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BUILDING MATERIALS & CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES – JOHN F. KASPRZAK JR. – BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS

John F. Kasprzak Jr. is a Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets. He joined Equity Research in May 1997 and follows the building materials/homebuilding sector. He has been named in the 2006, 2005, and 2000 Wall Street Journal Best on the Street Analyst Survey (including number one in estimate accuracy), the 2006 and 2005 Forbes.com/Starmine Analyst Awards, and the inaugural Street.com All-Star Analyst Survey. He has also been included in the Reuters Survey of Mid to Smaller Company Investment Research on three separate occasions. Prior to joining the firm, he was a research analyst for four years at Davenport & Co., LLC. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1988 and received an MBA degree from the College of William and Mary in 1993. Profile
TWST: In this economic downturn, what are the building materials and

construction companies saying at this point?

Mr. Kasprzak: I think some of the companies have been in a downturn for a