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PAY DECISIONS AND COMPENSATION GOVERNANCE PRACTICES / COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS



        Pay Decisions and Compensation Governance Practices
        A number of key 2023 compensation-related decisions resulted from our achievements, which are discussed more fully in this section. The Committee
        believes that our executive compensation program continues to reflect a strong pay-for-performance philosophy and is well aligned with the interests of
        shareholders. In addition, we believe that our compensation practices are consistent with our pay decisions.
         WHAT WE DO             YES
         Pay for performance    Tie pay to performance by ensuring that a significant portion of NEO compensation is
                                performance-based and at-risk. A formulaic approach to annual cash incentive compensation
                                was introduced in 2023 in response to shareholder feedback.

         Median compensation    We generally aim to align all target compensation elements for our executives with the
         targets                median of our peer group companies. The peer group is confirmed by the Committee on an
                                annual basis.

         PSUs are a substantial  PSU grants, tied to our achievement of specified performance measures, comprised
         portion of LTI         approximately 55% of the total value of annual long-term incentive grants made to our NEOs
                                in 2023. RSUs comprised the remaining 45%.
         Independent
         compensation           The Committee retains an independent compensation consultant.
         consultant
         Robust share           We have robust stock ownership guidelines of 7 times base salary for the CEO, 5 times base
         ownership              salary for our other NEOs, and 5 times annual retainer for Directors. We also have an equity
         requirements           retention requirement of 50% of net shares paid as incentive compensation until ownership
                                guidelines are met.

         Clawback policy        We have a mandatory compensation recovery (clawback) policy that implements the SEC and
                                NYSE clawback rules and requires the Company to recover from its current and former
                                executive officers certain incentive compensation that is erroneously paid in connection with
                                an accounting restatement as well as a voluntary standalone policy allowing for recovery in
                                the event of a financial restatement as a result of misconduct

         Regular engagement
         with shareholders      We engage with shareholders to hear their views on compensation and other issues.
         Annual elections       All of our Directors stand for election each year.


         WHAT WE DON’T DO       NO
         No employment          None of our NEOs or other executive officers have employment contracts that guarantee
         contracts              continued employment.
         No dividends on        Our 2023 RSU and PSU awards require three years to fully vest and dividends paid on shares
         unvested awards        of common stock of Martin Marietta during the vesting period are only paid to award holders
                                if and when an award vests.
         No pledging of shares  Our directors and executive officers are not permitted to pledge Martin Marietta shares as
                                collateral for loans or any other purpose.
         No hedging             We prohibit directors and executive officers from engaging in short sales of Martin Marietta
                                stock or similar transactions intended to hedge or offset the market value of Martin Marietta
                                stock owned by them.
         No 280G gross-ups      We do not provide executives with Section 280G excise tax gross-ups.
         No single trigger      Equity awards will not automatically vest as a result of a change in control.
         equity vesting
         Minimal executive      We do not provide NEOs with country club reimbursements, personal use of the Company
         perquisites            aircraft unrelated to business travel, or other excessive perks.



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