to access the capital markets at financially economical interest rates, which could negatively affect our business.

Our specialty products business depends in part on the steel industry and the supply of reasonably priced fuels.

Our specialty products business sells some of its products to companies in the steel industry. While we have reduced this risk over the last few years, this business is still dependent, in part, on the strength of the highly-cyclical steel industry. The specialty products business also requires significant amounts of natural gas, coal, and petroleum coke, and financial results are negatively affected by high fuel prices or shortages.

Our structural composites product line has not generated any profits since its inception.

Our structural composites product line faces many challenges before it becomes break-even or generates a profit. We cannot ensure the future profitability of this product line.

Our articles of incorporation, bylaws, and shareholder rights plan and North Carolina law may inhibit a change in control that you may favor.

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws, shareholder rights plan, and North Carolina law contain provisions that may delay, deter or inhibit a future acquisition of us not approved by our board of directors. This could occur even if our shareholders are offered an attractive value for their shares or if many or even a majority of our shareholders believe the takeover is in their best interest. These provisions are intended to encourage any person interested in acquiring us to negotiate with and obtain the approval of our board of directors in connection with the transaction. Provisions that could delay, deter, or inhibit a future acquisition include the following:

	•		a classified board of directors;

	•		the requirement that our shareholders may only remove directors for cause;

	•		specified requirements for calling special meetings of shareholders; and

	•		the ability of our board of directors to consider the interests of various constituencies, including our employees, customers, and creditors and the local community.

In addition, we have in place a shareholder rights plan that will trigger a dilutive issuance of common stock upon substantial purchases of our common stock by a third party that are not approved by the board of directors.

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Investors are also cautioned that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. Consequently, the reader should not consider any such list to be a complete statement of all potential risks or uncertainties. Other factors besides those listed may also adversely affect the Company and may be material to the Company. The forward-looking statements in this document are intended to be subject to the safe harbor protection provided by Sections 27A and 21E. These forward-looking

statements are made as of the date hereof based on management’s current expectations, and the Company does not undertake an obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

For a discussion identifying some important factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, see the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the discussion under the heading “Risk Factors and Forward-Looking Statements” under Item 1A of this Form 10-K, the discussion of “Competition” under Item 1 on Form 10-K, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under Item 7 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report, and “Note A: Accounting Policies” and “Note N: Commitments and Contingencies” of the “Notes to Financial Statements” of the 2007 Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report.

ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES

Aggregates Business

As of December 31, 2007, the Company processed or shipped aggregates from 272 quarries, underground mines, and distribution yards in 28 states and in Canada and the Bahamas, of which 98 are located on land owned by the Company free of major encumbrances, 57 are on land owned in part and leased in part, 113 are on leased land, and 4 are on facilities neither owned nor leased, where raw materials are removed under an agreement. The Company’s aggregates reserves on the average exceed 50 years of production, based on current levels of activity. However, certain locations may be subject to more limited reserves and may not be able to expand. In addition, as of December 31, 2007, the Company processed and shipped ready mixed concrete and/or asphalt products from 15 properties in 3 states, of which 11 are located on land owned by the Company free of major encumbrances and 4 are on leased land.

The Company uses various drilling methods, depending on the type of aggregate, to estimate aggregates reserves that are economically mineable. The extent of drilling varies and depends on whether the location is a potential new site (greensite), an existing location, or a potential acquisition. More extensive drilling is performed for potential greensites and acquisitions, and in rare cases the Company may rely on existing geological data or results of prior drilling by third parties. Subsequent to drilling, selected core samples are tested for soundness, abrasion resistance, and other physical properties relevant to the aggregates industry. If the reserves meet the Company’s standards and are economically mineable, then they are either leased or purchased.

The Company estimates proven and probable reserves based on the results of drilling. Proven reserves are reserves of deposits designated using closely spaced drill data, and based on that data the reserves are believed to be relatively homogenous. Proven reserves have a certainty of 85% to 90%. Probable reserves are reserves that are inferred utilizing fewer drill holes and/or assumptions about the economically mineable reserves based on local geology or drill results from adjacent properties. The

degree of certainty for probable reserves is 70% to 75%. In determining the amount of reserves, the Company’s policy is to not include calculations that exceed certain depths, so for deposits, such as granite, that typically continue to depths well below the ground, there may be additional deposits that are not included in the reserve calculations. The Company also deducts reserves not available due to property boundaries, set-backs, and plant configurations, as deemed appropriate when estimating reserves. For additional information on the Company’s assessment of reserves, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Other Financial Information — Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates- Property, Plant and Equipment” under Item 7 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report for discussion of reserves evaluation by the Company.

Set forth in the tables below are the Company’s estimates of reserves of recoverable aggregates of suitable quality for economic extraction, shown on a state-by-state basis, and the Company’s total annual production for the last 3 years, along with the Company’s estimate of years of production available, shown on a segment-by-segment basis. The number of producing quarries shown on the table include underground mines. The Company’s reserve estimates for the last 2 years are shown for comparison purposes on a state-by-state basis. The changes in reserve estimates at a particular state level from year to year reflect the tonnages of reserves on locations that have been opened or closed during the year, whether by acquisition, disposition, or otherwise; production and sales in the normal course of business; additional reserve estimates or refinements of the Company’s existing reserve estimates; opening of additional reserves at existing locations; the depletion of reserves at existing locations; and other factors. The Company evaluates its reserve estimates primarily on a Company-wide, or segment-by-segment basis, and does not believe comparisons of changes in reserve estimates on a state-by-state basis from year to year are particularly meaningful.


																	Percentage of
																	aggregate reserves
			Tonnage of Reserves				Tonnage of Reserves										located at an						Percentage of
			for each general				for each general										existing quarry,						aggregate reserves
	Number of		type of aggregate				type of aggregate				Change in Tonnage						and reserves not						on land that has			Percent of reserves
	Producing		at 12/31/06				at 12/31/07				from 2006						located at an						not been zoned			owned and
	Quarries		(Add 000)				(Add 000)				(Add 000)						existing quarry.						for quarrying.			percent leased
State	2007		Hard Rock		S & G		Hard Rock		S & G		Hard Rock			S & G			At Quarry			Not at Quarry						Owned			Leased

Alabama		7		46,778		12,113		87,505		11,049		40,727			(1,064	)		100	%		0	%		0	%		42	%		58	%
Arkansas		3		278,548		0		272,198		0		(6,350	)		0			73	%		27	%		0	%		25	%		75	%
California		1		23,993		0		24,661		0		668			0			100	%		0	%		0	%		30	%		70	%
Florida		2		122,769		0		92,013		0		(30,756	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		100	%
Georgia		9		690,960		0		686,925		0		(4,035	)		0			84	%		16	%		0	%		62	%		38	%
Illinois		3		1,290,204		0		662,072		0		(628,132	)		0			72	%		28	%		0	%		9	%		91	%
Indiana		11		514,724		48,566		487,149		36,625		(27,575	)		(11,941	)		90	%		10	%		15	%		43	%		57	%
Iowa		28		706,501		44,825		673,381		44,197		(33,120	)		(628	)		99	%		1	%		1	%		13	%		87	%
Kansas		12		227,023		0		221,737		0		(5,286	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		35	%		65	%
Kentucky		3		577,767		46,255		569,979		45,832		(7,788	)		(423	)		100	%		0	%		0	%		15	%		85	%
Louisiana		1		0		1,536		0		0		0			(1,536	)		100	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		100	%
Maryland		2		98,862		0		97,460		0		(1,402	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		100	%		0	%
Minnesota		2		365,195		0		348,306		0		(16,889	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		84	%		16	%
Mississippi		2		0		31,492		0		92,238		0			60,746			100	%		0	%		0	%		100	%		0	%
Missouri		9		581,551		0		526,246		0		(55,305	)		0			78	%		12	%		0	%		40	%		60	%
Montana		1		50,000		0		50,000		0		0			0			100	%		0	%					100	%		0	%
Nebraska		3		89,840		0		80,615		0		(9,225	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		24	%		76	%
Nevada		3		167,624		0		161,546		0		(6,078	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		100	%
North Carolina		40		2,697,214		0		2,971,758		0		274,544			0			86	%		14	%		3	%		68	%		32	%
Ohio		14		128,396		209,171		192,315		200,111		63,919			(9,060	)		72	%		28	%		3	%		97	%		3	%
Oklahoma		9		586,939		5,067		648,223		38,790		61,284			33,723			100	%		—			0	%		45	%		55	%
South Carolina		5		405,452		0		411,231		0		5,779			0			100	%		0	%		19	%		76	%		24	%
Tennessee		1		0		14,284		0		13,769		0			(515	)		100	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		100	%
Texas		13		1,036,996		107,802		1,128,696		113,616		91,700			5,814			63	%		37	%		33	%		60	%		40	%
Virginia		4		401,910		0		417,958		0		16,048			0			84	%		16	%		1	%		69	%		311	%
Washington		3		30,588		0		47,252		0		16,664			0			85	%		15	%		0	%		7	%		93	%
West Virginia		2		97,500		0		59,363		0		(38,137	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		20	%		80	%
Wisconsin		1		3,678		0		3,147		0		(531	)		0			100	%		0	%					0	%		100	%
Wyoming		1		98,970		0		71,480		0		(27,490	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		100	%

U. S. Total		195		11,319,982		521,111		10,993,216		596,227		(326,766	)		75,116									9	%		48	%		52	%

Non-U. S.		2		933,568		0		923,170		0		(10,398	)		0			100	%		0	%		0	%		97	%		3	%

Grand Total		197		12,253,550		521,111		11,916,386		596,227		(337,164	)		75,116			80	%		20	%		8	%		52	%		48	%

Number of

years of

production

Total Annual Production (in tons)

available at

(add 000)

December 31,

For year ended December 31,

2007

Reportable Segment

2007

2006

2005

Mideast Group

63,420

70,939

73,210

76.9

Southeast Group

44,710

47,729

48,194

71.2

West Group

72,832

76,648

78,203

61.2

Total Aggregates Business

180,962

195,316

199,607

69.1

Specialty Products Business

The Specialty Products business currently operates major manufacturing facilities in Manistee, Michigan, and Woodville, Ohio. Both of these facilities are owned.

The Company leases a 185,000 square foot facility in Sparta, North Carolina, which serves as the assembly and manufacturing hub for the structural composites product line of Martin Marietta Composites.

Other Properties

The Company’s principal corporate office, which it owns, is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Company owns and leases various administrative offices for its four reportable business segments.

The Company’s principal properties, which are of varying ages and are of different construction types, are believed to be generally in good condition, are generally well maintained, and are generally suitable and adequate for the purposes for which they are used. During 2007, the principal properties were believed to be utilized at average productive capacities of approximately 80% and were capable of supporting a higher level of market demand.

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time claims of various types are asserted against the Company arising out of its operations in the normal course of business, including claims relating to land use and permits, safety, health, and environmental matters (such as noise abatement, blasting, vibrations, air emissions, and water discharges). Such matters are subject to many uncertainties, and it is not possible to determine the probable outcome of, or the amount of liability, if any, from, these matters. In the opinion of management of the Company (which opinion is based in part upon consideration of the opinion of counsel), it is unlikely that the outcome of these claims will have a material adverse effect on the

Company’s operations or its financial condition. However, there can be no assurance that an adverse outcome in any of such litigation would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its operating segments.

The Company was not required to pay any penalties in 2007 for failure to disclose certain “reportable transactions” under Section 6707A of the Internal Revenue Code.

See also “Note N: Commitments and Contingencies” of the “Notes to Financial Statements” of the 2007 Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Environmental Regulation and Litigation” under Item 7 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report.

ITEM 4.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2007.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

The following sets forth certain information regarding the executive officers of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. as of February 15, 2008:

Year Assumed

Other Positions and Other Business

Name

Age

Present Position

Experience Within the Last Five Years

Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr.

Chairman of the Board of Directors;

1997

President (1993-2006)

Chief Executive Officer;

1993

President of Aggregates Business;

1993

Chairman of Magnesia Specialties Business

2005

C. Howard Nye

President and Chief Operating Officer

2006

Executive Vice President, Hanson Aggregates North America (2003-2006);
President, Hanson Aggregates East (2000-2003)*

Daniel G. Shephard

Executive Vice President;
Chief Executive Officer of Magnesia Specialties Business

2005
2005

Vice President-Business Development and Capital Planning (2002-2005);
Senior Vice President (2004-2005);
Regional Vice President and General Manager-MidAmerica Region (2003-2005);
President of Magnesia Specialties Business (1999-2005);
Vice President-Marketing (2002-2004)

Philip J. Sipling

Executive Vice President;
Executive Vice President of Aggregates Business

1997
1993

Chairman of Magnesia Specialties Business (1997-2005)

Bruce A. Vaio

President — Martin Marietta Materials West;
Executive Vice President

2006
2005

President — Southwest Division (1998-2006)
Senior Vice President (2002-2005)


Roselyn R. Bar	49	Senior Vice President; General Counsel; Corporate Secretary	2005 2001 1997		Vice President (2001-2005)

Anne H. Lloyd	46	Treasurer; Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	2006 2005		Vice President and Controller (1998-2005); Chief Accounting Officer (1999-2006)

Jonathan T. Stewart	59	Senior Vice President, Human Resources		2001


*		Prior to his employment with the Company in 2006, Mr. Nye was Executive Vice President of Hanson Aggregates North America, a producer of construction aggregates, since 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Nye was President of Hanson Aggregates East from 2000 to 2003 with operating responsibility over 150 facilities in 12 states with annual revenues of more than $500 million.

PART II

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information, Holders, and Dividends

The Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par value, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (Symbol: MLM). Information concerning stock prices and dividends paid is included under the caption “Quarterly Performance (Unaudited)” of the 2007 Annual Report, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. There were approximately 859 holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock as of February 15, 2008. As required by Section 3.03A.12(a) of the NYSE listing standards, the Company filed with the NYSE the certification of its Chief Executive Officer that he is not aware of any violation by the Company of NYSE corporate governance listing standards.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The information required in response to this subsection of Item 5 is included in Part III, under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters,” of this Form 10-K.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


					Total Number of		Maximum Number of
					Shares Purchased as		Shares that May Yet
	Total Number		Average		Part of Publicly		be Purchased Under
	of Shares		Price Paid		Announced Plans or		the Plans or
Period	Purchased		per Share		Programs⁽¹⁾		Programs

October 1, 2007 – October 31, 2007		0	$	—		0		5,645,998

November 1, 2007 – November 30, 2007		0	$	—		0		5,645,998

December 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007		604,127	$	132.43		604,127		5,041,871

Total		604,127	$	132.43		604,127		5,041,871


(1)		The Company’s initial stock repurchase program, which authorized the repurchase of 2.5 million shares of common stock, was announced in a press release dated May 6, 1994, and has been updated as appropriate. The program does not have an expiration date. The Company announced in a press release dated February 22, 2006 that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of an additional 5 million shares of common stock. The Company announced in a press release dated August 15, 2007 that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of an additional 5 million shares of common stock.

ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The information required in response to this Item 6 is included under the caption “Five Year Summary” of the 2007 Annual Report, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following is management’s discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected our consolidated financial condition and operating results during the periods included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the related notes. You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes, which are included under Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

The information required in response to this Item 7 is included under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the 2007 Annual Report, and that information is incorporated herein by reference, except that the information contained under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Outlook 2008” in the 2007 Annual Report is not incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The information required in response to this Item 7A is included under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” of the 2007 Annual Report, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The information required in response to this Item 8 is included under the caption “Consolidated Statements of Earnings,” “Consolidated Balance Sheets,” “Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows,” “Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity,” “Notes to Financial Statements,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and “Quarterly Performance (Unaudited)” of the 2007 Annual Report, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of December 31, 2007, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that all material information required to be disclosed is made known to them in a timely manner as of December 31, 2007 and further concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as of December 31, 2007.

The Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that the Company’s control system will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented

by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

The Company’s management has issued its annual report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, which included management’s assessment that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective at December 31, 2007. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective at December 31, 2007. Management’s report on the Company’s internal controls and the attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm are included in the 2007 Financial Statements, included under Item 8 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report. See also “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Internal Control and Accounting and Reporting Risk” under Item 7 of this Form 10-K and the 2007 Annual Report.

Included among the Exhibits to this Form 10-K are forms of “Certifications” of the Company’s CEO and CFO as required in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Section 302 Certification”). The Section 302 Certifications refer to this evaluation of the Company’s disclosure policies and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. The information in this section should be read in conjunction with the Section 302 Certifications for a more complete understanding of the topics presented.

ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION

None.

PART III

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information concerning directors of the Company, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and the Audit Committee financial expert serving on the Audit Committee, all as required in response to this Item 10, is included under the captions “Corporate Governance Matters” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the “2008 Proxy Statement”), and that information is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. Information concerning executive officers of the Company required in response to this Item 10 is included in Part I, under the heading “Executive Officers of the Registrant,” of this Form 10-K. The information concerning the Company’s code of ethics required in response to this Item 10 is included in Part I, under the heading “Available Information,” of this Form 10-K.

ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required in response to this Item 11 is included under the captions “Executive Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Corporate Governance Matters,” “Management Development and Compensation Committee Report,” and “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” in the Company’s 2008 Proxy Statement, and that information, except for the information required by Items 402(k) and (l) of Regulation S-K, is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K.

ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required in response to this Item 12 is included under the captions “General Information,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,” and “Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans” in the Company’s 2008 Proxy Statement, and that information is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K.

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required in response to this Item 13 is included under the captions “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in Compensation Decisions” and “Corporate Governance Matters” in the Company’s 2008 Proxy Statement, and that information is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K.

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required in response to this Item 14 is included under the caption “Independent Auditors” in the Company’s 2008 Proxy Statement, and that information is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K.

PART IV

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a)(1)		List of financial statements filed as part of this Form 10-K.

		The following consolidated financial statements of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and consolidated subsidiaries, included in the 2007 Annual Report and incorporated by reference under Item 8 of this Form 10-K:

Consolidated Statements of Earnings—
for years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005

Consolidated Balance Sheets—
at December 31, 2007 and 2006

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—
for years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity—
Balance at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

Notes to Financial Statements

(2)		List of financial statement schedules filed as part of this Form 10-K

		The following financial statement schedule of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and consolidated subsidiaries is included in Item 15(c) of this Form 10-K.

		Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

		All other schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable, not required, or the information has been otherwise supplied in the financial statements or notes to the financial statements.

		The report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the above-referenced financial statements is included in the 2007 Annual Report, and that report is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. The report on the financial statement schedule and the consent of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm are attached as Exhibit 23.01 to this Form 10-K.

(3)		Exhibits

		The list of Exhibits on the accompanying Index of Exhibits included in Item 15(b) of this Form 10-K is hereby incorporated by reference. Each management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit is indicated by asterisks.

(b)		Index of Exhibits


Exhibit
No.

3.01		—Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 25, 1996) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
3.02		—Articles of Amendment with Respect to the Junior Participating Class B Preferred Stock of the Company, dated as of October 19, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 19, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
3.03		—Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 8, 2007) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.01		—Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.02		—Articles 2 and 8 of the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.02 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.03		—Article I of the Company’s Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 8, 2007) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.04		—Indenture dated as of December 1, 1995 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and First Union National Bank of North Carolina (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC Registration No. 33-99082))
4.05		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 7% Debenture due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)(i) to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC Registration No. 33-99082))
4.06		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 6.9% Notes due 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)(i) to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC Registration No. 33-99082))
4.08		—Indenture dated as of December 7, 1998 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and First Union National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.08 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-71793))
4.09		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 5.875% Note due December 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.09 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-71793))
4.10		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 6.875% Note due April 1, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-61454))


4.11		—Indenture dated as of April 30, 2007 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.12		—First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2007, between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, to that certain Indenture dated as of April 30, 2007 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, pursuant to which were issued $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010 of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.13		—Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2007, between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, to that certain Indenture dated as of April 30, 2007 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, pursuant to which were issued $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6 ¹/4% Senior Notes due 2037 of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.01		—Rights Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2006, by and between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Articles of Amendment With Respect to the Junior Participating Class B Preferred Stock of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., as Exhibit A, and the Form of Rights Certificate, as Exhibit B (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 28, 2006)
10.02		—$250,000,000 Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2005, among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., the banks parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 30, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.03		—Extension Agreement to $250,000,000 Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 2, 2006, among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., the banks parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.04		—Amendment to $250,000,000 Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of April 17, 2007, among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., the banks parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 33, 2007) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.05		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Employment Protection Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.05 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.06		—Amended and Restated Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.07		—Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**


10.08		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Executive Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.07 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.09		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.10		—Amendment No. 1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.11		—Amendment No. 2 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.12		—Amendment No. 3 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.13		—Amendment No. 4 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.14		—Amendment No. 5 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.15		—Amendment No. 6 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.16		—Amendment No. 7 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.17		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock-Based Award Plan dated April 3, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.18		—Amended and Restated Consulting Agreement dated June 26, 2006, between Janice Henry and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.19		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended Omnibus Securities Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.20		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Supplemental Excess Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.21		—First Amendment to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Supplemental Excess Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.22		—Form of Option Award Agreement under the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock-Based Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.23		—Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock-Based Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**


*12.01		—Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2007
*13.01		—Excerpts from Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders, portions of which are incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. Those portions of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders that are not incorporated by reference shall not be deemed to be “filed” as part of this report.
*21.01		—List of subsidiaries of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
*23.01		—Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and consolidated subsidiaries
*24.01		—Powers of Attorney (included in this Form 10-K immediately following Signatures)
*31.01		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, rule 13a-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*31.02		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, rule 13a-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*32.01		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Executive Officer required by 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*32.02		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Financial Officer required by 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Other material incorporated by reference:

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s 2008 Proxy Statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A, portions of which are incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. Those portions of the 2008 Proxy Statement which are not incorporated by reference shall not be deemed to be “filed” as part of this report.


*		Filed herewith

**		Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit pursuant to Item 14(c) of Form 10-K

(c)

Financial Statement Schedule

SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES


Col A	Col B		Col C				Col D			Col E
			Additions
			(1)		(2)
	Balance at		Charged to		Charged to					Balance at
	beginning		costs and		other accounts		Deductions			end of
Description	of period		expenses		describe		describe			period
	(Amounts in Thousands)
Year ended December 31, 2007

Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	4,905	$	—	$	—	$	1,244	^(a)	$	3,661
Allowance for uncollectible notes receivable		853		—		—		853	^(a)		—
Inventory valuation allowance		14,221		4,915		—					19,136
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets		20,670		1,947		—		3,801	^(b)		18,816

Year ended December 31, 2006

Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	5,545	$	—	$	—	$	640	^(a)	$	4,905
Allowance for uncollectible notes receivable		795		58		—					853
Inventory valuation allowance		12,101		3,093		—		973	^(d)		14,221
								213	^(c)
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets		29,399		3,858		—		12,374	^(b)		20,670

Year ended December 31, 2005

Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	6,505	$	—	$	—	$	960	^(a)	$	5,545
Allowance for uncollectible notes receivable		737		58		—					795
Inventory valuation allowance		5,463		6,638		—					12,101
								1,328	^(c)
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets		29,605		3,964		—		2,842	^(b)		29,399


(a)		To adjust allowance for change in estimates.

(b)		Write off of fully amortized intangible assets.

(c)		Divestitures.

(d)		Write off of fully reserved inventory.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


	MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.

	By:	/s/ Roselyn R. Bar

		Roselyn R. Bar Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: February 25, 2008

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below appoints Roselyn R. Bar and M. Guy Brooks, III, jointly and severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, jointly and severally, full power and authority to do and perform each in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, jointly and severally, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:


Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr.	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	February 25, 2008
/s/ Anne H. Lloyd Anne H. Lloyd	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	February 25, 2008
/s/ Dana F. Guzzo Dana F. Guzzo	Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer	February 25, 2008
/s/ Marcus C. Bennett Marcus C. Bennett	Director	February 25, 2008
/s/ Sue W. Cole Sue W. Cole	Director	February 25, 2008
/s/ David G. Maffucci David G. Maffucci	Director	February 25, 2008
/s/ William E. McDonald William E. McDonald	Director	February 25, 2008
/s/ Frank H. Menaker, Jr. Frank H. Menaker, Jr.	Director	February 25, 2008
/s/ Laree E. Perez Laree E. Perez	Director	February 25, 2008


Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Michael J. Quillen Michael J. Quillen	Director	February 25, 2008
/s/ Dennis L. Rediker Dennis L. Rediker	Director	February 25, 2008
/s/ Richard A. Vinroot Richard A. Vinroot	Director	February 25, 2008

EXHIBITS


Exhibit
No.
3.01		—Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 25, 1996) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
3.02		—Articles of Amendment with Respect to the Junior Participating Class B Preferred Stock of the Company, dated as of October 19, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 19, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
3.03		—Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 8, 2007) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.01		—Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.02		—Articles 2 and 8 of the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.02 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.03		—Article I of the Company’s Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.03 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.04		—Indenture dated as of December 1, 1995 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and First Union National Bank of North Carolina (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC Registration No. 33-99082))
4.05		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 7% Debenture due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)(i) to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC Registration No. 33-99082))
4.06		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 6.9% Notes due 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)(i) to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC Registration No. 33-99082))
4.08		—Indenture dated as of December 7, 1998 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and First Union National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.08 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-71793))
4.09		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 5.875% Note due December 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.09 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-71793))
4.10		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 6.875% Note due April 1, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-61454))
4.11		—Indenture dated as of April 30, 2007 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)


4.12		—First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2007, between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, to that certain Indenture dated as of April 30, 2007 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, pursuant to which were issued $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010 of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)
4.13		—Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2007, between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, to that certain Indenture dated as of April 30, 2007 between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, Inc., as trustee, pursuant to which were issued $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6 ¹/4% Senior Notes due 2037 of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.01		—Rights Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2006, by and between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Articles of Amendment With Respect to the Junior Participating Class B Preferred Stock of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., as Exhibit A, and the Form of Rights Certificate, as Exhibit B (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 28, 2006)
10.02		—$250,000,000 Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2005, among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., the banks parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 30, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.03		—Extension Agreement to $250,000,000 Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 2, 2006, among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., the banks parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.04		—Amendment to $250,000,000 Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of April 17, 2007, among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., the banks parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 33, 2007) (Commission File No. 1-12744)
10.05		—Form of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Employment Protection Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.05 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.06		—Amended and Restated Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.07		—Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.08		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Executive Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.07 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 1-12744)**


10.09		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.10		—Amendment No. 1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.11		—Amendment No. 2 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.12		—Amendment No. 3 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.13		—Amendment No. 4 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.14		—Amendment No. 5 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.15		—Amendment No. 6 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.16		—Amendment No. 7 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.17		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock-Based Award Plan dated April 3, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.18		—Amended and Restated Consulting Agreement dated June 26, 2006, between Janice Henry and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.19		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended Omnibus Securities Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.20		—Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Supplemental Excess Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.21		—First Amendment to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Supplemental Excess Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.22		—Form of Option Award Agreement under the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock-Based Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**
10.23		—Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock-Based Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005) (Commission File No. 1-12744)**


*12.01		—Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2007
*13.01		—Excerpts from Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders, portions of which are incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. Those portions of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders that are not incorporated by reference shall not be deemed to be “filed” as part of this report.
*21.01		—List of subsidiaries of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
*23.01		—Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and consolidated subsidiaries
*24.01		—Powers of Attorney (included in this Form 10-K immediately following Signatures)
*31.01		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, rule 13a-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*31.02		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, rule 13a-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*32.01		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Executive Officer required by 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*32.02		—Certification dated February 25, 2008 of Chief Financial Officer required by 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Other material incorporated by reference:


*		Filed herewith

**		Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit pursuant to Item 14(c) of Form 10-K

Exhibit 12.01

EXHIBIT 12.01

MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

For the Year Ended December 31, 2007


(add 000, except ratio)

EARNINGS:

Earnings before income taxes	$	378,580
(Earnings) of less than 50%-owned associated companies, net		(2,748	)
Interest Expense*		60,893
Portion of rents representative of an interest factor		22,244


Adjusted Earnings and Fixed Charges	$	458,969

FIXED CHARGES:

Interest Expense*	$	60,893
Capitalized Interest		3,873
Portion of rents representative of an interest factor		22,244


Total Fixed Charges	$	87,010

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges		5.27

*Interest Expense excluded interest expense of $12 related to liabilities accrued under Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation Number 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, An Interpretation of FAS 109.

Exhibit 13.01

S T A T E M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y

Shareholders
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

The management of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., is responsible for the consolidated financial statements, the related financial information contained in this 2007 Annual Report and the establishment and maintenance of adequate internal control over financial reporting. The consolidated balance sheets for Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., at December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, include amounts based on estimates and judgments and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis.

A system of internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance, in a cost-effective manner, that assets are safeguarded, transactions are executed and recorded in accordance with management’s authorization, accountability for assets is maintained and financial statements are prepared and presented fairly in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Internal control systems over financial reporting have inherent limitations and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

The Corporation operates in an environment that establishes an appropriate system of internal control over financial reporting and ensures that the system is maintained, assessed and monitored on a periodic basis. This internal control system includes examinations by internal audit staff and oversight by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

The Corporation’s management recognizes its responsibility to foster a strong ethical climate. Management has issued written policy statements that document the Corporation’s business code of ethics. The importance of ethical behavior is regularly communicated to all employees through the distribution of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct booklet and through ongoing education and review programs designed to create a strong commitment to ethical business practices.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which consists of four independent, nonemployee directors, meets periodically and separately with management, the independent auditors and the internal auditors to review the activities of each. The Audit Committee meets standards established by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange as they relate to the composition and practices of audit committees.

Management of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., assessed the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on management’s assessment under the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework, management concluded that the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007.

The consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose reports appear on the following pages.



Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr.		Anne H. Lloyd
Chairman, Board of Directors		Senior Vice President,
and Chief Executive Officer		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

February 12, 2008

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R E P O R T O F I N D E P E N D E N T R E G I S T E R E D P U B L I C A C C O U N T I N G F I R M

Board of Directors and Shareholders
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

We have audited Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Statement of Financial Responsibility. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., and our report dated February 12, 2008, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Raleigh, North Carolina

February 12, 2008

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R E P O R T O F I N D E P E N D E N T R E G I S T E R E D P U B L I C A C C O U N T I N G F I R M

Board of Directors and Shareholders
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., at December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

As discussed in Note A to the consolidated financial statements, in 2007, the Corporation adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FAS 109. In 2006, the Corporation adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment; Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans; and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 04-06, Accounting for Stripping Costs in the Mining Industry.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 12, 2008, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Raleigh, North Carolina

February 12, 2008

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C O N S O L I D A T E D S T A T E M E N T S O F E A R N I N G S for years ended December 31



(add 000, except per share)	2007			2006			2005

Net Sales	$	1,967,612		$	1,929,666		$	1,728,977
Freight and delivery revenues		239,529			261,386			246,311

Total revenues		2,207,141			2,191,052			1,975,288

Cost of sales		1,396,649			1,404,373			1,300,042
Freight and delivery costs		239,529			261,386			246,311

Total cost of revenues		1,636,178			1,665,759			1,546,353

Gross Profit		570,963			525,293			428,935
Selling, general and administrative expenses		155,186			146,665			130,703
Research and development		869			736			662
Other operating (income) and expenses, net		(18,122	)		(12,657	)		(16,231	)

Earnings from Operations		433,030			390,549			313,801
Interest expense		60,893			40,359			42,597
Other nonoperating (income) and expenses, net		(6,443	)		(2,819	)		(1,483	)

Earnings from continuing operations before taxes on income		378,580			353,009			272,687
Taxes on income		116,073			107,632			74,225

Earnings from Continuing Operations		262,507			245,377			198,462
Gain (Loss) on discontinued operations, net of related tax expense (benefit) of $537, $185 and $(3,073), respectively		242			45			(5,796	)

Net Earnings	$	262,749		$	245,422		$	192,666

Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share
– Basic from continuing operations	$	6.15		$	5.40		$	4.26
– Discontinued operations		0.01			—			(0.12	)

	$	6.16		$	5.40		$	4.14


– Diluted from continuing operations	$	6.05		$	5.29		$	4.20
– Discontinued operations		0.01			—			(0.12	)

	$	6.06		$	5.29		$	4.08

Reconciliation of Denominators for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share Computations
– Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding		42,653			45,453			46,540
– Effect of dilutive employee and director awards		694			914			739

– Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding and assumed conversions		43,347			46,367			47,279

Cash Dividends Per Common Share	$	1.24		$	1.01		$	0.86

The notes on pages 13 to 35 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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C O N S O L I D A T E D B A L A N C E S H E E T S at December 31



Assets (add 000)	2007			2006

Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,038		$	32,282
Accounts receivable, net		245,838			242,399
Inventories, net		286,885			256,287
Current portion of notes receivable		2,078			2,521
Current deferred income tax benefits		44,285			25,317
Other current assets		26,886			33,548

Total Current Assets		626,010			592,354


Property, plant and equipment, net		1,433,553			1,295,491
Goodwill		574,667			570,538
Other intangibles, net		9,426			10,948
Noncurrent notes receivable		8,457			10,355
Other noncurrent assets		31,692			26,735

Total Assets	$	2,683,805		$	2,506,421

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity (add 000, except parenthetical share data)

Current Liabilities:
Bank overdraft	$	6,351		$	8,390
Accounts payable		86,868			85,237
Accrued salaries, benefits and payroll taxes		21,262			25,010
Pension and postretirement benefits		9,120			6,100
Accrued insurance and other taxes		25,123			32,297
Current maturities of long-term debt, commercial paper and line of credit		276,136			125,956
Settlement for repurchases of common stock		24,017			—
Other current liabilities		57,739			32,082

Total Current Liabilities		506,616			315,072


Long-term debt		848,186			579,308
Pension, postretirement and postemployment benefits		103,518			106,413
Noncurrent deferred income taxes		160,902			159,094
Other noncurrent liabilities		118,592			92,562

Total Liabilities		1,737,814			1,252,449

Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock ($0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 41,318,000 and 44,851,000 shares outstanding at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)		412			448
Preferred stock ($0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares outstanding)		—			—
Additional paid-in capital		50,955			147,491
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(37,032	)		(36,051	)
Retained earnings		931,656			1,142,084

Total Shareholders’ Equity		945,991			1,253,972

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,683,805		$	2,506,421

The notes on pages 13 to 35 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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C O N S O L I D A T E D S T A T E M E N T S O F C A S H F L O W S for years ended December 31


(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net earnings	$	262,749		$	245,422		$	192,666
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		150,338			141,429			138,251
Stock-based compensation expense		19,687			13,438			3,702
Gains on divestitures and sales of assets		(11,259	)		(7,960	)		(10,670	)
Deferred income taxes		8,741			17,156			5,711
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation transactions		(23,278	)		(17,467	)		15,337
Other items, net		(7,723	)		(4,872	)		(3,768	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
Accounts receivable, net		(3,315	)		(17,387	)		(5,424	)
Inventories, net		(31,514	)		(33,681	)		(10,952	)
Accounts payable		1,494			(8,208	)		3,621
Other assets and liabilities, net		29,648			10,322			(10,690	)

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities		395,568			338,192			317,784

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Additions to property, plant and equipment		(264,923	)		(265,976	)		(221,401	)
Acquisitions, net		(12,211	)		(3,036	)		(4,650	)
Proceeds from divestitures and sales of assets		21,107			30,589			37,582
Purchases of investments		—			––			(25,000	)
Proceeds from sales of investments		—			25,000			—
Railcar construction advances		—			(32,077	)		––
Repayments of railcar construction advances		—			32,077			––
Other investing activities, net		—			––			(400	)

Net Cash Used for Investing Activities		(256,027	)		(213,423	)		(213,869	)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Borrowings of long-term debt		471,990			––			—
Repayments of long-term debt		(125,342	)		(415	)		(532	)
Borrowings on commercial paper and line of credit, net		71,463			537			—
Debt issuance costs		(807	)		––			—
Change in bank overdraft		(2,039	)		1,100			(2,237	)
Termination of interest rate swaps		—			––			(467	)
Payments on capital lease obligations		(177	)		(147	)		(80	)
Dividends paid		(53,610	)		(46,421	)		(39,953	)
Repurchases of common stock		(551,164	)		(172,888	)		(178,787	)
Issuances of common stock		14,623			31,535			33,266
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation transactions		23,278			17,467			—

Net Cash Used for Financing Activities		(151,785	)		(169,232	)		(188,790	)

Net Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents		(12,244	)		(44,463	)		(84,875	)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, beginning of year		32,282			76,745			161,620

Cash and Cash Equivalents, end of year	$	20,038		$	32,282		$	76,745


Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest	$	64,034		$	46,976		$	46,711
Cash paid for income taxes	$	69,737		$	77,777		$	66,106

The notes on pages 13 to 35 are an integral part of these financial statements.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page eleven*

C O N S O L I D A T E D S T A T E M E N T S O F S H A R E H O L D E R S ’ E Q U I T Y


	Shares of									Accumulated Other						Total
	Common			Common			Additional			Comprehensive			Retained			Shareholders’
(add 000)	Stock			Stock			Paid-In Capital⁽²⁾			Earnings (Loss)			Earnings			Equity

Balance at December 31, 2004		47,306		$	472		$	366,626		$	(8,970	)	$	795,299		$	1,153,427

Net earnings		—			—			—			—			192,666			192,666
Minimum pension liability, net of tax benefit of $4,157		—			—			—			(6,355	)		—			(6,355	)
Comprehensive earnings																	186,311

Dividends declared		—			—			—			—			(39,953	)		(39,953	)
Issuances of common stock for stock award plans		1,079			11			49,459			—			—			49,470
Repurchases of common stock		(2,658	)		(26	)		(175,544	)		—			—			(175,570	)


Balance at December 31, 2005		45,727			457			240,541			(15,325	)		948,012			1,173,685
Write off of capitalized stripping costs, net of tax		—			—			—			—			(4,929	)		(4,929	)
Reclassification of stock-based compensation liabilities to share- holders’ equity for FAS 123(R) adoption		—			—			12,339			—			—			12,339

Net earnings		—			—			—			—			245,422			245,422
Minimum pension liability, net of tax benefit of $1,013		—			—			—			(1,548	)		—			(1,548	)
Foreign currency translation gain		—			—			—			2,419			—			2,419
Change in fair value of forward starting interest rate swap agreements, net of tax benefit of $772		—			—			—			(1,179	)		—			(1,179	)
Comprehensive earnings																	245,114

Reclassifications of unrecognized actuarial losses, prior service costs and transition assets for FAS 158 adoption, net of tax benefit of $13,359		—			—			—			(20,418	)		—			(20,418	)
Dividends declared		—			—			—			—			(46,421	)		(46,421	)
Issuances of common stock for stock award plans		998			10			54,042			—			—			54,052
Repurchases of common stock		(1,874	)		(19	)		(172,869	)		—			—			(172,888	)
Stock-based compensation expense		—			—			13,438			—			—			13,438


Balance at December 31, 2006		44,851			448			147,491			(36,051	)		1,142,084			1,253,972
Increase in reserves for uncertain tax positions for FIN 48 adoption		—			—			—			—			(1,407	)		(1,407	)

Net earnings		—			—			—			—			262,749			262,749
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial losses, prior service costs and transition assets related to pension and post- retirement benefits, net of tax benefit of $1,085 and minority interest of $82		—			—			—			(1,592	)		—			(1,592	)
Foreign currency translation gain		—			—			—			3,831			—			3,831
Change in fair value of forward starting interest rate swap agreements, net of tax benefit of $2,106		—			—			—			(3,220	)		—			(3,220	)
Comprehensive earnings																	261,768

Dividends declared		—			—			—			—			(53,610	)		(53,610	)
Issuances of common stock for stock award plans		656			6			40,756			—			—			40,762
Repurchases of common stock⁽¹⁾		(4,189	)		(42	)		(156,979	)		—			(418,160	)		(575,181	)
Stock-based compensation expense		—			—			19,687			—			—			19,687


Balance at December 31, 2007		41,318		$	412		$	50,955		$	(37,032	)	$	931,656		$	945,991


(1)		Repurchases of common stock in excess of the value of additional paid-in capital were recorded against retained earnings.

(2)		Additional paid-in capital at December 31, 2007 represents the pool of excess tax benefits.

The notes on pages 13 to 35 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S

Note A: Accounting Policies

Organization. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., (the “Corporation”) is engaged principally in the construction aggregates business. The Corporation’s aggregates products, which include crushed stone, sand and gravel, are used primarily for construction of highways and other infrastructure projects, and in the domestic commercial and residential construction industries. Aggregates products are also used in the railroad, environmental and agricultural industries. These aggregates products, along with asphalt products, ready mixed concrete and road paving materials, are sold and shipped from a network of 287 quarries, distribution facilities and plants to customers in 31 states, Canada, the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands. The Aggregates Business contains the following reportable segments: Mideast Group, Southeast Group and West Group. The Mideast Group operates primarily in Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. The Southeast Group has operations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Nova Scotia and the Bahamas. The West Group operates in Arkansas, California, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The following states account for approximately 61% of the Aggregates Business’ 2007 net sales: North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina.

In addition to the Aggregates Business, the Corporation has a Specialty Products segment that produces magnesia-based chemicals products used in industrial, agricultural and environmental applications; dolomitic lime sold primarily to customers in the steel industry; and structural composite products.

Basis of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Corporation and its wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. Partially owned affiliates are either consolidated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, or accounted for at cost or as equity investments depending on the level of ownership interest or the Corporation’s ability to exercise control over the affiliates’ operations. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Corporation is a minority member of a limited liability company whereby the majority member is paid a preferred annual return. The Corporation has the ability to redeem the majority member’s interest after the lapse of a specified number of years. The Corporation consolidates the limited liability company in its consolidated financial statements.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions. Such judgments affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition. Revenues for product sales are recognized when risks associated with ownership have passed to unaffiliated customers. Typically, this occurs when finished products are shipped. Revenues derived from the road paving business are recognized using the percentage completion method. Total revenues include sales of materials and services provided to customers, net of discounts or allowances, if any, and include freight and delivery charges billed to customers.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash equivalents are comprised of highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase. Additionally, at December 31, 2007, cash in the amount of $1,132,000 was held in an unrestricted escrow account on behalf of the Corporation and was reported in other noncurrent assets. No cash was held in an unrestricted escrow account at December 31, 2006.

Customer Receivables. Customer receivables are stated at cost. The Corporation does not charge interest on customer accounts receivable. The Corporation records an allowance for doubtful accounts, which includes a general reserve based on historical write offs and a specific reserve for accounts greater than $50,000 deemed at risk. The Corporation writes off customer receivables as bad debt expense when it becomes apparent based upon customer facts and circumstances that such amounts will not be collected.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page thirteen*

N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S ( C O N T I N U E D )

Inventories Valuation. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost for finished products and in process inventories is determined by the first-in, first-out method.

Post-production stripping costs, which represent costs of removing overburden and waste materials to access mineral deposits, are recorded as a component of inventory and recognized in cost of sales in the same period as the revenue from the sale of the inventory.

Notes Receivable. Notes receivable are stated at cost. The Corporation records an allowance for notes receivable deemed uncollectible. At December 31, 2007, there were no notes receivable deemed at risk. At December 31, 2006, the allowance for uncollectible notes receivable was $853,000.

Properties and Depreciation. Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. The estimated service lives for property, plant and equipment are as follows:


Class of Assets		Range of Service Lives
Buildings		1 to 50 years
Machinery & Equipment		1 to 35 years
Land Improvements		1 to 30 years

The Corporation begins capitalizing quarry development costs at a point when reserves are determined to be proven and probable, when economically mineable, as determined by the Corporation’s geological and operational staff, and when demand supports investment in the market. Capitalization of these costs ceases when production commences. Quarry development costs are classified as mineral reserves.

Mineral reserves are valued at the present value of royalty payments, using a prevailing market royalty rate that would have been incurred if the Corporation had leased the reserves as opposed to fee-ownership for the life of the reserves, not to exceed twenty years.

Depreciation is computed over estimated service lives, principally by the straight-line method. Depletion of mineral deposits is calculated over proven and probable reserves by the units-of-production method on a quarry-by-quarry basis. Amortization of assets recorded under capital leases is computed using the straight-line method over the lesser of the life of the lease or the assets’ useful lives.

Repair and Maintenance Costs. Repair and maintenance costs that do not substantially extend the life of the Corporation’s plant and equipment are expensed as incurred.

Intangible Assets. Goodwill represents the excess purchase price paid for acquired businesses over the estimated fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities. The carrying value of goodwill is reviewed annually, as of October 1, for impairment in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“FAS 142”). An interim review is performed between annual tests if facts or circumstances indicate potential impairment. If an impairment review indicates that the carrying value is impaired, a charge is recorded.

The Corporation’s reporting units, which represent the level at which goodwill is tested for impairment under FAS 142, are based on its geographic regions. Goodwill is allocated to the reporting units based on the location of acquisitions and divestitures at the time of consummation.

In accordance with FAS 142, leased mineral rights acquired in a business combination that have a royalty rate less than a prevailing market rate are recognized as other intangible assets. The leased mineral rights are valued at the present value of the difference between the market royalty rate and the contractual royalty rate over the lesser of the life of the lease, not to exceed thirty years, or the amount of economically mineable reserves.

Other intangibles represent amounts assigned principally to contractual agreements and are amortized ratably over periods based on related contractual terms. The carrying value of other intangibles is reviewed if facts and circumstances indicate potential impairment. If this review determines that the carrying value is impaired, a charge is recorded.

Derivatives. The Corporation records derivative instruments at fair value on its consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Corporation’s derivatives were forward starting interest rate swaps, which represent cash flow hedges. The Corporation’s objective for holding these derivatives is to lock in the interest rate related to



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*	*page fourteen*

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a portion of the Corporation’s anticipated refinancing of Notes due in 2008. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“FAS 133”), the fair values of these hedges are recorded as other assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet and changes in the fair value are recorded, net of tax, directly in shareholders’ equity as other comprehensive earnings or loss. The changes in fair value recorded as other comprehensive earnings or loss will be charged or credited to earnings in the same periods as interest expense is incurred on the anticipated debt issuance.

Retirement Plans and Postretirement Benefits. The Corporation sponsors defined benefit retirement plans and also provides other postretirement benefits. The Corporation’s defined benefit retirement plans comply with the following principal standards: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Code, determines legal minimum and maximum deductible funding requirements; and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions (“FAS 87”), which specifies that certain key actuarial assumptions be adjusted annually to reflect current, rather than long-term, trends in the economy. The Corporation’s other postretirement benefits comply with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106, Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions (“FAS 106”), which requires the cost of providing postretirement benefits to be recognized over an employee’s service period. Further, the Corporation’s defined benefit retirement plans and other postretirement benefits comply with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 132(R), Employers’ Disclosures About Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (“FAS 132(R)”), as revised, which establishes rules for financial reporting, and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FAS 87, 88, 106 and 132(R) (“FAS 158”).

In accordance with FAS 158, the Corporation recognizes the funded status, defined as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation, of its

pension plans and other postretirement benefits as an asset or liability in the consolidated balance sheet, with a corresponding adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive earnings or loss, net of tax. The adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive earnings or loss upon adoption of FAS 158 represents the net unrecognized actuarial gains or losses, any unrecognized prior service costs and any unrecognized transition obligations remaining from the initial adoption of FAS 87 and FAS 106, all of which were previously netted against a plan’s funded status in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheet pursuant to the provisions of FAS 87 and FAS 106. These amounts will subsequently be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost pursuant to the Corporation’s historical accounting policy for amortizing such amounts. Further, actuarial gains or losses that arise in subsequent periods are not recognized as net periodic benefit cost in the same periods, but rather will be recognized as a component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings or loss. Those amounts will be subsequently amortized and recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost. Finally, FAS 158 requires an employer to measure plan assets and benefit obligations as of the date of the employer’s balance sheet. The measurement date requirement is effective for the year ending December 31, 2008. The Corporation currently uses an annual measurement date of November 30. Management is in the process of evaluating the measurement date transition provisions prescribed by FAS 158 and believes that the change to a December 31 measurement date will not have a material adverse effect on the Corporation’s financial position, but there can be no assurance.

Stock-Based Compensation. The Corporation has stock-based compensation plans for employees and directors. Effective January 1, 2006, the Corporation adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (“FAS 123(R)”) to account for these plans. FAS 123(R) requires all forms of share-based payments to employees, including stock options, to be recognized as compensation expense. The compensation expense is the fair value of the awards at the measurement date. Further, FAS 123(R) requires compensation cost to be recognized over the requisite service period for all awards granted subsequent to adoption. As



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required by FAS 123(R), the Corporation continues to recognize compensation cost over the explicit vesting period for all unvested awards as of January 1, 2006, with acceleration for any remaining unrecognized compensation cost if an employee retires prior to the end of the vesting period.

The Corporation adopted the provisions of FAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method, which recognizes stock option awards as compensation expense for unvested awards as of January 1, 2006 and awards granted or modified subsequent to that date. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, the Corporation’s consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2005 have not been restated and do not include the impact of FAS 123(R).

Under FAS 123(R), an entity may elect either the accelerated expense recognition method or a straight-line recognition method for awards subject to graded vesting based on a service condition. The Corporation elected to use the accelerated expense recognition method for stock options issued to employees. The accelerated recognition method requires stock options that vest ratably to be divided into tranches. The expense for each tranche is allocated to its particular vesting period.

FAS 123(R) did not change the Corporation’s accounting for stock-based compensation related to restricted stock awards, incentive compensation awards and directors’ fees paid in the form of common stock. The Corporation continues to expense the fair value of these awards based on the closing price of the Corporation’s common stock on the awards’ respective grant dates.

Furthermore, FAS 123(R) requires tax benefits attributable to stock-based compensation transactions to be classified as financing cash flows. Prior to the adoption of FAS 123(R), the Corporation presented excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation transactions as an operating cash flow on its consolidated statements of cash flows.

Prior to January 1, 2006, the Corporation accounted for its stock-based compensation plans under the intrinsic value method prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and Related Interpretations.

As the Corporation granted stock options with an exercise price equal to the market value of the stock on the date of grant, no compensation cost for stock options granted was recognized in net earnings as reported in the consolidated statements of earnings prior to adopting FAS 123(R). The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings and earnings per share if the Corporation had applied the fair value recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation:


year ended December 31
(add 000, except per share)	2005

Net earnings, as reported	$	192,666
Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net earnings, net of related tax effects		2,147
Deduct: Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value for all awards, net of related tax effects		(5,525	)

Pro forma net earnings	$	189,288


Earnings per share:
Basic-as reported	$	4.14

Basic-pro forma	$	4.07


Diluted-as reported	$	4.08

Diluted-pro forma	$	4.00

The Corporation uses the lattice valuation model to determine the fair value of stock option awards granted under the Corporation’s stock-based compensation plans. The lattice valuation model takes into account employees’ exercise patterns based on changes in the Corporation’s stock price and other variables and is considered to result in a more accurate valuation of employee stock options. The period of time for which options are expected to be outstanding, or expected term of the option, is a derived output of the lattice valuation model. The Corporation considers the following factors when estimating the expected term of options: vesting period of the award, expected volatility of the underlying stock, employees’ ages and external data. Other key assumptions used in determining the fair value of the stock options awarded in 2007, 2006 and 2005 were:


	2007			2006			2005

Risk-free interest rate		4.74	%		4.92	%		3.80	%
Dividend yield		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.60	%
Volatility factor		31.00	%		31.20	%		30.80	%
Expected term	6.9 years			6.9 years			6.3 years



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Based on these assumptions, the weighted-average fair value of each stock option granted was $55.94, $33.21 and $18.72 for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

The risk-free interest rate reflects the interest rate on zero-coupon U.S. government bonds available at the time each option was granted having a remaining life approximately equal to the option’s expected life. The dividend yield represents the dividend rate expected to be paid over the option’s expected life and is based on the Corporation’s historical dividend payments and targeted dividend pattern. The Corporation’s volatility factor measures the amount by which its stock price is expected to fluctuate during the expected life of the option and is based on historical stock price changes. Additionally, FAS 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Corporation estimates forfeitures and will ultimately recognize compensation cost only for those stock-based awards that vest.

Environmental Matters. The Corporation accounts for asset retirement obligations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations (“FAS 143”) and Related Interpretations. In accordance with FAS 143, a liability for an asset retirement obligation is recorded at fair value in the period in which it is incurred. The asset retirement obligation is recorded at the acquisition date of a long-lived tangible asset if the fair value can be reasonably estimated. A corresponding amount is capitalized as part of the asset’s carrying amount.

Further, the Corporation records an accrual for other environmental remediation liabilities in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the appropriate amounts can be estimated reasonably. Such accruals are adjusted as further information develops or circumstances change. These costs are not discounted to their present value or offset for potential insurance or other claims or potential gains from future alternative uses for a site.

Income Taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets

and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, net of valuation allowances.

Uncertain Tax Positions. Effective January 1, 2007, the Corporation adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FAS 109 (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 requires the recognition of a tax benefit when it is “more-likely-than-not,” based on the technical merits, that the position would be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority. The amount to be recognized should be measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information.

In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, the Corporation increased its reserves for uncertain tax positions and reduced retained earnings at January 1, 2007 by $1,407,000, primarily as a result of providing interest accruals on uncertain temporary tax positions related to temporary or timing differences.

The Corporation records interest accrued in relation to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. Penalties, if incurred, are recorded as operating expenses in the consolidated statement of earnings. At December 31, 2007, accrued interest of $2,848,000, net of tax benefits of $1,863,000, was recorded as a current FIN 48 liability in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheet.

Sales Taxes. Sales taxes collected from customers are recorded as liabilities until remitted to taxing authorities and therefore are not reflected in the consolidated statements of earnings.

Research and Development Costs. Research and development costs are charged to operations as incurred.

Start-Up Costs. Noncapital start-up costs for new facilities and products are charged to operations as incurred.

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forward starting interest rate swap agreements, the amortization of unrecognized amounts related to pension and postretirement benefits and, for years prior to 2006, adjustments to the minimum pension liability.

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, which is included in the Corporation’s consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity, consist of the following at December 31:


(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Unrecognized amounts related to pension and postretirement benefits, net of minority interest	$	(38,883	)	$	(37,291	)	$	–
Foreign currency translation gains		6,250			2,419			–
Changes in fair value of forward starting interest rate swap agreements		(4,399	)		(1,179	)		–
Minimum pension liability		–			–			(15,325	)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(37,032	)	$	(36,051	)	$	(15,325	)

Unrecognized amounts related to pension and postretirement benefits, net of minority interest, at December 31, 2007 and 2006 are net of cumulative noncurrent deferred tax assets of $25,484,000 and $24,399,000, respectively. Changes in fair value of forward starting interest rate swap agreements at December 31, 2007 and 2006 are net of cumulative noncurrent deferred tax assets of $2,878,000 and $772,000, respectively. The minimum pension liability at December 31, 2005 is net of cumulative deferred tax assets of $10,027,000.

Earnings Per Common Share. Basic earnings per common share are based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per common share are computed assuming that the weighted-average number of common shares is increased by the conversion, using the treasury stock method, of awards to be issued to employees and nonemployee members of the Corporation’s Board of Directors under certain stock-based compensation arrangements. The diluted per-share computations reflect a change in the number of common shares outstanding (the “denominator”) to include the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding if the potentially dilutive common shares had been issued. For each year presented

in the Corporation’s consolidated statements of earnings, the net earnings available to common shareholders (the “numerator”) is the same for both basic and dilutive per-share computations.

Accounting Changes. In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework and expands disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. FAS 157 applies to all accounting pronouncements that require fair value measurements, except for the measurement of share-based payments. FAS 157 is effective January 1, 2008 for the Corporation. Additionally, in February 2008, the FASB issued a statement of position delaying the effective date for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities by one year, or January 1, 2009.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“FAS 141(R)”), along with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB 51 (“FAS 160”). FAS 141(R) requires recognizing the full fair value of all assets acquired, liabilities assumed and noncontrolling minority interests in acquisitions of less than a 100% controlling interest; expensing all acquisition-related transaction and restructuring costs; capitalizing in-process research and development assets acquired; and recognizing contingent consideration obligations and contingent gains acquired and contingent losses assumed. FAS 160 requires the classification of noncontrolling interests as a separate component of shareholders’ equity and net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests as a separate line item on the face of the income statement. FAS 141(R) and FAS 160 require prospective application for all business combinations with acquisition dates on or after the effective date, which is January 1, 2009 for the Corporation. FAS 160 also requires retrospective application of its disclosure and presentation requirements for all periods presented. At December 31, 2007, the Corporation had minority interests of $45,997,000.



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Note B: Intangible Assets

The following table shows the changes in goodwill, all of which relate to the Aggregates Business, by reportable segment and in total for the years ended December 31:



	Mideast		Southeast			West
	Group		Group			Group			Total
(add 000)	2007

Balance at beginning of period	$	106,757	$	60,494		$	403,287		$	570,538
Acquisitions		—		—			5,132			5,132
Amounts allocated to divestitures		—		—			(1,003	)		(1,003	)
Transfer of South Carolina District		9,229		(9,229	)		—			—

Balance at end of period	$	115,986	$	51,265		$	407,416		$	574,667


(add 000)	2006

Balance at beginning of period	$	106,757	$	60,494		$	402,012		$	569,263
Acquisitions		—		—			202			202
Adjustments to purchase price allocations		—		—			1,998			1,998
Amounts allocated to divestitures		—		—			(925	)		(925	)

Balance at end of period	$	106,757	$	60,494		$	403,287		$	570,538

Intangible assets subject to amortization consist of the following at December 31:



	Gross		Accumulated			Net
	Amount		Amortization			Balance
(add 000)	2007

Noncompetition agreements	$	16,535	$	(13,174	)	$	3,361
Trade names		1,300		(1,192	)		108
Use rights and other		10,207		(4,450	)		5,757

Total	$	28,042	$	(18,816	)	$	9,226


	2006

Noncompetition agreements	$	16,110	$	(12,033	)	$	4,077
Trade names		1,300		(1,006	)		294
Supply agreements		900		(872	)		28
Use rights and other		13,108		(6,759	)		6,349

Total	$	31,418	$	(20,670	)	$	10,748

During 2007, the Corporation acquired $425,000 of other intangibles, consisting of noncompete agreements, which are subject to amortization. The weighted-average amortization period for these agreements was 5 years. During 2006, the Corporation did not acquire any additional intangible assets.

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Corporation had water use rights of $200,000 that are deemed to have an indefinite life and are not being amortized.

During 2006, the Corporation wrote off a licensing agreement related to its structural composites product line, as the asset had no future use to the Corporation. The write off, which was included in cost of sales on the consolidated statement of earnings, reduced net earnings by approximately $460,000, or $0.01 per diluted share.

Total amortization expense for intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $1,947,000, $3,858,000 and $3,964,000, respectively.

The estimated amortization expense for intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:


(add 000)

2008	$	1,441
2009		1,119
2010		1,009
2011		1,009
2012		929
Thereafter		3,719

Total	$	9,226

Note C: Divestitures

In 2007, the Corporation disposed of or permanently shut down certain underperforming operations in the following markets of the Aggregates business:


Reportable Segment		Markets

Mideast Group		Indiana and West Virginia
Southeast Group		Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi
West Group		Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma

These divestitures represent discontinued operations, and, therefore, the results of their operations through the dates of disposal and any gain or loss on disposals are included in discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of earnings.

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The discontinued operations included the following net sales, pretax loss on operations, pretax gain or loss on disposals, income tax expense or benefit and overall net earnings or loss:


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Net sales	$	6,256		$	17,427		$	32,644


Pretax loss on operations	$	(1,966	)	$	(2,825	)	$	(8,423	)
Pretax gain (loss) on disposals		2,745			3,055			(446	)

Pretax gain (loss)		779			230			(8,869	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		537			185			(3,073	)

Net earnings (loss)	$	242		$	45		$	(5,796	)


Note D: Accounts Receivable, Net
December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Customer receivables	$	244,611		$	242,497
Other current receivables		4,888			4,807

		249,499			247,304
Less allowances		(3,661	)		(4,905	)

Total	$	245,838		$	242,399


Note E: Inventories, Net
December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Finished products	$	244,568		$	213,302
Products in process and raw materials		18,642			19,271
Supplies and expendable parts		42,811			37,935

		306,021			270,508
Less allowances		(19,136	)		(14,221	)

Total	$	286,885		$	256,287

During 2006 and 2005, the Corporation reserved certain inventories related to its structural composites product line. The charges reduced net earnings by approximately $664,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, for 2006, and approximately $2,877,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, for 2005.


