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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 9, 2006

Eagle Materials Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  1-12984
(Commission File Number)
  75-2520779
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
         
3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas
  75219
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (214) 432-2000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed from last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Eagle Materials Inc. Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007
Eagle Materials Inc. Cement Companies Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007
Eagle Materials Inc. Concrete and Aggregates Salaried Incentive Compensation for Fiscal 2007
American Gypsum Company Salaried Incentive Compensation Program For Fiscal 2007
Strategic Execution Goals for Fiscal 2007
Operational Excellence Goals for Fiscal 2007


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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
     On May 9, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation, approved certain compensation arrangements set forth below with the persons (the “Named Officers”) who are anticipated to be listed in the Summary Compensation Table in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Base Salary for Fiscal 2007
     The annual base salary levels for Named Officers for Fiscal Year 2007 are: Steven R. Rowley, President and Chief Executive Officer ($650,000); Arthur R. Zunker, Jr., Senior Vice President-Finance and Treasurer ($250,000); David B. Powers, Executive Vice President-Gypsum ($300,000); Gerald J. Essl, Executive Vice President-Cement/Concrete and Aggregates ($275,000); and James H. Graass, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary ($280,000).
Annual Incentive Compensation for Fiscal 2007
     The Compensation Committee approved the Eagle Materials Inc. Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007 (the “Eagle Plan”). A copy of the Eagle Plan is attached to this Report as Exhibit 10.1. Under the terms of the Eagle Plan, a pool of 1.2% of the Company’s earnings before interest and taxes for fiscal 2007 is available to pay annual bonuses to participating officers, subject to reduction based on individual performance in fiscal 2007. The Compensation Committee also determined the applicable percentage of the bonus pool available for payment of the annual bonus to Mr. Rowley (40%), and the other Named Officers participating in the Eagle Plan (Mr. Zunker — 20% and Mr. Graass — 15%).
     The remaining Named Officers (Mr. Essl and Mr. Powers) participate in subsidiary incentive compensation plans pursuant to which a percentage of the operating earnings of the applicable subsidiary (or group of subsidiaries) is available for payment of bonuses to the participating employees. Mr. Essl participates in the Eagle Materials Inc. Cement Companies Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007 (a copy which is attached to this Report as Exhibit 10.2) and the Eagle Materials Inc. Concrete and Aggregates Companies Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007 (a copy of which is attached to this Report as Exhibit 10.3). In the plans in which Mr. Essl participates, the Compensation Committee approved the percentage of operating earnings of each of the Company’s cement and concrete/aggregates subsidiaries for fiscal 2007 which is available for payment of bonuses to participating employees (2.25%) and the percentage of such bonus pool available for payment to Mr. Essl at the end of fiscal 2007 (22%), subject to reduction based on Mr. Essl’s individual performance. Mr. Powers participates in the American Gypsum Company Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007 (a copy which is attached to this Report as Exhibit 10.4). In the case of Mr. Powers, the Compensation Committee approved the percentage of American Gypsum’s operating earnings available for payment of annual bonuses to participating American Gypsum employees (2.25%) and the percentage of such bonus pool available for payment to Mr. Powers at the end of Fiscal 2007 (22%), subject to reduction based on Mr. Powers individual performance.

 


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Stock Option and Restricted Stock Unit Grants
     The Compensation Committee also made stock option and restricted stock unit (“RSU”) grants to the Named Officers under the Eagle Materials Inc.’s Incentive Plan, as amended, covering the following number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
                 
