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Exhibit 99.1
December
11, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Investor
Contact: Mark Warren (205) 298-3220
Media
Contact: David Donaldson (205) 298-3220
VULCAN
MATERIALS COMPANY ELECTS DIRECTORS
Birmingham,
Ala. – Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) announced today that Kathleen
Wilson-Thompson (52) and James T. Prokopanko (56) have been elected directors of
the Company.
Ms.
Wilson-Thompson is currently senior vice president, global human resources for
the Kellogg Company. She joined Kellogg in 1992 as a senior attorney
and has served in her current position since 2005. In November,
Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain with a market capitalization of
approximately $38 billion, announced that Ms. Wilson-Thompson will join
that company in January 2010 as senior vice president and chief human resources
officer. Ms. Wilson-Thompson was named by Black Enterprise magazine in
2009 as one of its “Top 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America.” She
serves on the NAACP Special Contributions Fund Board of Trustees.
Mr.
Prokopanko is president and chief executive officer of The Mosaic Company, one
of the world's leading producers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop
nutrients. Mosaic has a market capitalization of approximately $27
billion. Prior to his election to his current position in 2007, Mr.
Prokopanko was Mosaic’s executive vice president and chief operating
officer. Mr. Prokopanko has been a director of The Mosaic Company
since 2004.
“We are
very pleased that Kathleen Wilson-Thompson and Jim Prokopanko have agreed to
join Vulcan’s board,” said Don James, chairman and chief executive officer
of Vulcan Materials Company. “Kathleen and Jim are outstanding and
experienced leaders making significant contributions to the success of large,
dynamic, publicly traded companies. We look forward to working with
them in the years ahead and to their contributions as members of our
board.”
With the
addition of Ms. Wilson-Thompson and Mr. Prokopanko, Vulcan’s twelve-member board
consists of eleven outside directors.
Vulcan
Materials Company, a member of the S&P 500 index, is the nation's foremost
producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of other construction
materials. For additional information see
www.vulcanmaterials.com.
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