DALLAS, Jan 03, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP and EXP.B) will announce financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2006 as of and for the period ended December 31, 2005 in a news release issued Wednesday, January 25, 2006 AFTER the close of the NYSE.

Eagle Materials will hold an Investor Conference Thursday, January 26, 2006 at 8:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. CT) at The Auditorium in the Equitable Center 787 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019.

As part of the Investor Conference, Senior Management will review the results of its third quarter of fiscal year 2006.

To register to attend the Investor Conference in New York please go to: http://events.eaglematerials.com

If you are unable to attend the Investor Conference and wish to participate in the call, please dial (800) 246-9120 (U.S. & Canada). International callers should dial (415) 908-6237. Please call ten minutes prior to start time. The passcode is: 21277514

A webcast of the call, accompanied by a slide presentation, will be available in real time via the EXP Web site (http://www.eaglematerials.com ). An archive of the webcast will be available on the site's Investor Relations page for 12 months.

We look forward to your participation.

SOURCE Eagle Materials Inc.

Art Zunker, Senior Vice President and CFO, +1-214-432-2010, or Craig Kesler, Vice
President - IR and Corporate Development, +1-214-432-2013, both of Eagle Materials
Inc.

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