    Stock    
    Options   RSUs
Mr. Rowley
    17,794       8,972  
Mr. Powers
    5,662       2,855  
Mr. Essl
    5,662       2,855  
Mr. Zunker
    4,044       2,039  
Mr. Graass
    4,044       2,039  
     Stock Options. The vesting of the stock options is subject to the Company’s achievement of certain earnings and strategic execution goals. In particular, 66-2/3% of the stock options vest based on the Company’s three-year average earnings before interest and taxes, measured at the end of each of fiscal 2007, 2008 and 2009. Such options may vest in whole or in part at the end of any of these fiscal years, but any portion not vested at the end of fiscal 2009 shall be forfeited. In addition, 33-1/3% of the stock options vest based on certain strategic execution goals achieved during fiscal 2007. A summary of these strategic execution goals is attached to this Report as Exhibit 10.5. Any portion of such options not vested at the end of fiscal 2007 shall be forfeited. Once vested, the stock options become exercisable 1/3 immediately and 1/3 on each of the first and second anniversaries of vesting.
     RSUs. The vesting of the RSUs is subject to the Company’s achievement of certain operational goals and strategic execution goals. In particular, 66-2/3% of the RSUs vest based on certain operational excellence goals and 33-1/3% of the RSUs vest based on the same strategic execution goals used for the stock options described above. A summary of the Operational Excellence Goals is attached to this Report as Exhibit 10.6. Any portion of such RSUs not vested at the end of fiscal 2007 shall be forfeited. Once vested, the RSUs become payable 1/3 immediately and 1/3 on each of the first and second anniversaries of vesting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
10.1
  Eagle Materials Inc. Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007
 
   
10.2
  Eagle Materials Inc. Cement Companies Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007
 
   
10.3
  Eagle Materials Inc. Concrete and Aggregates Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal 2007
 
   
10.4
  American Gypsum Company Salaried Incentive Compensation Program Fiscal 2007
 
   
10.5
  Strategic Execution Goals for Fiscal 2007
 
   
10.6
  Operational Excellence Goals for Fiscal 2007

 


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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
 
By:   /s/ Arthur R. Zunker, Jr.

Name:  Arthur R. Zunker, Jr.
Title:    Senior Vice President–Finance and Treasurer

Date: May 15, 2006

 

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EXHIBIT 10.1
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
SALARIED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007
1. Purpose
     The purpose of the Eagle Materials Inc. Salaried Incentive Compensation Program for Fiscal Year 2007 (the “Plan”) is to establish an incentive bonus program which: (i) focuses on the performance of Eagle Materials Inc. (the “Company”) as well as individual performance; and (ii) aligns the interest of participants with those of the Company’s shareholders. The Plan is adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) under the structure of the Company’s Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and is subject to all the term and condition of such Incentive Plan. The Plan shall be in effect for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007.
2. Eligibility
     The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and his direct reports are eligible to participate in the Plan. The CEO may also include in the Plan additional exempt salaried employees at the corporate level of the Company.
     Participants must be an exempt salaried manager or professional. No hourly or non-exempt employee may participate. Participants in the Plan may not participate in any other Company incentive plan providing for monetary awards, except for the Eagle Materials Long Term Compensation Program and the Eagle Materials Special Situation Program.
3. Bonus Pool
     For Fiscal Year 2007 1.2% of the Company’s earnings before interest and taxes (“EBIT”) will fund the corporate bonus pool.
     To ensure reasonableness and affordability, available funds for bonus payments under the Plan are to be determined as a percentage of EBIT of the Company. The actual percentage may vary from year to year as recommend by the CEO and approved by the Committee.
     Participants must be employed at fiscal year-end to be eligible for any bonus award. Awards may be adjusted for partial year participation for participants who enter the program during a fiscal year.
4. Allocation of Corporate Pool
     At the beginning of the fiscal year goals and objectives shall be established for each participant. The actual bonus award paid at the end of the fiscal year shall be based on the individual participant’s performance relative to the previously established goals and objectives.

