BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ASH GROVE CEMENT COMPANY

The Ash Grove Cement Company has a strong tradition of service, reliability and quality that reaches back more than 120 years. A pioneer of the limestone and cement industries, the Company was incorporated in Missouri in 1882 as the Ash Grove White Lime Association.

A longtime leader in the cement manufacturing industry, Ash Grove Cement Company, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, operates plants in nine states across the country: Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington.

The nine cement plants operating in the Ash Grove system are some of the most efficient and best maintained in the country. With an annual production capacity of more than 6.67 million tons of cement, Ash Grove is the largest American-owned producer of cement in the United States.

The quality portland and masonry cements produced at these nine plants are used for the construction of highways, bridges, commercial and industrial complexes, residential homes and a myriad of other structures fundamental to America's economic vitality and quality of life.

In addition to cement operations, the company operates a lime plant in Portland, Oregon with a total production capacity of 117,900 tons per year.

Ash Grove has one of the finest equipped, privately owned laboratories in the nation. The laboratory's primary functions of research, testing, analysis and evaluation are both company and industry oriented. The facility also provides Ash Grove customers with superior, personalized technical service.

Marketing and operations departments for Ash Grove's Midwest division are located at the Company's headquarters in Overland Park and Portland, Oregon is headquarters for Ash Grove's Western division.

To learn more you can visit their web site at www.ashgrove.com.