Note F: Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Land and improvements	$	430,697		$	379,925
Mineral reserves		191,415			186,001
Buildings		95,071			93,310
Machinery and equipment		2,126,110			2,000,880
Construction in progress		135,068			79,211

		2,978,361			2,739,327
Less allowances for depreciation, depletion and amortization		(1,544,808	)		(1,443,836	)

Total	$	1,433,553		$	1,295,491

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the net carrying value of mineral reserves was $135,327,000 and $131,249,000, respectively.

The gross asset values and related accumulated amortization for machinery and equipment recorded under capital leases at December 31 were as follows:


(add 000)	2007			2006

Machinery and equipment under capital leases	$	1,014		$	1,014
Less accumulated amortization		(403	)		(231	)

Total	$	611		$	783

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense related to property, plant and equipment was $147,427,000, $136,866,000 and $133,593,000 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Interest cost of $3,873,000, $5,420,000 and $3,045,000 was capitalized during 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, $82,365,000 and $80,887,000, respectively, of the Corporation’s net fixed assets were located in foreign countries, namely the Bahamas and Canada.


Note G: Long-Term Debt
December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

6.875% Notes, due 2011	$	249,860		$	249,829
5.875% Notes, due 2008		202,066			204,224
6.9% Notes, due 2007		—			124,995
7% Debentures, due 2025		124,331			124,312
6.25% Senior Notes, due 2037		247,795			—
Floating rate Senior Notes, due 2010, interest rate of 5.51%		224,388			—
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 5.34%		72,000			—
Line of credit, interest rate of 5.83%		—			537
Acquisition notes, interest rates ranging from 2.11% to 8.00%		662			702
Other notes		3,220			665

Total		1,124,322			705,264
Less current maturities		(276,136	)		(125,956	)

Long-term debt	$	848,186		$	579,308

On April 25, 2007, the Corporation issued $250,000,000 of 6.25% Senior Notes due in 2037 and $225,000,000 of Floating Rate Senior Notes due in 2010 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”). The 6.25% Senior Notes may be

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redeemed in whole or in part prior to their maturity at a “make whole” redemption price. The Floating Rate Senior Notes bear interest at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR (5.36% at December 31, 2007) plus 0.15% and may not be redeemed prior to maturity. Upon a change of control repurchase event or a downgrade in its credit ratings, the Corporation will be required to make an offer to repurchase all outstanding Senior Notes at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the purchase date.

All Notes, Debentures and Senior Notes are carried net of original issue discount, which is being amortized by the effective interest method over the life of the issue. Except for the Senior Notes, none are redeemable prior to their respective maturity dates. The principal amount, effective interest rate and maturity date for the Corporation’s Notes, Debentures and Senior Notes are as follows:


	Principal
	Amount		Effective			Maturity
	(add 000)		Interest Rate			Date

6.875% Notes	$	249,975		6.98	%	April 1,2011
5.875% Notes	$	200,000		6.03	%	December 1, 2008
7% Debentures	$	125,000		7.12	%	December 1, 2025
6.25% Senior Notes	$	250,000		6.45	%	April 30, 2037
Floating Rate Senior Notes	$	225,000		5.65	%	April 30, 2010

The Corporation repaid its $125,000,000 6.9% Notes that matured in August 2007 with proceeds from the April 2007 sale of the Senior Notes and issuances of commercial paper.

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the unamortized value of terminated interest rate swaps was $2,187,000 and $4,469,000, respectively, and was included in the carrying values of the Notes due in 2008. The accretion of the unamortized value of terminated swaps will decrease 2008 interest expense by $2,187,000, at which time the 5.875% Notes will mature.

In September 2006, the Corporation entered into two forward starting interest rate swap agreements (the “Swap Agreements”) with a total notional amount of $150,000,000. Each of the two Swap Agreements covers $75,000,000 of principal. The Swap Agreements locked in at 5.42% the interest rate relative to LIBOR related to

$150,000,000 of the Corporation’s anticipated refinancing of its $200,000,000 5.875% Notes due in 2008. Each of the Swap Agreements provides for a single payment at its mandatory termination date, December 1, 2008. If the LIBOR swap rate increases above 5.42% at the mandatory termination date, the Corporation will receive a payment from each of the counterparties based on the notional amount of each agreement over an assumed 10-year period. If the LIBOR swap rate falls below 5.42% at the mandatory termination date, the Corporation will be obligated to make a payment to each of the counterparties on the same basis. In accordance with FAS 133, the fair values of the Swap Agreements are recorded as an asset or liability in the consolidated balance sheets. The change in fair value is recorded, net of tax, directly in shareholders’ equity as other comprehensive earnings/ loss. At December 31, 2007, the fair value of the Swap Agreements was a liability of $7,277,000 and was included in other current liabilities in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2006, the $1,951,000 fair value of the Swap Agreements was recorded in other noncurrent liabilities. Other comprehensive earnings/ loss for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 included a loss of $3,220,000 (net of a deferred tax asset of $2,106,000) and $1,179,000 (net of a deferred tax asset of $772,000), respectively, for the change in fair value of the Swap Agreements.

The Corporation has a $250,000,000 five-year revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), which is syndicated with a group of domestic and foreign commercial banks and expires on June 30, 2011. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are unsecured and bear interest, at the Corporation’s option, at rates based upon: (1) the Eurodollar rate (as defined on the basis of LIBOR) plus basis points related to a pricing grid; (ii) a bank base rate (as defined on the basis of a published prime rate or the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%); or (iii) a competitively determined rate (as defined on the basis of a bidding process). The Credit Agreement contains restrictive covenants relating to the Corporation’s debt-to-capitalization ratio, requirements for limitations on encumbrances and provisions that relate to certain changes in control.

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On April 17, 2007, the Corporation entered into an amendment of the Credit Agreement, which modified the leverage ratio covenant in the agreement. As modified, the covenant requires the Corporation’s ratio of consolidated debt to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization (EBITDA), as defined, for the trailing twelve months (the “Ratio”) to not exceed 2.75 to 1.00 as of the end of any fiscal quarter. Furthermore, the covenant allows the Ratio to exclude debt incurred in connection with an acquisition for a period of 180 days, provided that the Ratio does not exceed 3.25 to 1.00. The Corporation was in compliance with the Ratio at December 31, 2007.

Available borrowings under the Credit Agreement are reduced by any outstanding letters of credit issued by the Corporation under the Credit Agreement. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Corporation had $1,650,000 of outstanding letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement. The Corporation pays an annual loan commitment fee to the bank group. No borrowings were outstanding under the Credit Agreement at December 31, 2007 and 2006.

The Credit Agreement supports a $250,000,000 commercial paper program, of which $72,000,000 was outstanding at December 31, 2007. No borrowings were outstanding under the commercial paper program at December 31, 2006.

At December 31, 2006, $537,000 was outstanding under a $10,000,000 short-term line of credit. No amounts were outstanding under this line of credit at December 31, 2007.

Excluding the unamortized value of the terminated interest rate swaps, the Corporation’s long-term debt maturities for the five years following December 31, 2007, and thereafter are:


(add 000)

2008	$	273,949
2009		217
2010		224,606
2011		250,081
2012		224
Thereafter		373,058

Total	$	1,122,135

Note H: Financial Instruments

In addition to publicly registered long-term notes and debentures and the Swap Agreements, the Corporation’s financial instruments include temporary cash investments, accounts receivable, notes receivable, bank overdraft and other long-term debt.

Temporary cash investments are placed with creditworthy financial institutions, primarily in money market funds and Euro-time deposits. The Corporation’s cash equivalents have maturities of less than three months. Due to the short maturity of these investments, they are carried on the consolidated balance sheets at cost, which approximates fair value.

Customer receivables are due from a large number of customers, primarily in the construction industry, and are dispersed across wide geographic and economic regions. However, customer receivables are more heavily concentrated in certain states (see Note A). The estimated fair values of customer receivables approximate their carrying amounts.

Notes receivable are primarily related to divestitures and are not publicly traded. However, using current market interest rates, but excluding adjustments for credit worthiness, if any, management estimates that the fair value of notes receivable approximates its carrying amount.

The bank overdraft represents the float of outstanding checks. The estimated fair value of the bank overdraft approximates its carrying value.

The estimated fair value of the Corporation’s publicly registered long-term notes and debentures at December 31, 2007 was approximately $1,050,141,000, compared with a carrying amount of $1,046,253,000 on the consolidated balance sheet. The estimated fair value and carrying amount exclude the impact of interest rate swaps. The fair value of this long-term debt was estimated based on quoted market prices. The estimated fair value of other borrowings of $75,882,000 at December 31, 2007 approximates its carrying amount.

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The carrying values and fair values of the Corporation’s financial instruments at December 31 are as follows:


	2007

(add 000)	Carrying Value		Fair Value

Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,038	$	20,038
Accounts receivable, net	$	245,838	$	245,838
Notes receivable, net	$	10,535	$	10,535
Bank overdraft	$	6,351	$	6,351
Long-term debt, excluding interest rate swaps	$	1,122,135	$	1,126,023
Forward starting interest rate swap agreement liabilities	$	7,277	$	7,277

	2006

(add 000)	Carrying Value		Fair Value

Cash and cash equivalents	$	32,282	$	32,282
Accounts receivable, net	$	242,399	$	242,399
Notes receivable, net	$	12,876	$	12,876
Bank overdraft	$	8,390	$	8,390
Long-term debt, excluding interest rate swaps	$	700,795	$	724,123
Forward starting interest rate swap agreement liabilities	$	1,951	$	1,951

Note I: Income Taxes

The components of the Corporation’s tax expense (benefit) on income from continuing operations are as follow:


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006		2005

Federal income taxes:
Current	$	96,509		$	80,520	$	55,505
Deferred		4,416			12,767		7,610

Total federal income taxes		100,925			93,287		63,115

State income taxes:
Current		14,144			9,627		12,175
Deferred		796			3,996		(1,874	)

Total state income taxes		14,940			13,623		10,301

Foreign income taxes:
Current		(14	)		669		788
Deferred		222			53		21

Total foreign income taxes		208			722		809

Total provision	$	116,073		$	107,632	$	74,225

For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, income tax benefits attributable to stock-based compensation transactions that were recorded to shareholders’ equity amounted to $27,209,000, $24,112,000 and $15,337,000, respectively.

The Corporation’s effective income tax rate on continuing operations varied from the statutory United States income tax rate because of the following permanent tax differences:


years ended December 31	2007			2006			2005

Statutory tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
Increase (reduction) resulting from:
Effect of statutory depletion		(6.3	)		(6.4	)		(8.3	)
State income taxes		2.0			1.9			2.1
Other items		—			—			(1.6	)

Effective tax rate		30.7	%		30.5	%		27.2	%

The principal components of the Corporation’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31 are as follows:


	Deferred Assets
	(Liabilities)
(add 000)	2007			2006

Property, plant and equipment	$	(192,404	)	$	(187,913	)
Goodwill and other intangibles		(33,631	)		(24,725	)
Employee benefits		43,918			37,426
Valuation and other reserves		12,201			11,854
Inventories		29,580			4,966
Net operating loss carryforwards		7,866			7,194
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets		(7,405	)		(6,821	)
Other items, net		(5,104	)		(929	)

Total	$	(144,979	)	$	(158,948	)

Additionally, the Corporation had a net deferred tax asset of $28,362,000 and $25,171,000 for certain items recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Deferred tax liabilities for property, plant and equipment result from accelerated depreciation methods being used for income tax purposes as compared with the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes.

Deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and other intangibles reflect the cessation of goodwill amortization for financial reporting purposes pursuant to FAS 142, while amortization continues for income tax purposes.

Deferred tax assets for employee benefits result from the timing differences of the deductions for pension and postretirement obligations and stock-based compensation transactions. For financial reporting purposes, such amounts are expensed in accordance with FAS 87 and FAS 123(R), respectively. For income tax purposes,

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amounts related to pension and postretirement obligations are deductible as funded. Amounts related to stock-based compensation transactions are deductible for income tax purposes upon vesting or exercise of the underlying award.

The Corporation had state net operating loss carryforwards of $117,832,000 and $112,720,000 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These losses have various expiration dates. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, the deferred tax assets associated with these losses were $7,866,000 and $7,194,000, for which valuation allowances of $7,405,000 and $6,821,000 were recorded.

Effective January 1, 2007, the Corporation adopted FIN 48. The following table summarizes the Corporation’s FIN 48 unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and correlative effects, for the year ended December 31, 2007:


(add 000)

Unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2007	$	29,277
Gross increases — tax positions in prior years		9,954
Gross decreases — tax positions in prior years		(4,127	)
Gross increases — tax positions in current year		5,246
Settlements with taxing authorities		—
Lapse of statute of limitations		(8,929	)

Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2007	$	31,421

In addition to these gross unrecognized tax benefits, the Corporation’s FIN 48 liability also includes $447,000 of net federal tax benefits and other indirect benefits at December 31, 2007.

Unrecognized tax benefits of $8,074,000, net of federal tax benefits and related to interest accruals and permanent income tax differences, would favorably affect the Corporation’s effective tax rate if recognized.

The Corporation’s open tax years that are subject to examination are 2004 through 2007. The Internal Revenue Service is currently auditing the Corporation’s consolidated federal income tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004. The Corporation anticipates that it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefits may

significantly change within the next twelve months ended December 31, 2008 as a result of the settlement of the Internal Revenue Service audits for the 2004 and 2005 tax years. The Corporation estimates that these events could result in a reasonably possible change in unrecognized tax benefits ranging from $0 to $24,819,000.

Unrecognized tax benefits are reversed as a discrete event if an examination of applicable tax returns is not begun by a federal or state tax authority within the statute of limitations or upon effective settlement with federal or state tax authorities. Management believes these unrecognized tax benefits are sufficient to cover any uncertain tax positions reviewed during any audit by taxing authorities. For the year ended December 31, 2007, $4,781,000, or $0.11 per diluted share, was reversed into income when the statute of limitations for federal examination of the 2003 tax year expired. For the year ended December 31, 2006, $2,700,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, was reversed into income when the statute of limitations for federal examination of the 2002 tax year expired.

The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Act”) created a new tax deduction related to income from domestic (i.e., United States) production activities. This provision, when fully phased in, will permit a deduction equal to 9 percent of a company’s Qualified Production Activities Income (“QPAI”) or its taxable income, whichever is lower. The deduction is further limited to the lower of 50% of the W-2 wages attributable to domestic production activities paid by the Corporation during the year. QPAI includes, among other things, income from domestic manufacture, production, growth or extraction of tangible personal property. For 2005 and 2006, the deduction was equal to 3 percent of QPAI, increasing to 6 percent for 2007 through 2009, and reaching the full 9 percent deduction in 2010. The production deduction benefit of the legislation reduced income tax expense and increased net earnings by $4,644,000, or $0.11 per diluted share in 2007, $2,263,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, in 2006 and $2,300,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, in 2005.

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Note J: Retirement Plans, Postretirement and
Postemployment Benefits

The Corporation sponsors defined benefit retirement plans that cover substantially all employees. Additionally, the Corporation provides other postretirement benefits for certain employees, including medical benefits for retirees and their spouses, Medicare Part B reimbursement and retiree life insurance. The Corporation also provides certain benefits to former or inactive employees after employment but before retirement, such as workers’ compensation and disability benefits.

The measurement date for the Corporation’s defined benefit plans, postretirement benefit plans and postemployment benefit plans is November 30.

Defined Benefit Retirement Plans. The assets of the Corporation’s retirement plans are held in the Corporation’s Master Retirement Trust and are invested in listed stocks, bonds and cash equivalents. Defined retirement benefits for salaried employees are based on each employee’s years of service and average compensation for a specified period of time before retirement. Defined retirement benefits for hourly employees are generally stated amounts for specified periods of service.

The Corporation sponsors a Supplemental Excess Retirement Plan (“SERP”) that generally provides for the payment of retirement benefits in excess of allowable Internal Revenue Code limits. The SERP generally provides for a lump sum payment of vested benefits provided by the SERP. When these benefits payments exceed the sum of the service and interest costs for the SERP during a year, the Corporation recognizes a pro-rata portion of the SERP’s unrecognized actuarial loss as settlement expense.

The net periodic retirement benefit cost of defined benefit plans included the following components:


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Components of net periodic
benefit cost:
Service cost	$	12,363		$	12,225		$	10,878
Interest cost		19,741			18,112			16,472
Expected return on assets		(22,474	)		(19,638	)		(17,713	)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		679			742			662
Actuarial loss		4,473			2,860			2,100
Transition asset		(1	)		(1	)		(1	)
Settlement charge		742			—			—

Net periodic benefit cost	$	15,523		$	14,300		$	12,398

In addition to recognizing net periodic benefit cost of $15,523,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007, the Corporation also recognized the following amounts in other comprehensive earnings:


(add 000)

Actuarial loss	$	11,838
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		(679	)
Actuarial loss		(4,473	)
Transition asset		1
Settlement charge		(742	)

Total	$	5,945

Accumulated other comprehensive loss included the following amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic benefit cost at December 31:


	2007						2006
(add 000)	Gross			Net of tax			Gross			Net of tax

Prior service cost	$	4,859		$	2,938		$	5,606		$	3,389
Actuarial loss		70,527			42,639			63,836			38,589
Transition asset		(16	)		(10	)		(17	)		(11	)

Total	$	75,370		$	45,567		$	69,425		$	41,967

The prior service cost, actuarial loss and transition asset expected to be recognized in net periodic benefit cost during 2008 are $679,000 (net of a deferred tax asset of $269,000), $4,006,000 (net of a deferred tax asset of $1,584,000) and $1,000, respectively, and are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2007.

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The defined benefit plans’ change in projected benefit obligation, change in plan assets, funded status and amounts recognized in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheets are as follows:


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Change in projected benefit obligation:
Net projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	333,103		$	302,581
Service cost		12,363			12,225
Interest cost		19,741			18,112
Actuarial loss		1,191			8,919
Plan amendments		—			1,585
Gross benefits paid		(14,395	)		(10,319	)

Net projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	352,003		$	333,103


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	275,044		$	242,859
Actual return on plan assets, net		11,839			30,329
Employer contributions		15,275			12,175
Gross benefits paid		(14,395	)		(10,319	)

Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	287,763		$	275,044


December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Funded status of the plan at end of year	$	(64,240	)	$	(58,059	)
Employer contributions subsequent to measurement date		4			2

Net accrued benefit cost	$	(64,236	)	$	(58,057	)


December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Amounts recognized in consolidated balance sheets consist of:
Current liability	$	(4,120	)	$	(2,100	)
Noncurrent liability		(60,116	)		(55,957	)

Net amount recognized at end of year	$	(64,236	)	$	(58,057	)

The accumulated benefit obligation for all defined benefit pension plans was $313,592,000 and $296,817,000 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

The projected benefit obligation, accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $351,339,000, $313,592,000 and $287,076,000, respectively, at December 31, 2007 and

$333,103,000, $296,817,000 and $274,429,000, respectively, at December 31, 2006.

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations as of December 31 are:


	2007			2006

Discount rate		6.09	%		5.70	%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels		5.00	%		5.00	%

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic retirement benefit cost for years ended December 31 are:


	2007			2006			2005

Discount rate		5.70	%		5.83	%		6.00	%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels		5.00	%		5.00	%		5.00	%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets		8.25	%		8.25	%		8.25	%

The Corporation’s expected long-term rate of return on assets is based on a building-block approach, whereby the components are weighted based on the allocation of pension plan assets.

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Corporation used the RP 2000 Mortality Table to estimate the remaining lives of participants in the pension plans.

The pension plan asset allocation at December 31, 2007 and 2006 and target allocation for 2008 by asset category are as follows:


	Percentage of Plan Assets
				December 31
	Target
Asset Category	Allocation			2007			2006

Equity securities		60	%		59	%		62	%
Debt securities		39	%		39	%		37	%
Cash		1	%		2	%		1	%

Total		100	%		100	%		100	%

The Corporation’s investment strategy for pension plan assets is for approximately two-thirds of the equity investments to be invested in large capitalization funds. The remaining third of the equity investments is invested in small capitalization and international funds. Fixed income investments are invested in funds with the objective of exceeding the return of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index.



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In 2007, the Corporation made pension contributions of $15,275,000, of which $12,042,000 was voluntary. The Corporation’s 2006 contribution of $12,175,000 was also voluntary. The Corporation’s estimate of contributions to its pension and SERP plans in 2008 is approximately $17,000,000, of which $12,000,000 is voluntary.

The expected benefit payments to be paid from plan assets for each of the next five years and the five-year period thereafter are as follows:


(add 000)

2008	$	16,739
2009	$	17,986
2010	$	19,513
2011	$	21,374
2012	$	23,141
Years 2013-2017	$	120,614

Postretirement Benefits. The net periodic postretirement benefit cost of postretirement plans included the following components:


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	639		$	551		$	567
Interest cost		2,802			2,677			2,978
Amortization of:
Prior service credit		(1,294	)		(1,294	)		(1,294	)
Actuarial gain		(95	)		(238	)		(147	)

Total net periodic benefit cost	$	2,052		$	1,696		$	2,104

In addition to recognizing net periodic benefit cost of $2,052,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007, the Corporation also recognized the following amounts in other comprehensive earnings:


(add 000)

Actuarial gain	$	(2,994	)
Prior service credit		(1,581	)
Amortization of:
Prior Service Credit		1,294
Actuarial gain		95

Total	$	(3,186	)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss included the following amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic benefit cost at December 31:


		2007					2006

(add 000)	Gross			Net of tax			Gross			Net of tax

Prior service credit	$	(11,317	)	$	(6,841	)	$	(11,030	)	$	(6,668	)
Actuarial loss		396			239			3,295			1,992

Total	$	(10,921	)	$	(6,602	)	$	(7,735	)	$	(4,676	)

The prior service credit and actuarial gain expected to be recognized in net periodic benefit cost during 2008 are $1,490,000 and $138,000, respectively, and are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss. At December 31, 2007, the prior service credit and actuarial loss components recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss were net of deferred tax liabilities of $589,000 and $55,000, respectively.

The postretirement health care plans’ change in benefit obligation, change in plan assets, funded status and amounts recognized in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheets are as follows:


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Change in benefit obligation:
Net benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	53,316		$	51,613
Service cost		639			551
Interest cost		2,802			2,677
Participants’ contributions		1,350			767
Actuarial (gain) loss		(4,345	)		2,548
Plan amendments		(1,581	)		—
Gross benefits paid		(5,317	)		(5,480	)
Federal subsidy on benefits paid		395			640

Net benefit obligation at end of year	$	47,259		$	53,316


years ended December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	—		$	—
Employer contributions		3,572			4,073
Participants’ contributions		1,350			767
Gross benefits paid		(5,317	)		(5,480	)
Federal subsidy on benefits paid		395			640

Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	—		$	—


December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Funded status of the plan at end of year	$	(47,259	)	$	(53,316	)
Employer contributions subsequent to measurement date		482			285

Accrued benefit cost	$	(46,777	)	$	(53,031	)



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December 31
(add 000)	2007			2006

Amounts recognized in consolidated balance sheets consist of:
Current liability	$	(5,000	)	$	(4,000	)
Noncurrent liability		(41,777	)		(49,031	)

Net amount recognized at end of year	$	(46,777	)	$	(53,031	)

In accordance with the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, the Corporation began receiving a non-taxable subsidy from the federal government in 2006 as the Corporation sponsors prescription drug benefits to retirees that are “actuarially equivalent” to the Medicare benefit. The Corporation’s postretirement health care plans’ benefit obligation reflects the effect of the federal subsidy.

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the post-retirement benefit obligations as of December 31 are:


	2007			2006

Discount rate		5.96	%		5.63	%

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net post-retirement benefit cost for the years ended December 31 are:


	2007			2006			2005

Discount rate		5.63	%		5.72	%		6.00	%

		At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Corporation used the RP 2000 Mortality Table to estimate the remaining lives of participants in the postretirement plans.

		Assumed health care cost trend rates at December 31 are:


	2007			2006

Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year		8.5	%		9.1	%
Rate to which the cost trend rate gradually declines		5.5	%		5.5	%
Year the rate reaches the ultimate rate		2013			2013

Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care plans. A one percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:


	One Percentage Point
(add 000)	Increase		(Decrease)

Total service and interest cost components	$	104	$	(87	)
Postretirement benefit obligation	$	1,922	$	(1,619	)

The Corporation’s estimate of its contributions to its post-retirement health care plans in 2008 is $5,000,000.

The expected gross benefit payments and expected federal subsidy to be received for each of the next five years and the five-year period thereafter are as follows:


	Gross Benefit		Expected
(add 000)	Payments		Federal Subsidy

2008	$	5,000	$	535
2009	$	3,707	$	595
2010	$	3,932	$	661
2011	$	4,052	$	745
2012	$	4,106	$	834
Years 2013-2017	$	17,759	$	5,921

Defined Contribution Plans. The Corporation maintains two defined contribution plans that cover substantially all employees. These plans, intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, are retirement savings and investment plans for the Corporation’s salaried and hourly employees. Under certain provisions of these plans, the Corporation, at established rates, matches employees’ eligible contributions. The Corporation’s matching obligations were $5,405,000 in 2007, $5,215,000 in 2006 and $4,969,000 in 2005.

Postemployment Benefits. The Corporation has accrued postemployment benefits of $1,625,000 and $1,425,000 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Note K: Stock-Based Compensation

The shareholders approved, on May 23, 2006, the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Stock-Based Award Plan, as amended from time to time (along with the Amended Omnibus Securities Award Plan, originally approved in 1994, the “Plans”). The Corporation has been authorized by the Board of Directors to repurchase shares of the Corporation’s common stock for issuance under the Plans.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		page twenty-eight

N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S ( C O N T I N U E D )

Under the Plans, the Corporation grants options to employees to purchase its common stock at a price equal to the closing market value at the date of grant. The Corporation granted 154,695 employee stock options during 2007. Options granted in years subsequent to 2005 become exercisable in four annual installments beginning one year after date of grant and expire eight years from such date. Options granted prior to January 1, 2005 become exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning one year after date of grant and expire ten years from such date.

The Plans provide that each nonemployee director receives 3,000 non-qualified stock options annually. During 2007, the Corporation granted 24,000 options to nonemployee directors. These options have an exercise price equal to the market value at the date of grant, vest immediately and expire ten years from the grant date.

The following table includes summary information for stock options for employees and nonemployee directors as of December 31, 2007:


						Weighted-
				Weighted-		Average		Aggregate
				Average		Remaining		Intrinsic
	Number of			Exercise		Contractual		Value
	Options			Price		Life (years)		(add 000)

Outstanding at January 1, 2007		1,466,336		$	49.78
Granted		178,695		$	151.92
Exercised		(720,036	)	$	43.81
Terminated		(3,380	)	$	70.65

Outstanding at December 31, 2007		921,615		$	74.17		6.1	$	53,854


Exercisable at December 31, 2007		610,075		$	53.42		5.8	$	48,308

The weighted-average grant-date exercise price of options granted during 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $151.92, $89.02 and $61.06, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic values of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were $61,363,000, $58,960,000 and $35,912,000, respectively, and were based on the closing prices of the Corporation’s common stock on the dates of exercise. The aggregate intrinsic value for options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2007 was based on the closing price of the Corporation’s common stock at December 31, 2007, which was $132.60.

Additionally, an incentive stock plan has been adopted under the Plans whereby certain participants may elect to use up to 50% of their annual incentive compensation to acquire units representing shares of the Corporation’s common stock at a 20% discount to the market value on the date of the incentive compensation award. Certain executive officers are required to participate in the incentive stock plan at certain minimum levels. Participants earn the right to receive unrestricted shares of common stock in an amount equal to their respective units generally at the end of a 34-month period of additional employment from the date of award or at retirement beginning at age 62. All rights of ownership of the common stock convey to the participants upon the issuance of their respective shares at the end of the ownership-vesting period, with the exception of dividend equivalents that are paid on the units during the vesting period.

The Corporation grants restricted stock awards under the Plans to a group of executive officers and key personnel. Certain restricted stock awards are based on specific common stock performance criteria over a specified period of time. In addition, certain awards were granted to individuals to encourage retention and motivate key employees. These awards generally vest if the employee is continuously employed over a specified period of time and require no payment from the employee.

The following table summarizes information for incentive stock awards and restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2007:


	Incentive Stock					Restricted Stock
				Weighted-					Weighted-
				Average					Average
	Number of			Grant-Date		Number of			Grant-Date
	Awards			Fair Value		Awards			Fair Value

January 1, 2007		60,752					378,047
Awarded		21,083		$	117.56		121,115		$	142.89
Distributed		(34,855	)				(53,828	)
Forfeited		(32	)				(5,537	)

December 31, 2007		46,948					439,797

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of incentive compensation awards granted during 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $117.56, $91.05 and $55.15, respectively. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted stock awards granted during 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $142.89, $88.85 and $60.63, respectively.



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The aggregate intrinsic values for incentive compensation awards and restricted stock awards at December 31, 2007 were $2,408,000 and $58,317,000, respectively, and were based on the closing price of the Corporation’s common stock at December 31, 2007, which was $132.60. The aggregate intrinsic values of incentive compensation awards distributed during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were $2,587,000, $1,664,000 and $2,184,000, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic values of restricted stock awards distributed during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were $4,394,000, $390,000 and $1,774,000, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic values for distributed awards were based on the closing prices of the Corporation’s common stock on the dates of distribution.

At December 31, 2007, there are approximately 1,222,000 awards available for grant under the Plans.

In 1996, the Corporation adopted the Shareholder Value Achievement Plan to award shares of the Corporation’s common stock to key senior employees based on certain common stock performance criteria over a long-term period. Under the terms of this plan, 250,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Through December 31, 2007, 42,025 shares have been issued under this plan. No awards have been granted under this plan after 2000.

