The Board of Directors of Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP) has
declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share, payable on May 1,
2012 to stockholders of record of its Common Stock at the close of
business on April 9, 2012.
About Eagle Materials Inc.
Eagle Materials Inc. manufactures and distributes Cement, Aggregates,
Concrete, Gypsum Wallboard and Recycled Paperboard from 25 facilities
across the U.S. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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 expansion opportunities; 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, 2011 and
in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2011.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.
