Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On November 10, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc. (the "Company") amended and restated the Company's Restated
Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the "Amended Bylaws") effective as of such
date.
The amendments effected by the Amended Bylaws implement certain "universal
proxy" rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), to
update certain procedural requirements relating to director nominations by
shareholders set forth in Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. The amendments effected by the Amended Bylaws also include: (i)
enhanced requirements regarding the information shareholders must submit and
representations shareholders must make in connection with providing advance
notice of shareholder meeting proposals and director nominations, including a
representation that the shareholder intends or is part of a group that intends
to solicit proxies with respect to such proposal or nomination; (ii)
requirements for shareholders submitting such proposals or director nominations
to supplement the information provided in the notice as of the record date of
the shareholder meeting and, generally, as of ten (10) days prior to the
shareholder meeting; (iii) a requirement that a shareholder or a qualified
representative of the shareholder appear at the shareholder meeting to present a
nomination or other business; (iv) a prohibition against a shareholder
nominating a greater number of persons for election to the board of directors
than are subject to election at the shareholder meeting; (v) a requirement that
for an individual to be eligible for election as a director the individual must
complete a questionnaire in a form provided by the Company to provide
information relevant to election as a director, including with respect to
background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence, and represent that
he or she is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office,
will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding
specifying how he or she is to act or vote as a director on any issue or
question unless disclosed to the Company or that would interfere with the
ability of the individual to comply with fiduciary duties as a director; and
(vi) a requirement that a shareholder soliciting proxies from other shareholders
use a proxy card color other than white.
Under the Amended Bylaws, the requirements listed above do not apply to any
proposal made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act to be
included in the Company's proxy statement and, other than the requirement
described in clause (v) above, to the nomination of a candidate for election to
the Board pursuant to the proxy access provisions of the Amended Bylaws. The
Amended Bylaws also effected certain other administrative, modernizing,
clarifying, and conforming changes, including permitting meetings of
shareholders to be held by means of remote communication and director consents
to action without meeting to be in electronic form delivered by electronic
means, and changes in furtherance of gender neutrality.
The foregoing description of the amendments to the Bylaws does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Amended Bylaws, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by
reference. A marked copy of the Amended Bylaws, which indicates the changes from
the prior version of the Company's restated bylaws, is filed herewith as Exhibit
3.2.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
3.1 Restated Bylaws of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
3.2 Restated Bylaws of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (marked to
104 show changes against prior version).
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline
XBRL document).
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