DALLAS, Dec 12, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP and EXP.B) will hold an investor conference Thursday, January 26, 2006 at 8:30AM at The Auditorium in the Equitable Center located at 787 Seventh Avenue between 51st and 52nd Streets in Manhattan. Online registration and detailed information will be available on January 3, 2006.

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

Eagle will update its long term strategic objectives and provide perspectives on the company's growing position in the building materials industry. The Company will also review the results of its Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2006 and update its earnings guidance.

The conference and accompanying slide presentation will be webcast live via the Eagle Materials Inc. Web site at http://eaglematerials.com .

Forward-Looking Statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the context of the statement and generally arise when Eagle Materials is discussing its beliefs, estimates or expectations. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Eagle Materials Inc.

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

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