Executive Chairman Hilton Steven J bought $819,610 worth of MTH Common Stock (11,000 units at $74.51) and sold $819,610 worth of MTH Common Stock (11,000 units at $74.51) (SEC Form 4)
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| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Meritage Homes CORP [ MTH ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 02/10/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| MTH Common Stock | 02/10/2025 | S | 11,000(1) | D | $74.51 | 800,192 | I | Held in Family Trusts and Charitable Foundation | ||
| MTH Common Stock | 02/10/2025 | P | 11,000(2) | A | $74.51 | 811,192(3)(4)(5)(6) | I | Held in Family Trusts and Charitable Foundation | ||
| MTH Common Stock | 25,942(6)(7) | D | ||||||||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents a private sale to a family trust controlled by Mr. Hilton. |
| 2. Represents a private purchase from a family trust controlled by Mr. Hilton. |
| 3. 731,192 shares are held by family trusts controlled by Mr. Hilton and 80,000 shares are held by a charitable foundation controlled by Mr. Hilton. Mr. Hilton disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the charitable foundation and of 26,850 shares held by certain family trusts, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares. |
| 4. Balance reflects all other holdings, including restricted stock units that have previously vested. |
| 5. In December 2024, Mr. Hilton was named successor trustee to certain family trusts which held 33,250 shares and the holdings were inadvertently omitted from previous Form 4 filings. |
| 6. On January 2, 2025, Meritage Homes Corporation effected a 2-for-1 stock split to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2024. The number of securities reported in this Form 4 have been adjusted to reflect the stock split. |
| 7. Balance represents restricted stock units not vested. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Alison Sasser, attorney-in-fact for Steven J. Hilton | 02/12/2025 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||