BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HOLCIM (US) Inc.

Holcim Inc. is the largest supplier of cement and related mineral components in the United States. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holderbank Financiere Glaris Ltd. of Switzerland, the world's leading producer of cement and related construction materials. The company is headquartered in Dundee, Michigan.

Today, Holcim has a nationwide presence in the U.S. cement industry with 14 manufacturing facilities and over 70 distribution terminals. As the nation's market share leader, Holcim has the ability to supply approximately 15 million metric tons of cement and related materials annually.

In 1993, Holcim and a partner acquired the BoxCrow cement plant in Midlothian. The next year, as the U.S. construction activity began its dramatic rise, a study was initiated to determine what facilities would be needed to help maintain the supply/demand balance of cementitious products nationally.

As a result of this study, in 1998, Holcim began construction of a second production line at Midlothian in Ellis County. Recently completed, the plant can produce in excess of 2.2 million metric tons of cement each year. The load-out capacity has been doubled as well, and construction of additional storage has begun.

Holcim's 2,500 employees, our customers and the general public can depend on our continued focus on these issues.

Other facilities in Texas include terminals in Galena Park, Lubbock and Chanelview and a silo ship in Galveston.

To get more information, you can visit Holcim Inc. at www.holcim.com.