Also, the Corporation adopted and the shareholders approved the Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors in 1996, which provides nonemployee directors the election to receive all or a portion of their total fees in the form of the Corporation’s common stock. Under the terms of this plan, 300,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Currently, directors are required to defer at least 50% of their retainer in the form of the Corporation’s common stock at a 20% discount to market value. Directors elected to defer portions of their fees representing 3,672, 7,263 and 9,838 shares of the Corporation’s common stock under this plan during 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested awards at December 31, 2007 and the weighted-average period over which unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized:


					Incentive
			Restricted		Compen-
	Stock		Stock		sation			Directors’
(add 000)	Options		Awards		Awards			Awards		Total

Stock-based compensation expense recognized for years ended December 31 :
2007	$	7,740	$	10,897	$	493		$	557	$	19,687
2006	$	5,897	$	6,410	$	474		$	657	$	13,438
2005	$	255	$	2,505	$	314		$	628	$	3,702

Unrecognized compensation cost at December 31, 2007:
	$	5,485	$	15,541	$	329		$	—	$	21,355

Weighted-average period over which unrecognized compensation cost to be recognized:
	2.1 years		2.6 years		1.6 years		—

For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Corporation recognized a tax benefit related to stock-based compensation of $27,209,000, $24,112,000 and $15,337,000, respectively.

The following presents expected stock-based compensation expense in future periods for outstanding awards as of December 31, 2007:


(add 000)

2008	$	10,157
2009		6,801
2010		3,344
2011		1,053

Total	$	21,355

Stock-based compensation expense is included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Corporation’s consolidated statements of earnings.

Note L: Leases

Total lease expense for all operating leases was $64,717,000, $72,248,000 and $61,468,000 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Corporation’s operating leases generally contain renewal and/or purchase options with varying terms. The Corporation has royalty agreements that generally require

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royalty payments based on tons produced or total sales dollars and also contain minimum payments. Total royalties, principally for leased properties, were $40,673,000, $43,751,000 and $40,377,000 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

The Corporation has capital lease agreements, expiring in 2010, for machinery and equipment. Current and long-term capital lease obligations are included in other current liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheet.

Future minimum lease and mineral and other royalty commitments for all noncancelable agreements as of December 31, 2007 are as follows:


(add 000)	Capital Leases			Operating Leases

2008	$	213		$	92,294
2009		137			61,856
2010		308			52,967
2011		—			43,544
2012		—			36,890
Thereafter					176,152

Total		658		$	463,703

Less imputed interest		(48	)

Present value of minimum lease payments		610
Less current capital lease obligations		(188	)

Long-term capital lease obligations	$	422

Note M: Shareholders’ Equity

The authorized capital structure of the Corporation includes 100,000,000 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.01 a share. At December 31, 2007, approximately 3,044,000 common shares were reserved for issuance under stock-based plans. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, there were 868 and 945, respectively, shareholders of record.

Pursuant to authority granted by its Board of Directors, the Corporation can repurchase common stock through open purchases. The Corporation repurchased 4,189,100 shares at an aggregate price of $575,181,000 in 2007, 1,874,200 shares at an aggregate price of $172,888,000 in 2006 and 2,658,000 shares at an aggregate price of $175,570,000 in 2005. The Corporation settled $24,017,000 of the 2007 repurchases in January 2008. In August 2007, the Board authorized the Corporation to repurchase an additional 5,000,000 shares of its com-

mon stock. At December 31, 2007, 5,041,900 shares of common stock were remaining under the Corporation’s repurchase authorization.

In addition to common stock, the capital structure includes 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 a share. 100,000 shares of Class A Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance under the Corporation’s 1996 Rights Agreement that expired by its own terms on October 21, 2006. Upon its expiration, the Board of Directors adopted a new Rights Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”) and reserved 200,000 shares of Junior Participating Class B Preferred Stock for issuance. In accordance with the Rights Agreement, the Corporation issued a dividend of one right for each share of the Corporation’s common stock outstanding as of October 21, 2006, and one right continues to attach to each share of common stock issued thereafter. The rights will become exercisable if any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15 percent or more of the Corporation’s common stock. Once exercisable and upon a person or group acquiring 15 percent or more of the Corporation’s common stock, each right (other than rights owned by such person or group) entitles its holder to purchase, for an exercise price of $315 per share, a number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock (or in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities of the Corporation) having a market value of twice the exercise price, and under certain conditions, common stock of an acquiring company having a market value of twice the exercise price. If any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15 percent or more of the Corporation’s common stock, the Corporation may, at its option, exchange the outstanding rights (other than rights owned by such acquiring person or group) for shares of the Corporation’s common stock or Corporation equity securities deemed to have the same value as one share of common stock or a combination thereof, at an exchange ratio of one share of common stock per right. The rights are subject to adjustment if certain events occur, and they will initially expire on October 21, 2016, if not terminated sooner. The Corporation’s Rights Agreement provides that the Corporation’s Board of Directors may, at its option, redeem all of the outstanding rights at a redemption price of $0.001 per right.


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Note N: Commitments and Contingencies

The Corporation is engaged in certain legal and administrative proceedings incidental to its normal business activities. While it is not possible to determine the ultimate outcome of those actions at this time, in the opinion of management and counsel, it is unlikely that the outcome of such litigation and other proceedings, including those pertaining to environmental matters (see Note A), will have a material adverse effect on the results of the Corporation’s operations, its cash flows or financial position.

Asset Retirement Obligations. The Corporation incurs reclamation costs as part of its aggregates mining process. The estimated future reclamation obligations have been discounted to their present value and are being accreted to their projected future obligations via charges to operating expenses. Additionally, the fixed assets recorded concurrently with the liabilities are being depreciated over the period until reclamation activities are expected to occur. Total accretion and depreciation expenses for 2007, 2006 and 2005 were $2,042,000, $2,033,000 and $2,144,000, respectively, and are included in other operating income and expenses, net, on the consolidated statements of earnings.

The provisions of FAS 143 require the projected estimated reclamation obligation to include a market risk premium which represents the amount an external party would charge for bearing the uncertainty of guaranteeing a fixed price today for performance in the future. However, due to the average remaining quarry life exceeding 50 years at current production rates and the nature of quarry reclamation work, the Corporation believes that it is impractical for external parties to agree to a fixed price today. Therefore, a market risk premium has not been included in the estimated reclamation obligation.

The following shows the changes in the asset retirement obligations for the years ended December 31:


(add 000)	2007			2006

Balance at January 1	$	25,234		$	22,965
Accretion expense		1,363			1,190
Liabilities incurred		2,576			1,822
Liabilities settled		(811	)		(894	)
Revisions in estimated cash flows		10,786			151

Balance at December 31	$	39,148		$	25,234

During 2007, the Corporation revised its estimates for plant removal costs based on recent experience with such activities for fully reclaimed locations.

Other Environmental Matters. The Corporation’s operations are subject to and affected by federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the environment, health and safety and other regulatory matters. Certain of the Corporation’s operations may, from time to time, involve the use of substances that are classified as toxic or hazardous within the meaning of these laws and regulations. Environmental operating permits are, or may be, required for certain of the Corporation’s operations, and such permits are subject to modification, renewal and revocation. The Corporation regularly monitors and reviews its operations, procedures and policies for compliance with these laws and regulations. Despite these compliance efforts, risk of environmental remediation liability is inherent in the operation of the Corporation’s businesses, as it is with other companies engaged in similar businesses. The Corporation has no material provisions for environmental remediation liabilities and does not believe such liabilities will have a material adverse effect on the Corporation in the future.

Insurance Reserves and Letters of Credit. The Corporation has insurance coverage for workers’ compensation, automobile liability and general liability claims with deductibles ranging from $250,000 to $3,000,000. The Corporation is also self-insured for health claims. During 2007, the Corporation decreased its accrual for incurred but not reported casualty claims based on the Corporation’s recent claims experience. The change in estimate increased net earnings by $1,981,000, or $0.05 per diluted share. At December 31, 2007 and 2006 reserves of approximately $28,661,000 and $30,301,000, respectively, were recorded for all such insurance claims. In connection with these workers’ compensation and automobile and general liability insurance deductibles, the Corporation has entered into standby letter of credit agreements in the amount of $24,910,000 at December 31, 2007.


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Surety Bonds. In the normal course of business, at December 31, 2007, the Corporation was contingently liable for $105,074,000 in surety bonds required by certain states and municipalities and their related agencies. The bonds are principally for certain construction contracts, reclamation obligations and mining permits guaranteeing the Corporation’s own performance. The Corporation has indemnified the underwriting insurance company against any exposure under the surety bonds. In the Corporation’s past experience, no material claims have been made against these financial instruments. Three of these bonds, totaling $27,036,000, or 26% of all outstanding surety bonds, relate to specific performance for road construction projects currently underway.

Purchase Commitments. The Corporation had purchase commitments for property, plant and equipment of $16,148,000 as of December 31, 2007. The Corporation also had other purchase obligations related to energy and service contracts of $12,288,000 as of December 31, 2007. The Corporation’s contractual purchase commitments as of December 31, 2007 are as follows:


(add 000)

2008	$	24,204
2009		2,157
2010		2,075

Total	$	28,436

Employees. The Corporation had approximately 5,300 employees at December 31, 2007. Approximately 13% of the Corporation’s employees are represented by a labor union. All such employees are hourly employees.

Note O: Business Segments

During 2006, the Corporation reorganized the operations and management of its Aggregates Business, which resulted in a change to its reportable segments. The Corporation currently conducts its aggregates operations through three reportable business segments: Mideast Group, Southeast Group and West Group. The Corporation also has a Specialty Products segment that produces magnesia-based chemicals products, dolomitic lime and structural composite products. These segments are consistent with the Corporation’s current management reporting structure. The accounting policies used for segment reporting are the same as those described in Note A.

The Corporation’s evaluation of performance and allocation of resources are based primarily on earnings from operations. Earnings from operations are net sales less cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses, and research and development expenses; include other operating income and expenses; and exclude interest expense, other nonoperating income and expenses, net, and income taxes. Corporate earnings from operations primarily include depreciation on capitalized interest, expenses for corporate administrative functions, unallocated corporate expenses and other nonrecurring and/or non-operational adjustments excluded from the Corporation’s evaluation of business segment performance and resource allocation. All debt and related interest expense is held at Corporate.

Assets employed by segment include assets directly identified with those operations. Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, property, plant and equipment for corporate operations and other assets not directly identifiable with a reportable business segment. Property additions include property, plant and equipment that have been purchased through acquisitions in the amount of $5,513,000 in 2007 and $2,095,000 in 2005 for the West Group. During 2006, the Corporation did not purchase any property, plant and equipment through acquisitions. Property additions in 2007 also include $2,897,000 of land acquired through the issuance of notes payable for the Mideast Group.

The following tables display selected financial data for the Corporation’s reportable business segments for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007. Prior year information has been reclassified to conform to the presentation of the Corporation’s current reportable segments.


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Selected Financial Data by Business Segment

years ended December 31
(add 000)


Total revenues	2007			2006			2005

Mideast Group	$	727,482		$	716,722		$	639,064
Southeast Group		533,140			543,022			475,661
West Group		774,847			764,747			716,005

Total Aggregates Business		2,035,469			2,024,491			1,830,730
Specialty Products		171,672			166,561			144,558

Total	$	2,207,141		$	2,191,052		$	1,975,288


Net sales

Mideast Group	$	682,458		$	662,127		$	587,018
Southeast Group		457,926			455,741			400,597
West Group		672,803			661,083			610,747

Total Aggregates Business		1,813,187			1,778,951			1,598,362
Specialty Products		154,425			150,715			130,615

Total	$	1,967,612		$	1,929,666		$	1,728,977


Gross profit

Mideast Group	$	287,850		$	259,886		$	205,117
Southeast Group		107,923			96,389			74,935
West Group		136,419			143,315			132,378

Total Aggregates Business		532,192			499,590			412,430
Specialty Products		43,374			33,512			21,445
Corporate		(4,603	)		(7,809	)		(4,940	)

Total	$	570,963		$	525,293		$	428,935


Selling, general and administrative expenses

Mideast Group	$	45,748		$	43,565		$	43,374
Southeast Group		25,900			24,047			22,296
West Group		46,156			44,959			43,346

Total Aggregates Business		117,804			112,571			109,016
Specialty Products		10,316			10,954			11,271
Corporate		27,066			23,140			10,416

Total	$	155,186		$	146,665		$	130,703


Earnings from operations

Mideast Group	$	246,628		$	223,946		$	167,200
Southeast Group		84,189			73,090			53,427
West Group		101,013			102,531			99,070

Total Aggregates Business		431,830			399,567			319,697
Specialty Products		32,888			22,528			9,522
Corporate		(31,688	)		(31,546	)		(15,418	)

Total	$	433,030		$	390,549		$	313,801


Assets employed	2007		2006		2005

Mideast Group	$	780,074	$	729,200	$	687,939
Southeast Group		519,681		475,941		449,516
West Group		1,072,808		1,020,572		931,548

Total Aggregates Business		2,372,563		2,225,713		2,069,003
Specialty Products		98,718		95,511		84,138
Corporate		212,524		185,197		280,175

Total	$	2,683,805	$	2,506,421	$	2,433,316


Depreciation, depletion and amortization

Mideast Group	$	51,038	$	49,257	$	48,322
Southeast Group		31,032		27,268		25,819
West Group		49,539		46,053		46,973

Total Aggregates Business		131,609		122,578		121,114
Specialty Products		6,906		7,692		6,387
Corporate		11,823		11,159		10,750

Total	$	150,338	$	141,429	$	138,251


Property additions

Mideast Group	$	94,491	$	71,332	$	77,119
Southeast Group		58,637		51,252		56,986
West Group		90,446		115,726		70,702

Total Aggregates Business		243,574		238,310		204,807
Specialty Products		10,508		12,985		8,724
Corporate		19,251		14,681		9,965

Total	$	273,333	$	265,976	$	223,496

The product lines, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, road paving and other, are considered internal customers of the core aggregates business. The following tables display total revenues and net sales by product line for the years ended December 31:


(add 000)
Total revenues	2007		2006		2005

Aggregates	$	1,913,908	$	1,906,171	$	1,715,672
Asphalt		56,285		56,612		49,706
Ready Mixed Concrete		41,126		35,421		33,446
Road Paving		13,453		17,657		21,048
Other		10,697		8,630		10,858

Total Aggregates Business		2,035,469		2,024,491		1,830,730
Specialty Products		171,672		166,561		144,558

Total	$	2,207,141	$	2,191,052	$	1,975,288


Net sales

Aggregates	$	1,705,835	$	1,670,127	$	1,490,993
Asphalt		47,569		48,832		44,421
Ready Mixed Concrete		41,126		35,421		33,446
Road Paving		13,453		17,657		21,048
Other		5,204		6,914		8,454

Total Aggregates Business		1,813,187		1,778,951		1,598,362
Specialty Products		154,425		150,715		130,615

Total	$	1,967,612	$	1,929,666	$	1,728,977


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The following table presents domestic and foreign total revenues for the years ended December 31:


(add 000)	2007		2006		2005

Domestic	$	2,164,658	$	2,149,021	$	1,939,298
Foreign		42,483		42,031		35,990

Total	$	2,207,141	$	2,191,052	$	1,975,288

Note P: Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31:


(add 000)	2007		2006		2005

Noncash investing and financing activities:
Issuance of notes payable for acquisition of land	$	2,897	$	—	$	—
Machinery and equipment acquired through capital leases	$	—	$	274	$	740

The following table presents the components of the change in other assets and liabilities, net, for the years ended December 31:


(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Other current and noncurrent assets	$	(3,029	)	$	(9,297	)	$	(3,565	)
Notes receivable		327			5,833			1,178
Accrued salaries, benefits and payroll taxes		(3,747	)		951			1,348
Accrued insurance and other taxes		(7,174	)		(7,285	)		3,678
Accrued income taxes		18,448			14,679			(14,541	)
Accrued pension, postretirement and postemployment benefits		125			(281	)		(5,182	)
Other current and noncurrent liabilities		24,698			5,722			6,394

Total	$	29,648		$	10,322		$	(10,690	)


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M A N A G E M E N T ‘ S D I S C U S S I O N & A N A L Y S I S O F F I N A N C I A L
C O N D I T I O N & R E S U L T S O F O P E R A T I O N S

INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., (the “Corporation”) is a leading producer of construction aggregates. The Aggregates business includes the following reportable segments, primary markets and primary product lines:



AGGREGATES BUSINESS


Reportable	Mideast	Southeast	West
Segments	Group	Group	Group

			Arkansas,
			California,
		Alabama,	Iowa,
	Indiana,	Florida,	Kansas,
	Maryland,	Georgia,	Minnesota,
	North	Illinois,	Missouri,
Primary	Carolina,	Kentucky,	Nebraska,
Markets	Ohio,	Louisiana,	Nevada,
	South	Mississippi,	Oklahoma,
	Carolina,	Tennessee,	Texas,
	Virginia and	Nova Scotia	Washington,
	West Virginia	and the	Wisconsin
		Bahamas	and
			Wyoming


			Aggregates
			(stone, sand
Primary	Aggregates	Aggregates	and gravel),
Product	(stone, sand	(stone, sand	asphalt,
Lines	and gravel)	and gravel)	ready mixed
			concrete and
			road paving

The Corporation’s Specialty Products segment produces magnesia-based chemicals products used in industrial, agricultural and environmental applications and dolomitic lime used in the steel industry, and engages in targeted activity in structural composites.

The overall areas of focus for the Corporation include the following:

•		Maximize long-term shareholder return by pursuing sound growth and earnings objectives;

•		Conduct business in full compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations and the highest ethical standards;

•		Provide a safe and healthy workplace for the Corporation’s employees; and

•		Reflect all aspects of good citizenship by being responsible neighbors.

Notable items regarding the Corporation’s financial condition and 2007 operating results include:

•		Return, assuming reinvestment of dividends, of 28.8% on the Corporation’s common stock price in 2007 compared with a return of 5.5% for the S&P 500 Index;

•		Return on shareholders’ equity of 23.9% in 2007;

•		Record earnings per diluted share of $6.06;

•		Gross margin improvement and operating margin improvement in the core aggregates business as a result of:

	–		heritage aggregates product line pricing increase of 10.3%, partially offset by a volume decrease of 7.6%;

	–		enhanced operating efficiency and targeted cost reduction resulting from plant automation and productivity improvement initiatives; and

	–		focused expansion in high-growth markets, particularly in the southeastern and southwestern United States where 74% of the Aggregates business’ net sales were generated.

•		Return of $629 million in cash to shareholders, inclusive of $575 million for the repurchase of 4,189,100 shares of the Corporation’s common stock at an average price of $137.30 along with $54 million in dividends;

•		Issuance of $250 million of 6.25% Senior Notes due in 2037 and $225 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes due in 2010 (collectively the “Senior Notes”);

•		Consolidated debt-to-consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the Corporation’s $250 million five-year revolving credit agreement, of 1.86 for the trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2007; ratio was nearly 2.0 in January 2008 after the Corporation issued additional commercial paper to fund $24 million of share repayments that were completed in December 2007 but settled in January 2008;

•		Capital expenditures of $265 million focused on capacity expansion and efficiency improvement projects in high-growth areas and at fixed-based quarries serving long-haul high-growth markets, along with a continuing investment in land with long-term mineral reserves to serve high-growth markets;

•		Continued maximization of transportation and materials options created by the Corporation’s long-haul distribution network;

•		Strong financial results by the Specialty Products segment;


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C O N D I T I O N & R E S U L T S O F O P E R A T I O N S ( C O N T I N U E D )

•		Improvement in employee safety performance as measured by total injury incidence and lost-time incidence rates; and

•		Management’s assessment and the independent auditors’ opinion that the Corporation’s system of internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007.

In 2008, management will emphasize, among other things, the following initiatives:

•		Effectively serving high-growth markets, particularly in the Southeast and Southwest;

•		Continuing to build a competitive advantage from its long-haul distribution network;

•		Using best practices and information technology to drive cost performance;

•		Investing in acquisitions of value-added aggregates operations;

•		Focusing a significant part of the growth capital spending program on locations along the geological fall line in Georgia and South Carolina;

•		Increasing the number of quarries using enhanced plant automation;

•		Continuing the strong performance and operating results of the Specialty Products segment;

•		Increasing the Corporation’s gross margin and operating margin toward its targeted goal of a 1,000-basis-point improvement in operating margin over the 5-year period ending December 31, 2010;

•		Maximizing return on invested capital consistent with the successful long-term operation of the Corporation’s business;

•		Returning cash to shareholders through sustainable dividends and share repurchases; and

•		Continuing to improve the Corporation’s safety performance.

Management considers each of the following factors in evaluating the Corporation’s financial condition and operating results.

Aggregates Economic Considerations
The construction aggregates industry is a mature and cyclical business dependent on activity within the construction marketplace. The principal end-users are in public infrastructure (e.g., highways, bridges, schools and prisons); commercial construction (e.g., manufacturing and distribution facilities, energy facilities including windfarms and ethanol plants, office buildings, large retailers and wholesalers, and malls); and residential construction (housing). Aggregates products are also used in the railroad, environmental and agricultural industries as illustrated by the following examples. Ballast is an aggregates product used to line trackbeds of railroads. High-calcium limestone is used as a supplement in animal feed, to neutralize soil acidity and enhance agricultural growth, and also as a filler in glass, plastic, paint, rubber, adhesives, grease and paper. Chemical-grade calcium limestone is used as a desulfurization material in utility plants. Limestone can also be used to absorb moisture and dry up areas around building foundations. Stone is used as a stabilizing material to control erosion at ocean beaches, inlets, rivers and streams.

As discussed further under the section Aggregates Industry and Corporation Trends on pages 45 through 47, end-user markets respond to changing economic conditions in different ways. Public infrastructure construction is ordinarily more stable than commercial and residential construction due to funding from federal, state and local governments. The Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act — A Legacy for Users (“SAFETEA-LU”) is the current federal highway legislation providing funding of $286.4 billion over the six-year period ending September 30, 2009. Overall, infrastructure spending was strong in 2007 and the outlook for 2008 is positive, although rising construction and materials prices have made projects more costly.

Commercial and residential construction levels are interest rate-sensitive and typically move in a direct correlation with economic cycles. The commercial construction market was mixed in 2007, with the rate of growth slowing over the course of the year. Management believes certain commercial construction, notably office and retail space, is declining in some areas as developers consider the impact of the current credit markets on construction and development


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plans. Tighter credit conditions may result in businesses finding it difficult to obtain financing for capital investments. The residential construction market, which accounted for approximately 12 percent of the Corporation’s aggregates shipments in 2007, declined significantly in 2007 in connection with the housing market downturn. Further, the outlook reflects diminished demand with recovery not expected prior to late 2009 or 2010. In response to a weak economic outlook and increasing downside risks to growth, the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by 125 basis points to 3.00 percent in January, 2008. Typically, the economy feels the effects of a significant cut in the federal funds rate 6 to 12 months later.

In 2007, the Corporation shipped 182.3 million tons of aggregates to customers in 31 states, Canada, the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands from 272 quarries, underground mines and distribution yards. While the Corporation’s aggregates operations cover a wide geographic area, financial results depend on the strength of the applicable local economies because of the high cost of transportation relative to the price of the product. The Aggregates business’ top five revenue-generating states -North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina

- accounted for approximately 61% of its 2007 net sales by state of destination, while the top ten revenue-generating states accounted for approximately 81% of its 2007 net sales. Management closely monitors economic conditions and public infrastructure spending in the market areas in the states where the Corporation’s operations are located. Further, supply and demand conditions in these states affect their respective profitability.

Aggregates Industry Considerations

Since the construction aggregates business is conducted outdoors, seasonal changes, wet weather and other weather-related conditions, such as droughts or hurricanes, significantly affect the aggregates industry by impacting shipments, production schedules and profitability. The financial results of the first quarter are generally significantly lower than the financial results of the other quarters due to winter weather.

While natural aggregates sources typically occur in relatively homogeneous deposits in certain areas of the United States, a significant challenge facing aggregates producers is to locate suitable deposits that can be economically mined at locations that qualify for regulatory permits and are in close proximity


					to growing markets (or in close proximity to long-haul transportation corridors that economically serve growing markets). This is becoming more challenging as residential expansion and other real estate development encroach on attractive quarrying locations, often triggering regulatory constraints or otherwise making these locations impractical for mining. The Corporation’s management continues to meet this challenge through strategic planning to identify site locations in advance of economic expansion;

	ESTIMATED POPULATION MOVEMENT


Top 10 Revenue- Generating States of Aggregates Business		Population Rank in 2000	Rank in Estimated Change in Population From 2000 to 2030	Estimated Rank in Population in 2030

North Carolina		11	7	7

Texas		2	4	2

Georgia		10	8	8

Iowa		30	48	34

South Carolina		26	19	23

Florida		4	3	3

Louisiana		22	41	26

Indiana		14	31	18

Alabama		23	35	24

Ohio		7	47	9

Source: United States Census Bureau

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acquire land around existing quarry sites to increase mineral reserve capacity and lengthen quarry life or add a site buffer; develop underground mines; and create a competitive advantage with its long-haul distribution network. This network moves aggregates materials from domestic and offshore sources, via rail and water, to markets where aggregates supply is limited. The movement of aggregates materials through long-haul networks introduces risks to operating results as discussed more fully under the sections Analysis of Gross Margin and Transportation Exposure on pages 44 and 45 and pages 54 through 56, respectively.

The construction aggregates industry has been consolidating, as evidenced by several large domestic and international vertically-integrated companies acquiring three of the top ten companies in the industry in 2007. The Corporation has actively participated in the consolidation of the industry. When acquired, new locations sometimes do not satisfy the Corporation’s internal safety, maintenance and pit development standards and may require additional resources before benefits of the acquisitions are realized. Management expects the industry consolidation trend to slow as the number of suitable small to mid-sized acquisition targets in high-growth markets declines. During the recent period of fewer acquisition opportunities, the Corporation has focused on investing in internal expansion projects in high-growth markets and on divesting underperforming operations.

Aggregates Financial Considerations

The production of construction-related aggregates requires a significant capital investment resulting in high fixed and semi-fixed costs, as discussed more fully under the section Cost Structure on pages 52 through 54. Operating results and financial performance are sensitive to volume changes. However, the shift in pricing dynamics within the industry, beginning in 2005, has provided management with the opportunity to increase prices at a higher rate and/or with greater frequency than historical averages. This pricing improvement has more than offset the impact of the 8.1% decline in volume in the aggregates product line in 2007.

Management evaluates financial performance in a variety of ways. In particular, gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues is a significant measure of financial performance reviewed by management on a site-by-site basis. Management also reviews changes in average selling prices, costs per ton produced and return on invested capital. Changes in average selling prices demonstrate economic and competitive conditions, while changes in costs per ton produced are indicative of operating efficiency and economic conditions.

Other Business Considerations

The Corporation, through its Specialty Products segment, also produces dolomitic lime, magnesia-based chemicals and a limited number of structural composites products.

The dolomitic lime business is dependent on the highly cyclical steel industry and operating results are affected by changes in that industry. In the chemical products business, management is focusing on higher-margin specialty chemicals that can be produced at volumes that support efficient operations. This focus, coupled with an agreement to supply brine to The Dow Chemical Company, has provided the magnesia chemicals business with a strategic advantage to improve earnings and margins. A significant portion of cost related to the production of dolomitic lime and magnesia chemical products is of a fixed or semi-fixed nature. The production of dolomitic lime and certain magnesia chemical products also requires the use of natural gas, coal and petroleum coke. Therefore, fluctuations in their pricing directly affect operating results.

Cash Flow Considerations

The Corporation’s cash flows are generated primarily from operations. Operating cash flows generally fund working capital needs, capital expenditures, dividends, share repurchases and smaller acquisitions. During 2007, the Corporation’s management continued to emphasize delivering value to shareholders through the return of $629 million via share repurchases and dividends. Certain of the 2007 share repurchases were financed by the issuance of $475 million of Senior Notes. Additionally, the Corporation invested $265 million in internal capital projects ($150 million of maintenance capital and $115 million of growth capital) and made a voluntary $12 million contribution to its pension plan.

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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

Highlights of 2007 Financial Performance


	•		Record earnings per diluted share of $6.06, up 15% from 2006 earnings of $5.29 per diluted share

	•		Net sales of $1.968 billion, a 2% increase compared with net sales of $1.930 billion in 2006

	•		Heritage aggregates product line pricing increase of 10.3%, partially offset by heritage volume decrease of 7.6%

Results of Operations

The discussion and analysis that follows reflect management’s assessment of the financial condition and results of operations of the Corporation and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements on pages 6 through 35. As discussed in more detail herein, the Corporation’s operating results are highly

dependent upon activity within the construction marketplace, economic cycles within the public and private business sectors and seasonal and other weather-related conditions. Accordingly, the financial results for a particular year, or year-to-year comparisons of reported results, may not be indicative of future operating results. The Corporation’s Aggregates business generated 92% of net sales and the majority of operating earnings during 2007. The following comparative analysis and discussion should be read within that context. Further, sensitivity analysis and certain other data are provided to enhance the reader’s understanding of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and is not intended to be indicative of management’s judgment of materiality. The Corporation’s consolidated operating results and operating results as a percentage of net sales were as follows:


years ended December 31				% of						% of						% of
(add 000)	2007			Net Sales			2006			Net Sales			2005			Net Sales

Net sales	$	1,967,612			100.0	%	$	1,929,666			100.0	%	$	1,728,977			100.0	%
Freight and delivery revenues		239,529						261,386						246,311

Total revenues		2,207,141						2,191,052						1,975,288

Cost of sales		1,396,649			71.0			1,404,373			72.8			1,300,042			75.2
Freight and delivery costs		239,529						261,386						246,311

Total cost of revenues		1,636,178						1,665,759						1,546,353

Gross profit		570,963			29.0			525,293			27.2			428,935			24.8
Selling, general and administrative expenses		155,186			7.9			146,665			7.6			130,703			7.6
Research and development		869			0.0			736			0.0			662			0.0
Other operating (income) and expenses, net		(18,122	)		(0.9	)		(12,657	)		(0.6	)		(16,231	)		(0.9	)

Earnings from operations		433,030			22.0			390,549			20.2			313,801			18.1
Interest expense		60,893			3.1			40,359			2.1			42,597			2.5
Other nonoperating (income) and expenses, net		(6,443	)		(0.3	)		(2,819	)		(0.2	)		(1,483	)		(0.2	)

Earnings from continuing operations before taxes on income		378,580			19.2			353,009			18.3			272,687			15.8
Taxes on income		116,073			5.9			107,632			5.6			74,225			4.3

Earnings from continuing operations		262,507			13.3			245,377			12.7			198,462			11.5
Discontinued operations, net of taxes		242			0.1			45			0.0			(5,796	)		(0.4	)

Net earnings	$	262,749			13.4	%	$	245,422			12.7	%	$	192,666			11.1	%

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The comparative analysis in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based on net sales and cost of sales. However, gross margin as a percentage of net sales and operating margin as a percentage of net sales represent non-GAAP measures. The Corporation presents these ratios based on net sales, as it is consistent with the basis by which management reviews the Corporation’s operating results. Further, management believes it is consistent with the basis by which investors analyze the Corporation’s operating results given that freight and delivery revenues and costs represent pass-throughs and have no profit mark-up. Gross margin and operating margin calculated as percentages of total revenues represent the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The following tables present the calculations of gross margin and operating margin for the years ended December 31 in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations of the ratios as percentages of total revenues to percentages of net sales.


