On May 9, 2019, Robert J. Cardin was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and will assume the role of principal accounting officer. Mr. Cardin replaces James A. J. Nickolas, Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer, who assumed the role of principal accounting officer effective March 11, 2019. Mr. Cardin will continue to report to Mr. Nickolas. Mr. Cardin, 55, has served as Vice President and Controller at the Company since March 2019. Before joining the Company, Mr. Cardin served in various financial reporting and accounting positions at other public companies. Most recently, Mr. Cardin served from November 2013 until March 2019 as Chief Accounting Officer of SWM International (“SWM”), a NYSE-listed global manufacturer of paper and resin based engineered products; he also served as Interim CFO at SWM from April 2015 to October 2015. Mr. Cardin is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a masters business degree in accounting from Wayne State University. In connection with his hire as Vice President and Controller, on January 11, 2019, the Company and Mr. Cardin entered into an offer letter.