DALLAS, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Steven R. Rowley, President
and CEO of Eagle Materials (NYSE: EXP), will be presenting at the BB&T
Capital Markets Manufacturing and Materials Investor Conference at The
Westin New York at Times Square on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Eagle's
presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 8:40 a.m. EDT and will
be webcast live and may be accessed through the Eagle Materials website at
http://www.eaglematerials.com. The presentation and webcast will be
archived on the Eagle Materials website, http://www.eaglematerials.com, for
one year.
To listen to the live event, a participant must have a multimedia
computer with speakers and RealPlayer or Windows Media Player plug-in
installed. To download the software prior to the event, participants should
visit http://www.eaglematerials.com, click the conference call link on the
investor relations home page, and follow the event instructions. It is
suggested that participants access the webcast event page at least 10
minutes before the live event.
Eagle Materials Inc. is a Dallas-based company that manufactures and
distributes Cement, Gypsum Wallboard, Recycled Paperboard, and Concrete and
Aggregates.
Forward-Looking Statements. This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by the context of the statement and generally arise when the
Company is discussing its beliefs, estimates or expectations. These
statements are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance but
instead represent only the Company's belief at the time the statements were
made regarding future events which are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and other factors many of which are outside the Company's
control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is
expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. The principal
risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's actual performance
include the following: the cyclical and seasonal nature of the Company's
business; public infrastructure expenditures; adverse weather conditions;
availability of raw materials; changes in energy costs including, without
limitation, natural gas and oil; changes in the cost and availability of
transportation; unexpected operational difficulties; inability to timely
execute announced capacity expansions; governmental regulation and changes
in governmental and public policy (including climate change regulation);
changes in economic conditions specific to any one or more of the Company's
markets; competition; announced increases in capacity in the gypsum
wallboard and cement industries; changes in the demand for residential
housing construction or commercial construction; general economic
conditions; and interest rates. For example, increases in interest rates,
decreases in demand for construction materials or increases in the cost of
energy (including natural gas and oil) could affect the revenues and
operating earnings of our operations. In addition, changes in national or
regional economic conditions and levels of infrastructure and construction
spending could also adversely affect the Company's result of operations.
These and other factors are described in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 and in its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2007. These
reports are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All
forward-looking statements made herein are made as of the date hereof, and
the risk that actual results will differ materially from expectations
expressed herein will increase with the passage of time. The Company
undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to reflect
future events or changes in the Company's expectations.
SOURCE Eagle Materials Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.eaglematerials.com
CONTACT:
Steven R. Rowley, President & CEO, or Arthur
R. Zunker, Jr., Senior Vice President & CFO of Eagle Materials
Inc., +1-214-432-2000
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