Gross Margin in Accordance with GAAP
(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Gross profit	$	570,963		$	525,293		$	428,935

Total revenues	$	2,207,141		$	2,191,052		$	1,975,288

Gross margin		25.9	%		24.0	%		21.7	%


Gross Margin Excluding Freight and Delivery Revenues
(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Gross profit	$	570,963		$	525,293		$	428,935

Total revenues	$	2,207,141		$	2,191,052		$	1,975,288
Less: Freight and delivery revenues		(239,529	)		(261,386	)		(246,311	)

Net sales	$	1,967,612		$	1,929,666		$	1,728,977

Gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues		29.0	%		27.2	%		24.8	%


Operating Margin in Accordance with GAAP
(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Earnings from operations	$	433,030		$	390,549		$	313,801

Total revenues	$	2,207,141		$	2,191,052		$	1,975,288

Operating margin		19.6	%		17.8	%		15.9	%


Operating Margin Excluding Freight and Delivery Revenues
(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Earnings from operations	$	433,030		$	390,549		$	313,801

Total revenues	$	2,207,141		$	2,191,052		$	1,975,288
Less: Freight and delivery revenues		(239,529	)		(261,386	)		(246,311	)

Net sales	$	1,967,612		$	1,929,666		$	1,728,977

Operating margin excluding freight and delivery revenues		22.0	%		20.2	%		18.1	%

Net Sales

Net sales by reportable segment for the years ended December 31 were as follows:


(add 000)	2007		2006		2005

Mideast Group	$	682,458	$	662,127	$	587,018
Southeast Group		457,926		455,741		400,597
West Group		672,803		661,083		610,747

Total Aggregates Business		1,813,187		1,778,951		1,598,362
Specialty Products		154,425		150,715		130,615

Total	$	1,967,612	$	1,929,666	$	1,728,977

Aggregates. Net sales growth in the aggregates product line resulted primarily from strong pricing improvement. Heritage and total aggregates product line average sales price increases were as follows for the years ended December 31:


	2007			2006			2005

Mideast Group		15.0	%		14.2	%		7.3	%
Southeast Group		12.2	%		11.4	%		11.0	%
West Group		4.9	%		13.4	%		7.3	%
Heritage Aggregates Operations		10.3	%		13.4	%		7.9	%
Aggregates Business		10.4	%		13.5	%		8.1	%

Heritage aggregates operations exclude acquisitions that were not included in prior-year operations for a full year and divestitures.

The average sales price increase in the West Group is lower when compared to the other groups primarily due to product mix, which reflects a higher percentage of lower-priced products being sold in 2007. The average annual aggregates product line price increase for the ten and twenty years ended December 31, 2007 was 5.1% and 3.5%, respectively. Aggregates sales price increases in 2007, 2006 and 2005 reflect a tightening of supply and demand in high-growth markets (see Section Aggregates Industry and Corporation Trends on pages 45 through 47).

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Aggregates product line shipments of 182.3 million tons in 2007 decreased 8.1% compared with 198.5 million tons shipped in 2006. The decline in the residential construction market contributed to this reduction. Other contributing factors included the increase in the cost of construction materials in 2007 and 2006 and the near historic levels of rainfall in Texas, southern Oklahoma and Kansas during the first nine months of 2007. 2006 aggregates product line shipments decreased 2.3% compared with 203.2 million tons shipped in 2005. The following presents heritage and total aggregates product line shipments for each reportable segment for the Aggregates business:


Shipments (tons in thousands)	2007		2006		2005

Heritage Aggregates Product Line:
Mideast Group		66,512		74,170		74,977
Southeast Group		43,124		48,023		46,820
West Group		71,563		73,959		77,020

Heritage Aggregates Operations		181,199		196,152		198,817
Acquisitions		349		—		—
Divestitures¹		777		2,338		4,412

Aggregates Business		182,325		198,490		203,229


¹		Divestitures represent tons related to divested operations up to the date of divestiture.

Heritage and total aggregates product line volume variance by reportable segment is as follows for the year ended December 31:


	2007			2006			2005

Mideast Group		(10.3	%)		(1.1	%)		1.9	%
Southeast Group		(10.2	%)		2.6	%		7.2	%
West Group		(3.2	%)		(4.0	%)		16.0	%
Heritage Aggregates Operations		(7.6	%)		(1.3	%)		8.3	%
Total Aggregates Business		(8.1	%)		(2.3	%)		6.1	%

Specialty Products. Specialty Products 2007 net sales of $154.4 million increased 2% over 2006 net sales of $150.7 million. An increase in the sales of chemical products to a variety of users was partially offset by a reduction in sales of dolomitic lime due to softness in the steel industry. Specialty Products net sales in 2006 increased 15% over 2005.

Freight and Delivery Revenues and Costs

Freight and delivery revenues and costs represent pass-through transportation costs incurred when the Corporation arranges for a third-party carrier to deliver aggregates products to customers (see section Transportation Exposure on pages 54 through 56). These third-party freight costs are then fully billed to the customer. The reduction in these revenues

and costs in 2007 reflects a reduction in aggregates shipments. The increase in these revenues and costs in 2006 is due to higher transportation costs primarily caused by higher energy costs.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales decreased slightly in 2007 as compared with 2006, primarily related to lower freight costs on transported materials resulting from the decline in shipments (see section Transportation Exposure on pages 54 through 56). 2006 cost of sales increased primarily due to rising costs for energy, particularly diesel fuel and natural gas, and repair and supply parts. Additionally, embedded freight costs increased 24% during 2006. These cost increases were somewhat moderated by plant automation and productivity improvement initiatives, as well as control of headcount and employee benefit costs.

The Corporation’s operating leverage can be substantial due to the high fixed and semi-fixed costs associated with aggregates production. As a result of inventory control measures, production at heritage locations declined 7.2% and 1.8% in 2007 and 2006, respectively, when compared with the prior year.

Gross Profit

The Corporation defines gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues as gross profit divided by net sales and is a measure of a company’s efficiency during the production process. The Corporation’s gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues increased 180 basis points to 29.0% during 2007 and 240 basis points in 2006 as pricing improvements and productivity gains outpaced shipment volume declines and increases in production costs.

Gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues for the Mideast Group and the Southeast Group improved in 2007 and 2006. Gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues for the West Group declined slightly in 2007, primarily due to weather-related issues which negatively affected production costs and shipments. 2006 gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues for the West Group was flat with pricing increases being offset by higher embedded freight costs and a decline in aggregates product line shipments. The following presents gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues by reporting segment for the Aggregates business:

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	2007			2006			2005

Mideast Group		42.2	%		39.3	%		34.9	%
Southeast Group		23.6	%		21.1	%		18.7	%
West Group		20.3	%		21.7	%		21.7	%
Total Aggregates Business		29.4	%		28.1	%		25.8	%

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of net sales, were 7.9%, 7.6% and 7.6% for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The absolute dollar increase in 2007 selling, general and administrative expenses reflects higher stock-based compensation expense of $6.2 million. Excluding the increase in these costs, the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was 1.7% for 2007. The increase of $16.0 million in 2006 reflects a $9.7 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, which includes the initial expensing of stock options in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, (“FAS 123R”) and increased performance-based incentive compensation costs.

Other Operating Income and Expenses, Net
Among other items, other operating income and expenses, net, include gains and losses on the sale of assets; gains and losses related to certain amounts receivable; rental, royalty and services income; and the accretion and depreciation expenses related to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. The increase in 2007 compared with 2006 resulted from higher gains on sales of assets, primarily excess land. The decrease in 2006 when compared with 2005 reflects lower gains on sales of assets partially offset by a lower loss on receivables.

Earnings from Operations
The Corporation defines operating margin excluding freight and delivery revenues as earnings from operations divided by net sales and is a measure of its operating profitability. The Corporation’s operating margin excluding freight and delivery revenues improved 180 basis points and 210 basis points in 2007 and 2006, respectively, as compared with prior year, primarily as a result of the improvement in gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues and partially offset by higher selling, general and administrative expenses.

Interest Expense
Interest expense increased $20.5 million in 2007 due to the issuance of $250 million of 6.25% Senior Notes and $225 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes in April 2007 and a lower amount of capitalized interest related to major plant expansion and efficiency projects in 2007 compared with 2006. Interest expense decreased 5.3% in 2006 as compared with 2005 due to a higher amount of capitalized interest related to major capital projects in 2006.

Other Nonoperating Income and Expenses, Net
Other nonoperating income and expenses, net, are comprised generally of interest income, net equity earnings from nonconsolidated investments and eliminations of minority interests for consolidated, non-wholly owned subsidiaries. In 2007, $1.3 million of the increase compared with 2006 resulted from lower earnings by consolidated subsidiaries which reduced the expense for the elimination of minority interests. Additionally, higher earnings from nonconsolidated equity investments and higher gains on foreign currency transactions contributed to the increase. In 2006, the elimination of minority interest for consolidated subsidiaries increased other nonoperating income, net, by $3.1 million and was partially offset by a $2.5 million decrease in interest income compared with 2005.

Income Taxes
Variances in the estimated effective income tax rates, when compared with the federal corporate tax rate of 35%, are due primarily to the effect of state income taxes, the impact of book and tax accounting differences arising from the net permanent benefits associated with the depletion allowances for mineral reserves, the domestic production deduction, and the tax effect of nondeductibility of goodwill related to asset sales. The effective income tax rates for discontinued operations reflect the tax effects of individual operations’ transactions and are not indicative of the Corporation’s overall effective tax rate.

The Corporation’s estimated effective income tax rates for the years ended December 31 were as follows:


	2007			2006			2005

Continuing operations		30.7	%		30.5	%		27.2	%

Discontinued operations		68.9	%		80.4	%		34.6	%

Overall		30.7	%		30.5	%		27.0	%

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The Corporation’s overall estimated effective income tax rate for 2007 was comparable to 2006. The increase in the overall estimated effective income tax rate for 2006 compared with 2005 reflects the impact of higher pretax earnings in relation to tax-deductible items and the effect of tax contingencies reversed upon expiration of the federal statute of limitations. In 2006, reserves of $2.7 million related to contingencies in the 2002 income tax return were reversed. In 2005, reserves of $5.9 million were reversed when the federal statute of limitations for examination of the 2001 tax year expired.

Discontinued Operations
Divestitures and closures included in discontinued operations reflect nonstrategic, underperforming operations within the Aggregates business that were sold or permanently shut down. The results of all divested operations through the dates of disposal and any gains or losses on disposals are included in discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of earnings. The discontinued operations included the following net sales, pretax loss on operations, pretax gain or loss on disposals, income tax expense or benefit and the overall net earnings or loss for the years ended December 31:


(add 000)	2007			2006			2005

Net sales	$	6,256		$	17,427		$	32,644


Pretax loss on operations	$	(1,966	)	$	(2,825	)	$	(8,423	)
Pretax gain (loss) on disposals		2,745			3,055			(446	)

Pretax gain (loss)		779			230			(8,869	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		537			185			(3,073	)

Net earnings (loss)	$	242		$	45		$	(5,796	)

Net Earnings
2007 net earnings of $262.7 million, or $6.06 per diluted share, increased 7.1% compared with 2006 net earnings of $245.4 million, or $5.29 per diluted share.

2006 net earnings increased 27.4% compared with 2005 net earnings of $192.7 million, or $4.08 per diluted share.

Analysis of Gross Margin

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2007 Aggregates business gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues increased 130 basis points in spite of the 490-basis-point negative impact of embedded freight.

The Aggregates business achieved its objective of improved gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues in 2007 by maximizing pricing opportunities and improving its cost structure through productivity improvement and plant automation initiatives. The Aggregates business gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues for continuing operations for the years ended December 31 was as follows:


2007	29.4	%
2006	28.1	%
2005	25.8	%

The development of water and rail distribution yards continues to be a key component of the Corporation’s strategic growth plan and has already led to increased market share in certain areas. Most of this activity is in coastal areas located in the Southeast and West Groups, which generally do not have an indigenous supply of aggregates but exhibit above-average growth characteristics driven by long-term population growth. Transportation freight costs from the production site to the distribution terminals is embedded in the delivered price of aggregates products and reflected in the pricing structure at the distribution yards. However, sales from rail and water distribution locations have generally yielded lower gross margins as compared with sales directly from quarry operations. In 2007, approximately 26 million tons of aggregates were sold from distribution yards, and results from these distribution operations reduced the Aggregates business gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues by approximately 490 basis points. Management expects that the distribution network currently in place will provide the Corporation a greater growth opportunity than many of its competitors, and gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues should continue to improve, subject to the economic environment and other of the Corporation’s risk factors (see Aggregates Industry and Corporation Risks on pages 47 through 58).

Other factors, including vertical integration — asphalt, ready mixed concrete and road paving operations — have also negatively affected gross margin, particularly in the West Group. Gross margins excluding freight and delivery revenues associated with vertically-integrated operations are lower as compared with aggregates operations. Gross margins excluding freight and delivery revenues for the Aggregates business’ asphalt and ready mixed concrete product lines,

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which reside in the West Group, typically range from 10% to 12% as compared with the Aggregates business’ overall gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues, which generally ranges from 25% to 30%. The road paving business, acquired as supplemental operations that were part of larger acquisitions, does not represent a strategic business of the Corporation and yields profits that are insignificant to the Corporation as a whole. In 2007, the mix of vertically-integrated operations lowered the Aggregates business’ gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues by approximately 140 basis points. The Aggregates business’ gross margin excluding freight and delivery revenues will continue to be adversely affected by the lower gross margins for these vertically-integrated businesses and for the water and rail distribution network as a result of management’s strategic growth plan.

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

The sections on Business Environment on pages 45 through 60, and the disclosures therein, provide a synopsis of the business environment trends and risks facing the Corporation. However, no single trend or risk stands alone. The relationship between trends and risks is dynamic, and this discussion should be read accordingly.

Aggregates Industry and Corporation Trends

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Spending statistics, from 2006 to 2007, according to U.S. Census Bureau:

			– Public-works construction spending increased 12.6%
			– Private commercial construction market spending increased 18.3%
			– Private residential construction market spending decreased 18.3%

The Corporation’s principal business serves customers in construction aggregates-related markets. This business is strongly affected by activity within the construction marketplace, which is cyclical in nature. Consequently, the Corporation’s profitability is sensitive to national, regional and local economic conditions and especially to cyclical swings in construction spending. The cyclical swings in construction spending are in turn affected by fluctuations in interest rates, levels of infrastructure funding by the public sector, and demographic and population shifts.

Total aggregates consumption in the United States in 2007 was approximately 3.0 billion tons as reported by the U. S. Geological Survey. Assuming gross domestic product growth of 3% per year, an additional 100 million tons of aggregates will be required annually, predominantly in the high-growth areas of the southern United States. An average-sized quarry produces one million tons per year; therefore, the equivalent of an additional 100 new quarries per year would be required to support the increased tonnage. As discussed further under the section Environmental Regulation and Litigation on pages 56 and 57, barriers to entry can limit the opening of new quarries. The opening of a number of quarries that could significantly affect the Corporation’s overall operations is considered remote.

The Aggregates business sells its products principally to contractors in connection with highway and other public infrastructure projects as well as commercial and residential development. While construction spending in the public and private market sectors is affected by economic cycles, the historic level of spending on public infrastructure projects has been more stable as governmental appropriations and expenditures are typically less interest rate-sensitive than private-sector spending. Generally, increased levels of funding have supported highway and other infrastructure projects. By way of example, the U.S.

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Census Bureau shows the total value of the United States construction spending on highways, streets and bridges was $77 billion in 2007 compared with $72 billion in 2006, while overall public-works construction spending increased 12.6% in 2007. Management believes public-works projects accounted for more than 50% of the total annual aggregates consumption in the United States during 2007; this has consistently been the case since 1990. Approximately 48% of the Corporation’s 2007 aggregates shipments were in the public sector; thus, the Aggregates business enjoys benefits from this level of public-works construction projects. Accordingly, management believes exposure to fluctuations in commercial and residential, or private sector, construction spending is lessened by the business’ mix of public sector-related shipments.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, private commercial construction market spending increased 18.3% in 2007 as compared with 2006. Management believes certain commercial construction, notably office and retail space, is declining in some areas as developers consider the impact of the current credit markets on construction and development plans. Approximately 30% of the Corporation’s 2007 aggregates shipments was related to the commercial construction market.

Private residential construction market spending decreased 18.3% in 2007 from 2006, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The decline in this sector occurred as homebuilders reduced (PIE CHART)

the level of homebuilding and subdivision development as compared with the building levels during the recent period of historically low interest rates. Further, current credit market conditions removed speculative and subprime buyers from the market. The Corporation’s percentage of its shipments attributable to the residential construction market declined in 2007 as compared with 2006. The Corporation’s exposure to residential construction is typically split evenly between aggregates used in the construction of subdivisions, including roads, sidewalks, and storm and sewage drainage, and aggregates used in the construction of homes. Therefore, the timing of new subdivision starts by homebuilders affects residential volumes as much as new home starts.

The Corporation’s asphalt, ready mixed concrete and road paving operations generally follow construction industry trends. These vertically-integrated operations accounted for approximately 5% of the Aggregates business’ 2007 total revenues.

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Since 1995, a higher percentage of the Corporation’s shipments have been transported by rail and water. The gross margin on these shipments is lower as a result of the Corporation generally not charging customers a profit on the transportation portion of the selling price. However, as demand increases in supply-constrained areas, additional pricing opportunities, along with improved distribution cost, may continue to improve profitability and gross margin on transported material. Further, the long-haul transportation network can diversify market risk for locations that engage in long-haul transportation of their aggregates products. Many locations serve both a local market and transport products via rail and/or water to be sold in other markets. The risk of a downturn in one market may be somewhat mitigated by other markets served by the location.

Pricing on construction projects is generally based on terms committing to delivery of specified products at a specified price. While commercial construction jobs usually are completed within a year, infrastructure contracts can require several years to complete. Therefore, pricing increases can have a lag time before taking effect while the Corporation sells aggregates products under existing price agreements.

Management believes the Corporation experienced the beginning of a shift in industry pricing trends during 2005 and 2006. In those years, mid-year and other interim price

The Aggregates business is subject to potential losses on customer accounts receivable in response to economic cycles. A growing economy decreases the risk of non-payment and bankruptcy, while a recessionary economy increases those risks. Historically, the Corporation’s bad debt write-offs have not been significant to its operating results, and management considers the allowance for doubtful accounts adequate as of December 31, 2007.

Management expects the overall long-term trend for construction aggregates consolidation to continue. However, management expects the consolidation trend to slow as the number of suitable small to mid-sized acquisition targets in attractive markets declines. The Corporation’s Board of Directors and management continue to review and monitor strategic long-term plans. These plans include assessing business combinations and arrangements with other companies engaged in similar businesses, increasing market share in the Corporation’s strategic businesses and pursuing new opportunities that are related to existing markets of the Corporation.

Aggregates Industry and Corporation Risks

General Economic Conditions

The overall economy has been negatively affected by mortgage security losses and the tightening credit markets.

increases became widespread as opposed to the previous pattern of annual increases. This shift resulted from increased demand for aggregates, along with the scarcity of supply in high-growth markets. Further, cost pressures, primarily related to energy, also influenced pricing. In 2007, the easing of demand and cost pressures reduced the rate of annual price increases and there were fewer mid-year price increases for the Corporation’s aggregates products. Management expects pricing in the near term to increase at a rate higher than long-term historic averages and correlate, with a lag factor, with the rate of growth in demand. Pricing is determined locally and is affected by supply and demand.

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Further, the housing market experienced a significant downturn during 2007. In response to a weak economic outlook and increasing downside risks to growth, the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by 125 basis points to 3.00 percent in January, 2008. Typically, the economy feels the effects of a significant cut in the federal funds rate 6 to 12 months later.

Public-sector construction projects are funded through a combination of federal, state and local sources (see section Federal and State Highway Appropriations on pages 50 through 52). The level of state public-works spending is varied across the nation and dependent upon individual state economies. In addition to federal appropriations, each

2006, the Commonwealth of Virginia leased the nine-mile Pocahontas Parkway for 99 years to Transurban, a private Australian firm. Transurban paid $522 million for the parkway rights and also agreed to build a connecting road to the Richmond airport. Additionally, Texas has a transaction pending, subject to the completion of environmental studies, which would sell the rights to build a 300-mile, $6 billion toll road from San Antonio to Dallas to a private firm for $1.2 billion. While these public/private partnerships address underlying demand and should continue, there is currently limited opportunity for widespread use until issues surrounding whether public assets should be used in this manner are resolved.

state funds its infrastructure spending from specifically allocated amounts collected from various taxes, typically gasoline taxes and vehicle fees. Additionally, subject to voter approval, the states may pass bond programs to fund infrastructure spending. Increasingly, local governments are funding projects through bond issues and local option taxes. Shortfalls in tax revenues can result in reductions in appropriations for infrastructure spending. Accordingly, amounts put in place or spent may be below amounts awarded under legislative bills.

In addition to bond issuances and local option taxes, state governments have developed other alternative sources for financing the construction and maintenance of roads. For example, the state of Indiana passed a bill in 2006 that leased the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road to Macquarie Infrastructure Group of Sydney, Australia, and Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporta, S.A. of Madrid, Spain for 75 years. The $3.8 billion received by Indiana as part of the agreement is allocated to the Major Moves Program that supports highway and economic development projects, road bond retirements and the establishment of funds that will ultimately be used for construction projects. Further, in

Source: Moody’s Economy.com Inc.

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The impact of economic improvement will vary by local market. Profitability of the Aggregates business by state may not be proportional to net sales by state because certain of the Corporation’s markets are more profitable than others. Further, while the Corporation’s aggregates operations cover a wide geographic area, financial results depend on the strength of local economies, which may differ from the economic conditions of the state or region. This is particularly relevant given the high cost of transportation as it relates to the price of the product. The impact of state or regional economic conditions is felt less by large fixed plant operations that serve multiple end-use markets through the Corporation’s long-haul distribution network.

In 2007, as reported by Moody’s Economy.com Inc., most states experienced an expanding economy. Exceptions included flat economies in Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky and recessionary economies in Florida, Nevada, California, Michigan and Arizona. For comparison, in 2006, most states also experienced an expanding economy. Exceptions included flat economies in South Carolina, Louisiana, Ohio and Mississippi and a recessionary economy in Michigan.

The Aggregates business’ top five revenue-generating states, namely North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina, together accounted for approximately 61% of its 2007 net sales by state of destination. The top ten revenue-generating states, which also include Florida, Louisiana, Indiana, Alabama and Ohio, together accounted for approximately 81% of the Aggregates business’ 2007 net sales by state of destination.

The North Carolina economy is expanding at a rate greater than the national average. Growth from an expanding high-tech manufacturing and research base has offset losses from closings of furniture and textile plants. The state has authorized $900 million of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle Bonds (GARVEE bonds) to fund various road projects statewide. In July 2007, the state of North Carolina approved the issuance of $300 million of these bonds which will be repaid with federal money the state expects to receive for highway and interstate projects in future years. Inclusive of GARVEE bond jobs, the state bid approximately $1.0 billion of projects in 2007 and the same level is projected for 2008. This compares with $722 million of state projects

bid in 2006. Additionally, construction activity continued from the $3.1 billion education bond passed in 2002 funding new construction, repairs and renovations on the state’s sixteen-campus university system. Further, a $970 million school bond for public school construction in the Raleigh area was passed in November 2006 and an additional $516 million bond package for Charlotte-area school construction was approved in November 2007. The state’s commercial construction market is expected to remain steady. The residential construction market has remained steady in the Charlotte area, but has slowed in the Raleigh and Greensboro areas. Single-family housing permits are projected to be down 6% statewide in 2008. Historically, the Corporation’s North Carolina operations have been above average in profitability due to its quarry locations in growing market areas and their related transportation advantage.

In Texas, the infrastructure market outlook reflects a projected reduction in state Department of Transportation spending being partially offset by increased local spending. A multi-use, statewide network of transportation routes, the Trans-Texas Corridor, has been proposed and would include existing and new highways, railways and utility right-of-ways. This proposal is a long-term project to be completed in phases over the next 50 years. In San Antonio, the infrastructure construction market has remained strong. Despite delays in tollway spending along the burgeoning northern corridor of the community while environmental impact studies are completed, toll projects in this area are ultimately expected to provide a significant economic boost. The San Antonio market should benefit further from Washington Mutual, Inc.’s decision to open a regional center that will bring approximately 5,000 new jobs to the area over the next several years. Coupled with the recent completion of the construction of a Toyota truck manufacturing facility and the net gain of several thousand new jobs from the recent military base realignment, San Antonio is one the fastest growing markets in Texas. By contrast, mortgage rate increases, an all-time high inventory of repossessed homes and a growing number of other available homes have adversely affected the residential construction market, which is expected to decline slightly in 2008. In Dallas, the infrastructure construction market should remain positive, supported by record spending by the North Texas Tollway Authority. The Dallas residential construction market has slowed. In Houston, the overall construction market has

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been strong, although residential construction has declined. The Houston construction materials market faces the potential of increased competition from waterborne imports due to higher railroad freight pricing and train availability, which affects the delivered price of stone from interior quarries in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The overall economy of Houston is currently being bolstered by the strong performance of the energy sector.

The Georgia state economy remains healthy despite the announced closings of the General Motors and Ford assembly plants and several military base closures in the Atlanta area. The groundbreaking of a KIA automobile assembly plant in western Georgia, as well as the announced expansions at the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick, indicate Georgia’s increasing international focus. Infrastructure improvements are helping to further establish the state’s position as a major southeastern distribution center. The infrastructure construction market remains strong and the outlook is favorable. The residential construction market is currently depressed, while the commercial construction market outlook is for slower growth in 2008.

The Iowa state economy, heavily dependent on the agriculture industry, is growing at a rate that surpasses the national average. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, which governed federal farm programs, expired by its own terms on September 30, 2007. Among other things, this legislation provided minimum price supports for certain crops, including corn and soybeans, and stimulated the agricultural economy in Iowa, which provided an overall benefit for the state. Management expects a successor Farm Bill to be passed. Iowa continues to be the largest pork-producing state in the nation. Local economies have been strong in urban areas of the state, while economies in rural areas have been bolstered by construction of alternative energy facilities, including ethanol, bio-diesel and wind. In fact, corn used for the production of ethanol has increased to the point where Iowa, the nation’s largest corn producer, could become an importer of corn. The infrastructure construction market has been soft and reflects a reduced level of projects by the Iowa Department of Transportation. The residential construction market declined in 2007 and no improvement is expected in 2008. The commercial construction market has remained stable.

The South Carolina economy is expected to start outperforming the national average. Future growth is expected to come from service-based industries, including education, healthcare, and leisure and hospitality. The infrastructure construction market has declined with no recent material contract awards. The South Carolina Department of Transportation is undergoing administrative reform and is considering alternative sources of revenues. Such considerations include increasing gasoline taxes and tolling roads. The state has been granted permission to toll Interstate 95 and is considering tolling portions of Interstate 26 between Columbia and Charleston. The residential construction market has started to slow down, including areas along the coast that had previously been strong. In the commercial market, Jafza International is planning a $600 million logistics and manufacturing park in Orangeburg that could ultimately employ 10,000 people. Additionally, Google, Inc., is constructing a data center in Berkeley County and has also purchased land in Blythewood County.

Federal and State Highway Appropriations



		•		Six-year $286.4 billion federal highway law passed in 2005
		•		Law increases states’ minimum rates of returns of gasoline taxes paid to Highway Trust Fund

The federal highway law is the principal source of highway funding for public-sector construction projects. SAFETEA-LU is a six-year $286.4 billion law succeeding The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (“TEA-21”), which expired by its terms on September 30, 2003. SAFETEA-LU is presently scheduled to expire on September 30, 2009.

SAFETEA-LU includes approximately $228 billion for highway programs, $52 billion for transit programs and $6 billion for highway safety programs. Law provisions include increasing the minimum rate of return for donor states, meaning those states are paying more in gasoline taxes than they receive from the highway trust fund. The minimum rate of return will increase from the current rate of 90.5 percent to 92.0 percent by 2008. Nine of the Aggregates business’ top ten revenue-generating states (North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Iowa, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Indiana and Ohio) were donor states for fiscal year 2007.

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The federal highway law provides spending authorizations that represent maximum amounts. Each year, an appropriation act is passed establishing the amount that can actually be used for particular programs. The annual funding level is generally tied to receipts of highway user taxes placed in the Highway Trust Fund. Once the annual appropriation is passed, funds are distributed to each state based on formulas (apportionments) or other procedures (allocations). Apportioned and allocated funds generally must be spent on specific programs as outlined in the federal legislation. SAFETEA-LU includes a revenue-aligned budget authority (“RABA”) provision, an annual review and adjustment to link annual funding to actual and anticipated revenues credited to the Highway Trust Fund. This review commenced in fiscal year 2007 and continues through the term of the bill. In September 2007, the Senate Finance Committee approved proposed legislation that will generate new revenues for the Highway Trust Fund to ensure its solvency through fiscal year 2009. Without this legislation, it is estimated that the Highway Trust Fund will not be able to support fiscal year 2009 SAFETEA-LU guaranteed funding. The proposed legislation has not yet received full Congressional or Presidential approval.

Congress passed an omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2008 that included $40.2 billion in guaranteed spending for the federal-aid highway program.