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Except with respect to the CEO, each participant’s allocated percentage of the corporate pool, his/her goals and objectives and his/her individual performance relative to the goals and objectives (and bonus award) shall be determined by the recommendation of the CEO and subject to the approval of the Committee. The CEO’s allocated percentage of the corporate pool, his/her goals and objectives and his/her individual performance (and bonus award) shall be established by the Committee. For each participant, the maximum annual bonus award opportunity is represented by the percentage of the corporate pool assigned to such participant.
5. Goals and Objectives
     The goals and objectives to be used for participants in the Plan may be comprised of objective and subjective criteria and should generally have a broader scope than the goals and objectives for subsidiary companies. However, at the same time the goals must also contain specific criteria regarding execution that links subsidiary company performance to corporate performance. By way of example and not limitation, these goals and objectives could focus on operational criteria, the interaction between corporate and subsidiaries as a way of gauging the successful execution of business plans, strategic execution criteria, criteria relating to shareholder alignment and investor relations, interaction and communication with the board, performance relative to the responsibilities associated with being publicly traded company, organizational development and leadership skills.
6. Plan Administration
     The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full and exclusive power to interpret this Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations and guidelines for carrying out this Plan as it may deem necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion. All decisions of the Committee shall be binding and conclusive on the participants. The Committee shall determine all terms and conditions of the bonus awards.
     No member of the Committee shall be liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him or by any member of the Committee in connection with the performance of any duties under this Plan, except for his own willful misconduct or as expressly provided by statute.
7. No Employment Guaranteed
     No provision of this Plan hereunder shall confer any right upon any executive officer to continued employment.
8. Governing Law
     This Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without reference to any conflicts of law principles thereof that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

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EXHIBIT 10.2
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
CEMENT COMPANIES
SALARIED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007
1. Bonus Pool
     To insure reasonableness and affordability the available funds for bonus payments are determined as a percent of earnings of the cement companies of Eagle Materials Inc. The actual percentage may vary from year to year.
     For Fiscal Year 2007 bonus pool funding from the subsidiary companies will be 2.25% of each company’s operating profit.
     Participants must be employed at fiscal year-end to be eligible for any bonus award. Awards may be adjusted for partial year participation for participants added during a year.
     Eagle Materials CEO retains the final right of interpretation and administration of the plan and to amend or terminate the plan at any time.
2. Eligibility
     The Eagle Materials Cement EVP, the subsidiary company Presidents, and his/her direct reports will be in the plan. Additional participants who have management responsibilities or are in a professional capacity that can measurably impact earnings may be recommended by subsidiary company presidents subject to the approval of the Eagle Materials Cement EVP and the Eagle Materials CEO. The addition of new participants will not affect the total pool available but will in effect dilute the potential bonuses of the original participants.
     Participants must be an exempt salaried manager or professional. No hourly or non-exempt employee may participate. Participants in this plan may not participate in any other company incentive plan with monetary awards, except for the Cement Companies’ Long Term Compensation program, the Eagle Materials Long Term Compensation Program and the Eagle Materials Special Situation Program.
3. Allocation of Pool
     The subsidiary company Presidents will be eligible for 20% — 30% of the pool. The subsidiary company Presidents will recommend the distribution of the remainder of the company pool. The participants in the plan and their percentage of the pool will require approval of the Eagle Materials Cement EVP and Eagle Materials CEO at the beginning of the fiscal year for which the bonus is being earned. For example:

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Participant   % of Pool Available
Company President
    27 %
Plant Manager
    15 %
Vice President, Sales
    13 %
Vice President, Finance
    9 %
Production Manager
    7 %
Maintenance Manager
    7 %
Executive Vice President
    22 %
 
       
Total
    100 %
     The subsidiary company President’s bonus opportunity will be 50% specific, objective goals and 50% discretionary as determined by Eagle Materials Cement EVP taking into consideration overall job performance and compliance with Eagle Materials Policies and Code of Ethics. All participants in the plan must have the ability to significantly affect the performance of the subsidiary company by achieving measurable, quantifiable, objectives. The subsidiary company Presidents will determine the objective and discretionary balance of bonus opportunities for the participants in their companies, subject to approval by Eagle Materials Cement EVP and Eagle Materials CEO.
4. Objective Criteria
     Objective setting is essential to an effective incentive compensation plan and should be measurable and focus on areas that have meaningful impact on our operational performance. Having selected objectives, it is also important to establish a reference point for that objective which indicates expected performance.
     In addition to consideration of the budget plan as a reference, we will consider historic performance of a facility, equipment design standards, industry standards, comparable values from other companies or like situations and any other qualified source or establishing reference points or basis for determining performance.
     To illustrate the need for the selection of an objective, the reference point and how performance deviation from the reference is judged, take safety, for example. Let’s suppose a company plans 0 lost time accidents, which is reasonable to plan. If they have 1 lost time accidents, is the performance a total failure, poor, fair or reasonable? If they have 2 lost time accidents, is the performance unacceptable, poor, fair or reasonable? From this information it would be difficult to assess their overall safety performance. We could give consideration to the number of incidents requiring doctor’s treatment. We could include an evaluation of worker’s compensation claims or dollars spent. As an alternative to these, we could use industry statistics available from an authoritative source such as MSHA or PCA which show accident frequency and severity ratio for comparable facilities. We could establish a mean or average as our reference point, based on accident frequency and severity, and agree to a bonus adjustment according to our percentile ranking with comparable industry.
     Another example might be the case of a kiln chain system that is allowed to deteriorate. This would tend to lower thermal efficiency and clinker production rate, but

