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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS / DIRECTOR NOMINEES




                                 Mr. Koraleski joined the Martin Marietta Board in 2016. Mr. Koraleski  Key attributes,
                                 served from February 2015 through his retirement in September 2015  experience and skills:
                                 as executive Chairman of the Board of the Union Pacific Corporation
                                 (UP) (NYSE: UNP), which through its subsidiaries operates North  • Experience with the demands
                                 America’s premier railroad franchise, covering 23 states across the  and challenges associated with
                                 western two-thirds of the United States. Prior to that, he was named  managing a large publicly-traded
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer of the UP in March 2012,  organization from his experience
                                 elected as a Director of the UP in July 2012 and appointed Chairman  as Chairman and CEO of Union
                                 of the Board in 2014. Since joining the Union Pacific (Railroad) in  Pacific
                                 1972, Mr. Koraleski held a number of executive positions in the UP  • Extensive knowledge of financial
                                 and the Railroad, including, Executive Vice President – Marketing and  system management, public
          JOHN J.                Sales from 1999 to 2012, Executive Vice President – Finance and  company accounting, disclosure
                                 Information Technology, Chief Financial Officer and Controller.  requirements and financial
          KORALESKI              Mr. Koraleski served as the Chairman of The Bridges Investment Fund,  markets
                                 Inc., a general equity fund whose primary investment objective is to
          Director Since: 2016                                                           • Valuable expertise in talent
                                 seek long-term capital appreciation, from 2005 through March 2012
          Age: 70                                                                         management, compensation,
                                 and is a past Chairman of the Association of American Railroads.  governance and succession
          Lead Independent       Mr. Koraleski earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in business  planning
          Director               administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  • Understanding of complex
          Committees:                                                                     logistic operations, safety and rail
                                                                                          operations
                                                                                         • Broad strategic analysis and
                                                                                          experience with acquisitions,
          Chair                                                                           integration, marketing and
                                                                                          information technologies



                                 Mr. Nye has served as Chairman of the Board of Martin Marietta since  Key attributes,
                                 2014, as President since 2006 and as Chief Executive Officer and a
                                 Director since 2010. Mr. Nye previously served as Chief Operating Officer  experience and skills:
                                 from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Martin Marietta in 2006, Mr. Nye  • Extensive knowledge of the
                                 spent nearly 13 years in a series of increasingly responsible positions with  building materials industry
                                 Hanson PLC, an international building materials company. Mr. Nye
                                 received a Bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a Juris Doctor  • Extensive leadership, business,
                                 degree from Wake Forest University. In addition to his educational,  operating, marketing, mergers
                                 professional, executive and related roles, Mr. Nye is a past Chairman of  and acquisitions, legal, customer-
                                 the Board of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA); he  relations, and safety and
                                 presently serves as Chairman of the North Carolina Chamber and as  environmental experience
                                 Senior Vice Chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders
                                 Association (ARTBA). Mr. Nye is also a member of the Board of Directors  • Understands the competitive
          C. HOWARD              of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business  nature of the business and has
          NYE                    organization. Since 2018, Mr. Nye has been a member of the Board of  strong management skills, broad
                                 Directors of General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD), a global
                                                                                          executive experience, and
                                 aerospace and defense company. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Nye was also
          Director Since: 2010   an independent director for Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), an American  corporate governance expertise
          Age: 58                manufacturer and marketer of lighting-class lighting products. In 2019,  • Broad strategic vision for the
          Committees:            Forbes magazine recognized Mr. Nye as one of America’s Most  future growth of Martin Marietta
                                 Innovative Leaders; he was previously recognized by both Aggregates
                                 Manager and Pit & Quarry magazines, as Aggman of the Year and a Hall
                                 of Fame inductee, respectively. Mr. Nye has also served on numerous
                                 other state, local and/or philanthropic organizations including the boards
          Chair                  of directors of the University of North Carolina Health System and the
                                 Research Triangle Foundation, as well as the Board of Governors of the
                                 Research Triangle Institute. He also served as Co-Chair of the NC FIRST
                                 Commission (evaluating North Carolina’s current and future
                                 transportation investment needs).



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