A significant number of roads, highways and bridges built following the establishment of the Interstate Highway System in 1956 are now aging. According to The Road Information Program (“TRIP”), a national transportation research group, vehicle travel on United States highways increased 39 percent from 1990 to 2005, while new road mileage increased only 4 percent over the same period. TRIP also reports that 33 percent of America’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 26 percent of America’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Furthermore, a 2005 report issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers (the “Society”) rated fourteen out of fifteen infrastructure categories as being in poor or mediocre condition. The Society believes that the aging infrastructure and the poor condition of roads in the United States is costing approximately $120 billion per year in repairs, operating costs and time spent in traffic. According to American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, construction costs are expected

to increase 70 percent from 1993 to 2015. Additionally, as reported by TRIP, the current backlog of needed road, highway and bridge repairs is approximately $461 billion. Considering these statistics, the follow-on bill to SAFETEA-LU will be key to funding continued infrastructure spending. Many stakeholder groups have united to engage in discussions with Congress regarding the importance of the successor federal highway bill. Although there can be no assurance that a successor bill will be passed prior to the expiration of SAFETEA-LU, management expects, based on past history, that federal funding for highways would be provided under continuing resolution(s) if a successor bill is not passed on or before September 30, 2009.

Most federal funds are available for four years. Once the federal government approves a state project, funds are committed and considered spent regardless of when the cash is actually spent by the state and reimbursed by the federal government. Funds are generally spent by the state over a period of years, with approximately 27% in the year of funding authorization, 41% in the succeeding year and 16% in the third year. The remaining 16% is spent in the fourth year and beyond, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

Federal highway laws require Congress to annually appropriate highway funding levels, which continue to be subject to balanced budget and other proposals that may impact the funding available for the Highway Trust Fund. However, investments in transportation improvements generally create new jobs, which is a priority of many of the government’s economic plans. According to American Road and Transportation Builders Association (“ARTBA”), federal data indicates that every $1 billion in federal highway investment creates 47,500 jobs. Approximately half of the Aggregates business’ net sales to the infrastructure market come from federal funding authorizations, including matching funds from the states.

States are required to match funds at a predetermined rate to receive federal funds for highways. Matching levels vary depending on the type of project. If a state is unable to match its allocated federal funds, funding is forfeited. Any forfeitures are reallocated to states providing the appropriate matching funds. States rarely forfeit federal highway funds.

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The rate of growth in state tax collections has declined during 2007. Given that most states are required to balance their budgets, reductions in revenues will generally require a reduction in expenditures. In an economic downturn, there is typically a time lag before states experience lower tax receipts. Although state highway construction programs are primarily financed from highway user fees (including fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees), there has been a reduction in many states’ investment in highway maintenance. Significant increases in federal infrastructure funding typically require state governments to increase highway user fees to match federal spending. Management believes that innovative financing at the state level will grow at a faster rate than federal funding. During the November 2006 election cycle, ARTBA’s Special 2006 Ballot Initiatives Report indicated that voters in various states approved 22 state and local measures that, once enacted, would provide over $2.1 billion in additional annual transportation funding. Generally, state spending on infrastructure leads to increased growth opportunity for the Corporation. The degree to which the Corporation could be affected by a reduction or slowdown in infrastructure spending varies by state. The state economies of the Aggregates business’ five largest revenue-generating states may disproportionately affect performance.

The Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act is a four-year bill that ended September 30, 2007 and provided funding for airport improvements throughout the United States. A successor four-year bill has been proposed in Congress.

and Southwest. Excessive rainfall, and conversely excessive drought, can also jeopardize shipments, production and profitability.

The Corporation’s operations in the southeastern and Gulf Coast regions of the United States and the Bahamas are at risk for hurricane activity. The Corporation did not incur significant damage from hurricanes in 2007. However, the West Group, particularly Texas, southern Oklahoma and Kansas, experienced near historic levels of rainfall and flooding during 2007, which affected both shipments and operations.

Cost Structure



		•		Top 10 cost categories represent 96% of the Aggregates business’ cost of sales;
		•		Increased fuel costs negatively affected the Aggregates business’ cost of sales by $7 million;
		•		Health and welfare cost increased 2% over past five years compared with national average of 6% to 7%; and
		•		Consolidated headcount reduced by 200 employees in 2007; earnings from operations per average number of employees increased 15% in 2007 as compared with 2006.

Generally, the top ten categories of cost of sales for the Aggregates business are (1) labor and related benefits; (2) freight on transported material (excluding freight billed directly to customers); (3) energy; (4) repairs; (5) depreciation, depletion and amortization; (6) supplies; (7) contract services; (8) raw materials; (9) materials purchased for resale; and (10) royalties. In 2007, these categories represented approximately 96% of the Aggregates business’ total cost of sales.


*Geographic Exposure and Seasonality* Seasonal changes and other weather-related conditions significantly affect the aggregates industry. Aggregates production and shipment levels coincide with general construction activity, most of which occurs in the spring, summer and fall. Thus, production and shipment levels vary by quarter. Operations concentrated in the northern United States generally experience more severe winter weather conditions than operations in the Southeast				Due to high fixed costs associated with production, the operating leverage of the Aggregates business can be substantial. Management believes approximately one-third of the Aggregates business’ cost of sales is fixed, one-third is variable and one-third is semi-fixed. Fixed costs are expenses that do not vary based on production or sales volume. Depreciation expense is an example of

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a fixed cost. Variable costs fluctuate with the level of production or sales volume. Energy is an example of a variable cost. Semi-fixed costs contain both a fixed component and a variable component. An example of a semi-fixed cost is labor for hourly employees. These employees generally work a certain minimum number of hours per week for continuity of workforce and safety reasons. However, the actual number of hours worked by these employees will primarily depend on production demands.

The Corporation has a process improvement program in which personnel teams review operational effectiveness on a function-by-function and location-by-location basis. The resulting plant automation, mobile fleet modernization and right-sizing, coupled with continuous cost improvement, have contributed to an improved cost structure. In particular, plant automation maximizes the efficiency of materials flow through the production process and has resulted in reduced headcount. Additionally, the process improvement program has helped control repairs and maintenance costs.

Wage inflation and increases in labor costs may be somewhat mitigated by enhanced productivity in an expanding economy. Rising health care costs have affected total labor costs in recent years and are expected to continue. However, workforce reductions resulting from plant automation, mobile fleet right-sizing and the economic downturn have helped the Corporation control rising costs.

The Corporation has experienced health care cost increases averaging 2% over the past five years, whereas the national average was 6% to 7%. The Corporation’s voluntary pension plan contributions have lessened the impact of rising pension costs.

Lead times for large mobile equipment purchases eased in 2007 in connection with the softening of the construction market. Generally, when the Corporation incurs higher capital costs to replace facilities and equipment, increased capacity and productivity along with reduced repair costs can offset increased depreciation costs. However, when aggregates demand weakens, the increased productivity and related efficiencies may not be fully realized, resulting in underabsorption of fixed costs, including depreciation.

The impact of inflation on the Corporation’s businesses has been less significant as inflation rates have moderated. However, the Corporation has experienced increases in most cost areas. Notably, energy sector inflation affects the costs of operating mobile equipment used in quarry operations, electricity to operate plants, waterborne and rail transportation of aggregates materials, and asphalt production. In 2007, increases in fuel prices lowered net earnings for the Aggregates business by $0.10 per diluted share when compared with 2006 fuel prices.

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As a percentage of net sales, consolidated selling, general and administrative costs increased to 7.9% in 2007 as compared with 7.6% in 2006. The increase results from $6.2 million in increased share-based incentive compensation expense. Selling, general and administrative expenses for 2007 increased less than 2% excluding the increase in incentive compensation expense.

Shortfalls in federal and state revenues may result in increases in income and other taxes.

Transportation Exposure

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s geological map of the United States shows the possible sources of indigenous surface rock and illustrates the limited supply in the coastal areas of the United States from Virginia to Texas.

online at its Bahamas and Nova Scotia locations to transport materials via oceangoing ships. In 2006, the Corporation completed the second largest capital project in its history, a new highly-automated plant and barge loadout system at its Three Rivers facility in Kentucky. The new plant, a key site in the Corporation’s long-haul distribution network, is capable of producing more than 8 million tons per year and can ship to 14 states along the Ohio and Mississippi River network. The Corporation is also currently focusing a significant part of its capital growth spending program on locations that are part of the rail transportation network and are positioned along the geological fall line in Georgia and South Carolina.

As the Corporation continues to move more aggregates by rail and water, embedded freight costs have eroded profit margins. The freight costs for aggregates products often equal


	or exceed the selling price of the underlying aggregates products. The Corporation administers freight costs principally in three ways:
		Option 1: The customer supplies transportation.
		Option 2: The Corporation directly ships aggregates products from a production location to a customer by arranging for a third party carrier to deliver aggregates and then charging the freight costs to the customer. These freight and delivery revenues and costs are presented in the consolidated statements of earnings as required by Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-10, Accounting For Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs. These freight and delivery revenues and costs for the Aggregates business were $222.3 million, $245.5 million and $232.4 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
With population migration into the southeastern and southwestern United States, local crushed stone supplies must be supplemented, or in most cases supplied, from inland and offshore quarries. The Corporation’s strategic focus includes expanding inland and offshore capacity and acquiring distribution terminals and port locations to offload transported material. In 1994, the Corporation had 7 distribution terminals. Today, with 68 distribution terminals, a growing percentage of the Corporation’s aggregates shipments are being moved by rail or water through this network. In recent years, the Corporation brought additional capacity		Option 3: The Corporation transports aggregates, either by rail or water, from a production location to a distribution terminal. The selling price at the distribution terminal includes the freight cost to move it there. These freight costs are included in the Aggregates business’ cost of sales and were $181.5 million, $202.1 million and $160.9 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Transportation costs from the distribution location to the customer are



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accounted for as described above in options 1 or 2, as applicable.

this decade. Further, in response to these issues, rail transportation providers focused on increasing the number of cars per unit train under transportation contracts and are


For analytical purposes, the Corporation eliminates the effect of freight on margins with the second option. When the third option is used, margins as a percentage of net sales are negatively affected because the customer does not typically pay the Corporation a profit associated with the transportation component of the selling price. For example, a truck customer in a local market will pick up the material at the quarry and pay $6.50 per ton of aggregate. Assuming a $1.50 gross profit per ton, the Corporation would recognize a 23% gross margin. However, if a customer purchased a ton of aggregate that was transported to a distribution yard by the Corporation via rail or water, the selling price may be $12.50 per ton,				generally requiring customers, through the freight rate structure, to accommodate larger unit train movements. A unit train is a freight train moving large tonnages of a single bulk product between two points without intermediate yarding and switching. In 2006, the Corporation brought a new plant online at its North Troy operation in Oklahoma, which is capable of producing 5 million tons per year and handling multiple 90-car unit trains. Rail availability is seasonal and can impact aggregates shipments depending on other competing movements. In January 2008, the Corporation entered into lease agreements for additional railcars in its West Group. Further, in 2005, the Corporation

assuming a $6.00 cost of freight. With the same $1.50 gross profit per ton and no profit associated with the transportation component, the gross margin would be reduced to 12% as a result of the embedded freight cost.

In 1994, 93% of the Corporation’s aggregates shipments were moved by truck and the remainder by rail. In contrast, the originating mode of transportation for the Corporation’s aggregates shipments in 2007 was 74% by truck, 17% by rail and 9% by water (see section Analysis of Gross Margin on pages 44 and 45).

The Corporation’s increased dependence on rail shipments has made it vulnerable to railroad performance issues, including track congestion, crew and power availability, and the ability to renegotiate favorable railroad shipping contracts. For example, in 2006, the Corporation experienced significant rail transportation shortages in Texas and parts of the Southeast, which were caused by the downsizing of personnel and equipment by certain railroads during the economic downturn in the early part of

addressed certain of its railcar needs by leasing 780 railcars under two master lease agreements. One of the lease agreements has an initial lease term of 5 years with a renewal option for an additional 5-year period; the other lease has a term of 20 years.

Generally, the Corporation does not buy railcars, barges or ships, but instead supports its long-term distribution network with leases and contracts of affreightments for these modes of transportation. However, the limited availability of water and rail transportation providers, coupled with increased demand and limited distribution sites, can adversely affect lease rates for such services. In fact, in 2007, a lease versus buy analysis resulted in the Corporation purchasing 50 barges that were initially going to be financed via an operating lease.

The waterborne distribution network increases the Corporation’s exposure to certain risks, including, among other items, the ability to negotiate favorable shipping contracts, demurrage costs, fuel costs, barge or ship availability and weather disruptions. The Corporation has long-term



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agreements providing dedicated shipping capacity from its Bahamas and Nova Scotia operations to its coastal ports. These contracts of affreightments have varying expiration dates ranging from 2008 to 2017 and generally contain renewal options. However, there can be no assurance that such contracts can be renewed upon expiration. Further, barge availability has become an issue, as the rate of retirements is exceeding the rate of construction. Shipyards that build barges are operating at capacity and lead times for barges are approximately 18 months.

Water levels can also affect the Corporation’s ability to transport materials. In 2007, dry weather caused low water levels and resulted in reduced tonnage that could be shipped on a barge. Consequently, the per ton cost of transporting materials was higher than normal. Additionally, high water levels can result in a reduction in the number of barges that can be included in a tow and also require additional horsepower to provide necessary towing services.

Management expects the multiple transportation modes that have been developed with various rail carriers and via deepwater ships and barges to provide the Corporation with the flexibility to effectively serve customers in the Southwest and Southeast coastal markets.

Internal Expansion

The Corporation’s capital expansion, acquisition and greensite programs are designed to take advantage of construction market growth through investment in both permanent and portable quarrying operations. Recently, the Corporation has focused on an extensive array of plant automation and capacity expansion projects, particularly at locations that are part of its long-haul distribution network. A current priority of the Corporation’s capital spending program is to recapitalize its Southeast operations. In particular, the Corporation commenced work on a major plant project in the Augusta, Georgia, area during the fourth quarter of 2007 with completion expected in early 2009. This project, which will increase annual production capacity from 2 million tons to 6 million tons, is the first of a planned series of capital projects along the geological fall line in Georgia and South Carolina. Additionally, in 2007, the Corporation completed a large-scale plant project

in Weeping Water, Nebraska, that increased annual production capacity from 2 million tons to 3.5 million tons. While such capital projects generally increase capacity, lower production costs and improve product quality, they may experience short-term, higher-than-average start-up costs. Additionally, it may take time to increase shipments and absorb the increased depreciation and other fixed costs, particularly in a slow economy. Therefore, the full economic benefit of a capital project may not be realized immediately upon completion.

A long-term capital focus for the Corporation is underground aggregates mines, which provide a neighbor-friendly alternative to surface quarries. The Corporation is the largest operator of underground aggregates mines in the United States. Production costs are generally higher underground than for surface quarries since the depth of the aggregates deposits and the access to the reserves result in higher development, explosives and depreciation costs. However, these locations tend to be closer to their end-use markets and generally have higher average selling prices than surface quarries.

On average, the Corporation’s aggregates reserves exceed 50 years of production based on current levels of activity. Management of the Corporation has focused on acquisitions of additional property around existing quarry locations. This property can serve as buffer property or additional mineral reserve capacity, assuming the underlying geology supports economical aggregates mining. In either instance, the acquisition of additional property around an existing quarry allows the expansion of the quarry footprint and extension of quarry life. Some locations having limited reserves may be unable to expand.

Environmental Regulation and Litigation

The expansion and growth of the aggregates industry is subject to increasing challenges from environmental and political advocates hoping to control the pace and direction of future development. Certain environmental groups have published lists of targeted municipal areas, including areas within the Corporation’s marketplace, for environmental and suburban growth control. The effect of these initiatives on the Corporation’s growth is typically localized. Further challenges are expected as these initiatives gain momentum across the United States. Rail and other transportation



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alternatives are being heralded by these special-interest groups as solutions to mitigate road traffic congestion and overcrowding.

The Clean Air Act, originally passed in 1963 and periodically updated by amendments, is the United States’ national air pollution control program that granted the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) authority to set limits on the level of various air pollutants. To be in compliance with national ambient air quality standards (“NAAQS”), a defined geographic area must be below the limits set for six pollutants. Recently, environmental groups have been successful in lawsuits against the federal and certain state departments of transportation, delaying highway construction in municipal areas not yet in compliance with the Clean Air Act. The EPA designates geographic areas as nonattainment areas when the level of air pollutants exceeds the national standard. Nonattainment areas receive deadlines to reduce air pollutants by instituting various control strategies. They otherwise face fines or control by the EPA. Included as non-attainment areas are several major metropolitan areas in the Corporation’s markets, such as Charlotte, North Carolina; Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, North Carolina; Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Hickory/ Morganton/Lenoir, North Carolina; Houston/Galveston, Texas; Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Macon, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; Rock Hill, South Carolina; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Federal transportation funding through SAFETEA-LU is directly tied to compliance with the Clean Air Act.

The Corporation’s operations are subject to and affected by federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the environment, health and safety and other regulatory matters. Certain of the Corporation’s operations may occasionally involve the use of substances classified as toxic or hazardous. The Corporation regularly monitors and reviews its operations, procedures and policies for compliance with these laws and regulations. Despite these compliance efforts, risk of environmental liability is inherent in the operation of the Corporation’s businesses, as it is with other companies engaged in similar businesses.

Environmental operating permits are, or may be, required for certain of the Corporation’s operations; such permits are subject to modification, renewal and revocation. New permits, which are generally required for opening new sites or for expansion at existing operations, can take several years to obtain. Rezoning and special-purpose permits are increasingly difficult to acquire. Once a permit is obtained, the location is required to generally operate in accordance with the approved site plan.

The Corporation is engaged in certain legal and administrative proceedings incidental to its normal business activities (see Notes A and N to the audited consolidated financial statements on pages 13 through 18 and pages 32 and 33, respectively).

Specialty Products Segment

Through its Specialty Products segment, the Corporation manufactures and markets magnesia-based chemicals products for industrial, agricultural and environmental applications; dolomitic lime for use primarily in the steel industry; and structural composites products. Chemicals products have varying uses, including flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production and other environmental applications. In 2007, 66% of Specialty Products’ net sales were attributable to chemicals products, 29% were attributable to lime, 2% were attributable to stone and 3% were attributable to structural composites products.

Given the high fixed costs, low capacity utilization negatively affects the segment’s results of operations. Further, the production of certain magnesia chemical products and lime products requires natural gas, coal and petroleum coke to fuel kilns. Price fluctuations of these fuels affect the segment’s profitability.

In 2007, approximately 75% of the lime produced was sold to third-party customers, while the remaining 25% was used internally as a raw material for the business’ manufacturing of chemicals products. Dolomitic lime products sold to external customers are primarily used by the steel industry, and overall, approximately 70% of Specialty Products’ 2007 net sales related to products used in the steel industry. Accordingly, a portion of the segment’s revenues and profits is affected by production



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and inventory trends within the steel industry. These trends are guided by the rate of consumer consumption, the flow of offshore imports and other economic factors. During 2007, softness in housing-related steel products and automobile manufacturing curtailed demand in the United States’ steel industry. Further, steel production in 2007 was reduced following a record year for steel imports in 2006. Import rates in 2007 adjusted to the domestic market, but the continued downturn in steel-related industries will affect Specialty Products’ revenues and profitability.

Approximately 11% of Specialty Products’ 2007 revenues came from foreign jurisdictions, including Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America and the Pacific Rim. As a result of foreign market sales, financial results could be affected by foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in the foreign markets. To mitigate the short-term effect of currency exchange rates, the U.S. dollar is used as the functional currency in foreign transactions.

Approximately 90% of Specialty Products’ hourly workforce belongs to a labor union. Union contracts cover employees at the Manistee, Michigan magnesia-based chemicals plant and the Woodville, Ohio lime plant. The labor contract with the Woodville labor union expires in June 2010, while the Manistee labor union contract expires in August 2011.

Credit Market Risk

The current credit environment has negatively affected the economy and management has considered the potential impact to the Corporation’s business. Demand for aggregates products, particularly in the commercial and residential construction markets, could continue to decline if companies and consumers are unable to obtain financing for construction projects or if the economic slowdown causes delays or cancellations of capital projects. Additionally, the Corporation may experience difficulty placing its A-2/P-2 commercial paper. The Corporation experienced delays in placing 30-day commercial paper in August and September, 2007, but has not had placement problems since that time. Management expects to refinance the $200 million Notes due December 2008. However, there is no guarantee that the Corporation will be able to access the capital markets at financially economical interest rates.

Internal Control and Accounting and Reporting Risk

The Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm issued an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal controls as of December 31, 2007. A system of internal controls over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance, in a cost-effective manner, on the reliability of a company’s financial reporting and the process for preparing and fairly presenting financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Further, a system of internal control over financial reporting, by its nature, should be dynamic and responsive to the changing risks of the underlying business. Changes in the system of internal control over financial reporting could increase the risk of occurrence of a significant deficiency or material weakness.

Accounting rulemaking, which may come in the form of accounting standards, principles, interpretations or speeches, has become increasingly more complex and generally requires significant estimates and assumptions in their interpretation and application. Further, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States continue to be reviewed, updated and subject to change by various rule-making bodies, including the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission (see Accounting Changes section of Note A to the audited consolidated financial statements on pages 18 and section Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates on pages 60 through 68).

For additional discussion on risks, see the section “Risk Factors” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Outlook 2008

Management expects 2008 will be a challenging year as the Corporation deals with the uncertainty prevalent in the United States economy; however, demand for aggregate products in the infrastructure and commercial construction markets appears solid. Many states are exploring new funding alternatives, in addition to federal funding, to meet increasing demand for highways and roads and to mitigate congestion and commute times in urban areas. Commercial demand for industrial-related construction projects is steady and generally low vacancy rates in



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many of the Corporation’s markets support the fact that office space is not overbuilt. Retail commercial construction is slowing, but demand over the near term should be supported as commercial building catches up with the extended residential buildout. Residential construction is expected to continue to decline, but the recent interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve Bank should create better conditions in the second half of 2008 and into 2009. However, management does not expect growth in the homebuilding sector to materialize in a significant way until late 2009 or 2010. By contrast, management expects solid growth for chemical-grade aggregates used for flue gas desulfurization and in agriculture lime, as well as ballast used in railroad maintenance. Management is also seeing significant demand for new wind farm projects and continuing construction of ethanol plants. In the Specialty Products segment, management expects magnesia-based chemicals products demand to steadily increase as industries focus on clean air, clean water, and other green initiatives. Dolomitic lime demand used in the Corporation’s chemicals products and as a fluxing agent in steel production should see solid volume growth in 2008.

The overriding drivers of the Corporation’s performance for 2008 will depend upon a number of macroeconomic factors. Management’s current view is weighted toward a stabilization of the economy during the second half of 2008, which it believes could provide impetus for increased construction activity to address the underlying demand in the infrastructure and commercial markets and result in an increase in aggregates volumes.

After careful consideration with respect to the many factors that can affect the Corporation’s performance, especially over the short term, management has decided that it will continue to provide annual earnings guidance, but will eliminate quarterly guidance. Management believes that providing annual earnings guidance is more consistent with the approach it takes in running the Corporation’s business and provides investors with a view that better aligns them with management’s own performance objectives, all of which are based on annual, versus quarterly, targets. If, during the course of the year, events cause management to view the year’s performance as being materially different from the guidance it has provided,

management will update the guidance as warranted. Also during the course of the year, management will continue to provide quarterly insight into the volume and price drivers that could affect the Corporation’s performance.

Management expects 2008 aggregates volumes will range from up 1% to down 3% and the rate of price increase will be in a range from 5.5% to 7.5%. The relationship between volume and the rate of pricing growth is co-dependent. As volumes increase or decrease, the rate of pricing growth will tend to increase or decrease, but with a lag factor. The Specialty Products segment, which includes magnesia chemicals, dolomitic lime and targeted activity in structural composites, is expected to contribute $36 million to $38 million in pretax earnings compared with $33 million in 2007.

In this context, management currently expects record net earnings per diluted share, in a range of $6.25 to $7.00 for 2008.

Risks to Earnings Expectations
The 2008 estimated earnings range includes management’s assessment of the likelihood of certain risk factors that will affect performance within the range. The most significant risk to 2008 earnings, whether within or outside current earnings expectations, will be, as previously noted, the performance of the United States economy and its effect on construction activity. Management has estimated its earnings range, assuming a stabilization of the United States economy in the second half of 2008. Should the second half 2008 stabilization not occur or if the decline anticipated in the first half 2008 is worse than currently expected, earnings could vary significantly.

Risks to the earnings range are primarily volume-related and include a greater-than-expected drop in demand as a result of the continued decline in residential construction, a decline in commercial construction, delays in infrastructure projects, or some combination thereof. Further, increased highway construction funding pressures as a result of either federal or state issues can affect profitability. Currently, North Carolina, Texas, and South Carolina are experiencing state-level funding pressures and these states may disproportionately affect profitability. The level of



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aggregates demand in the Corporation’s end-use markets, production levels and the management of production costs will affect the operating leverage of the aggregates business and, therefore, profitability. Production costs in the Aggregates business are also sensitive to energy prices, the costs of repair and supply parts, and the start-up expenses for large-scale plant projects. The continued rising cost of diesel and other fuels increases production costs either directly through consumption or indirectly in the increased cost of energy-related consumables, namely steel, explosives, tires and conveyor belts. Sustained periods of diesel fuel cost at the current level will affect profitability. The availability of transportation in the Corporation’s long-haul network, particularly the availability of barges on the Mississippi River system and the availability of rail cars and locomotive power to move trains, affects the Corporation’s ability to efficiently transport material into certain markets, most notably Texas and the Gulf Coast region. The business is also subject to weather-related risks that can significantly affect production schedules and profitability. Opportunities to reach the upper end of the earnings range depend on the aggregates product line demand exceeding expectations.

Risks to earnings outside of the range include a change in volume beyond current expectations as a result of economic events outside of the Corporation’s control. In addition to the impact on residential and commercial construction, the Corporation is exposed to risk in its earnings expectations from tightening credit markets, and the availability of and interest cost related to its commercial paper program, which is rated A-2 by Standards & Poor’s and P-2 by Moody’s. Commercial paper of $72,000,000 was outstanding at December 31, 2007.

OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The Corporation’s audited consolidated financial statements include certain critical estimates regarding the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. These estimates require management’s subjective and complex judgments. Amounts reported in the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements could differ materially if management had used different assumptions in making these estimates, resulting in actual results differing from those estimates. Methodologies

used and assumptions selected by management in making these estimates, as well as the related disclosures, have been reviewed by and discussed with the Corporation’s Audit Committee. Management’s determination of the critical nature of accounting estimates and judgments may change from time to time depending on facts and circumstances that management cannot currently predict.

Impairment Review of Goodwill
Goodwill is required to be tested at least annually for impairment using a discounted cash flow model to estimate fair value. The impairment evaluation of goodwill is a critical accounting estimate because goodwill represents 21.4% of the Corporation’s total assets at December 31, 2007, the evaluation requires the selection of assumptions that are inherently volatile and an impairment charge could be material to the Corporation’s financial condition and its results of operations.

There is no goodwill associated with the Specialty Products segment. For the Aggregates business, management determined the reporting units, which represent the level at which goodwill is tested for impairment under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, (“FAS 142”), were as follow:

•		Carolina, which includes North Carolina and South Carolina;

•		Mideast, which includes Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia;

•		South Central, which includes Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Georgia, and Tennessee; quarry operations and distribution yards along the Mississippi River system and Gulf Coast; and offshore quarry operations in the Bahamas and Nova Scotia;

•		Southeast, which includes Florida and South Georgia;

•		West, which includes Arkansas, California, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

In accordance with FAS 142, the Corporation identified its reporting units as its operating segments or one level below its operating segments, referred to as components, if certain criteria were met. These criteria include the component having discrete financial information available and the information being regularly reviewed by segment management. However, components within an operating segment can be combined into a reporting unit if they have similar economic



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characteristics. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, disclosures for certain of the aforementioned reporting units are consolidated for financial reporting purposes as they meet the aggregation criteria. Any impact on reporting units resulting from organizational changes made by management is reflected in the succeeding FAS 142 evaluation.

Goodwill for each of the reporting units was tested for impairment by comparing the reporting unit’s fair value to its carrying value, which represents step 1 of a two-step approach required by FAS 142. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, no further calculation is necessary. A reporting unit with a carrying value in excess of its fair value constitutes a step 1 failure and leads to a step 2 evaluation to determine the goodwill write off. If a step 1 failure occurs, the excess of the carrying value over the fair value does not equal the amount of the goodwill write off. Step 2 requires the calculation of the implied fair value of goodwill by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to its tangible and intangible assets, other than goodwill, similar to the purchase price allocation prescribed under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations. The remaining unallocated fair value represents the implied fair value of the goodwill. If the implied fair value of goodwill exceeds its carrying amount, there is no impairment. If the carrying value of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment charge is recorded for the difference. When performing step 2 and allocating a reporting unit’s fair value, assets having a higher fair value as compared to book value increase any possible write off of impaired goodwill.

In accordance with FAS 142, the fair value of a reporting unit can be carried forward if it meets three criteria. First, the most recent evaluation resulted in a reporting unit’s fair value exceeding its carrying value by a substantial amount. Second, the assets and liabilities that make up the reporting unit have not changed significantly since the most recent fair value determination. Finally, the likelihood that a current fair value determination would be less than the current carrying amount of the reporting unit is remote.

In 2007, the impairment evaluation was performed as of October 1, which represents the ongoing annual evaluation date. The fair values of all reporting units were carried forward from the prior year. The carried-forward fair values were determined using a 15-year discounted cash flow model. Key assumptions included management’s estimates of future profitability, capital requirements, a 9% or 10% discount rate depending on which year the reporting unit’s fair value was calculated, and a 2.5% terminal growth rate. The fair values for each reporting unit exceeded their respective carrying values.

The term of the discounted cash flow model is a significant factor in determining the fair value of the reporting units. A 15-year term was selected based on management’s judgment supported by quantitative factors, including the Corporation’s strong financial position, long history of earnings growth and the remaining life of underlying mineral reserves, estimated at over 50 years at current production rates. Additional consideration was given to qualitative factors, including the Corporation’s industry leadership position and the lack of obsolescence risks related to the Aggregates business.

Future profitability and capital requirements are, by their nature, estimates. The profitability estimates utilized in the evaluation were consistent with the five-year operating plan prepared by management and reviewed by the Board of Directors. The succeeding ten years of profitability were estimated using assumptions for price, cost and volume increases. Future price, cost and volume assumptions were primarily weighted toward forecasts and market conditions, but also included a review of these trends during the most recent preceding fifteen-year period. Capital requirements were estimated based on expected recapitalization needs of the reporting units.

The assumed discount rate was based on the Corporation’s weighted-average cost of capital. The terminal growth rate was selected based on the projected annual increase in Gross Domestic Product. Price, cost and volume increases, profitability of acquired operations, efficiency improvements, the discount rate and the terminal growth rate are significant assumptions in performing the impairment test. These assumptions are interdependent and have a significant impact on the results of the test.



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The West reporting unit is significant to the evaluation as $407 million of the Corporation’s goodwill at December 31, 2007 is attributable to this reporting unit. For the 2007 evaluation, the excess of fair value over carrying value for this reporting unit was $172 million.

Management believes that all assumptions used were reasonable based on historical operating results and expected future trends. However, if future operating results are unfavorable as compared with forecasts, the results of future FAS 142 evaluations could be negatively affected. Additionally, mineral reserves, which represent the underlying assets producing the reporting units’ cash flows, are depleting assets by their nature. The reporting units’ future cash flows will be updated as required based on expected future cash flow trends. Management does not expect significant changes to the valuation model for the 2008 evaluation. The potential write off of goodwill from future evaluations represents a risk to the Corporation.

Pension Expense-Selection of Assumptions
The Corporation sponsors noncontributory defined benefit retirement plans that cover substantially all employees and a Supplemental Excess Retirement Plan (“SERP”) for certain retirees (see Note J to the audited consolidated financial statements on pages 25 through 28). Key assumptions for these benefit plans are selected in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions (“FAS 87”). In accordance with FAS 87, annual pension expense (inclusive of SERP expense) consists of several components:

•		Service Cost, which represents the present value of benefits attributed to services rendered in the current year, measured by expected future salary levels.

•		Interest Cost, which represents the accretion cost on the liability that has been discounted back to its present value.

•		Expected Return on Assets, which represents the expected investment return on pension fund assets.

•		Amortization of Prior Service Cost and Actuarial Gains and Losses, which represents components that are recognized over time rather than immediately, in accordance with FAS 87. Prior service cost represents credit given to employees for years of service prior to plan inception. Actuarial gains and losses arise from changes in assumptions

regarding future events or when actual returns on assets differ from expected returns. At December 31, 2007, the net unrecognized actuarial loss and unrecognized prior service cost were $70.5 million and $4.9 million, respectively. Pension accounting rules currently allow companies to amortize the portion of the unrecognized actuarial loss that represents more than 10 percent of the greater of the projected benefit obligation or pension plan assets, using the average remaining service life for the amortization period. Therefore, the $70.5 million unrecognized actuarial loss consists of approximately $35.3 million that is currently subject to amortization in 2008 and $35.2 million that is not subject to amortization in 2008. Assuming the December 31, 2007 projected benefit obligation and an average remaining service life of 8.8 years, approximately $4.7 million of amortization of the actuarial loss and prior service cost will be a component of 2008 annual pension expense.

These components are calculated annually to determine the pension expense that is reflected in the Corporation’s results of operations.

Management believes the selection of assumptions related to the annual pension expense is a critical accounting estimate due to the high degree of volatility in the expense dependent on selected assumptions. The key assumptions are as follow:

•		The discount rate is the rate used to present value the pension obligation and represents the current rate at which the pension obligations could be effectively settled.

•		The rate of increase in future compensation levels is used to project the pay-related pension benefit formula and should estimate actual future compensation levels.

•		The expected long-term rate of return on pension fund assets is used to estimate future asset returns and should reflect the average rate of long-term earnings on assets already invested.

•		The mortality table represents published statistics on the expected lives of people.

Management’s selection of the discount rate is based on an analysis that estimates the current rate of return for high quality, fixed-income investments with maturities matching the payment of pension benefits that could be purchased



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to settle the obligations. The Corporation used the 10th to 90th percentile of the universe (approximately 400 issues) of Moody’s Aa noncallable bonds in its analysis to determine the discount rate. Of the four key assumptions, the discount rate is generally the most volatile and sensitive estimate. Accordingly, a change in this assumption would have the most significant impact on the annual pension expense.

Management’s selection of the rate of increase in future compensation levels is generally based on the Corporation’s historical salary increases, including cost of living adjustments and merit and promotion increases, giving consideration to any known future trends. A higher rate of increase will result in a higher pension expense. The actual rate of increase in compensation levels in 2007 was approximately 4.3% as compared with an assumed rate of increase of 5.0%.

Management’s selection of the expected long-term rate of return on pension fund assets is based on a building-block approach, whereby the components are weighted based on the allocation of pension plan assets. Given that these returns are long-term, there are generally not significant fluctuations in the expected rate of return from year to year. However, management selected an expected rate of return of 8.00% at December 31, 2007, which represents a reduction of 25 basis points. This is due to lower expected returns on bonds, which comprise approximately 40% of the Corporation’s pension plan assets. The lower expected rate of return will result in a higher pension expense for 2008. The following table presents the expected return on pension fund assets as compared with the actual return on pension assets for 2007, 2006 and 2005:


	Expected Return		Actual Return
(add 000)	on Pension Assets		on Pension Assets
2007¹	$	22,474	$	11,839
2006²	$	19,638	$	30,329
2005³	$	17,713	$	18,599


¹		Return on assets is for the period December 1, 2006 to November 30, 2007.

²		Return on assets is for the period December 1, 2005 to November 30, 2006.

³		Return on assets is for the period December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2005.

The difference between expected return on pension assets and the actual return on pension assets is not immediately recognized in the statement of earnings. Rather, pension accounting rules require the difference to be included in actuarial gains and losses, which are amortized into annual pension expense.

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Corporation used the RP 2000 Mortality Table to estimate the remaining lives of the participants in the pension plans. The RP 2000 Mortality Table includes separate tables for blue-collar employees and white-collar employees. The Corporation used the blue-collar table for its hourly workforce and the white-collar table for its salaried employees.

Assumptions are selected on December 31 to be used in the calculation of the succeeding year’s expense. For the 2007 pension expense, the assumptions selected at December 31, 2006 were as follow:


Discount rate		5.70	%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels		5.00	%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets		8.25	%
Average remaining service period for participants	8.9 years
RP 2000 Mortality Table

Using these assumptions, the 2007 pension expense was $15.5 million. A change in the assumptions would have had the following impact on the 2007 expense:

•		A change of 25 basis points in the discount rate would have changed 2007 expense by approximately $1.5 million.

•		A change of 25 basis points in the expected long-term rate of return on assets would have changed the 2007 expense by approximately $0.7 million.

For the 2008 pension expense, the assumptions selected were as follow:


Discount rate		6.09	%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels		5.00	%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets		8.00	%
Average remaining service period for participants	8.8 years
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Using these assumptions, the 2008 pension expense is expected to be approximately $19.1 million based on current demographics and structure of the plans. Changes in the underlying assumptions would have the following estimated impact on the 2008 expected expense:

•		A change of 25 basis points in the discount rate would change the 2008 expected expense by approximately $1.7 million.

•		A change of 25 basis points in the expected long-term rate of return on assets would change the 2008 expected expense by approximately $0.7 million.

The Corporation’s pension plans are underfunded (projected benefit obligation exceeds the fair value of plan assets) by $64.2 million at December 31, 2007. Although an under-funded plan indicates a need for cash contributions, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and, more recently, Congressional changes in the timing and calculation of pension plan funding generally allow companies several years to make the required contributions. During this period, improvements in actual returns on assets may decrease or eliminate the need for cash contributions. The Corporation made pension plan contributions of $100 million in the five-year period ended December 31, 2007, of which $88 million were voluntary. In 2008, the Corporation’s expected contributions to its pension plans are $17 million, consisting of a voluntary $12 million contribution to the qualified pension plan and a $5 million contribution to the SERP.

Estimated Effective Income Tax Rate
The Corporation uses the liability method to determine its provision for income taxes, as outlined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“FAS 109”). Accordingly, the annual provision for income taxes reflects estimates of the current liability for income taxes, estimates of the tax effect of financial reporting versus tax basis differences using statutory income tax rates and management’s judgment with respect to any valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. The result is management’s estimate of the annual effective tax rate (the “ETR”) (see Note I to the audited consolidated financial statements on pages 23 and 24).

Income for tax purposes is determined through the application of the rules and regulations under the United States Internal Revenue Code and the statutes of various foreign, state and local tax jurisdictions in which the Corporation conducts business. Changes in the statutory tax rates and/ or tax laws in these jurisdictions may have a material effect on the ETR. The effect of these changes, if any, is recognized when the change is effective. As prescribed by these tax regulations, as well as generally accepted accounting principles, the manner in which revenues and expenses are recognized for financial reporting and income tax purposes is not always the same. Therefore, these differences between the Corporation’s pretax income for financial reporting purposes and the amount of taxable income for income tax purposes are treated as either temporary or permanent, depending on their nature.

Temporary differences reflect revenues or expenses that are recognized in financial reporting in one period and taxable income in a different period. Temporary differences result from differences between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of assets or liabilities and give rise to deferred tax assets or liabilities (i.e., future tax deductions or future taxable income). Therefore, when temporary differences occur, they are offset by a corresponding change in a deferred tax account. As such, total income tax expense as reported on the Corporation’s consolidated statements of earnings is not changed by temporary differences. For example, accelerated methods of depreciating machinery and equipment are often used for income tax purposes as compared with the straight-line method used for financial reporting purposes. Initially, the straight-line method used for financial reporting purposes, as compared with accelerated methods for income tax purposes, will result in higher current income tax expense for financial reporting purposes, with the difference between these methods resulting in the establishment of a deferred tax liability.

The Corporation has deferred tax liabilities, primarily for property, plant and equipment and goodwill. The deferred tax liabilities attributable to property, plant and equipment relate to accelerated depreciation and depletion methods used for income tax purposes as compared with the straight-line and units of production methods used for financial reporting purposes. These temporary differences will reverse over the remaining useful lives of the related assets. The deferred tax liabilities attributable to goodwill arise as a



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result of amortizing goodwill for income tax purposes but not for financial reporting purposes. This temporary difference reverses when goodwill is written off for financial reporting purposes, either through divestitures or an impairment charge. The timing of such events cannot be estimated.

The Corporation has deferred tax assets, primarily for unvested stock-based compensation awards, employee pension and postretirement benefits, valuation reserves, inventories and net operating loss carryforwards. The deferred tax assets attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards relate to differences in the timing of deductibility for financial reporting purposes versus income tax purposes. For financial reporting purposes, the fair value of the awards is deducted ratably over the requisite service period. For income tax purposes, no deduction is allowed until the award is vested or no longer subject to substantial risk of forfeiture. The deferred tax assets attributable to employee pension and postretirement benefits relate to deductions as plans are funded for income tax purposes as compared with deductions for financial reporting purposes that are based on accounting standards. The reversal of these differences depends on the timing of the Corporation’s contributions to the related benefit plans as compared to the annual expense for financial reporting purposes. The deferred tax assets attributable to valuation reserves and inventories relate to the deduction of estimated cost reserves and various period expenses for financial reporting purposes that are deductible in a later period for income tax purposes. The reversal of these differences depends on facts and circumstances, including the timing of deduction for income tax purposes for reserves previously established and the establishment of additional reserves for financial reporting purposes. At December 31, 2007, the Corporation had state net operating loss carryforwards of $117.8 million and related deferred tax assets of $7.9 million that have varying expiration dates. These deferred tax assets have a valuation allowance of $7.4 million, which was established based on the uncertainty of generating future taxable income in certain states during the limited period that the net operating loss carryforwards can be utilized under state statutes.

The Corporation’s estimated ETR reflects adjustments to financial reporting income for permanent differences. Permanent differences reflect revenues or expenses that are

recognized in determining either financial reporting income or taxable income, but not both. Permanent differences either increase or decrease income tax expense with no offset in deferred tax liabilities. An example of a material permanent difference that affects the Corporation’s estimated ETR is tax depletion in excess of basis for mineral reserves. For income tax purposes, the depletion deduction is calculated as a percentage of sales, subject to certain limitations. As a result, the Corporation may continue to claim tax depletion deductions exceeding the cost basis of the mineral reserves, whereas the depletion expense for financial reporting purposes ceases once the value of the mineral reserves is fully amortized. The continuing depletion for tax purposes is treated as a permanent difference. Another example of a permanent difference is goodwill established for financial reporting purposes from an acquisition of another company’s stock. This goodwill has no basis for income tax purposes. If the goodwill is subsequently written off as a result of divestitures or impairment losses, the financial reporting deduction is treated as a permanent difference.

Tax depletion in excess of book basis for mineral reserves is the single largest recurring permanent deduction for the Corporation in calculating taxable income. Therefore, a significant amount of the financial reporting risk related to the estimated ETR is based on this estimate. Estimates of the percentage depletion allowance are based on other accounting estimates such as sales and profitability by tax unit, which compound the risk related to the estimated ETR. Further, the percentage depletion allowance may not increase or decrease proportionately to a change in pretax earnings.

To calculate the estimated ETR for any year, management uses actual information where practical. Certain permanent and temporary differences are calculated prior to filing the income tax returns. However, other amounts, including deductions for percentage depletion allowances, are estimated at the time the provision for income taxes is calculated. After estimating amounts that management considers reasonable under the circumstances, a provision for income taxes is recorded.

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and related earnings, purchases and sales of business units and product mix subject to different percentage depletion rates are reflected in the quarterly estimate of the annual ETR. As required by FAS 109, some events may be treated as discrete events and the tax impact is fully recorded in the quarter in which the discrete event occurs. During 2007, the estimated ETR changed in each quarter. In particular, the change in the third quarter was primarily to reflect the filing of the 2006 federal and state income tax returns that adjusted prior estimates of permanent and temporary differences, the evaluation of the deferred tax balances and the related valuation allowances, and the reversal of $4.8 million of tax reserves for the 2003 tax year for which the statute of limitations expired in 2007. Further, at the end of the fourth quarter, certain estimates were adjusted to reflect actual reported annual sales and related earnings and any changes in permanent differences. Historically, the Corporation’s adjustment of prior estimates of permanent and temporary differences has not been material to its results of operations or total tax expense.

For 2007, an estimated overall ETR of 30.7% was used to calculate the provision for income taxes, a portion of which was allocated to discontinued operations. The estimated ETR is sensitive given that changes in the rate can have a significant impact on annual earnings. A change of 100 basis points in the estimated ETR would affect 2007 income tax expense by $3.8 million.

All income tax filings are subject to examination by federal, state and local regulatory agencies, generally within three years of the filing date. In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FAS 109 (“FIN 48”), the Corporation has established reserves of $31.9 million for uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2007. FIN 48 requires the recognition of a tax benefit when it is more-likely-than-not, based on the technical merits, that the position would be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority. FIN 48 reserves are analyzed quarterly and, if necessary, are adjusted based on changes in underlying facts and circumstances. The Corporation estimates that it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefits ranging from $0 to $24.8 million may change during 2008 as a result of the settlement of the Internal Revenue Service audits for the 2004 and 2005 tax years. The Corporation’s open tax years that are subject to examination are 2004 to 2007.

Further, certain state and foreign tax jurisdictions have open tax years from 2001 to 2007.

Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment represent 53% of total assets at December 31, 2007 and accordingly, accounting for these assets represents a critical accounting policy. Useful lives of the assets can vary depending on factors, including production levels, geographic location, portability and maintenance practices. Additionally, climate and inclement weather can reduce the useful life of an asset. Historically, the Corporation has not recognized significant losses on the disposal or retirement of fixed assets.

The Corporation evaluates aggregates reserves in several ways, depending on the geology at a particular location and whether the location is a potential new site (greensite), an acquisition or an existing operation. Greensites require a more extensive drilling program that is undertaken before any significant investment is made in terms of time, site development or efforts to obtain appropriate zoning and permitting (see section Environmental Regulation and Litigation on pages 56 and 57). The amount of overburden and the quality of the aggregates material are significant factors in determining whether to pursue opening the site. Further, the estimated average selling price for products in a market is also a significant factor in concluding that reserves are economically mineable. If the Corporation’s analysis based on these factors is satisfactory, the total aggregates reserves available are calculated and a determination is made whether to open the location. Reserve evaluation at existing locations is typically performed to evaluate purchasing adjoining properties and, for quality control, calculating overburden volumes and mine planning. Reserve evaluation of acquisitions may require a higher degree of sampling to locate any problem areas that may exist and to verify the total reserves.

Well-ordered subsurface sampling of the underlying deposit is basic to determining reserves at any location. This subsurface sampling usually involves one or more types of drilling, determined by the nature of the material to be sampled and the particular objective of the sampling. The Corporation’s objectives are to ensure that the underlying deposit meets aggregates specifications and the total reserves on site are sufficient for mining and economically recoverable. Locations underlain with hard rock deposits, such as granite


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and limestone, are drilled using the diamond core method, which provides the most useful and accurate samples of the deposit. Selected core samples are tested for soundness, abrasion resistance and other physical properties relevant to the aggregates industry. The number and depth of the holes are determined by the size of the site and the complexity of the site-specific geology. Geological factors that may affect the number and depth of holes include faults, folds, chemical irregularities, clay pockets, thickness of formations and weathering. A typical spacing of core holes on the area to be tested is one hole for every four acres, but wider spacing may be justified if the deposit is homogeneous.

Despite previous drilling and sampling, once accessed, the quality of reserves within a deposit can vary. Construction contracts, for the infrastructure market in particular, include specifications related to the aggregates material. If a flaw in the deposit is discovered, the aggregates material may not meet the required specifications. This can have an adverse effect on the Corporation’s ability to serve certain customers or on the Corporation’s profitability. In addition, other issues can arise that limit the Corporation’s ability to access reserves in a particular quarry, including geological occurrences, blasting practices and zoning issues.

Locations underlain with sand and gravel are typically drilled using the auger method, whereby a 6-inch corkscrew brings up material from below the ground which is then sampled. Deposits in these locations are typically limited in thickness, and the quality and sand-to-gravel ratio of the deposit can vary both horizontally and vertically. Hole spacing at these locations is approximately one hole for every acre to ensure a representative sampling.

The geologist conducting the reserve evaluation makes the decision as to the number of holes and the spacing in accordance with standards and procedures established by the Corporation. Further, the anticipated heterogeneity of the deposit, based on U.S. geological maps, also dictates the number of holes used.

The generally accepted reserve categories for the aggregates industry and the designations the Corporation uses for reserve categories are summarized as follow:

Proven Reserves – These reserves are designated using closely spaced drill data as described above and a determination by

a professional geologist that the deposit is relatively homogeneous based on the drilling results and exploration data provided in U.S. geologic maps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture soil maps, aerial photographs and/or electromagnetic, seismic or other surveys conducted by independent geotechnical engineering firms. The proven reserves that are recorded reflect reductions incurred as a result of quarrying that result from leaving ramps, safety benches, pillars (underground), and the fines (small particles) that will be generated during processing. Proven reserves are further reduced by reserves that are under the plant and stockpile areas, as well as setbacks from neighboring property lines. The Corporation typically assumes a loss factor of 25%. However, the assumed loss factor at coastal operations is approximately 50% due to the nature of the material. The assumed loss factor for underground operations is 35% due to pillars.

Probable Reserves – These reserves are inferred utilizing fewer drill holes and/or assumptions about the economically recoverable reserves based on local geology or drill results from adjacent properties.

The Corporation’s proven and probable reserves reflect reasonable economic and operating constraints as to maximum depth of overburden and stone excavation, and also include reserves at the Corporation’s inactive and undeveloped sites, including some sites where permitting and zoning applications will not be filed until warranted by expected future growth. The Corporation has historically been successful in obtaining and maintaining appropriate zoning and permitting (see section Environmental Regulation and Litigation on pages 56 and 57).

The Corporation expenses all exploration costs until proven or probable reserves are established. Mineral reserves, when acquired in connection with a business combination, are valued at the present value of royalty payments, using a prevailing market royalty rate that would have been incurred if the Corporation had leased the reserves as opposed to fee-ownership for the life of the reserves, not to exceed twenty years.

The Corporation uses proven and probable reserves as the denominator in its units-of-production calculation to amortize fee ownership mineral deposits. During 2007, depletion expense was $4.5 million.



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Inventory Standards

The Corporation values its finished goods inventories under the first-in, first-out methodology using standard costs. For quarries, the standards are developed using production costs for a twelve-month period, in addition to complying with the principle of lower of cost or market, and adjusting, if necessary, for normal capacity levels and abnormal costs. In addition to production costs, the standards for sales yards include a freight component for the cost of transporting the inventory from a quarry to the sales yard and materials handling costs. Preoperating start-up costs are expensed as incurred and are not capitalized as part of inventory costs.

Standard costs are updated on a quarterly basis to match finished goods inventory values with changes in production costs and production volumes. In periods in which production costs, in particular energy costs, and/or production volumes have changed significantly from the prior period, the revision of standards can have a significant impact on the Corporation’s operating results (see section Cost Structure on pages 52 through 54).

Liquidity and Cash Flows

Operating Activities

The primary source of the Corporation’s liquidity during the past three years has been cash generated from its operating activities. Cash provided by operations was $395.6 million in 2007, compared with $338.2 million in 2006 and $317.8 million in 2005. These cash flows were derived, substantially, from net earnings before deducting certain noncash charges for depreciation, depletion and amortization of its properties and intangible assets. Depreciation, depletion and amortization for the years ended December 31 were as follow:


(add 000)	2007		2006		2005

Depreciation	$	142,938	$	130,608	$	128,160
Depletion		4,489		6,258		5,433
Amortization		2,911		4,563		4,658

Total	$	150,338	$	141,429	$	138,251

The increase in cash provided by operating activities in 2007 as compared with 2006 of $57.4 million is due to higher net earnings before depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, a lower increase in receivables, and less cash paid for income taxes. These factors were partially


		offset by higher excess tax benefits attributable to stock-based compensation transactions. The increase in cash provided by operating activities in 2006 as compared with 2005 is due to higher earnings partially offset by larger increases in inventories and accounts receivable. However, inventories and accounts receivable levels were in line with the increased level of sales. Additionally, excess tax benefits attributable to stock-based compensation transactions were initially classified as a financing cash flow effective January 1, 2006

in connection with the adoption of FAS 123(R), as compared with the pre-adoption presentation in operating cash inflows.

Investing Activities

Net cash used for investing activities was $256.0 million in 2007, $213.4 million in 2006 and $213.9 million in 2005.

Cash used for investing activities was $42.6 million higher in 2007 compared with 2006. The increase was primarily related to lower proceeds from the sale of assets, including investments, during 2007. Additionally, 2007 reflects an increase in payments for acquisitions to $12.2 million from $3.0 million in 2006.

Cash used for investing activities in 2006 was comparable to 2005. Increased capital expenditures related to plant capacity and efficiency improvements were offset by the Corporation selling $25.0 million of variable demand rate notes in 2006. These investments were purchased in 2005.



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Capital spending by reportable segment was as follows for 2007, 2006 and 2005:


(add 000)	2007		2006		2005

Mideast Group	$	91,594	$	71,332	$	77,119
Southeast Group		58,637		51,252		56,986
West Group		84,933		115,726		68,607

Total Aggregates Business		235,164		238,310		202,712
Specialty Products		10,508		12,985		8,724
Corporate		19,251		14,681		9,965

Total	$	264,923	$	265,976	$	221,401

Spending for property, plant and equipment is expected to approximate $260 million in 2008, including the Hunt Martin Materials joint venture but exclusive of acquisitions. However, 2008 capital spending could be reduced, if necessary, to a maintenance level, defined as aggregates depreciation, depletion and amortization.

Proceeds from divestitures and sales of assets include the cash from the sales of surplus land and equipment and the divestitures of several Aggregates operations. These proceeds provided pretax cash of $21.1 million, $30.6 million and $37.6 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Financing Activities

The Corporation used $151.8 million, $169.2 million and $188.8 million of cash for financing activities during 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

In 2007, the Corporation had net borrowings of long-term debt of $417.3 million, net of debt issue costs related to the issuance of $250 million of Senior Notes and $225 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes. The Corporation had net borrowings of $0.1 million in 2006 and net repayments of $0.5 million in 2005.

During 2007, the Corporation continued its common stock repurchase plan through open market purchases pursuant to authority granted by its Board of Directors. In 2007, the Corporation repurchased 4,189,100 shares at an aggregate price of $575.2 million as compared with 1,874,200 shares at an aggregate price of $172.9 million in 2006 and 2,658,000 shares at an aggregate price of $175.6 million in 2005. $24.0 million of the 2007 repurchases were settled in January 2008.

In 2007, the Board of Directors approved total cash dividends on the Corporation’s common stock of $1.24 per share. Regular quarterly dividends were authorized and paid by the Corporation at a rate of $0.275 per share for the first and second quarters and at a rate of $0.345 per share for the third and fourth quarters. Total cash dividends were $53.6 million in 2007, $46.4 million in 2006 and $40.0 million in 2005.

During 2007, the Corporation issued stock under its stock-based award plans, providing $14.6 million in cash. Comparable cash provided by issuance of common stock was $31.5 million and $33.3 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation transactions were $23.3 million in 2007 and $17.5 million in 2006, the first year that such benefits were classified as financing activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

Capital Structure and Resources

Long-term debt, including current maturities, increased to $1.124 billion at the end of 2007, from $705.3 million at the end of 2006, primarily due to the issuance of $250 million of 6.25% Senior Notes due in 2037 and $225 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes due in 2010. The Corporation also had a net issuance of $72 million of commercial paper in 2007. A portion of the proceeds from the issuance of new debt in 2007 was used to repay $125 million of Notes that matured on August 1, 2007. The Corporation’s debt at December 31, 2007 was principally in the form of publicly issued long-term notes and debentures and issuances of short-term commercial paper. The unamortized portion of unwound interest rate swaps, $2.2 million and $4.5 million, is included in the December 31, 2007 and 2006 long-term debt balance, respectively, and will decrease 2008 interest expense by $2.2 million.

On April 17, 2007, the Corporation entered into an amendment of its $250 million five-year revolving credit agreement, which modified the leverage ratio covenant in the agreement. As modified, the covenant requires the Corporation’s ratio of consolidated debt to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization



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(EBITDA), as defined, for the trailing twelve months (the “Ratio”) to not exceed 2.75 to 1.00 as of the end of any fiscal quarter. Furthermore, the covenant allows the Ratio to exclude debt incurred in connection with an acquisition for a period of 180 days, provided that the Ratio does not exceed 3.25 to 1.00. The Ratio is calculated as total long-term debt divided by consolidated EBITDA, as defined, for the trailing twelve months. Consolidated EBITDA is generally defined as earnings before interest expense, income tax expense, and depreciation, depletion and amortization expense for continuing operations. Additionally, stock-based compensation expense is added back and interest income is deducted in the calculation of consolidated EBITDA. Certain other nonrecurring items and noncash items, if they occur, can affect the calculation of consolidated EBITDA. At December 31, 2007, the Corporation’s ratio of consolidated debt to consolidated EBITDA, as defined, for the trailing twelve month EBITDA was 1.86 and was calculated as follows (dollars in thousands):


	Twelve-Month Period
	January 1, 2007 to
	December 31, 2007

Earnings from continuing operations	$	262,507
Add back:
Interest expense		60,893
Income tax expense		116,073
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense		148,423
Stock-based compensation expense		19,687
Deduct:
Interest income		(2,262	)

Consolidated EBITDA, as defined	$	605,321

Consolidated debt at December 31, 2007	$	1,124,322

Consolidated debt-to-consolidated EBITDA, as defined, at December 31, 2007 for trailing twelve-month EBITDA		1.86

The Ratio was nearly 2.0 in January 2008 after the Corporation issued additional commercial paper to fund $24 million of share repayments that were completed in December 2007 but settled in January 2008.

At December 31, 2007, the Corporation had $20.0 million in cash. The cash, along with the Corporation’s internal cash flows and availability of financing resources, including its access to capital markets, both debt and equity, and its commercial paper program and revolving credit agreement, are expected to continue to be sufficient to provide the capital

resources necessary to support anticipated operating needs, cover debt service requirements, meet capital expenditures and discretionary investment needs and allow for payment of dividends for the foreseeable future. The Corporation’s ability to borrow or issue securities is dependent upon, among other things, prevailing economic, financial and market conditions (see Section Credit Market Risk on page 58).

The Corporation’s senior unsecured debt has been rated “BBB+” by Standard & Poor’s and “Baa1” by Moody’s. The Corporation’s $250 million commercial paper program is rated “A-2” by Standard & Poor’s and “P-2” by Moody’s. While management believes its credit ratings will remain at an investment grade level, no assurance can be given that these ratings will remain at the aforementioned levels.

The Corporation’s $200 million 5.875% Notes mature on December 1, 2008, and management currently expects to refinance these Notes. If the Corporation is unable to access the capital markets at financially economically interests rates at that time, it will use available cash on hand and its borrowing facilities, including its commercial paper program and revolving credit agreement, to repay the Notes.

In September 2006, the Corporation entered into two forward starting interest rate swap agreements (the “Swap Agreements”) with a total notional amount of $150 million. Each of the two Swap Agreements covers $75 million of principal. The Swap Agreements locked in at 5.42% the interest rate relative to LIBOR related to $150 million of the Corporation’s anticipated refinancing of its $200 million 5.875% Notes due in 2008. Each of the Swap Agreements provides for a single payment at its mandatory termination date, December 1, 2008. If the LIBOR swap rate increases above 5.42% at the mandatory termination date, the Corporation will receive a payment from each of the counterparties based on the notional amount of each agreement over an assumed 10-year period. If the LIBOR swap rate falls below 5.42% at the mandatory termination date, the Corporation will be obligated to make a payment to each of the counterparties on the same basis. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“FAS 133”), the fair values of the Swap Agreements are recorded as an asset or liability in the consolidated balance



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sheet. The change in fair value is recorded directly in shareholders’ equity as other comprehensive earnings or loss, net of tax. At December 31, 2007 the fair value of the Swap Agreements was a liability of $7.3 million and was included in other current liabilities in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheet with a corresponding cumulative loss of $4.4 million recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, which is net of a deferred tax asset of $2.9 million.

