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A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO

To our Stakeholders,
As we take this moment to reflect on another milestone year, in April 2020. During this pivotal time, we have been engaged
it is my honor to share with you the many successes that drove across our enterprise to work in partnership with our employees,
Martin Marietta’s remarkable and sustainable growth in 2019. customers, suppliers, communities and other stakeholders to
Equally exciting is having the opportunity to discuss how our navigate this uncertain situation. We remain open for business
continued achievements have positioned our company, our and ready to meet our communities’ product and service needs,
people and our communities for greatness in the future. and we are also committed to safeguarding the health and well-
being of all who are touched by our business.
From a purely financial perspective, our company performed
impressively in 2019, continuing to deliver exceptional value Accordingly, we are closely monitoring national, regional and local
while supplying the building materials needed to help our towns, COVID-19 developments and proactively taking actions so our
cities and communities thrive. While our financial performance stakeholders and business remain safe, healthy and prosperous.
highlights Martin Marietta as a strong company striding Our current focus is largely four-fold: Communication, Resource
confidently ahead as the industry leader, that is only a portion Management, and the resiliency of Essential Work Functions,
of our story. allowing for Business Continuity.
Our true success isn’t just measured in figures and facts; it’s We have taken responsible steps to prepare for and respond
measured in faces and families. None of our accomplishments, to this pandemic, including remote work, enhanced
and nothing we have achieved, would be possible without our protocols and social distancing, equipment and facility cleaning,
employees — the people who both drive our work and are ensuring consistency with the Centers for Disease Control and
most affected by it. These individuals are the heart of Martin Prevention’s guidelines and our industrial hygienist group doctors
Marietta. They and their loved ones are the reasons we remain that are familiar with our operations. We have established task
committed to making our business safer and ever more forces related to COVID-19 planning and communications,
sustainable. canceled all non-essential in-person meetings and business
travel, and established contingency plans with respect to
Our people and operations received an extraordinary amount
of recognition in 2019. Among other things, we achieved a facility staffing.
level of safety that continues to set a standard for the industry. Together with our Board of Directors, we will continue to actively
Such accomplishments have come to be expected from Martin monitor and assess the COVID-19 situation as it develops and
Marietta year in and year out. In addition, as promised to respond to its impact on our operations, business relationships
our stakeholders, we’ve enhanced disclosure related to the and employees.
environmental impact of our operations and provided detailed As you review this report, know that all of us at Martin Marietta
information that will help you better understand our story. This are proud of the work we have done to make our company a
includes new disclosures of our greenhouse gas emissions across truly sustainable enterprise. While we move forward confident
all of our business lines, as well as our emissions reduction targets that we are prepared for the road ahead, we know there remains
for 2030. In this year’s Sustainability Report, you also will read much to do. We cherish the partnerships with our employees,
and learn more about our initiatives and accomplishments as our customers, our vendors, our communities and you, our
we do our part to protect the planet. We recognize that this stakeholders. Together, we will strengthen Martin Marietta,
is a continuing effort, and we are taking steps to ensure this ensuring that our positive impact will forever endure.
performance will only improve with time.
We also established a new employer brand — ONE — that Sincerely,
reflects the thoughts, feelings and hearts of employees at every
level of our company. We designed a standard approach to safety
mentoring that ensures every employee has the knowledge and
resources needed to complete their work safely and efficiently. C. Howard Nye
Our World Class Task Force continued its mission to improve
Martin Marietta, moving forward with multiple projects and Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
fostering a level of communication never before seen at our
company. We have taken these steps not to earn plaudits, but
to better allow our company to grow responsibly.
Like most businesses and communities across the globe, we are
confronting the challenges and uncertainties presented by the
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as we publish this report

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