As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2017
Registration No. 333-217991


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
To
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
56-1848578
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)


 
2710 Wycliff Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-3033
(919) 781-4550
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)


 
Roselyn R. Bar
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
2710 Wycliff Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-3033
(919) 781-4550
(Name, address, including zip code, telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)


 
Copy to:

Joseph D. Zavaglia
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
825 Eighth Avenue
Worldwide Plaza
New York, New York 10019
(212) 474-1724


 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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Explanatory Note
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-217991 (the “Registration Statement”) of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) is being filed solely to replace the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm attached as Exhibit 23.1 to the Company’s Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2017 with the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm attached hereto as Exhibit 23.1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 





Part II

Information not required in prospectus
 
 
Item 16.    Exhibits
   
Exhibit No.
 
Description of document
 
1
.1 ***
Form of Underwriting Agreement.
3
.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed on February 24, 2017).
3
.2
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 May 22, 2015) (Commission File No. 1-12744).
4
.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. registration statement on Form S-1, filed on December 8, 1993) (SEC Registration No. 33-72648).
4
.2
Article 5 of the Companys Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 filed with the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed on February 24, 2017).
4
.3
Article 1 of the Companys Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 10, 2011) (Commission File No. 1-12744).
4
.4 **
Form of Indenture for Senior Debt Securities.
4
.5 **
Form of Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities.
4
.6 **
Form of senior note (included in Exhibit 4.4).
4
.7 **
Form of subordinated note (included in Exhibit 4.5).
4
.8 ***
Certificate of designation, preferences and rights with respect to any preferred stock issued hereunder.
4
.9 ***
Form of Warrant Agreement (including form of warrant certificate).
4
.10
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
.11
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
.12
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
.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 14% 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)).
4
.13
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 21, 2008, 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 $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.60% Senior Notes due 2018 of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 21, 2008 (Commission File No. 1-12744)).
4
.14
Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2014 among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule 1 thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 24, 2014) (Commission File No. 1-12744).
4
.15
Indenture, dated as of July 2, 2014, between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Regions Bank, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 2, 2014) (Commission File No. 1-12744).
 
 
II-1

 
 
5
.1 **
Opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
5
.2 **
Opinion of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
12
.1 **
Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23
.1 *
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23
.2 **
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23
.3 **
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23
.4 **
Consent of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23
.5 **
Consent of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.2).
24
.1 **
Power of Attorney (included in Signature Page).
25
.1 **
Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the trustee under the Senior Indenture for the Senior Debt Securities.
25
.2 **
Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the trustee under the Subordinated Indenture for the Subordinated Debt Securities.


*
Filed herewith.
   
**
Previously filed.
   
***
To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a report filed with the SEC and  incorporated herein by reference in connection with the offering of a particular class or series of securities, as appropriate.

 

II-2


 
Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina on June 5, 2017.
 
  MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Roselyn R. Bar  
    Name:  Roselyn R. Bar  
   
Title:    Executive Vice President, General Counsel,
             and Corporate Secretary
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 5, 2017.


Signature
 
Title
*
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
C. Howard Nye
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
   
*
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Anne H. Lloyd
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
   
*
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Dana F. Guzzo
and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
   
*
Director
Sue W. Cole
 
   
*
Director
John J. Koraleski
 
   
*
Director
David G. Maffucci
 
   
*
Director
Laree E. Perez
 
   
*
Director
Michael J. Quillen
 
   
*
Director
Dennis L. Rediker
 
   
*
Director
Donald W. Slager
 
 
*
Director
Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr.
 
 

 

* By:
/s/ Roselyn R. Bar  
 
Roselyn R. Bar,
as Attorney-in-Fact
 
 
II-3
Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-217991), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, and related Prospectus of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. for the registration of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, and warrants and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 23, 2016, except for the recently adopted accounting pronouncements discussed in Note A and the effects of the segment change discussed in Note O, as to which the date is May 12, 2017, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated June 5, 2017, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. included in Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 12, 2017, and the financial statement schedule included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Raleigh, North Carolina
June 5, 2017