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could increase kiln available hours because we didn’t take the necessary down time to repair the chain system. A plan built on this premise might have TPH clinker production and BTU per ton statistics lower than historical performance but kiln up time shown as higher. Rather than using plan as the reference point for these criteria, we might use historical performance for TPH clinker, BTU/ton and a combination of historical and industry average for kiln up time. The intent would be to cause a focus on the issue of not deferring maintenance.
     Because our basic products are commodities, the level of prices in a given market area are established by supply and demand over which local management has little control. Through price leadership, local management can affect prices in a small range around supply-demand equilibrium. Accordingly, one of the performance criteria might still be pricing but this does not indicate that an overall bad or good market is itself a performance indicator of local management. For bonus purposes, they should neither be penalized nor rewarded for the general economic conditions.
     Fixed assets is another area over which local management exercises limited control. Each manager basically has to work with the fixed assets he is assigned. Local management can exercise considerable control over current assets such as receivables and inventory but, as a heavily capitalized industry with limited transportability, local management essentially has to do the best they can with the PP&E they are assigned.
     Typical examples for consideration:
    Sales
    Volumes, tons
 
    Mill nets
    Gross Margins
 
    Accuracy of monthly reprojections
 
    Production costs
 
    Terminal Expenses
 
    Controlling capital projects
 
    Safety
 
    Housekeeping & Appearance
 
    Production — Efficiency
    Clinker tons per hour
 
    Cement tons per hour
 
    BTU’s per ton of clinker
 
    % utilization on kiln
    Productivity
    Clinker tons per year
 
    Cement tons per year
    Overhead Cost
    T & E
 
    Bad debt expense
    Working capital —
    Reducing spare parts inventory
 
    Receivables — stated as DSO

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    Inventory R&O, raw materials, fuel, payables or process
    Quality —
    Cement uniformity, specific product application
 
    Clinker standard deviation
    Long-term planning
    Reserves
 
    Environmental compliance
 
    Maintenance — protection of assets
    Personnel
    Organization
 
    Training
 
    Replacement
 
    Union relations
    Other profits
    Sale of surplus assets
 
    Lease or rental income
5. Measuring Performance
     At the close of the fiscal year each subsidiary company President will review the performance of the company versus the objectives submitted at the beginning of the year and recommend to Eagle Materials Cement EVP distribution of the bonus pool to the participants. Distribution of the bonus pool requires approval of both Eagle Materials EVP and CEO.
     Any portion of the Company Operating Pool not paid out (unearned) or forfeited will be added to the SSP at Corporate.
     At any time during the fiscal year each cement company President may also recommend to the Eagle Materials Cement EVP and CEO an SSP award to recognize outstanding individual performances.

