As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2012

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   86-0611231

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

17851 North 85th Street, Suite 300,

Scottsdale, Arizona

  85255
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

 

Larry W. Seay

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

17851 North 85th Street

Suite 300

Scottsdale, Arizona 85255

480-515-8100

(Name, address and telephone number

(including area code) of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

Jeffrey E. Beck

Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

One Arizona Center

400 East Van Buren

Phoenix, Arizona 85004

(602) 382-6000

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of securities
to be registered
 

Amount

to be

registered(1)

 

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per share(2)

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price(2)

  Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock ($0.01 par value)

  2,562,482   $30.00   $76,874,460   $8,809.81

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes 1,362,482 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock (the “Carried Forward Shares”) that were not issued under the Meritage Homes Corporation Stock Option Plan (the “Former Plan”) and that may be offered or sold under the Meritage Homes Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Carried Forward Shares, which have been adjusted to reflect a 2-for-1 stock split in January 2005, were previously registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 7, 2004 (No. 333-116243). The Registrant is concurrently filing a Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-116243), as well as Post-Effective Amendments to certain other previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-37859, 333-75629, 333-39036 and 333-91960), to deregister the Carried Forward Shares under the Former Plan. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Registrant’s Common Stock, in order to prevent dilution, the number of shares registered shall be automatically increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s shares of Common Stock on May 24, 2012.

 

 

 


This Registration Statement relates to:

 

   

the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-134637) that Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Registrant”), filed on June 1, 2006, pursuant to which the Registrant registered 1,201,350 shares of common stock for issuance under the Meritage Homes Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”);

 

   

the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-151261) filed on May 29, 2008, pursuant to which the Registrant registered an additional 900,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Plan; and

 

   

the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-166991) filed on May 21, 2010, pursuant to which the Registrant registered an additional 250,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Plan.

The contents of the above-referenced registration statements are incorporated by reference herein pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. This Registration Statement relates to the amendment of the Plan to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock authorized to be issued thereunder from 1,850,000 shares to 3,050,000 shares (excluding the shares that were rolled into the Plan from the Meritage Homes Corporation Stock Option Plan (the “Former Plan”), including the Carried Forward Shares (as defined below)). The previously paid filing fees associated with the referenced securities under the registration statements were $6,890, which includes an amount of $2,149 related to securities that were carried forward from a registration statement on Form S-8 that was filed for securities registered under the Former Plan.

In addition, this Registration Statement registers 1,362,482 shares of the Registrant’s common stock (the “Carried Forward Shares”) that were not issued under the Former Plan and that may be offered or sold under the Plan. The Carried Forward Shares, which have been adjusted to reflect a 2-for-1 stock split in January 2005, were previously registered for issuance under the Former Plan on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 7, 2004 (No. 333-116243), but have not yet been registered for issuance under the Plan. The Registrant is concurrently filing a Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-116243), as well as Post-Effective Amendments to certain other previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-37859, 333-75629, 333-39036 and 333-91960), to deregister the Carried Forward Shares under the Former Plan.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  

Page or Method of Filing

4.1    Restated Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 of Form 8-K dated June 20, 2002
4.2    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K dated September 15, 2004
4.3    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4.4    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4.5    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Corporation on January 9, 2009


Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  

Page or Method of Filing

  4.6    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K dated August 21, 2007
  4.7    Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K filed on December 24, 2008
  4.8    Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K dated May 19, 2011
  5.1    Opinion of Venable LLP    Filed herewith
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP    Filed herewith
23.2    Consent of Venable LLP    Included as part of Exhibit 5.1
24.1    Power of Attorney    See Signature Page
99.1    Meritage Homes Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended    Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on this 25th day of May, 2012.

 

MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Larry W. Seay

  Larry W. Seay
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven J. Hilton and Larry W. Seay, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

By:

 

/s/ Steven J. Hilton

   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director   May 25, 2012
  Steven J. Hilton    (Principal Executive Officer)  
By:  

/s/ Larry W. Seay

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  May 25, 2012
  Larry W. Seay     
By:  

/s/ Hilla Sferruzza

  

Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief

Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

  May 25, 2012
  Hilla Sferruzza     
By:  

/s/ Peter L. Ax

   Director   May 25, 2012
  Peter L. Ax     
By:  

/s/ Raymond Oppel

   Director   May 25, 2012
  Raymond Oppel     
By:  

/s/ Robert G. Sarver

   Director   May 25, 2012
  Robert G. Sarver     
By:  

/s/ Richard T. Burke, Sr.

   Director   May 25, 2012
  Richard T. Burke, Sr.     
By:  

/s/ Gerald W. Haddock

   Director   May 25, 2012
  Gerald W. Haddock     
By:  

/s/ Dana Bradford

   Director   May 25, 2012
  Dana Bradford     
By:  

/s/ Michael R. Odell

   Director   May 25, 2012
  Michael R. Odell     


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  

Page or Method of Filing

  4.1    Restated Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 of Form 8-K dated June 20, 2002
  4.2    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K dated September 15, 2004
  4.3    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  4.4    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  4.5    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Corporation on January 9, 2009
  4.6    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K dated August 21, 2007
  4.7    Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K filed on December 24, 2008
  4.8    Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Meritage Homes Corporation    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K dated May 19, 2011
  5.1    Opinion of Venable LLP    Filed herewith
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP    Filed herewith
23.2    Consent of Venable LLP    Included as part of Exhibit 5.1
24.1    Power of Attorney    See Signature Page
99.1    Meritage Homes Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended    Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders