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Complete and Accurate Books and Records
Applicable laws and regulations establish the following requirements
with regard to record-keeping and communications:
n Martin Marietta’s financial statements and all books and records on
which they are based must timely and accurately reflect all transactions
of Martin Marietta.
n All disbursements of funds and all receipts must be properly and
promptly recorded.
n No undisclosed or unrecorded fund may be established for any purpose.
n No known false or artificial statements or entries may be made for
any purpose in the books and records of Martin Marietta or in any
internal or external correspondence, memoranda, or communication
of any type, including telephone or wire communications.
n No employee will take any action to fraudulently influence, coerce,
manipulate or mislead any independent auditor of Martin Marietta’s
financial statements for the purpose of rendering the financial state-
ments materially misleading.
n Misapplication or improper use of corporate or customers’ funds or
property, or false entry to records by employees or others, may result
in disciplinary action, up to and including termination. Such behavior
must be reported to the Company’s Legal Department or Ethics
Hotline at 1-800-209-4508.
n Records containing personal data about employees, officers and
directors are confidential. They are to be carefully safeguarded and
kept current, relevant and accurate. They should be disclosed only to
authorized personnel and in accordance with lawful process. Financial
information can be made available outside the Company only with
proper prior authorization. As with all other provisions in this Code, this
provision is not intended, nor will be interpreted, to interfere with, restrain
or prevent employee communications regarding wages, hours or other
terms and conditions of employment.
It is the Company’s policy to provide full, fair, accurate, timely and
understandable disclosure in all documents required to be filed with, or
submitted to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and all other public
communications. The Company’s employees must act in a manner that
supports this policy, including ensuring that internal reports are accurate
and complete, and that they are in compliance with the Company’s systems
of internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures.