Steven R. Rowley, President and CEO of Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP),
will be presenting at the Stephens Inc. Fall Investment Conference at
the New York Palace Hotel on Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Eagle’s
presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:30 a.m. EST and
will be web cast live and may be accessed through the Eagle Materials’
website at http://www.eaglematerials.com.
The presentation and web cast will be archived on that site 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 web cast 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, without limitation, 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, without limitation, 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, 2008 and in its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008. 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.
Eagle Materials Inc.
Steven R. Rowley, 214-432-2000
President
& CEO
or
Mark V. Dendle, 214-432-2000
Executive
Vice President & CFO
