ElkCorp Annual Shareholders' Meeting

  
    
  
  
    
      ElkCorp (NYSE: ELK) reported that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders was 
      held in Dallas today. Approximately 19.2 million shares, or 94%, of the 
      total shares outstanding and entitled to vote at this meeting, were 
      represented in person or by proxy for each proposal.
    
    
      At the meeting, shareholders reelected Thomas D. Karol and Dale V. 
      Kesler for three-year terms as Directors of the company. Shareholders 
      also ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent 
      auditors of the company for its fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.
    
    
      Following the annual shareholders' meeting, the Board of Directors 
      reelected Thomas D. Karol as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive 
      Officer; Richard A. Nowak as President and Chief Operating Officer; Curt 
      A. Barker as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Gregory J. 
      Fisher as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller; 
      Matti Kiik as Senior Vice President, Research and Development; David G. 
      Sisler as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; 
      Administration; Glenn Gies as Vice President Information Technology, 
      Leonard R. Harral as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and 
      Treasurer and Jan Jerger-Stephens as Vice President Human Resources.
    
    
      ElkCorp also announced today the declaration of five cents ($0.05) per 
      share regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock, payable 
      December 1, 2006, to shareholders of record on November 14, 2006.
    
    
      ElkCorp, through its subsidiaries, manufactures Elk brand premium 
      roofing and building products (90% of consolidated sales) and provides 
      technologically advanced products and services to other industries. Its 
      common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: 
      ELK).
    
  
ElkCorp (NYSE: ELK) reported that its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders was held in Dallas today. Approximately 19.2 million
shares, or 94%, of the total shares outstanding and entitled to vote
at this meeting, were represented in person or by proxy for each
proposal.

   At the meeting, shareholders reelected Thomas D. Karol and Dale V.
Kesler for three-year terms as Directors of the company. Shareholders
also ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent
auditors of the company for its fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

   Following the annual shareholders' meeting, the Board of Directors
reelected Thomas D. Karol as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer; Richard A. Nowak as President and Chief Operating Officer;
Curt A. Barker as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Gregory
J. Fisher as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Controller; Matti Kiik as Senior Vice President, Research and
Development; David G. Sisler as Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary; Administration; Glenn Gies as Vice President
Information Technology, Leonard R. Harral as Vice President,
Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer and Jan Jerger-Stephens as Vice
President Human Resources.

   ElkCorp also announced today the declaration of five cents ($0.05)
per share regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock, payable
December 1, 2006, to shareholders of record on November 14, 2006.

   ElkCorp, through its subsidiaries, manufactures Elk brand premium
roofing and building products (90% of consolidated sales) and provides
technologically advanced products and services to other industries.
Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker
symbol: ELK).