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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 001-04033
Vulcan Materials Company
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1200 Urban Center Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35242, (205) 298-3000
 
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
6.00% Notes due 2009
 
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
Common Stock, $1 Par Value
Preference Stock Purchase Rights
 
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provisions(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
                     
 
  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   þ       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)   þ
 
  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)   o       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)   o
 
  Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   o       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)   o
 
  Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)   o       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)   o
 
              Rule 15d-6   o
     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 48               
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Vulcan Materials Company has caused this certification/notice to be signed and filed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
         
     
Date: November 15, 2007  By:   /s/William F. Denson, III    
  Name:   William F. Denson, III    
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary   
 
Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.