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EXHIBIT 10.3
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
CONCRETE and AGGREGATES COMPANIES
SALARIED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007
1. Bonus Pool
     To insure reasonableness and affordability the available funds for bonus payments are determined as a percent of earnings of Eagle Materials Inc.’s concrete and aggregate companies. The actual percentage may vary from year to year.
     For Fiscal Year 2007 bonus pool funding from the concrete and aggregate companies will be 2.25% of each company’s operating profit.
     Participants must be employed at fiscal year-end to be eligible for any bonus award. Awards may be adjusted for partial year participation for participants added during a year.
     Eagle Materials CEO retains the final right of interpretation and administration of the plan and to amend or terminate the plan at any time.
2. Eligibility
     The Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP, the subsidiary company Presidents, V.P. Sales and Plant Managers will be in the plan. Additional participants who have management responsibilities or are in a professional capacity that can measurably impact earnings may be recommended by subsidiary company presidents subject to the approval of the Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP and Eagle Materials CEO. The addition of new participants will not affect the total pool available but will in effect dilute the potential bonuses of the original participants.
     Participants must be an exempt salaried manager or professional. No hourly or non-exempt employee may participate. Participants in this plan may not participate in any other company incentive plan with monetary awards, except for the Concrete and Aggregate Companies’ Long Term Compensation Program, the Eagle Materials Long Term Compensation Program and the Eagle Materials Special Situation Program.
3. Allocation of Pool
     The subsidiary company Presidents will be eligible for 20% — 40% of the pool. The subsidiary company Presidents will recommend the distribution of the remainder of the company pool. The participants in the plan and their percentage of the pool will require approval of the Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP and Eagle Materials CEO at the beginning of the fiscal year for which the bonus is being earned.

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     The subsidiary company President’s bonus opportunity will be 50% specific, objective goals and 50% discretionary as determined by Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP taking into consideration overall job performance and compliance with Eagle Materials Policies and Code of Ethics. All participants in the plan must have the ability to significantly affect the performance of the subsidiary company by achieving measurable, quantifiable, objectives. The subsidiary company Presidents will determine the objective and discretionary balance of bonus opportunities for the participants in their companies subject to approval by Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP and Eagle Materials CEO.
4. Objective Criteria
     Objective setting is essential to an effective incentive compensation plan and should be measurable and focus on areas that have meaningful impact on our operational performance. Having selected objectives, it is also important to establish a reference point for that objective which indicates expected performance.
     In addition to consideration of the budget plan as a reference, we will consider historic performance of a facility, equipment design standards, industry standards, comparable values from other companies or like situations and any other qualified source or establishing reference points or basis for determining performance.
     To illustrate the need for the selection of an objective, the reference point and how performance deviation from the reference is judged, let’s look at safety as an example. Let’s suppose a company plans 0 lost time accidents, which is reasonable to plan. If they have 1 lost time accidents, is the performance a total failure, poor, fair or reasonable? If they have 2 lost time accidents, is the performance unacceptable, poor, fair or reasonable? From this information it would be difficult to assess their overall safety performance. We could give consideration to the number of incidents requiring doctor’s treatment. We could include an evaluation of worker’s compensation claims or dollars spent. As an alternative to these, we could use industry statistics available from an authoritative source such as MSHA or OSHA which show accident frequency and severity ratio for comparable facilities. We could establish a mean or average as our reference point, based on accident frequency and severity, and agree to a bonus adjustment according to our percentile ranking with comparable industry.
     Because our basic products are commodities the level of prices in a given market area are established by supply and demand over which local management has little control. Through price leadership, local management can affect prices in a small range around supply-demand equilibrium. Accordingly, one of the performance criteria might still be pricing but this does not indicate that an overall bad or good market is itself a performance indicator of local management. For bonus purposes, they should neither be penalized nor rewarded for the general economic conditions.
     Fixed assets is another area over which local management exercises limited control. Each manager basically has to work with the fixed assets he is assigned. Local management can exercise considerable control over current assets such as receivable and

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inventory but, as a heavily capitalized industry with limited transportability, local management essentially has to do the best they can with the PP&E they are assigned.
     Typical examples for consideration:
    Sales
    Volumes – cubic yards, tons
 
    Price – cubic yards, tons
    Costs
    Per yard of dry materials
 
    Per ton of aggregates (produced)
 
    Maintenance per cubic yard
 
    Delivery per cubic yard
    Gross margins
 
    Accuracy of monthly reprojections
 
    Safety
 
    Housekeeping & Appearance Production — Efficiency
    Concrete yards per truck
 
    Concrete yards per batch plant
 
    % utilization of dry/wet plants
    Productivity
    Man hours per concrete yard — plant
 
    Man hours per concrete yard — delivery
 
    Aggregates — TPH
    Overhead Cost
    T & E
 
    Bad debt expense
    Working capital —
    Receivables — stated as DSO
 
    Inventory R&O, raw materials, fuel, payables or process
    Quality — Uniformity, specific product application
 
    Long-term planning
    Reserves
 
    Environmental compliance
 
    Maintenance — protection of assets
    Personnel
    Organization
 
    Training
 
    Union relations
    Other profits
    Associated business lines
 
    Sale of surplus assets
 
    Lease or rental income

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5. Measuring Performance
     At the close of the fiscal year each subsidiary company President will review the performance of the company versus the objectives submitted at the beginning of the year and recommend to Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP distribution of the pool to the participants. Distribution of the pool requires approval of both Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP and Eagle Materials CEO.
     Any portion of the Company Operating Pool not paid out (unearned) or forfeited will be added to the SSP at Corporate.
     At anytime during the fiscal year each concrete and aggregate company President may also recommend to the Eagle Materials Concrete and Aggregate EVP and CEO an SSP award to recognize outstanding individual performances.

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EXHIBIT 10.4
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
AMERICAN GYPSUM COMPANY
SALARIED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007
1. Bonus Pool
     To insure reasonableness and affordability the available funds for bonus payments are determined as a percent of earnings of American Gypsum Company. The actual percentage may vary from year to year.
     For Fiscal Year 2007 bonus pool funding will be 2.25% of American Gypsum Company’s operating profit.
     Participants must be employed at fiscal year-end to be eligible for any bonus award. Awards may be adjusted for partial year participation for participants added during a year.
     Eagle Materials CEO retains the final right of interpretation and administration of the plan and to amend or terminate the plan at any time.
2. Eligibility
     The American Gypsum Company President, Vice Presidents and Plant Mangers will be in the plan. Additional participants who have management responsibilities or are in a professional capacity that can measurably impact earnings may be recommended by American Gypsum Company President subject to the approval of the Eagle Materials CEO. The addition of new plan participants will not affect the total pool available but will in effect dilute the potential bonuses of the original participants.
     Participants must be an exempt salaried manager or professional. No hourly or non-exempt employee may participate. Participants in this plan may not participate in any other company incentive plan with monetary awards, except for American Gypsum Company’s Long Term Compensation Program, the Eagle Materials Long Term Compensation Program and the Eagle Materials Special Situation Program.
3. Allocation of Pool
     The American Gypsum Company President will be eligible for 20% — 25% of the pool. The American Gypsum Company President will recommend the distribution of the remainder of the company pool. The participants in the plan and their percentage of the pool will be approved by the Eagle Materials CEO at the beginning of the fiscal year for which the bonus is being earned. For example:

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Participant   % of Pool Available
Company President
    22 %
Vice Presidents
    34 %
Plant Managers
    20 %
Other Participants (Directors, Superintendents)
    24 %
 
       
Total
    100 %
     The American Gypsum Company President’s bonus opportunity will be 50% objective goals and 50% discretionary as determined by Eagle Materials CEO taking into consideration overall job performance and compliance with Eagle Materials Policies and Code of Ethics. All participants in the plan must have the ability to significantly affect the performance of the subsidiary company by achieving measurable, quantifiable objectives. The American Gypsum Company President will determine the objective and discretionary balance of bonus opportunities for the other participants in this program, subject to approval by the Eagle Materials CEO.
4. Objective Criteria
     Objective setting is essential to an effective incentive compensation plan. Objectives should be measurable and focus on areas that have meaningful impact on our operational performance. Having selected objectives, it is also important to establish a reference point for that objective which indicates expected performance.
     In addition to consideration of the budget plan as a reference, we will consider historic performance of a facility, equipment design standards, industry standards, comparable values from other companies or like situations and any other qualified source or establishing reference points or basis for determining performance.
     To illustrate the need for the selection of an objective, the reference point and how performance deviation from the reference is judged, let’s look at safety as an example. Let’s suppose a company plans 0 lost time accidents, which is reasonable to plan. If they have 1 lost time accidents, is the performance a total failure, poor, fair or reasonable? If they have 2 lost time accidents, is the performance unacceptable, poor, fair or reasonable? From this information it would be difficult to assess their overall safety performance. We could give consideration to the number of incidents requiring doctor’s treatment. We could include an evaluation of worker’s compensation claims or dollars spent. As an alternative to these, we could use industry statistics available from an authoritative source such as OSHA or GA which show accident frequency and severity ratio for comparable facilities. We could establish a mean or average as our reference point, based on accident frequency and severity, and agree to a bonus adjustment according to our percentile ranking with comparable industry.
     Another example might be the case of a dryer system that is allowed to deteriorate. This would tend to lower thermal efficiency and line speed, but could increase available hours because we didn’t take the necessary down time to repair the dryer system. A plan built on this premise might have production and BTU per MSF

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statistics lower than historical performance but up time shown as higher. Rather than using plan as the reference point for these criteria, we might use historical performance for line speed, BTU/msf and a combination of historical and industry average for up time. The intent would be to cause a focus on the issue of not deferring maintenance.
     Because our basic products are commodities the level of prices in a given market area are established by supply and demand over which local management has little control. Through price leadership, local management can affect prices in a small range around supply-demand equilibrium. Accordingly, one of the performance criteria might still be pricing but this does not indicate that an overall bad or good market is itself a performance indicator of local management. For bonus purposes, they should neither be penalized nor rewarded for the general economic conditions.
     Fixed assets is another area over which local management exercises limited control. Each manager basically has to work with the fixed assets he is assigned. Local management can exercise considerable control over current assets such as receivable and inventory but, as a heavily capitalized industry with limited transportability, local management essentially has to do the best they can with the PP&E they are assigned.
     Typical objectives that impact earnings include:
    Sales
    Volume (total or specific product)
 
    Price
 
    Market share
    Plant Efficiencies
    Waste
 
    Speed
 
    Delay
 
    Fuel usage/msf
 
    Contribution/machine hour
    Production
    Volume
 
    Cost (total or specific component)
    Quality Rating
 
    Environmental Compliance
 
    Managing Capital Projects
 
    Overhead Reduction
 
    Working Capital
    Inventory turns
 
    Receivables
    Long Term Planning
    Gypsum reserves
 
    Maintenance – protection of assets
    Personnel
    Training and development
 
    Turnover rate
 
    Union relations

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5. Measuring Performance
     At the close of the fiscal year the American Gypsum Company President will review the performance of the company versus the objectives submitted at the beginning of the year and recommend the distribution of the pool to the participants. Distribution of the pool requires approval of the Eagle Materials CEO.
     Any portion of the Company Operating Pool not paid out (unearned) or forfeited will be added to the SSP at Corporate.
     At anytime during the fiscal year the American Gypsum Company President may also recommend to the Eagle Materials CEO an SSP award to recognize outstanding individual performances that dramatically improved the companies profitability or long term value.

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EXHIBIT 10.5
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
FY 2007 STRATEGIC EXECUTION GOALS
Wallboard Companies
1.   Goal regarding scheduling and budget of strategic project.
 
2.   Goal regarding logistic plan.
 
3.   Goal regarding future expansion opportunities.
Cement Companies
1.   Goal regarding scheduling and budget of strategic projects.
 
2.   Goal regarding completion of analysis for certain projects.
 
3.   Goal regarding future expansion opportunities.
Paperboard Company
1.   Goal regarding product differentiation.
Concrete and Aggregate Companies
1.   Goal regarding scheduling and budget of strategic project.
 
2.   Goal regarding expansion project analysis.
General
1.   Goal relating to strategic expansion opportunities.

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EXHIBIT 10.6
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
FY 2007 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE GOALS
Gypsum Companies
1.   Goal relating to gypsum wallboard production.
 
2.   Goal relating to wallboard product development.
 
3.   Goal relating to customer relationships.
Cement Companies
1.   Goals relating to annual production and sales.
Paperboard Company
1.   Goal relating to plant operations.
Concrete and Aggregates Companies
1.   Goal relating to aggregates companies operating and financial performance.
 
2.   Goal relating to concrete companies operating and financial performance.
Safety – All Companies
1.   Goal relating to reportable cases.