e424b5
The information in this preliminary
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is not
complete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to
sell these securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy these
securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
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As filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(5)
under the Securities Act of 1933
Registration No. 333-120458
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 27,
2006
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated November 29, 2004)
$300,000,000
KB Home
% Senior
Notes due 2018
The notes offered hereby will bear interest at the rate
of %
per year. Interest on the notes is payable
on and of
each year, beginning
on ,
2006. The notes will mature
on ,
2018. The notes may be redeemed, in whole at any time or from
time to time in part, at our option at the redemption prices
described in this prospectus supplement, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the applicable redemption date.
The notes will be unconditionally guaranteed jointly and
severally by certain of our subsidiaries on a senior unsecured
basis. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of KB Home
and will rank equally in right of payment with all other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of KB Home.
Investing in the notes involves risks. See Risk
Factors beginning on
page S-14 of this
prospectus supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the
accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The underwriter has agreed to purchase the notes offered hereby
from KB Home
at %
of their principal amount for total proceeds to KB Home of
approximately
$ million,
after deducting estimated offering expenses payable by
KB Home. The underwriter proposes to offer the notes
offered hereby from time to time for sale in one or more
negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at varying prices to be
determined at the time of each sale.
The underwriter expects to deliver the notes offered hereby to
purchasers on or
about ,
2006.
Banc of America Securities LLC
,
2006
You should rely only on the information contained in or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. We have not, and the underwriter has
not, authorized anyone to provide you with any information other
than the information contained in or incorporated by reference
in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
We are not making any offer to sell these securities in any
jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You
should assume that the information contained in this prospectus
supplement, the accompanying prospectus or the documents
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or the
prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of this
prospectus supplement, the date on the front of the accompanying
prospectus or the date of the applicable incorporated document,
as the case may be. Our business, financial condition, results
of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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When this prospectus supplement uses the words KB
Home, we, us, and our,
they refer to KB Home and its subsidiaries unless otherwise
expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.
Our fiscal year ends on November 30. When this prospectus
supplement refers to particular years or quarters in connection
with the discussion of our results of operations or financial
condition, those references mean the relevant fiscal years and
fiscal quarters.
S-2
When we refer in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying
prospectus or the documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein or therein to homes or units
delivered or constructed by KB Home, we mean single family
residences, which include detached and attached single family
homes, town homes and condominiums, and references to our
homebuilding revenues and similar references refer to revenues
derived from sales of such single family residences, in each
case unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise
requires.
The information in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying
prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus concerning
the homebuilding industry, our market share, the market share of
our operations in France, our size or the size of our French
operations relative to other homebuilders and similar matters is
derived principally from publicly available information and from
industry sources. Although we believe that this publicly
available information and the information provided by these
industry sources is reliable, we have not independently verified
any of this information and we cannot assure you of its accuracy.
S-3
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY
The following is a summary of the more detailed information
appearing elsewhere in this prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus and the documents that are incorporated
by reference in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
It does not contain all of the information that may be important
to you. You should read carefully this prospectus supplement,
the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus
before you decide to invest in the notes.
KB Home
KB Home is one of Americas premier homebuilders with
domestic operating divisions in the following regions and
states: West Coast California; Southwest
Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico; Central Colorado,
Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and Texas; and
Southeast Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Kaufman & Broad
S.A., KB Homes publicly-traded French subsidiary, is one
of the leading homebuilders in France based on revenues. In
fiscal 2005, KB Home delivered 37,140 homes in the United States
and France. KB Home also offers complete mortgage services
through Countrywide KB Home Loans, a joint venture with
Countrywide Financial Corporation. Founded in 1957, KB Home is a
Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the ticker symbol KBH.
Recent Developments
Director Resignation. On February 28, 2006, KB Home
announced that Dr. Barry Munitz had resigned from its board
of directors.
Proposed Term Loan Facility. We are seeking to
obtain a senior unsecured term loan facility, which we sometimes
refer to in this prospectus supplement as the proposed
term loan facility, and we are currently in negotiation
with a bank regarding that facility. The proposal currently
under discussion contemplates a $400 million senior
unsecured term loan that matures in 2011 and that we will be
allowed to prepay borrowings thereunder without penalty but
subject to reimbursement of breakage costs. We expect that the
financial and other covenants and events of default in the
proposed term loan facility will be substantially similar to
those in our $1.5 billion domestic revolving credit
facility, including a right of the lenders thereunder to require
us to repay all borrowings and other amounts outstanding
thereunder upon the occurrence of specified change in control
events relating to us. We also expect that borrowings under the
proposed term loan facility will be our unsecured senior
obligations and that the proposed term loan facility will be
guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the same
subsidiaries of KB Home that currently guarantee our
$1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility and our
outstanding senior notes and senior subordinated notes and that
will guarantee the notes offered by this prospectus supplement.
We are currently seeking to enter into the proposed term loan
facility and to borrow the full amount of the term loans
available thereunder on or around March 31, 2006. We intend
to use the proceeds from borrowings thereunder to reduce the
amount outstanding under our $1.5 billion domestic
revolving credit facility. Borrowings under the
$1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility that we
repay may be re-borrowed, subject to customary conditions.
However, we cannot assure you if or when we will enter into the
proposed term loan facility or, if we do enter into that
facility, that the amount of borrowings thereunder or the other
terms thereof will not differ, perhaps substantially, from the
terms described above.
Financial Results for the Quarter Ended February 28,
2006. On March 22, 2006, KB Home announced its
financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended
February 28, 2006. Results of operations for the three
months ended February 28, 2006 do not purport to be
indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year.
The following data should be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and the related notes incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus.
S-4
KB Homes total revenues rose 34% to $2.19 billion for
the quarter ended February 28, 2006 from $1.64 billion
in the year-earlier quarter. A larger volume of unit deliveries
and a higher average selling price contributed to the increase.
Unit deliveries rose to 7,905 in the quarter ended
February 28, 2006, up 15% from 6,847 unit deliveries
in the first quarter of fiscal 2005. The average selling price
of our homes increased 17% to $276,200 in the first quarter of
fiscal 2006, up from $236,300 in the year-earlier quarter.
Net income increased 42% to $174.5 million in the first
quarter of fiscal 2006, up from $122.7 million for the same
period of fiscal 2005. Strong earnings growth was fueled by
higher revenues and an improved operating margin in our
homebuilding operations. KB Homes diluted earnings per
share rose 43% to $2.02 in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, up
from $1.41 in the first quarter of fiscal 2005. We define
operating margin as operating income divided by
total revenues, and we define operating income as
the sum of construction operating income and financial services
pretax income.
Housing revenues rose 35% in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 to
$2.18 billion, up from $1.62 billion in the year
earlier quarter, reflecting the increased unit deliveries and
higher average selling price described above.
We repurchased two million shares of our common stock during the
first quarter of fiscal 2006 at an aggregate price of
$154.4 million. As of February 28, 2006, we had
authorization to repurchase an additional eight million shares
under our current board-approved common stock repurchase program.
Construction operating income rose 40% to $274.2 million in
the first quarter of fiscal 2006 from $195.6 million in the
year-earlier quarter, reflecting both increased revenues and an
improved operating margin. Our construction operating margin
expanded .5 percentage points to 12.5% for the first
quarter of fiscal 2006, up from 12.0% in the first quarter of
fiscal 2005, as our housing gross margin also grew .5 percentage
points to 26.0% for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 from 25.5%
for the first quarter of fiscal 2005. Higher revenues and an
improved operating margin boosted pretax income by 44% in the
first quarter of fiscal 2006 to $268.4 million, up from
$186.0 million in same quarter of fiscal 2005. Earnings per
diluted share rose 43% to $2.02 in the first quarter of fiscal
2006, up from $1.41 in the year-earlier quarter, driven by the
higher pretax earnings. We define construction operating
margin as construction operating income divided by
construction revenues, and housing gross margin as
the total of housing revenues less housing cost of sales divided
by housing revenues.
KB Home generated 8,719 net orders during the quarter ended
February 28, 2006, a decrease of 12% from the
9,901 net orders posted in the first quarter of fiscal 2005.
We also reported that demand in some housing markets had
moderated, that we were experiencing higher cancellation rates
of sales contracts by prospective homebuyers and that there were
signs of a shift in consumer activity from buying homes to
selling homes, resulting in less demand and increased supply in
certain markets. If current trends do not improve, we may be
required to moderate our revenue guidance for fiscal year 2006.
KB Home released the following summary unaudited consolidated
financial data for the fiscal quarters ended February 28,
2006 and 2005:
S-5
KB HOME
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
For the Three Months Ended February 28, 2006 and 2005
(In Thousands, Except Per Share
Amounts Unaudited)
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Total revenues
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2,191,650 |
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$ |
1,636,120 |
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Construction:
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Revenues
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2,187,324 |
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$ |
1,628,493 |
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Costs and expenses
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(1,913,157 |
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(1,432,873 |
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Operating income
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274,167 |
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195,620 |
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Interest income
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1,180 |
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980 |
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Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
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(4,753 |
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(2,416 |
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Minority interests
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(11,717 |
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(14,360 |
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Equity in pretax income of unconsolidated joint ventures
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5,755 |
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5,617 |
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Construction pretax income
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264,632 |
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185,441 |
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Financial services:
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Revenues
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4,326 |
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7,627 |
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Expenses
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(1,747 |
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(7,024 |
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Equity in pretax income of unconsolidated joint venture
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1,150 |
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Financial services pretax income
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3,729 |
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603 |
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Total pretax income
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268,361 |
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186,044 |
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Income taxes
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(93,900 |
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(63,300 |
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Net income
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174,461 |
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$ |
122,744 |
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Basic earnings per share
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2.15 |
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1.53 |
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Diluted earnings per share
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$ |
2.02 |
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$ |
1.41 |
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Basic average shares outstanding
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81,031 |
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80,194 |
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Diluted average shares outstanding
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86,248 |
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87,096 |
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S-6
KB HOME
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands Unaudited)
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Construction:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ |
71,224 |
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$ |
144,783 |
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$ |
112,989 |
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Receivables
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568,663 |
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580,931 |
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457,159 |
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Inventories
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6,953,844 |
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6,128,342 |
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4,678,998 |
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Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures
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348,350 |
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275,378 |
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188,874 |
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Deferred income taxes
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211,940 |
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220,814 |
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213,015 |
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Goodwill
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243,175 |
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242,589 |
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249,080 |
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Other assets
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139,153 |
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124,150 |
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162,201 |
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8,536,349 |
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7,716,987 |
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6,062,316 |
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Financial services
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37,699 |
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29,933 |
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197,251 |
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Total assets
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$ |
8,574,048 |
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$ |
7,746,920 |
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$ |
6,259,567 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
Construction:
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Accounts payable
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$ |
945,232 |
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$ |
892,727 |
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$ |
722,768 |
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Accrued expenses and other liabilities
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1,406,379 |
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1,338,626 |
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703,491 |
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Mortgages and notes payable
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3,116,618 |
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2,463,814 |
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2,389,073 |
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5,468,229 |
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4,695,167 |
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3,815,332 |
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Financial services
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51,905 |
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55,131 |
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122,745 |
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Minority interests
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150,955 |
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144,951 |
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133,207 |
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Stockholders equity
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2,902,959 |
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2,851,671 |
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2,188,283 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$ |
8,574,048 |
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$ |
7,746,920 |
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$ |
6,259,567 |
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S-7
KB HOME
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
For the Three Months Ended February 28, 2006 and 2005
(In Thousands Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended | |
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February 28, | |
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Construction revenues:
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Housing
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$ |
2,183,144 |
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$ |
1,618,099 |
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Commercial
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2,184 |
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Land
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4,180 |
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8,210 |
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Total
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$ |
2,187,324 |
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$ |
1,628,493 |
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2006 | |
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2005 | |
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Costs and expenses:
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Construction and land costs
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Housing
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$ |
1,615,061 |
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$ |
1,206,200 |
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Commercial
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1,832 |
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Land
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3,254 |
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4,343 |
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Subtotal
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1,618,315 |
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1,212,375 |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses
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294,842 |
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220,498 |
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Total
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$ |
1,913,157 |
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$ |
1,432,873 |
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Three Months Ended | |
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February 28, | |
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2006 | |
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2005 | |
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Interest expense:
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Interest incurred
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$ |
51,566 |
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$ |
41,196 |
|
Interest capitalized
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|
(46,813 |
) |
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|
(38,780 |
) |
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|
|
|
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|
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Interest expense
|
|
$ |
4,753 |
|
|
$ |
2,416 |
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|
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Three Months Ended | |
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February 28, | |
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| |
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2006 | |
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2005 | |
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Other Information:
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Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$ |
4,676 |
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$ |
5,003 |
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Amortization of previously capitalized interest
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|
|
23,413 |
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|
|
16,063 |
|
|
|
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S-8
KB HOME
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
For the Three Months Ended February 28, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended | |
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February 28, | |
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2006 | |
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2005 | |
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Average sales price per unit:
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West Coast
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|
$ |
486,500 |
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$ |
449,200 |
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Southwest
|
|
|
321,500 |
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|
233,400 |
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Central
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|
157,400 |
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|
151,500 |
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Southeast
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239,000 |
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|
191,400 |
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France
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210,000 |
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225,700 |
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Total
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$ |
276,200 |
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$ |
236,300 |
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Three Months Ended | |
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February 28, | |
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2006 | |
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2005 | |
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Unit deliveries:
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West Coast
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1,446 |
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1,095 |
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Southwest
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1,552 |
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1,572 |
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Central
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1,835 |
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1,873 |
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Southeast
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1,610 |
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1,314 |
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France
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1,462 |
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993 |
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Total
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7,905 |
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6,847 |
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Unconsolidated Joint Ventures:
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76 |
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210 |
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The Offering
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Issuer |
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KB Home, a Delaware corporation. |
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The Notes |
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$300 million aggregate principal amount
of % Senior
Notes due 2018 are being offered by this prospectus supplement. |
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Maturity |
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2018. |
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Interest |
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Annual
rate: %,
accruing
from ,
2006. |
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Payment frequency: Every six months
on and . |
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First
payment: ,
2006. |
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Guarantees |
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Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the
notes offered hereby will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly
and severally, by eight of our operating subsidiaries, which we
sometimes refer to as the guarantors. Each of these
guarantors also guarantees, on an unsecured senior basis, our
$1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility and our
outstanding
57/8% Senior
Notes due 2015,
53/4% Senior
Notes due 2014,
63/8% Senior
Notes due 2011 and
61/4%
Senior Notes due 2015 and, on an unsecured senior subordinated
basis, our outstanding senior subordinated notes. Under certain
circumstances, any or all of the guarantors may be released from
their guarantees of the notes or other subsidiaries of
KB Home may be required to guarantee the notes. Each
guarantors guarantee of the notes offered hereby will rank
equally in right of payment with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness and guarantees of that guarantor,
including its guarantees of our borrowings and other obligations
under our $1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility
and our
57/8% Senior
Notes due 2015,
53/4% Senior
Notes due 2014,
63/8% Senior
Notes due 2011 and
61/4%
Senior Notes due 2015, and senior in right of payment to its
guarantees of our senior subordinated notes. At
February 28, 2006, we had $730.3 million aggregate
principal amount of borrowings and $383.6 million of
letters of credit outstanding under our $1.5 billion
domestic credit facility, $300.0 million of
57/8% Senior
Notes due 2015 outstanding, $250.0 million of
53/4% Senior
Notes due 2014 outstanding, $350.0 million of
63/8% Senior
Notes due 2011 outstanding, $450.0 million of
61/4
% Senior Notes due 2015 outstanding and
$750.0 million of senior subordinated notes outstanding. In
addition, we are seeking to enter into a proposed term loan
facility as described under Prospectus Supplement
Summary Recent Developments Proposed
Term Loan Facility and to make borrowings thereunder
in the near future and we currently anticipate that, if we enter
into that facility on the terms currently contemplated, our
borrowings and other obligations under that facility will be
guaranteed, on an unsecured senior basis, by each of the
guarantors that will guarantee the notes offered hereby and that
each such guarantors guarantee of the notes offered hereby
will rank equally in right of payment with its guarantee of our
borrowings and other obligations under the proposed term loan
facility. Your right to payment under the guarantees of the
notes offered hereby will be effectively subordinated to all
existing and future secured indebtedness of the guaran- |
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tors of the notes. See Description of Debt
Securities Guarantees and
Ranking Ranking of Senior Debt
Securities and Guarantees in the accompanying prospectus. |
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Ranking |
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The notes offered hereby will be our unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations. The notes offered hereby will rank
equally in right of payment with all of our unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness including, without limitation, our
57/8% Senior
Notes due 2015,
53/4% Senior
Notes due 2014,
63/8% Senior
Notes due 2011,
61/4
% Senior Notes due 2015 and our borrowings and other
obligations under our $1.5 billion domestic revolving
credit facility, and will rank senior in right of payment to our
outstanding senior subordinated notes. In addition, we are
seeking to enter into a proposed term loan facility as described
under Prospectus Supplement Summary Recent
Developments Proposed Term Loan Facility
and to make borrowings thereunder in the near future and we
currently anticipate that, if we enter into that facility on the
terms currently contemplated, our borrowings under that facility
will rank equally in right of payment with the notes offered
hereby. Your right to payment under the notes will be: |
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effectively subordinated to all existing and future
indebtedness, trade payables, guarantees and other liabilities
of the subsidiaries of KB Home that are not guarantors of
the notes; at November 30, 2005, these non-guarantor
subsidiaries had approximately $1.07 billion of liabilities
outstanding, excluding collateralized mortgage obligations of
approximately $.6 million and intercompany liabilities; and |
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effectively subordinated to all our existing and
future secured indebtedness and all the existing and future
secured indebtedness of the guarantors of the notes, which
indebtedness is currently comprised principally of indebtedness
secured by purchase money mortgages on real property, the
aggregate principal amount of which indebtedness was
approximately $36.4 million at November 30, 2005. |
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See Risk Factors Risk Factors Relating to the
Notes Offered by this Prospectus Supplement Our
ability to service our debt, including the notes, depends upon
cash provided to us by our subsidiaries, and the notes are
effectively subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries
that are not guarantors of the notes and to secured indebtedness
of us and the guarantors in this prospectus supplement and
Description of Debt Securities
Ranking Ranking of Senior Debt Securities and
Guarantees and Holding Company
Structure in the accompanying prospectus. |
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Use of Proceeds |
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We estimate that we will receive approximately
$ million
in net proceeds from this offering, after deducting estimated
offering expenses payable by us. We expect to use the net
proceeds from this offering to repay borrowings under our
$1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility. See
Use of Proceeds. |
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Optional Redemption |
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We may, at our option, redeem the notes, in whole at any time or
from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the
greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes
being redeemed and |
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(2) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes being
redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the applicable
redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a
360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day
months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein)
plus basis points, plus, in
each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes being
redeemed to the redemption date. See Description of the
Notes Optional Redemption. |
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Covenants |
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We have agreed to certain restrictions on secured debt, sale and
leaseback transactions and mergers, consolidations and transfers
of substantially all of our assets. However, these covenants are
subject to a number of important exceptions and limitations, and
you should carefully review the information with respect to
these covenants and the related definitions appearing in the
accompanying prospectus under Description of Debt
Securities Certain Covenants,
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
and Certain Definitions. |
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Book-Entry Notes |
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The notes offered hereby will be issued in book-entry form and
represented by one or more global notes deposited with a
custodian for The Depository Trust Company and registered in the
name of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee. See
Description of Debt Securities Book-Entry;
Delivery and Form in the accompanying prospectus. |
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Credit Ratings |
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Our long-term senior unsecured debt securities that are
guaranteed by the guarantors are currently rated
Ba1, BB+ and BB+ by
Moodys Investors Service, Inc., Standard &
Poors Rating Services and Fitch Ratings, respectively.
Credit ratings are subject to ongoing evaluation by credit
rating agencies, and we cannot assure you that any such rating
will not be changed or withdrawn by a rating agency in the
future if, in its judgment, circumstances warrant. Moreover, a
credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold
securities, inasmuch as the rating does not comment as the
market price or suitability for a particular investor. |
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Governing Law |
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The notes and the related indenture will be governed by the laws
of the State of New York. |
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Risk Factors |
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You should carefully review the information appearing in this
prospectus supplement under the caption Risk
Factors, as well as the other information in this
prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the
documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and therein, in evaluating an investment in the
notes. |
Principal Executive Offices
Our principal executive offices are located at
10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
90024. Our telephone number is
(310) 231-4000.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
You are cautioned that certain statements contained or
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the Act).
Statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or
refer to future events or conditions, or which include words
such as expects, anticipates,
intends, plans, believes,
estimates, hopes, and similar
expressions constitute forward-looking statements. In addition,
any statements concerning future financial or operating
performance (including future revenues, unit deliveries, selling
prices, expenses, margins, expense ratios, earnings or earnings
per share, or growth or growth rates), future market conditions,
future interest rates and other economic conditions, ongoing
business strategies or prospects, future dividends and changes
in dividend levels, the value of backlog (including amounts that
we expect to realize upon delivery of units included in backlog
and the timing of those deliveries), potential de novo entry
into new markets and the impact of such entry, potential future
acquisitions and the impact of completed acquisitions, future
share repurchases and possible future actions by KB Home,
which may be included in this prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus or the documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein or therein, are also
forward-looking statements as defined by the Act. Each
forward-looking statement is based on our expectations and
projections about future events as of the date of the document
containing the forward-looking statement, and is subject to
risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about KB Home, our
operations, economic and market factors and the homebuilding
industry, among other things. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance, and KB Home has no
specific policy or intention to update these statements.
Actual events and results may differ materially from those
expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements made
by KB Home due to a number of factors. The principal
important risk factors that could cause KB Homes
actual performance and future events and actions to differ
materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, changes in general economic conditions, material
prices and availability, labor costs and availability, interest
rates and KB Homes debt levels, the secondary market
for loans, consumer confidence, competition, currency exchange
rates (insofar as they affect KB Homes operations in
France), environmental factors, significant natural disasters
(including the effect of recent hurricanes on the
U.S. housing market and U.S. economy in general),
government regulations affecting KB Homes operations,
the availability and cost of land in desirable areas, violations
of KB Home policy, legal or regulatory proceedings or
claims, conditions in the capital, credit and homebuilding
markets and other events outside of KB Homes control.
See Risk Factors in this prospectus supplement and
see KB Homes Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the
year ended November 30, 2005, and KB Homes other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC) for a further discussion of these and other
risks and uncertainties applicable to KB Homes
business.
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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties
described below before purchasing the notes offered hereby, as
well as the risks and uncertainties described elsewhere in this
prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the
documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus. The following important factors could adversely
impact our homebuilding and mortgage lending operations. These
factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking and other statements that we make in this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
However, these are not the only risks and uncertainties that we
face. You are also cautioned that some of the statements
contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus are
forward-looking statements and are subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. See Forward-Looking
Statements.
Risk Factors Relating to KB Home
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Our business is cyclical and is significantly impacted by
changes in general and local economic conditions. |
Our business is substantially affected by changes in national
and general economic factors outside of our control, such as:
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short and long term interest rates; |
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the availability of financing for homebuyers; |
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consumer confidence (which can be substantially affected by
external conditions, including international hostilities
involving the U.S. or France); |
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federal mortgage financing programs; and |
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federal income tax provisions. |
The cyclicality of our business is also highly sensitive to
changes in economic conditions that can occur on a local or
regional basis, such as changes in:
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housing demand; |
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population growth; |
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property taxes. |
Weather conditions, natural disasters such as earthquakes,
hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts and fires and other
environmental conditions can harm our homebuilding business on a
local or regional basis. Civil unrest can also have an adverse
effect on our homebuilding business.
Fluctuating lumber prices and shortages, as well as shortages or
price fluctuations in other important building materials, can
have an adverse effect on our homebuilding business. Similarly,
labor shortages or unrest among key trades, such as carpenters,
roofers, electricians and plumbers, can delay the delivery of
our homes and increase our costs. Rebuilding efforts underway in
the gulf coast region of the United States following the
destruction caused by the two devastating hurricanes there in
the summer of 2005 may cause or exacerbate shortages of labor
and/or certain materials.
The difficulties described above can cause demand and prices for
our homes to diminish or cause us to take longer and incur more
costs to build our homes. We may not be able to recover these
increased costs by raising prices because the price of each home
is usually set several months before the home is delivered, as
our customers typically sign their home purchase contracts
before construction has even begun on their homes. In addition,
some of the difficulties described above could cause some
homebuyers to cancel their home purchase contracts altogether.
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The homebuilding industry has not experienced a downturn
in many years, and new homes may be overvalued. |
Although the homebuilding business can be cyclical, it has not
experienced a downturn in many years. Some have speculated that
the prices of new homes, and the stock prices of companies like
ours that build new homes, are inflated and may decline if the
demand for new homes weakens. A decline in the prices for new
homes would have an adverse effect on our homebuilding business.
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If new home prices decline, interest rates increase or
there is a downturn in the economy, some homebuyers may cancel
their home purchases because the required deposits are small and
generally refundable. |
Our backlog numbers reflect the number of homes for which we
have entered into a sales contract with a customer but not yet
delivered. Those sales contracts typically require only a small
deposit, and in many states (or as a matter of our business
practices), the deposit is fully refundable at any time prior to
closing. If the prices for new homes begin to decline, interest
rates increase or there is a downturn in local or regional
economies or the national economy, homebuyers may have financial
incentive to terminate their existing sales contracts in order
to negotiate for a lower price or to explore other options. Such
a result could have an adverse effect on our homebuilding
business and our results of operations.
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Our success depends on the availability of improved lots
and undeveloped land that meet our land investment
criteria. |
The availability of finished and partially developed lots and
undeveloped land for purchase that meet our internal criteria
depends on a number of factors outside our control, including
land availability in general, competition with other
homebuilders and land buyers for desirable property, inflation
in land prices, and zoning, allowable housing density and other
regulatory requirements. Should suitable lots or land become
less available, the number of homes we may be able to build and
sell could be reduced, and the cost of land could be increased,
perhaps substantially, which could adversely impact our results
of operations.
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Home prices and sales activity in the particular markets
and regions in which we do business impact our results of
operations because our business is concentrated in these
markets. |
Home prices and sales activity in some of our key markets have
declined from time to time for market-specific reasons,
including adverse weather or economic contraction due to, among
other things, the failure or decline of key industries and
employers. If home prices or sales activity decline in one or
more of the key markets in which we operate, our costs may not
decline at all or at the same rate and, as a result, our overall
results of operations may be adversely impacted.
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Interest rate increases or changes in federal lending
programs could lower demand for our homes. |
Nearly all of our customers finance the purchase of their homes,
and a significant majority of these customers currently arrange
their financing through Countrywide KB Home Loans, a joint
venture between us and Countrywide Financial Corporation.
Increases in interest rates or decreases in availability of
mortgage financing would increase monthly mortgage costs for our
potential homebuyers and could therefore reduce demand for our
homes and mortgages provided by Countrywide KB Home Loans.
Increased interest rates can also hinder our ability to realize
our backlog because our sales contracts provide our customers
with a financing contingency. Financing contingencies allow
customers to cancel their home purchase contracts in the event
they cannot arrange for financing at interest rates that were
prevailing when they signed their contracts.
Because the availability of Fannie Mae, FHLMC, FHA and VA
mortgage financing is an important factor in marketing many of
our homes, any limitations or restrictions on the availability
of those types of financing could reduce our home sales and the
lending volume at Countrywide KB Home Loans.
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We are subject to substantial legal and regulatory
requirements regarding the development of land, the homebuilding
process and protection of the environment, which can cause us to
suffer delays and incur costs associated with compliance and
which can prohibit or restrict homebuilding activity in some
regions or areas. |
Our homebuilding business is heavily regulated and subject to
increasing local, state and federal statutes, ordinances, rules
and regulations concerning zoning, resource protection, other
environmental impacts, building design, construction and similar
matters. These regulations often provide broad discretion to
governmental authorities that regulate these matters, which can
result in unanticipated delays or increases in the cost of a
specified project or a number of projects in particular markets.
We may also experience periodic delays in homebuilding projects
due to building moratoria in any of the areas in which we
operate.
We are also subject to a variety of local, state and federal
statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning the
environment. These laws and regulations may cause delays in
construction and delivery of new homes, may cause us to incur
substantial compliance and other costs, and can prohibit or
severely restrict homebuilding activity in certain
environmentally sensitive regions or areas. In addition,
environmental laws may impose liability for the costs of removal
or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances whether or not
the developer or owner of the property knew of, or was
responsible for, the presence of those substances. The presence
of those substances on our properties may prevent us from
selling our homes and we may also be liable, under applicable
laws and regulations or lawsuits brought by private parties, for
hazardous or toxic substances on properties and lots that we
have sold in the past.
Further, a significant portion of our business is conducted in
California, which is one of the most highly regulated and
litigious states in the country. Therefore, our potential
exposure to losses and expenses due to new laws, regulations or
litigation may be greater than other homebuilders with a less
significant California presence.
Because of our French business, we are also subject to
regulations and restrictions imposed by the government of France
concerning investments by non-French companies, such as us, in
businesses in France, as well as to French and European Union
laws and regulations similar to those discussed above.
The mortgage banking operations of Countrywide KB Home Loans are
heavily regulated and subject to the rules and regulations
promulgated by a number of governmental and quasi-governmental
agencies. There are a number of federal and state statutes and
regulations which, among other things, prohibit discrimination,
establish underwriting guidelines which include obtaining
inspections and appraisals, require credit reports on
prospective borrowers and fix maximum loan amounts. A finding
that we or Countrywide KB Home Loans materially violated any of
the foregoing laws could have an adverse effect on our results
of operations.
We are subject to a Consent Order that we initially entered into
with the Federal Trade Commission in 1979. Pursuant to the
Consent Order, we provide explicit warranties on the quality of
our homes, follow certain guidelines in advertising and provide
certain disclosures to prospective purchasers of our homes. A
finding that we have significantly violated the Consent Order
could result in substantial liabilities or penalties and could
limit our ability to sell homes in certain markets.
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We build homes in highly competitive markets, which could
hurt our future operating results. |
We compete in each of our markets with a number of homebuilding
companies for homebuyers, land, financing, raw materials and
skilled management and labor resources. Our competitors include
other large national homebuilders, as well as smaller regional
and local builders that can have an advantage in local markets
because of long-standing relationships they may have with local
labor or land sellers. We also compete with other housing
alternatives, such as existing homes and rental housing.
These competitive conditions can:
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make it difficult for us to acquire desirable land which meets
our land buying criteria; |
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discounts; and |
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result in reduced sales. |
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Any of these competitive conditions can adversely impact our
revenues, increase our costs and/or impede the growth of our
local or regional homebuilding businesses.
Countrywide KB Home Loans competes with other mortgage
lenders, including national, regional and local mortgage
bankers, savings and loan associations and other financial
institutions. Mortgage lenders with greater access to capital
markets or those with less rigorous lending criteria can
sometimes offer lower interest rates than Countrywide KB Home
Loans can, which can diminish its ability to compete and
adversely impact our results of operations from financial
services.
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Changing market conditions may adversely impact our
ability to sell homes at expected prices. |
There is often a significant amount of time between when we
initially acquire land and when we can make homes on that land
available for sale. The market value of a proposed home can vary
significantly during this time due to changing market
conditions. In the past, we have benefited from increases in the
value of homes over time, but if market conditions were to
reverse, we may need to sell homes at lower prices than we
anticipate. We may also need to take write-downs of our home
inventories and land holdings if market values decline.
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The design and construction of high density mixed use
properties in urban areas in the United States present unique
challenges, and we have limited experience in this
business. |
Part of our homebuilding business includes our recent expansion
into the urban market with our KB Urban division. We have a
limited operating history in the United States in designing and
constructing high density, mixed use properties that are the
focus of KB Urbans operations. Among other risks, the
success of KB Urban depends on our ability to accurately gauge
this new market and customer demand for this type of housing. If
KB Urban underperforms, or our KBnxt operational business model
does not translate well to the urban market, our overall results
of operations may be adversely affected.
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Because of the seasonal nature of our business, our
quarterly operating results fluctuate. |
We have experienced seasonal fluctuations in quarterly operating
results. We typically do not commence significant construction
on a home before a sales contract has been signed with a
homebuyer. A significant percentage of our sales contracts are
made during the spring and summer months. Construction of our
homes typically requires approximately four months and weather
delays that often occur during late winter and early spring may
extend this period. As a result of these combined factors, we
historically have experienced uneven quarterly results, with
lower revenues and operating income generally during the first
and second quarters of our fiscal year.
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Our leverage may place burdens on our ability to comply
with the terms of our indebtedness, may restrict our ability to
operate and may prevent us from fulfilling our
obligations. |
The amount of our debt could have important consequences to you.
For example, it could:
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limit our ability to obtain future financing for working
capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service
requirements or other requirements; |
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow
from operations to the payment of our debt and reduce our
ability to use our cash flow for other purposes; |
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impact our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes
in our business; |
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make us more vulnerable in the event of a downturn in our
business or in general economic conditions. |
Our ability to meet our debt service and other obligations will
depend upon our future performance. We are engaged in businesses
that are substantially affected by changes in economic cycles.
Our revenues and earnings vary with the level of general
economic activity in the markets we serve. Our businesses could
also be affected by financial, political, business and other
factors, many of which are beyond our control. The factors that
affect our
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ability to generate cash can also affect our ability to raise
additional funds through the sale of debt and/or equity
securities, the refinancing of debt or the sale of assets.
Changes in prevailing interest rates may also affect our ability
to meet our debt service obligations, because borrowings under
our $1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility and certain
of our other instruments bear interest at floating rates. A
higher interest rate on our debt could adversely affect our
operating results.
Our business may not generate sufficient cash flow from
operations and borrowings may not be available to us under our
bank credit facilities in an amount sufficient to enable us to
pay our debt service obligations or to fund our other liquidity
needs. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our debt on
or before maturity, which we may not be able to do on favorable
terms or at all.
Under the terms of our $1.5 billion domestic revolving
credit facility, our debt service payment obligations are
defined as consolidated interest expense. As defined,
consolidated interest expense for the years ended
November 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $183.8 million,
$141.5 million and $118.8 million, respectively.
The indentures governing our outstanding debt instruments and
our bank credit facilities include various financial covenants
and restrictions, including restrictions on debt incurrence,
sales of assets and cash distributions by us. Should we not
comply with any of those restrictions or covenants, the holders
of those debt instruments or the banks, as appropriate, could
cause our debt to become due and payable prior to maturity.
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We may have difficulty in continuing to obtain the
additional financing required to operate and develop our
business. |
Our construction operations require significant amounts of cash
and/or available credit. It is not possible to predict the
future terms or availability of additional capital. Moreover,
our outstanding domestic public debt, as well as our
$1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility and the
credit facilities of our French subsidiary, contain provisions
that may restrict the amount and nature of debt we may incur in
the future. Our bank credit facilities limit our ability to
borrow additional funds by placing a maximum cap on our leverage
ratio. Under the most restrictive of these provisions, as of
November 30, 2005, we would have been permitted to incur up
to $5.14 billion of total consolidated indebtedness, as
defined in the bank credit facilities. This maximum amount
exceeded our actual total consolidated indebtedness at
November 30, 2005 by $2.94 billion. There can be no
assurance that we can actually borrow up to this maximum amount
at any time, as our ability to borrow additional funds, and to
raise additional capital through other means, is also dependent
on conditions in the capital markets and our creditworthiness.
If conditions in the capital markets change significantly, it
could adversely affect our access to capital, which in turn
could reduce our sales and may hinder our future growth and
results of operations.
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Our future growth may be limited by contracting economies
in the markets in which we currently operate, as well as our
inability to enter markets on a de novo basis or to find
appropriate acquisition candidates. Our growth also may be
limited by the consummation of acquisitions that may not be
successfully integrated, or our de novo entry into markets that
may not achieve expected benefits. |
Our future growth and results of operations could be adversely
affected if the markets in which we currently operate do not
continue to support the expansion of our existing business or if
we are unable to identify new markets for de novo entry or with
suitable acquisition candidates. Our inability to grow in
existing markets or to expand de novo into new markets would
limit our ability to achieve our growth objectives and would
adversely impact our future operating results. Similarly, if we
do consummate acquisitions in the future, we may not be
successful in integrating the operations of the acquired
businesses, including their product lines, dispersed operations
and distinct corporate cultures, which would limit our ability
to grow and would adversely impact our future operating results.
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Because we build homes in France, some of our revenues and
earnings are subject to foreign currency and economic
risks. |
A portion of our construction operations are located in France.
As a result, our financial results are affected by fluctuations
in the value of the U.S. dollar as compared to the euro and
changes in the French economy to the extent those changes affect
the homebuilding market there. We do not currently use any
currency hedging
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instruments or other strategies to manage currency risks related
to fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar or the euro.
Risk Factors Relating to the Notes Offered by this Prospectus
Supplement
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Our ability to service our debt, including the notes,
depends upon cash provided to us by our subsidiaries, and the
notes are effectively subordinated to the liabilities of our
subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes and to secured
indebtedness of us and the guarantors. |
The notes will initially be guaranteed by certain of our
subsidiaries. However, a substantial portion of
KB Homes revenue and income is generated by, and a
substantial portion of KB Homes assets is held by,
subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes, which we
refer to as the non-guarantor subsidiaries. For
example, during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2005,
the non-guarantor subsidiaries generated approximately 31% of
our consolidated net revenues, approximately 18% of our
consolidated operating income and approximately 13% of our
consolidated net income and, at November 30, 2005, the
non-guarantor subsidiaries held approximately 29% of our
consolidated assets. For further information, you should review
note 19 to our consolidated financial statements appearing
in our most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K, which
include condensed consolidating financial statements that
separately present the results of operations and financial
condition of the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries.
We are a holding company, and we conduct our operations through
subsidiaries. We derive substantially all our revenues from our
subsidiaries, and all of our operating assets are owned by our
subsidiaries. As a result, our cash flow and our ability to
service our debt, including the notes, depends on the results of
operations of our subsidiaries and upon the ability of our
subsidiaries to provide us with cash to pay amounts due on our
obligations, including the notes. Our subsidiaries are separate
and distinct legal entities and the non-guarantor subsidiaries
have no obligation to make payments on the notes or to make any
funds available for that purpose. In addition, dividends, loans,
or other distributions from our subsidiaries to us may be
subject to contractual and other restrictions, are dependent
upon results of operations of our subsidiaries, may be subject
to tax or other laws limiting our ability to repatriate funds
from foreign subsidiaries, and are subject to other business
considerations.
Because of our holding company structure, the notes will be
effectively subordinated to all existing and future liabilities
of our non-guarantor subsidiaries. These liabilities may include
indebtedness, trade payables, guarantees, lease obligations and
letter of credit obligations. Therefore, our rights and the
rights of our creditors, including the holders of the notes, to
participate in the assets of any non-guarantor subsidiary upon
that subsidiarys liquidation or reorganization will be
subject to the prior claims of that subsidiarys creditors
and of the holders of any indebtedness or other obligations
guaranteed by that subsidiary, except to the extent that we may
ourselves be a creditor with recognized claims against that
subsidiary. However, even if we are a creditor of one of our
non-guarantor subsidiaries, our claims would still be
effectively subordinated to any security interests in, or
mortgages or other liens on, the assets of that subsidiary and
would be subordinate to any indebtedness of that subsidiary
senior to that held by us. As of November 30, 2005, our
non-guarantor subsidiaries had approximately $1.07 billion
of liabilities outstanding, excluding collateralized mortgage
obligations of approximately $.6 million and intercompany
liabilities, to which the notes would be structurally
subordinated.
The notes will also be effectively subordinated to our existing
and future secured indebtedness and the existing and future
secured indebtedness of the guarantors of the notes, which
indebtedness is currently comprised principally of indebtedness
secured by purchase money mortgages on real property, the
aggregate principal amount of which indebtedness was
approximately $36.4 million at November 30, 2005.
Each of the initial guarantors of the notes offered hereby also
guarantees, on an unsecured senior basis, our $1.5 billion
domestic revolving credit facility, our outstanding
57/8% Senior
Notes due 2015,
53/4% Senior
Notes due 2014,
63/8% Senior
Notes due 2011 and
61/4%
Senior Notes due 2015 and, on an unsecured senior subordinated
basis, our outstanding senior subordinated notes. Each
guarantors guarantee of the notes offered hereby will rank
equally in right of payment with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness and guarantees of that guarantor,
including its guarantees of our borrowings and other obligations
under our $1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility
and our
57/8% Senior
Notes due 2015,
53/4% Senior
Notes due 2014,
63/8% Senior
Notes due 2011 and
61/4
% Senior Notes due 2015, and senior in right of payment
to its guarantees of
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our senior subordinated notes. At February 28, 2006, we had
$730.3 million aggregate principal amount of borrowings and
$383.6 million of letters of credit outstanding under our
$1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility,
$300.0 million of
57/8% Senior
Notes due 2015 outstanding, $250.0 million of
53/4% Senior
Notes due 2014 outstanding, $350.0 million of
63/8% Senior
Notes due 2011 outstanding, $450.0 million of
61/4
% Senior Notes due 2015 outstanding and
$750.0 million of senior subordinated notes outstanding. In
addition, we are seeking to enter into a proposed term loan
facility as described under Prospectus Supplement
Summary Recent Developments Proposed
Term Loan Facility and to make borrowings thereunder
in the near future and we currently anticipate that, if we enter
into that facility on the terms currently contemplated, our
borrowings and other obligations under that facility will be
guaranteed, on an unsecured senior basis, by each of the
guarantors that will guarantee the notes offered hereby and that
each such guarantors guarantee of the notes offered hereby
will rank equally in right of payment with its guarantee of our
borrowings and other obligations under the proposed term loan
facility. Your right to payment under the guarantees of the
notes offered hereby will be effectively subordinated to the
secured indebtedness of the guarantors of the notes, as
described above.
The indenture that will govern the notes will not contain any
limitation on the amount of liabilities, including indebtedness
and guarantees, that we and our subsidiaries may incur in the
future.
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Federal and state laws allow courts, under specific
circumstances, to void guarantees and to require you to return
payments received from guarantors. |
The notes will initially be guaranteed by certain of our
subsidiaries and, under certain circumstances, other
subsidiaries of ours may be required to guarantee the notes. Any
of these guarantees may be subject to review as fraudulent
transfers under federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions
of state fraudulent transfer laws in the event a bankruptcy or
reorganization case is commenced by or on behalf of one of the
guarantors or if a lawsuit is commenced against one of the
guarantors by or on behalf of an unpaid creditor of such
guarantor. Although the elements that must be found for a
guarantee to be determined to be a fraudulent transfer vary
depending upon the law of the jurisdiction that is being
applied, as a general matter, if a court were to find that, at
the time any guarantor issued its guarantee of the notes:
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it issued the guarantee to delay, hinder or defraud present or
future creditors; or |
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it received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair
consideration for issuing the guarantee at the time it issued
the guarantee, and |
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was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of issuing the
guarantee; or |
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was engaged, or about to engage, in a business or transaction
for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small
capital to carry on its business; or |
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intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond
its ability to pay as they mature, |
then the court could void the obligations under such guarantee,
subordinate the guarantee to that of the guarantors other
debt or take other action detrimental to you and the guarantees
of the notes, including directing the return of any payments
received from the guarantors.
The measures of insolvency for purposes of fraudulent transfer
laws vary depending upon the law of the jurisdiction that is
being applied in any proceeding to determine whether a
fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, a person
would be considered insolvent if, at the time it incurred the
debt or issued its guarantee:
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the present fair value of its assets was less than the amount
that would be required to pay its liabilities on its existing
debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become
due; or |
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it could not pay its debts as they become due. |
We cannot be sure as to the standard that a court would use to
determine whether or not the guarantors were solvent at the
relevant time, or, regardless of the standard that the court
uses, that the issuance of the guarantees would not be voided or
the guarantees would not be subordinated to the guarantors
other debt. If that were to occur, any guarantee could also be
subject to the claim that, because the guarantee was incurred
for the benefit of
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KB Home, and only indirectly for the benefit of the
guarantor, the obligations of the applicable guarantor were
incurred for less than fair consideration.
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The guarantors may be released from their guarantees of
the notes under certain circumstances. |
Under certain circumstances specified in the indenture under
which the notes will be issued, any or all of the guarantors of
the notes may be released from their guarantees. If this were to
occur, it could have a material adverse effect on the value of
the notes. See Description of Debt Securities
Guarantees in the accompanying prospectus.
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Upon the occurrence of a change in control, holders of a
substantial amount of our other indebtedness may have the right
to require us to repurchase or repay that indebtedness, while
the holders of the notes offered hereby will have no similar
rights. |
The indentures governing approximately $750.0 million
aggregate principal amount of our outstanding senior
subordinated debt securities (not including the indenture
governing the notes) and our $1.5 billion domestic
revolving credit facility permit, and the currently contemplated
terms of the proposed term loan facility described under
Prospectus Supplement Summary Recent
Developments Proposed Term Loan Facility
are expected to permit, the holders of those debt securities and
that indebtedness to require us to repurchase or repay those
debt securities and that indebtedness upon the occurrence of
specified change in control events relating to us. The indenture
governing the notes offered hereby does not contain a comparable
provision permitting holders of the notes to require us to
repurchase the notes upon the occurrence of a change in control
event relating to us. As a result, upon the occurrence of
certain types of change in control events relating to us,
holders of a substantial amount of our other debt securities and
indebtedness may have the right to require us to repurchase or
repay those debt securities and that indebtedness, while the
holders of the notes offered hereby will have no similar rights.
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An active trading market may not develop for the
notes. |
We cannot assure you that a trading market for the notes will
ever develop or, if a trading market develops, that it will be
maintained or provide adequate liquidity. We do not intend to
apply for listing of the notes on any securities exchange or for
quotation on any automated or other quotation system. The notes
are a new issue of securities with no trading history or
established trading market. Any trading market for the notes may
be adversely affected by changes in interest rates, the overall
market for these types of securities and by changes in our
financial performance or prospects or in the prospects for
companies in our industry generally. As a consequence, you might
not be able to sell your notes, or, even if you can sell your
notes, you might not be able to sell them at an acceptable price.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be
approximately
$ million
(after deducting estimated offering expenses payable by us). We
expect to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay
borrowings under our $1.5 billion domestic revolving credit
facility. As of February 28, 2006, we had
$730.3 million of borrowings outstanding under our
$1.5 billion domestic revolving credit facility. Borrowings
that we repay under our domestic revolving credit facility may
be re-borrowed, subject to customary conditions. At
February 28, 2006, the weighted average interest rate for
borrowings under our $1.5 billion domestic revolving credit
facility was 5.8%. Our $1.5 billion domestic revolving credit
facility expires, and borrowings thereunder will mature, in
2010. Borrowings under the $1.5 billion domestic revolving
credit facility were used for working capital, capital
expenditures and general corporate purposes.
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table presents selected consolidated financial
data of KB Home. The data, other than housing, commercial
and land revenues, unit deliveries and the ratio of earnings to
fixed charges, as of and for the fiscal years ended
November 30, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 are derived
from our audited financial statements for those years. Data
related to housing, commercial and land revenues, unit
deliveries and the ratio of earnings to fixed charges are
derived from unaudited financial statements. The following data
should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and
the related notes incorporated by reference in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
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Years Ended November 30, | |
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2004 | |
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2001 | |
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(dollars in millions, except per share amounts) | |
Statement of Operations Data:
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Revenues:
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Housing
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$ |
9,364.8 |
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$ |
6,957.6 |
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$ |
5,642.8 |
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$ |
4,855.9 |
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$ |
4,367.0 |
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Commercial
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5.2 |
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22.8 |
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107.0 |
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43.8 |
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69.9 |
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Land
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40.3 |
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27.9 |
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25.7 |
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39.2 |
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64.8 |
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Financial services
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31.4 |
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44.4 |
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75.1 |
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91.9 |
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72.5 |
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Total revenues
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$ |
9,441.7 |
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$ |
7,052.7 |
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$ |
5,850.6 |
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$ |
5,030.8 |
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$ |
4,574.2 |
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Construction:
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Revenues
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$ |
9,410.3 |
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$ |
7,008.3 |
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$ |
5,775.5 |
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$ |
4,938.9 |
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$ |
4,501.7 |
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Costs and expenses
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(8,053.3 |
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(6,233.6 |
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(5,212.6 |
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(4,486.0 |
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(4,149.4 |
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Operating income
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1,357.0 |
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774.7 |
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562.9 |
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452.9 |
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352.3 |
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Interest income
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4.2 |
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3.9 |
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3.0 |
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4.2 |
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3.5 |
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Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
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(18.9 |
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(18.2 |
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(23.8 |
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(32.7 |
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(41.1 |
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Minority interests
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(77.8 |
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(69.0 |
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(26.9 |
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(17.0 |
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(27.9 |
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Equity in pretax income of unconsolidated joint ventures
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20.3 |
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17.6 |
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2.5 |
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4.4 |
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3.9 |
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Construction pretax income
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1,284.8 |
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709.0 |
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517.7 |
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411.8 |
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290.7 |
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Financial services:
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Revenues
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31.4 |
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44.4 |
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75.1 |
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91.9 |
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72.5 |
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Expenses
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(20.4 |
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(35.7 |
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(39.3 |
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(34.4 |
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(38.7 |
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Equity in pretax income of unconsolidated joint venture
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0.2 |
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Financial services pretax income
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11.2 |
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8.7 |
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35.8 |
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57.5 |
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33.8 |
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Total pretax income
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1,296.0 |
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717.7 |
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553.5 |
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469.3 |
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324.5 |
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Income taxes
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(453.6 |
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(236.8 |
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(182.7 |
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(154.9 |
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(110.3 |
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Net income
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$ |
842.4 |
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$ |
480.9 |
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$ |
370.8 |
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$ |
314.4 |
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$ |
214.2 |
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Basic earnings per share
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$ |
10.29 |
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$ |
6.14 |
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$ |
4.71 |
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$ |
3.79 |
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$ |
2.86 |
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Diluted earnings per share
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$ |
9.53 |
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$ |
5.70 |
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$ |
4.40 |
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$ |
3.58 |
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$ |
2.75 |
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)
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6.93x |
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5.20x |
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4.83x |
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4.87x |
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3.30x |
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Other Operating Data:
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West Coast unit deliveries
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6,624 |
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5,383 |
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5,549 |
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5,344 |
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5,550 |
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Southwest unit deliveries
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7,357 |
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7,478 |
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6,695 |
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6,037 |
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6,238 |
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Central unit deliveries
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9,866 |
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9,101 |
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7,659 |
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9,605 |
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9,181 |
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Southeast unit deliveries
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7,162 |
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4,975 |
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3,504 |
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679 |
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187 |
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Foreign unit deliveries
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6,131 |
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4,709 |
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3,924 |
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3,787 |
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3,382 |
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Total unit deliveries
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37,140 |
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31,646 |
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27,331 |
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25,452 |
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24,538 |
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Unconsolidated joint ventures unit deliveries
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509 |
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931 |
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231 |
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356 |
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330 |
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Years Ended November 30, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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(dollars in millions, except per share amounts) | |
Cash Flow from Operating Activities Data:
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|
|
|
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|
Equity in pretax income of unconsolidated joint ventures
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$ |
(20.5 |
) |
|
$ |
(17.6 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.5 |
) |
|
$ |
(4.4 |
) |
|
$ |
(3.9 |
) |
|
Minority interests
|
|
|
77.8 |
|
|
|
69.0 |
|
|
|
26.9 |
|
|
|
17.0 |
|
|
|
27.9 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
20.5 |
|
|
|
21.8 |
|
|
|
21.5 |
|
|
|
17.2 |
|
|
|
43.9 |
|
|
Previously capitalized interest amortized to cost of sales
|
|
|
104.1 |
|
|
|
78.8 |
|
|
|
69.4 |
|
|
|
68.8 |
|
|
|
64.0 |
|
|
Provision for deferred income taxes
|
|
|
(3.2 |
) |
|
|
(51.7 |
) |
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
|
(59.4 |
) |
|
|
(44.7 |
) |
|
Capitalized interest
|
|
|
(165.0 |
) |
|
|
(123.3 |
) |
|
|
(95.0 |
) |
|
|
(68.4 |
) |
|
|
(62.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
At November 30, | |
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| |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
|
2001 | |
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|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
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(dollars in millions) | |
Balance Sheet Data:
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Assets:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction
|
|
$ |
7,717.0 |
|
|
$ |
5,625.5 |
|
|
$ |
3,982.7 |
|
|
$ |
3,391.4 |
|
|
$ |
2,983.5 |
|
|
|
Financial services
|
|
|
29.9 |
|
|
|
210.5 |
|
|
|
253.1 |
|
|
|
634.1 |
|
|
|
709.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
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|
$ |
7,746.9 |
|
|
$ |
5,836.0 |
|
|
$ |
4,235.8 |
|
|
$ |
4,025.5 |
|
|
$ |
3,692.9 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and stockholders equity:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Construction:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
|
$ |
2,231.4 |
|
|
$ |
1,560.0 |
|
|
$ |
1,128.9 |
|
|
$ |
954.1 |
|
|
$ |
797.4 |
|
|
|
|
Mortgages and notes payable
|
|
|
2,463.8 |
|
|
|
1,975.6 |
|
|
|
1,253.9 |
|
|
|
1,167.1 |
|
|
|
1,088.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,695.2 |
|
|
|
3,535.6 |
|
|
|
2,382.8 |
|
|
|
2,121.2 |
|
|
|
1,886.0 |
|
|
|
Financial services
|
|
|
55.1 |
|
|
|
117.7 |
|
|
|
170.9 |
|
|
|
555.8 |
|
|
|
650.7 |
|
|
|
Minority interests
|
|
|
144.9 |
|
|
|
127.0 |
|
|
|
89.2 |
|
|
|
74.2 |
|
|
|
63.7 |
|
|
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
|
2,851.7 |
|
|
|
2,055.7 |
|
|
|
1,592.9 |
|
|
|
1,274.3 |
|
|
|
1,092.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
$ |
7,746.9 |
|
|
$ |
5,836.0 |
|
|
$ |
4,235.8 |
|
|
$ |
4,025.5 |
|
|
$ |
3,692.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(1) |
We compute earnings by adding fixed charges (except capitalized
interest) and amortization of previously capitalized interest to
pretax earnings (excluding undistributed earnings of
unconsolidated joint ventures). We compute fixed charges by
adding interest expense and capitalized interest and the portion
of rental expense we consider to be interest. Beginning
July 7, 1998, our fixed charges also included distributions
on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities. On
August 16, 2001, all of the mandatorily redeemable
preferred securities were retired. No preferred stock was
outstanding during any of the periods presented in the above
table. |
In computing the ratios appearing above, we exclude from our
interest expense interest incurred by our wholly owned limited
purpose financing subsidiaries on their outstanding
collateralized mortgage obligations. If we included interest on
those collateralized mortgage obligations, the ratio of earnings
to fixed charges for the years ended November 30, 2005,
2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 would have been 6.92x, 5.20x, 4.81x,
4.82x and 3.27x, respectively.
S-24
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
The % Senior
Notes due 2018 of KB Home, which we sometimes refer to as the
notes, are issuable under the senior indenture dated
as of January 28, 2004, as amended and supplemented, by and
among KB Home, the Guarantors (as defined in the accompanying
prospectus under Description of Debt
Securities Certain Definitions) party thereto
from time to time and SunTrust Bank, as trustee (the
Trustee), which we refer to as the
Indenture.
The notes are a series of senior debt securities and
the Indenture is the senior indenture referred to in
the accompanying prospectus under the heading Description
of Debt Securities. This description of selected terms of
the notes and the Indenture supplements and, to the extent
inconsistent, replaces the description of the general terms and
provisions of the debt securities, the senior debt securities
and the senior indenture which appears in the accompanying
prospectus under the heading Description of Debt
Securities, to which description reference is made and
which you should read. The following description of selected
terms of the notes and the Indenture is not complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture and the
form of certificate evidencing the notes, copies of which have
been or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement
of which the accompanying prospectus is a part or to the
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
Some of the terms, whether or not capitalized, used in this
description are defined in the accompanying prospectus under
Description of Debt Securities. Some of the terms,
whether or not capitalized, used but not defined under this
Description of the Notes or under Description
of Debt Securities in the accompanying prospectus have the
meanings given to them in the Indenture. As used in this
Description of the Notes, the terms
KB Home, we, our and
us refer to KB Home and do not include its
subsidiaries, except as otherwise expressly provided or as the
context otherwise requires.
General
The notes will constitute a single series of senior debt
securities under the Indenture, initially limited to
$300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. Under the Indenture,
KB Home may, without the consent of the holders of the notes,
from time to time in the future reopen the series
and issue additional notes of the same series. The notes offered
by this prospectus supplement and any additional notes we may
issue in the future upon such a reopening will constitute a
single series of debt securities under the Indenture. This means
that, in circumstances where the Indenture provides for the
holders of debt securities of any series to vote or take any
action, the notes offered by this prospectus supplement and any
additional notes that we may issue by reopening the series will
vote or take that action as a single class.
The notes will mature
on ,
2018. The notes will bear interest
from ,
2006 at the rate
of % per
annum, payable in cash semi-annually in arrears
on and of
each year,
commencing ,
2006, to the persons in whose names the notes are registered,
subject to certain exceptions as provided in the Indenture, at
the close of business
on or ,
as the case may be, immediately preceding
such or .
Interest on the notes will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months.
The notes will be unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of KB
Home. See Risk Factors Risk Factors Relating
to the Notes Offered by this Prospectus Supplement
Our ability to service our debt, including the notes, depends
upon cash provided to us by our subsidiaries, and the notes are
effectively subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries
that are not guarantors of the notes and to secured indebtedness
of us and guarantors above and Description of Debt
Securities Holding Company Structure and
Ranking Ranking of Senior Debt
Securities and Guarantees in the accompanying prospectus.
The notes will initially have the benefit of guarantees from the
Guarantors as described under Description of Debt
Securities Guarantees in the accompanying
prospectus. Each guarantee will be the unsecured and
unsubordinated obligation of the related Guarantor. See
Risk Factors Risk Factors Relating to the
Notes Offered by this Prospectus Supplement Our
ability to service our debt, including the notes, depends upon
cash provided to us by our subsidiaries, and the notes are
effectively subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries
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that are not guarantors of the notes and to secured indebtedness
of us and guarantors above and Description of Debt
Securities Holding Company Structure and
Ranking Ranking of Senior Debt
Securities and Guarantees in the accompanying prospectus.
Under certain circumstances specified in the Indenture, any or
all of the Guarantors may be released from their guarantees of
the notes or other subsidiaries of KB Home may be required
to guarantee the notes. See Description of Debt
Securities Guarantees in the accompanying
prospectus. The guarantees may be subject to review as
fraudulent transfers under applicable law. See Risk
Factors Risk Factors Relating to the Notes Offered
by this Prospectus Supplement Federal and state laws
allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void guarantees
and to require you to return payments received from
guarantors.
The notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund. In addition, the Indenture does not contain any provision
that would permit holders of notes to require us to repurchase
the notes in the event of a change in control of us or
otherwise, nor does the Indenture contain provisions intended to
protect investors in the event of a recapitalization, highly
leveraged transaction or other similar transaction affecting us
or our subsidiaries. See Risk Factors Risk
Factors Relating to the Notes Offered by this Prospectus
Supplement Upon the occurrence of a change in
control, holders of a substantial amount of our other
indebtedness may have the right to require us to repurchase or
repay that indebtedness, while the holders of the notes offered
hereby will have no similar rights.
The notes will be entitled to the benefit of the covenants
described in the accompanying prospectus under Description
of Debt Securities Certain Covenants and
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of
Assets. However, these covenants are subject to a number
of important exceptions and limitations, and you should
carefully review the information with respect to these covenants
and the related definitions appearing in the accompanying
prospectus under those captions and Description of Debt
Securities Certain Definitions.
The notes will be issued in book-entry form and represented by
one or more global notes registered in the name of The
Depository Trust Company, as Depositary, or its nominee. This
means that you will not be entitled to receive a certificate for
the notes that you purchase except under the limited
circumstances described in the accompanying prospectus under
Description of Debt Securities Book-Entry;
Delivery and Form.
