---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-042052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:30:08.702319+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Materials agrees to acquire Wake Stone Corporation, a Carolinas aggregates supplier

## Summary
- Acquisition adds more than 60 years of high-quality hard rock reserves serving Raleigh and other high-growth Carolinas markets.
- Wake Stone is a leading pure-play aggregates supplier founded in 1970; no financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
- Transaction expected to close later in 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
- Vulcan says deal is value-enhancing and consistent with its aggregates-led growth strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-042052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124042052/0001140361-24-042052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124042052/ef20036349_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-042052.txt

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