Shareholders’ equity decreased to $946.0 million at December 31, 2007 from $1.254 billion at December 31, 2006, primarily as a result of share repurchases of $575.2 million during 2007. In 2007, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional 5.0 million shares of the Corporation’s common stock. At December 31, 2007, 5.0 million shares of common stock were remaining under the Corporation’s repurchase authorization. The Corporation may repurchase shares of its common stock in the open market or through private transactions at such prices and upon such terms as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer deem appropriate. At December 31, 2007, the Corporation recognized accumulated other comprehensive loss of $37.0 million, resulting from foreign currency translation gains, the change in the fair value of the Swap Agreements and the amortization of unrecognized amounts related to pension and postretirement benefits.

Management continuously evaluates the ways it can use available cash to provide benefits to its shareholders, including dividend payments. The Corporation has targeted an average dividend payout range of 25 to 30 percent of earnings over the course of an economic cycle.

Contractual and Off Balance Sheet Obligations

In addition to long-term debt, the Corporation has a $250 million revolving five-year credit facility, syndicated through a group of commercial domestic and foreign banks, which supports a $250 million United States commercial paper program. The five-year agreement expires in June 2011 (see Note G to the audited consolidated financial statements on pages 20 through 22). No borrowings were outstanding under the revolving credit agreement at December 31, 2007. The Corporation had borrowings of $72 million of commercial paper at December 31, 2007.

At December 31, 2007, the Corporation’s recorded benefit obligation related to postretirement benefits totaled $46.8 million. These benefits will be paid from the Corporation’s assets. The obligation, if any, for retiree medical payments is subject to the terms of the plan.

The Corporation has other retirement benefits related to the SERP. At December 31, 2007, the Corporation had a total obligation of $36.1 million related to this plan.

The Corporation has $31.9 million of accruals for uncertain tax positions in accordance with FIN 48. Such accruals may become payable if the tax positions are not sustained upon examination by a taxing authority.

In connection with normal, ongoing operations, the Corporation enters into market-rate leases for property, plant and equipment and royalty commitments principally associated with leased land. Additionally, the Corporation enters into equipment rentals to meet shorter-term, nonrecurring and intermittent needs and capital lease agreements for certain machinery and equipment. At December 31, 2007, the Corporation had $0.6 million of capital lease obligations. For operating leases and royalty agreements, amounts due are expensed in the period incurred. Management anticipates that in the ordinary course of business, the Corporation will enter into royalty agreements for land and mineral reserves during 2008.

The Corporation is a minority member of a LLC whereby the majority member is paid preferred returns. The Corporation does not have the right to acquire the remaining interest of the LLC until 2010.

The Corporation has purchase commitments for property, plant and equipment, which were $16.1 million as of December 31, 2007. The Corporation also has other purchase obligations related to energy and service contracts which totaled $12.3 million as of December 31, 2007.



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The Corporation’s contractual commitments as of December 31, 2007 are as follow:


(add 000)	Total		< 1 yr.		1-3 yrs.		3-5 yrs.		> 5 yrs.

ON BALANCE SHEET:
Long-term debt	$	1,122,135	$	273,949	$	224,823	$	250,305	$	373,058
Postretirement benefits		46,777		5,000		7,639		8,158		25,980
SERP		36,133		4,660		19,120		4,250		8,103
Uncertain tax positions		31,868		19,805		12,063		––		––
Capital leases		610		188		422		––		––
Other commitments		755		31		66		72		586
OFF BALANCE SHEET:
Interest on noncallable publicly-traded long-term debt		719,243		64,879		100,459		57,343		496,562
Preferred payments to LLC majority member		3,123		707		1,414		1,002		—
Operating leases		402,697		83,023		101,542		69,915		148,217
Royalty agreements		61,006		9,271		13,281		10,519		27,935
Purchase commitments- capital		16,148		16,148		––		––		––
Other commitments — energy and services		12,288		8,056		4,232		—		—

Total	$	2,452,783	$	485,717	$	485,061	$	401,564	$	1,080,441

Notes A, G, I, J, L and N to the audited consolidated financial statements on pages 13 through 18; 20 through 22; 23 and 24; 25 through 28; 30 and 31; and 32 and 33, respectively, contain additional information regarding these commitments and should be read in conjunction with the above table.

Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

The Corporation has entered into standby letter of credit agreements relating to workers’ compensation and automobile and general liability self-insurance. On December 31, 2007, the Corporation had contingent liabilities guaranteeing its own performance under these outstanding letters of credit of approximately $24.9 million.

In the normal course of business at December 31, 2007, the Corporation was contingently liable for $105.1 million in surety bonds that guarantee its own performance and are required by certain states and municipalities and their related agencies. The bonds are principally for certain construction contracts, reclamation obligations and mining permits. Three of these bonds, totaling $27.0 million, or 26% of all outstanding surety bonds, relate to specific performance for road projects currently underway. The Corporation has indemnified the underwriting insurance company against any exposure under the surety bonds. In the Corporation’s past experience, no material claims have been made against these financial instruments.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

As discussed earlier, the Corporation’s operations are highly dependent upon the interest rate-sensitive construction and steelmaking industries. Consequently, these marketplaces could experience lower levels of economic activity in an environment of rising interest rates or escalating costs (see Business Environment section on pages 45 through 60).

The current credit environment has negatively affected the economy and management has considered the potential impact to the Corporation’s business. Demand for aggregates products, particularly in the commercial and residential construction markets, could continue to decline if companies and consumers are unable to obtain financing for construction projects or if the economic slowdown causes delays or cancellations to capital projects. Additionally, the Corporation may experience difficulty placing its A-2/P-2 commercial paper. The Corporation experienced delays in placing 30-day commercial paper in August and September, 2007, but has not had placement problems since that time. Management expects to refinance the $200 million Notes due December 2008. However, there is no guarantee that the Corporation will be able to access the capital markets at financially economical interest rates.

Demand in the residential construction market is affected by interest rates. The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by 125 basis points to 3.00 percent in January, 2008. In addition to other factors that contributed to the rate cut, the Federal Open Market Committee stated that it saw a deepening of the housing contraction. The residential construction market accounted for approximately 12 percent of the Corporation’s aggregates product line shipments in 2007.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page seventy-two*

M A N A G E M E N T ’ S D I S C U S S I O N & A N A L Y S I S O F F I N A N C I A L
C O N D I T I O N & R E S U L T S O F O P E R A T I O N S ( C O N T I N U E D )

Aside from these inherent risks from within its operations, the Corporation’s earnings are affected also by changes in short-term interest rates as a result of any temporary cash investments, including money market funds and overnight investments in Eurodollars; any outstanding commercial paper obligations; Floating Rate Senior Notes; and defined benefit pension plans. Additionally, the Corporation’s earnings are affected by energy costs. Further, shareholders’ equity is affected by changes in the fair values of forward starting swap agreements.

Commercial Paper Obligations

The Corporation has a $250 million commercial paper program in which borrowings bear interest at a variable rate based on LIBOR. At December 31, 2007, there were outstanding commercial paper borrowings of $72 million. Due to the borrowings bearing interest at a variable rate, the Corporation has interest rate risk. The effect of a hypothetical increase in interest rates of 1% on borrowings of $72 million would be an increase of $0.7 million in interest expense on an annual basis.

Floating Rate Senior Notes

The Corporation has $225 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes that bear interest at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR plus 0.15%. As the Floating Rate Senior Notes bear interest at a variable rate, the Corporation has interest rate risk. The effect of a hypothetical 100-basis-point increase in interest rates on borrowings of $225 million would increase interest expense by $2.3 million on an annual basis.

Pension Expense

The Corporation’s results of operations are affected by its pension expense. Assumptions that affect this expense include the discount rate and, for the defined benefit pension plans only, the expected long-term rate of return on assets. Therefore, the Corporation has interest rate risk associated with these factors. The impact of hypothetical changes in these assumptions on the Corporation’s annual pension expense is discussed in the section Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates on pages 60 through 68.

Energy Costs

Energy costs, including diesel fuel and natural gas, represent significant production costs for the Corporation. Increases in these costs generally are tied to energy sector inflation. In 2007, increases in these costs lowered earnings per diluted share by $0.05. A hypothetical 10% change in the Corporation’s energy prices in 2008 as compared with 2007, assuming constant volumes, would impact 2008 pretax earnings by approximately $17.9 million.

Aggregate Risk for Interest Rates and Energy Sector Inflation

The pension expense for 2008 is calculated based on assumptions selected at December 31, 2007. Therefore, interest rate risk in 2008 is limited to the potential effect related to outstanding commercial paper, of which $72 million was outstanding at December 31, 2007, and the Floating Rate Senior Notes. The effect of a hypothetical increase in interest rates of 1% on commercial paper borrowings of $72 million and the currently outstanding $225 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes would be an increase of $3.0 million in interest expense on an annual basis. Additionally, a 10% change in energy costs would impact annual pretax earnings by approximately $17.9 million.

Forward Starting Interest Rate Swap Agreements

In September 2006, the Corporation entered into forward starting interest rate swap agreements (the “Swap Agreements”) with a total notional amount of $150 million. The Swap Agreements locked in the interest rate relative to LIBOR related to $150 million of the Corporation’s anticipated refinancing of its $200 million 5.875% Notes due in 2008 at 5.42%. Each of the Swap Agreements provides for a single payment at its mandatory termination date, December 1, 2008. If the LIBOR swap rate increases above 5.42% at the mandatory termination date, the Corporation will receive a payment from each of the counterparties based on the notional amount of each agreement over an assumed 10-year period. If the LIBOR swap rate falls below 5.42% at the mandatory termination date, the Corporation will be obligated to make a payment to each of the counterparties on the same basis.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page seventy-three*

M A N A G E M E N T ’ S D I S C U S S I O N & A N A L Y S I S O F F I N A N C I A L
C O N D I T I O N & R E S U L T S O F O P E R A T I O N S ( C O N T I N U E D )

In accordance with FAS 133, the fair values of the Swap Agreements are recorded as an asset or liability in the consolidated balance sheet. The change in fair value is recorded directly in shareholders’ equity, net of tax, as other comprehensive earnings or loss. At December 31, 2007, the fair value of the Swap Agreements was a liability of $7.3 million and was included in other current liabilities in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheet.

As a result of the Swap Agreements, the Corporation’s comprehensive earnings/loss will be affected by changes in the LIBOR rate. A hypothetical change in interest rates of 1% would change other comprehensive earnings/loss by approximately $6.9 million, which is net of taxes of $4.5 million.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page seventy-four*

m a n a g e m e n t ‘ s d i s c u s s i o n & a n a l y s i s o f f i n a n c i a l
c o n d i t i o n & r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s ( c o n t i n u e d )

Forward-Looking Statements – Safe Harbor Provisions

If you are interested in Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. stock, management recommends that, at a minimum, you read the Corporation’s current annual report and Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports to the SEC over the past year. The Corporation’s recent proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders also contains important information. These and other materials that have been filed with the SEC are accessible through the Corporation’s web site at www.martinmarietta.com and are also available at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. You may also write or call the Corporation’s Corporate Secretary, who will provide copies of such reports.

Investors are cautioned that all statements in this annual report that relate to the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and involve risks and uncertainties, and are based on assumptions that the Corporation believes in good faith are reasonable but which may be materially different from actual results. Forward-looking statements give the investor management’s expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or current facts. They may use words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “should be,” “believe,” and other words of similar meaning in connection with future events or future operating or financial performance. Any or all of management’s forward-looking statements here and in other publications may turn out to be wrong.

Factors that the Corporation currently believes could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the performance of the United States economy and assumed stabilization in the second half of 2008; the level and timing of federal and state transportation funding, particularly in North Carolina, one of the Corporation’s largest and most profitable states, and Texas and South Carolina, which when coupled with North Carolina, represented 46% of 2007 net sales in the Aggregates business; levels of construction spending in the markets the Corporation serves; the severity of a continued decline in the residential construction market and the slowing growth rate in commercial construction, notably office and retail space; unfavorable weather conditions, particularly Atlantic Ocean hurricane activity, the late start to spring or the early onset of winter and the impact of the drought in the southeastern United States; the volatility of fuel costs, particularly diesel fuel, and the impact on the cost of other consumables, namely steel, explosives, tires and conveyor belts; continued increases in the cost of other repair and supply parts; transportation availability, notably barge availability on the Mississippi River system and the availability of railcars and locomotive power to move trains to supply the Corporation’s Texas and Gulf Coast markets; increased transportation costs, including increases from higher passed-through energy costs and higher volumes of rail and water shipments; continued strength in the steel industry markets served by the Corporation’s dolomitic lime products; successful development and implementation of the structural composite technological process, commercialization of strategic products for specific market segments, and the generation of earnings streams sufficient enough to support the recorded assets of the structural composites product line; and other risk factors listed from time to time found in the Corporation’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other factors besides those listed here may also adversely affect the Corporation, and may be material to the Corporation. The Corporation assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.

For a discussion identifying some important factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, see the Corporation’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings including, but not limited to, the discussion of “Competition” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” on pages 36 through 75 of the 2007 Annual Report and “Note A: Accounting Policies” and “Note N: Commitments and Contingencies” of the “Notes to Financial Statements” on pages 13 through 18 and pages 32 and 33, respectively, of the audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2007 Annual Report.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page seventy-five*

q u a r t e r l y p e r f o r m a n c e
(unaudited)

(add 000, except per share)


	Total Revenues				Net Sales				Gross Profit				Net Earnings

Quarter	2007		2006		2007		2006		2007²		2006³		2007^4,5		2006^5,6

First	$	459,674	$	479,705	$	412,312	$	420,608	$	94,196	$	85,206	$	32,990	$	31,006
Second		592,856		583,323		532,679		513,661		178,530		152,814		82,952		75,790
Third		618,637		599,066		547,567		525,120		167,640		149,288		90,266		76,160
Fourth		535,974		528,958		475,054		470,277		130,597		137,985		56,541		62,466

Totals	$	2,207,141	$	2,191,052	$	1,967,612	$	1,929,666	$	570,963	$	525,293	$	262,749	$	245,422


Per Common Share
													Stock Prices
	Basic Earnings¹				Diluted Earnings¹				Dividends Paid				High		Low		High		Low

Quarter	2007^4,5		2006^5,6		2007^4,5		2006^5,6		2007		2006		2007				2006

First	$	0.74	$	0.68	$	0.73	$	0.66	$	0.275	$	0.230	$	137.27	$	98.91	$	107.75	$	76.26
Second		1.95		1.66		1.92		1.63		0.275		0.230	$	170.25	$	131.64	$	113.69	$	76.90
Third		2.16		1.68		2.12		1.65		0.345		0.275	$	165.97	$	116.52	$	92.10	$	74.05
Fourth		1.35		1.38		1.33		1.36		0.345		0.275	$	144.28	$	114.40	$	106.28	$	83.61

Totals	$	6.16	$	5.40	$	6.06	$	5.29	$	1.24	$	1.01

¹		The sum of per-share earnings by quarter may not equal earnings per share for the year due to changes in average share calculations. This is in accordance with prescribed reporting requirements.

²		Gross profit in the second quarter of 2007 included a $9.0 million write up of finished goods inventory to reflect increasing production costs and transportation costs to distribution yards.

³		Gross profit in the fourth quarter of 2006 included a write up of $13.4 million related to the annual updating of inventory standards and a $3.8 million charge related to the exit of the composite truck trailer business.

⁴		Net earnings and basic and diluted earnings per common share in the second quarter of 2007 included $5.5 million, or $0.13 per basic and diluted share, for the write up of finished goods inventory to reflect increasing production costs and transportation costs to distribution yards.

⁵		Net earnings and basic and diluted earnings per common share in the third quarter included the reversal of $4.8 million, or $0.11 per basic and diluted share, in 2007 and $2.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, in 2006 of tax reserves upon the expiration of the statute of limitations for federal examination of certain tax years.

⁶		Net earnings and basic and diluted earnings per common share in the fourth quarter of 2006 included a write up of $8.1 million, or $0.18 per basic and diluted share, related to the annual updating of inventory standards and a charge of $2.3 million, or $0.05 per basic and diluted share, related to the exit of the composite truck trailer business.

At February 15, 2008, there were 859 shareholders of record.

The following presents total revenues, net sales, net earnings (loss) and earnings per diluted share attributable to discontinued operations:

(add 000, except per share)


	Total Revenues				Net Sales				Net Earnings (Loss)						Earnings per Diluted Share¹

Quarter	2007		2006		2007		2006		2007			2006			2007		2006

First	$	2,567	$	4,368	$	2,220	$	3,898	$	38		$	148		$	—	$	—
Second		2,436		5,458		2,126		4,752		126			75			—		—
Third		1,695		5,150		1,441		4,618		166			(86	)		—		—
Fourth		592		4,621		469		4,159		(88	)		(92	)		—		—

Totals	$	7,290	$	19,597	$	6,256	$	17,427	$	242		$	45		$	0.01	$	—



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page seventy-six*

F I V E Y E A R S U M M A R Y

(add 000, except per share)


	2007			2006			2005			2004			2003

Consolidated Operating Results
Net sales	$	1,967,612		$	1,929,666		$	1,728,977		$	1,489,796		$	1,385,467
Freight and delivery revenues		239,529			261,386			246,311			202,125			200,257

Total revenues		2,207,141			2,191,052			1,975,288			1,691,921			1,585,724

Cost of sales, other costs and expenses		1,552,704			1,551,774			1,431,407			1,268,401			1,192,280
Freight and delivery costs		239,529			261,386			246,311			202,125			200,257

Cost of operations		1,792,233			1,813,160			1,677,718			1,470,526			1,392,537
Other operating (income) and expenses, net		(18,122	)		(12,657	)		(16,231	)		(10,516	)		(6,506	)

Earnings from Operations		433,030			390,549			313,801			231,911			199,693
Interest expense		60,893			40,359			42,597			42,734			42,587
Other nonoperating (income) and expenses, net		(6,443	)		(2,819	)		(1,483	)		(607	)		429

Earnings from continuing operations before taxes on income and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		378,580			353,009			272,687			189,784			156,677
Taxes on income		116,073			107,632			74,225			58,491			47,034

Earnings from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		262,507			245,377			198,462			131,293			109,643
Discontinued operations, net of taxes		242			45			(5,796	)		(2,130	)		(9,146	)

Earnings before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		262,749			245,422			192,666			129,163			100,497
Cumulative effect of change in accounting for asset retirement obligations		––			––			—			—			(6,874	)

Net Earnings	$	262,749		$	245,422		$	192,666		$	129,163		$	93,623

Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share:
Earnings from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle	$	6.15		$	5.40		$	4.26		$	2.73		$	2.23
Discontinued operations		0.01			––			(0.12	)		(0.05	)		(0.18	)

Earnings before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		6.16			5.40			4.14			2.68			2.05
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		––			––			—			—			(0.14	)

Basic Earnings Per Common Share	$	6.16		$	5.40		$	4.14		$	2.68		$	1.91

Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share:
Earnings from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle	$	6.05		$	5.29		$	4.20		$	2.71		$	2.23
Discontinued operations		0.01			––			(0.12	)		(0.05	)		(0.18	)

Earnings before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		6.06			5.29			4.08			2.66			2.05
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		––			––			—			—			(0.14	)

Diluted Earnings Per Common Share	$	6.06		$	5.29		$	4.08		$	2.66		$	1.91

Cash Dividends Per Common Share	$	1.24		$	1.01		$	0.86		$	0.76		$	0.69

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
Current deferred income tax benefits	$	44,285		$	25,317		$	14,989		$	5,750		$	21,603
Current assets — other		581,725			567,037			587,052			618,503			589,048
Property, plant and equipment, net		1,433,553			1,295,491			1,166,351			1,065,215			1,042,432
Goodwill		574,667			570,538			569,263			567,495			577,586
Other intangibles, net		9,426			10,948			18,744			18,642			25,142
Other noncurrent assets		40,149			37,090			76,917			80,247			63,414

Total Assets	$	2,683,805		$	2,506,421		$	2,433,316		$	2,355,852		$	2,319,225

Current liabilities — other	$	230,480		$	189,116		$	199,259		$	202,843		$	221,683
Current maturities of long-term debt and commercial paper		276,136			125,956			863			970			1,068
Long-term debt		848,186			579,308			709,159			713,661			717,073
Pension and postretirement benefits		103,518			106,413			98,714			88,241			76,917
Noncurrent deferred income taxes		160,902			159,094			149,972			139,179			116,647
Other noncurrent liabilities		118,592			92,562			101,664			57,531			55,990
Shareholders’ equity		945,991			1,253,972			1,173,685			1,153,427			1,129,847

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,683,805		$	2,506,421		$	2,433,316		$	2,355,852		$	2,319,225



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page seventy-seven*

c o m m o n s t o c k p e r f o r m a n c e g r a p h

The following graph compares the performance of the Corporation’s common stock to that of the Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Index and the S&P Materials Index.

Cumulative Total Return¹

12/31/01

12/31/02

12/31/03

12/31/04

12/31/05

12/31/06

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

100.00

66.83

104.41

121.24

175.60

240.46

S&P 500 Index

100.00

77.90

100.25

111.15

116.61

135.03

S&P Materials Index

100.00

94.54

130.65

147.89

154.43

183.19


¹	Assumes that the investment in the Corporation’s common stock and each index was $100, with quarterly reinvestment of dividends.



*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		*page seventy-eight*

G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N

NOTICE OF PROXY

A formal notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation, together with a proxy and proxy statement, will be mailed to each shareholder approximately four weeks prior to the meeting. Proxies will be requested by the Board of Directors in connection with the meeting.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

Shareholders may obtain, without charge, a copy of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, by writing to:

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
Attention: Corporate Secretary
2710 Wycliff Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-3033

REGISTERED SHAREHOLDER CONTACT INFORMATION

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
Shareholder Services Department
6201 15th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Toll Free: (800) 937-5449
Local & International: (718) 921-8124
Email: investors@amstock.com
Web site: www.amstock.com

Inquiries regarding your account records, issuance of stock certificates, distribution of dividends and IRS Form 1099 should be directed to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

COMMON STOCK

Listed: New York Stock Exchange
Stock Symbol: MLM

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Ernst & Young LLP
3200 Beechleaf Court, Suite 700
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-1063

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

2710 Wycliff Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-3033
Telephone: (919) 781-4550

INVESTOR RELATIONS

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s press releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission can be accessed via the Corporation’s web site.

Telephone: (919) 783-4540
Web site: www.martinmarietta.com

CORPORATE CODE OF ETHICS

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct booklet is posted on the Corporation’s web site, www.martinmarietta.com.

CERTIFICATIONS

The Corporation has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibits to its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K Section 302 Certifications made by the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer regarding the quality of the Corporation’s public disclosure. The Corporation has also submitted to the New York Stock Exchange a certification made by the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer regarding compliance with the Exchange’s corporate governance listing standards.


*Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries*		page eighty-two

Data for “2007 Net Sales by State of Destination — Aggregates Business” on page 47

Aggregates Production and Sales


Location	% of Net Sales

Alabama		4	%
Arkansas		2	%
Bahamas		< 1	%
California		< 1	%
Florida		5	%
Georgia		8	%
Illinois		< 1	%
Indiana		4	%
Iowa		6	%
Kansas		1	%
Kentucky		< 1	%
Louisiana		5	%
Maryland		< 1	%
Minnesota		1	%
Mississippi		< 1	%
Missouri		2	%
Nebraska		2	%
Nevada		< 1	%
North Carolina		22	%
Nova Scotia		< 1	%
Ohio		3	%
Oklahoma		2	%
South Carolina		5	%
Tennessee		< 1	%
Texas		19	%
Virginia		2	%
Washington		< 1	%
West Virginia		1	%
Wisconsin		< 1	%
Wyoming		< 1	%

Aggregates Sales


Location	% of Net Sales

Colorado		< 1	%
Michigan		< 1	%
Pennsylvania		< 1	%

Exhibit 21.01

EXHIBIT 21.01

SUBSIDIARIES OF MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.
AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 2008


Name of Subsidiary	Percent Owned

Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company, a Texas corporation		99.5	%¹

Alamo North Texas Railroad Company, a Texas corporation		99.5	%²

American Aggregates Corporation, a Delaware corporation		100	%

American Stone Company, a North Carolina corporation		50	%³

Bahama Rock Limited, a Bahamas corporation		100	%

Fredonia Valley Railroad, Inc., a Delaware corporation		100	%

Granite Canyon Quarry, a Wyoming joint venture		51	%⁴

Harding Street Corporation, a Delaware corporation		100	%

Hunt Martin Materials, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company		50	%⁵

J.W. Jones Materials, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company		99	%⁶

Martin Bauerly Materials, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company		67	%⁷

Martin Marietta Composites, Inc., a Delaware corporation		100	%

Martin Marietta Employee Relief Foundation, a Delaware Not for Profit corporation		100	%


¹		Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company is owned by Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Inc. (99.5%) and certain individuals (0.5%).

²		Alamo North Texas Railroad Company is owned by Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Inc. (99.5%) and certain individuals (0.5%).

³		Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. owns a 50% interest in American Stone Company.

⁴		Meridian Granite Company, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., owns a 51% interest in Granite Canyon Quarry.

⁵		Hunt Martin Materials, LLC is owned 45% by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and 5% by Martin Marietta Materials of Missouri, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

⁶		Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. owns a 99% interest in J.W. Jones Materials, LLC.

⁷		Martin Bauerly Materials, LLC is owned 67% by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and 33% by Bauerly Brothers, Inc.


Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	100	%

Martin Marietta Materials Canada Limited, a Nova Scotia, Canada corporation	100	%

Martin Marietta Materials of Alabama, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	100	%⁸

Martin Marietta Materials Equipment, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	100	%

Martin Marietta Materials of Florida, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	100	%

Martin Marietta Materials of Louisiana, Inc., a Delaware corporation	100	%

Martin Marietta Materials of Missouri, Inc., a Delaware corporation	100	%

Martin Marietta Materials Real Estate Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation	100	%

Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Inc., a Texas corporation	100	%

Material Producers, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation	100	%⁹

Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership	100	%¹⁰

Meridian Aggregates Company Northwest, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	100	%¹¹

Meridian Aggregates Company Southwest, LLC, a Delaware limited liability	100	%¹²

Meridian Aggregates Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	100	%¹³

Meridian Granite Company, a Delaware corporation	100	%¹⁴

Mid South-Weaver Joint Venture, a North Carolina joint venture	50	%¹⁵


⁸		Martin Marietta Materials of Alabama, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Aggregates Corporation.

⁹		Material Producers, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Inc.

¹⁰		Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership is owned 98% by Meridian Aggregates Investments, LLC. The remaining 2% is owned by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

¹¹		Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is the sole member of Meridian Aggregates Company Northwest, LLC.

¹²		Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Inc. is the sole member of Meridian Aggregates Company Southwest, LLC.

¹³		Meridian Aggregates Investments, LLC is owned 99% by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and 1% by Martin Marietta Materials Real Estate Investments, Inc.

¹⁴		Meridian Granite Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership.

¹⁵		Mid South-Weaver Joint Venture is owned 50% by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.


Mid-State Construction & Materials, Inc., an Arkansas corporation	100	%

MTD Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	50	%¹⁶

Powderly Transportation, Inc., a Delaware corporation	100	%¹⁷

R&S Sand & Gravel, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	100	%¹⁸

Rocky Ridge, Inc., a Nevada corporation	100	%

Sha-Neva, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company	100	%

Theodore Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company	60.7	%¹⁹

Valley Stone LLC, a Virginia limited liability company	50	%²⁰


¹⁶		Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., owns a 50% interest in MTD Pipeline LLC.

¹⁷		Powderly Transportation, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership.

¹⁸		Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is the manager of and owns a 90% interest in R&S Sand & Gravel, LLC. The other 10% is owned by Harding Street Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

¹⁹		Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is the manager of and owns a 60.7% interest in Theodore Holding, LLC.

²⁰		Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is the manager of and owns a 50% interest in Valley Stone LLC.

Exhibit 23.01

EXHIBIT 23.01

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. of our reports dated February 12, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., included in the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. listed in Item 15(a). This schedule is the responsibility of the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, as to which the date is February 12, 2008, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

	(1)		Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-115918) pertaining to the Amended and Restated Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Performance Sharing Plan and the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly Employees,

	(2)		Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-85608) pertaining to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors,

	(3)		Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-83516) pertaining to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Omnibus Securities Award Plan, as amended,

	(4)		Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-15429) pertaining to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Common Stock Purchase Plan for Directors, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Performance Sharing Plan and the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly Employees,

	(5)		Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-79039) pertaining to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Stock-Based Award Plan, as amended, and

	(6)		Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-142343) and related Prospectus pertaining to Senior Debt Securities of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

of our report dated February 12, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., incorporated herein by reference, our report dated February 12, 2008, with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., incorporated herein by reference, and our report included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedule of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2007.

/s/ Ernst & Young

Raleigh, North Carolina
February 21, 2008

Exhibit 31.01

EXHIBIT 31.01

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
RULE 13a-14 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr., certify that:

	1.		I have reviewed this Form 10-K of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.;

	2.		Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

	3.		Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

	4.		The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

	(a)		Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

	(b)		Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

	(c)		Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the

			effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

	(d)		Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

	(a)		all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

	(b)		any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: February 25, 2008	By:	/s/ Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr.

		Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.02

EXHIBIT 31.02

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
RULE 13a-14 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Anne H. Lloyd, certify that:

	1.		I have reviewed this Form 10-K of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.;

	2.		Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

	3.		Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

	4.		The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

	(a)		Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

	(b)		Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

	(c)		Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the

			effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

	(d)		Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

	(a)		all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

	(b)		any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: February 25, 2008	By:	/s/ Anne H. Lloyd

		Anne H. Lloyd Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32.01

EXHIBIT 32.01

WRITTEN STATEMENT PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Report”) of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (the “Registrant”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, I, Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr., the Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, certify that:

	(1)		the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

	(2)		the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.


		/s/ Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr.

		Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Chief Executive Officer

Date: February 25, 2008

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and will be retained by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Exhibit 32.02

EXHIBIT 32.02

WRITTEN STATEMENT PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Report”) of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (the “Registrant”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, I, Anne H. Lloyd, the Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, certify that:

	(1)		the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

	(2)		the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.


		/s/ Anne Lloyd

		Anne H. Lloyd Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 25, 2008