DALLAS - On Feb. 2, ElkCorp
announced that Building Materials Corporation of America (BMCA) had
agreed to extend the expiration date of its irrevocable and binding
offer to acquire ElkCorp from the previously agreed expiration date of
Feb. 6. to Feb. 12. BMCA agreed to the extension at the request of the
Dallas County Court pending a hearing on a shareholder plaintiff action
that will now be heard on Feb. 9.