UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549



FORM 8-K



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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 1, 2021



Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



North Carolina
 
1-12744
 
56-1848578
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

4123 Parklake Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina
 
27612
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(919) 781-4550
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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

Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
 
MLM
 
New York Stock Exchange





ITEM 2.01 – COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS

On October 1, 2021, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2021 (as amended or supplemented, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among (i) Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Martin Marietta”), (ii) Lehigh Cement Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (iii) HMBA Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and (iv) Lehigh Southwest Cement Company, a California company (collectively, the “Sellers”), Martin Marietta acquired 100% of the outstanding equity interests in the subsidiaries and a joint venture held by the Sellers that own and operate the business of producing, selling, marketing and distributing aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt and similar materials in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Ensenada, Mexico for $2.3 billion in cash, on a cash free, debt free basis, subject to customary post-closing adjustments (the “Acquisition”).
 
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement in this Item 2.01 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 2.1 to Martin Marietta’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 25, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 8.01 – OTHER EVENTS

On October 1, 2021, Martin Marietta issued a press release announcing that the Acquisition had been completed.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
     

     
104
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


  MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.,  
       
Date:  October 1, 2021
By:
/s/ Roselyn R. Bar  
    Name: Roselyn R. Bar
 
    Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary