POWER OF ATTORNEY

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NZnf7o975ki7dlg+5yg7dIavsF7KI4W8X8gflOZuhuli8IQOs/DZ4ppqrAorGwNY Y/Ukyi6teYbpYms/YANexg== 0000103973-03-000240.txt : 20031020 0000103973-03-000240.hdr.sgml : 20031020 20031020144459 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000103973-03-000240 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20031010 FILED AS OF DATE: 20031020 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TROSINO VINCENT J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001267371 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04033 FILM NUMBER: 03947629 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS CO STREET 2: ONE STATE FARM PLAZA CITY: BLOOMINGTON STATE: IL ZIP: 61710-0001 BUSINESS PHONE: 2052986325 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VULCAN MATERIALS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000103973 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400] IRS NUMBER: 630366371 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 URBAN CENTER DRIVE CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35242 BUSINESS PHONE: 2052983000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 385014 CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35238-5014 3 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0201 3 2003-10-10 1 0000103973 VULCAN MATERIALS CO VMC 0001267371 TROSINO VINCENT J ONE STATE FARM PLAZA BLOOMINGTON IL 61710-0001 1 0 0 0 VINCENT J. TROSINO 2003-10-14 EX-24 3 trosino-poa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Norman Jetmundsen, Jr., Amy M. Tucker and Jerry F. Perkins, or any of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to prepare, based on information provided by said director, and sign the name of the undersigned to (i) any Form 3 required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for and on behalf of said director, (ii) any Form 4 required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for and on behalf of said director and any and all amendments to said reports, and (iii) any Form 5 of said director to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for and on behalf of said director and any and all amendments to said reports. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys full power of substitution, resubstitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 14th day of October, 2003.
	/s/VINCENT J. TROSINO VINCENT J. TROSINO

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