Industrial Minerals


Martin Marietta accuses takeover target of misleading shareholders

11 January 2012

by Mark Watts

Vulcan Materials hits back, dismissing synergy report as “unrealistically aggressive”

Keywords: Marian Marietta, Vulcan Materials, aggregates, construction, hostile takeover

Martin Marietta Materials Inc. continues to pursue a $4.8bn hostile takeover of Vulcan Materials Co., accusing the rival US aggregates company of misleading its shareholders about the benefits of its offer.

In a conference call Ward Nye, CEO of Martin Marietta, refuted claims by its takeover target that the bid “substantially undervalues...