DALLAS, July 28, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- The Board of Directors of Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.175 per share, payable on November 2, 2006 to stockholders of record of its Common Stock at the close of business on October 4, 2006.

Eagle Materials Inc. is a Dallas-based company that manufactures and distributes Cement, Gypsum Wallboard, Recycled Paperboard, and Concrete and Aggregates.

SOURCE Eagle Materials Inc.

Steven R. Rowley, President and CEO, or Arthur R. Zunker, Jr., Senior Vice President
and CFO, +1-214-432-2000, both of Eagle Materials Inc.

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