Optional Redemption
The notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or from time
to time in part, at KB Homes option on any date (each, a
Redemption Date) at a redemption price equal to the
greater of:
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(a) 100% of the principal amount of
the notes to be redeemed, and |
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(b) the sum of the present values
of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on
the notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the
applicable Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date
on a semiannual basis, assuming a
360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day
months, at the Treasury Rate
plus basis points, |
plus, in the case of both clause (a) and (b) above,
accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the notes
being redeemed to such Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, installments of interest on notes whose stated
maturity is on or prior to the relevant Redemption Date will be
payable to the holders of such notes (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant Regular Record Date according to their terms and the
provisions of the Indenture.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any
Redemption Date for the notes:
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(a) the yield, under the heading
that represents the average for the immediately preceding week,
appearing in the most recently published statistical release
designated H.15(519) or any successor publication
which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively
traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant
maturity under the caption Treasury Constant
Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Final Maturity Date for the notes, yields
for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to
the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and |
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the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from
such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest
month); or |
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(b) if such release (or any
successor release) is not published during the week preceding
the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate
per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity
of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such Redemption Date. |
The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day
preceding the applicable Redemption Date. As used in the
immediately preceding sentence and in the definition of
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations below, the term
Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated
by law, regulation or executive order to close.
Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect
to any Redemption Date for the notes, the United States Treasury
security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having
a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes to be
redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the remaining term of the notes to be redeemed.
Independent Investment Banker means, with
respect to any Redemption Date for the notes, Banc of America
Securities LLC and its successors or, if such firm or any
successor to such firm, as the case may be, is unwilling or
unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by
the Trustee after consultation with KB Home.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect
to any Redemption Date for the notes:
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(a) the average of four Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or |
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(b) if the Trustee obtains fewer
than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average
of all such quotations. |
Reference Treasury Dealer means Banc of
America Securities LLC and its successors (provided, however,
that if such firm or any such successor, as the case may be,
shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities
dealer in New York City (a Primary Treasury Dealer),
the Trustee, after consultation with KB Home, will
substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer) and three
other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Trustee after
consultation with KB Home.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any
Redemption Date for the notes, the average, as determined by the
Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference
Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Final Maturity Date
means ,
2018.
Notice of any redemption by KB Home will be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before any
Redemption Date to each holder of notes to be redeemed. If less
than all the notes are to be redeemed at the option of KB Home,
the Trustee will select, in such manner as it deems fair and
appropriate, the notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed.
Unless KB Home defaults in payment of the redemption price
(including, without limitation, interest, if any, accrued to the
applicable Redemption Date), on and after any Redemption Date
interest will cease to accrue on the notes or portions thereof
called for redemption on such Redemption Date.
S-27
MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
General
The following discussion summarizes some of the
U.S. Federal income tax consequences of the purchase,
ownership and disposition of the notes offered hereby by an
initial holder of the notes who purchases the notes for cash and
who holds the notes as capital assets. This discussion is based
upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code), Treasury Regulations, and judicial decisions
and administrative interpretations thereunder, as of the date
hereof, all of which are subject to change, possibly with
retroactive effect, or are subject to different interpretations.
We cannot assure you that the Internal Revenue Service (the
IRS) will not challenge one or more of the tax
consequences described herein, and we have not obtained, nor do
we intend to obtain, a ruling from the IRS or an opinion of
counsel with respect to the U.S. Federal income tax
consequences of purchasing, owning or disposing of the notes.
In this discussion, we do not purport to address all tax
considerations that may be important to a particular holder in
light of the holders circumstances, or to certain
categories of investors (such as financial institutions,
insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, dealers in
securities or currencies, traders in securities electing to mark
to market, persons who hold the notes offered hereby through
partnerships or other pass-through entities, real estate
investment trusts, regulated investment companies,
U.S. persons whose functional currency is not the
U.S. dollar, U.S. expatriates or persons who hold the
notes offered hereby as part of a hedge, conversion transaction,
straddle or other risk reduction transaction) that may be
subject to special rules. This discussion also does not address
alternative minimum tax consequences or any tax considerations
arising under the laws of any foreign, state or local
jurisdiction.
YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE PARTICULAR
TAX CONSEQUENCES TO YOU OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND
DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES OFFERED HEREBY, INCLUDING THE EFFECT
AND APPLICABILITY OF STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX LAWS.
Consequences to U.S. Holders
The following discussion summarizes certain U.S. Federal
income tax considerations relevant to a U.S. holder of the
notes offered hereby. You are a U.S. holder for purposes of
this discussion if you are a beneficial owner of the notes
offered hereby and you are:
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an individual U.S. citizen or resident alien; |
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a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation for
U.S. Federal income tax purposes, that was created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia; |
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an estate whose world-wide income is subject to
U.S. Federal income taxation; or |
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a trust that either is subject to the primary supervision of a
court within the United States and which has one or more U.S.
persons with authority to control all of its substantial
decisions or has a valid election in effect under applicable
U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a United States
person. |
If a partnership holds the notes offered hereby, the tax
treatment of a partner generally will depend upon the status of
the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you
are a partner of a partnership holding the notes offered hereby,
we suggest that you consult your tax advisor.
Interest on the Notes
Stated interest on a note will be includible in your gross
income as ordinary interest income in accordance with your usual
method of accounting for tax purposes.
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Sale, Exchange, Redemption
or Other Disposition of the Notes
Upon the disposition of a note offered hereby by sale, exchange,
redemption or other disposition, you generally will recognize
capital gain or loss equal to the difference between
(i) the amount realized on the disposition (other than
amounts attributable to accrued interest not previously
recognized as income, which will be treated as ordinary interest
income as described above) and (ii) your adjusted federal
income tax basis in the note. Your adjusted federal income tax
basis in a note offered hereby generally will equal the cost of
the note to you decreased by bond premium that has been
amortized with respect to such note, if any. Any capital gain or
loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the
note offered hereby for longer than one year. You should consult
your tax advisors regarding the treatment of capital gains
(which may be taxed at lower rates than ordinary income for
certain non-corporate taxpayers) and losses (the deductibility
of which is subject to certain limitations).
Backup Withholding and
Information Reporting
Information reporting will apply to payments of principal and
interest made by us on, or the proceeds of the sale or other
disposition of, the notes offered hereby with respect to certain
non-corporate U.S. holders, and backup withholding may apply
unless the recipient of such payment provides the appropriate
intermediary with a taxpayer identification number, certified
under penalties of perjury, as well as certain other information
or otherwise establishes an exemption from backup withholding.
Any amount withheld under the backup withholding rules is
allowable as a credit against your U.S. Federal income tax
liability, provided the required information is timely provided
to the IRS.
Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders
The following discussion summarizes certain U.S. Federal
income tax considerations relevant to a non-U.S. holder of the
notes offered hereby. You are a non-U.S. holder for purposes of
this discussion if you are a beneficial owner of the notes
offered hereby (other than a partnership) and you are not a
U.S. holder.
U.S. Federal Withholding
Tax
The United States generally imposes a 30% (or lower applicable
treaty rate) withholding tax on payments of interest to non-U.S.
holders not effectively connected with their conduct of a trade
or business in the United States (or, where a tax treaty
applies, not attributable to a United States permanent
establishment). The 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate)
U.S. Federal withholding tax will not apply to any payment
of interest on the notes offered hereby provided that:
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you do not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the
total combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock
within the meaning of the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations; |
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you are not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to
us through stock ownership; and |
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you are not a bank whose receipt of interest on the notes is
pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course
of business. |
In each case, (a) you must provide your name and address on
an IRS Form W-8BEN
(or successor form), and certify under penalties of perjury,
that you are not a U.S. person, (b) a financial institution
holding the notes offered hereby on your behalf must certify,
under penalties of perjury, that it has received an IRS
Form W-8BEN (or
successor form) from you and must provide us with a copy, or
(c) you must hold your notes directly through a
qualified intermediary, and the qualified
intermediary must have sufficient information in its files
indicating that you are not a U.S. holder. A qualified
intermediary is a bank, broker or other intermediary that is
acting out of a non-U.S. branch or office and has signed an
agreement with the IRS providing that it will administer all or
part of the U.S. Federal tax withholding rules under
specified procedures.
If you cannot satisfy the requirements described above, payments
of interest made to you will be subject to the 30%
U.S. Federal withholding tax, unless you provide us with a
properly executed (1) IRS
Form W-8BEN (or
successor form) claiming an exemption from or a reduction of
withholding under the benefit of a tax treaty or
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(2) IRS
Form W-8ECI (or
successor form) stating that interest paid on the notes offered
hereby is not subject to withholding tax because it is
effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business
in the United States.
U.S. Federal Income
Tax
Interest. If you are engaged in a trade or business in
the United States and interest on the notes offered hereby is
effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or
business, you will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the
interest on a net income basis (although exempt from the 30%
withholding tax) in the same manner as if you were a United
States person as defined under the Code. In addition, if you are
a foreign corporation, you may be subject to a branch profits
tax equal to 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) of your
earnings and profits for the taxable year, including earnings
and profits from an investment in the notes offered hereby, that
are effectively connected with the conduct by you of a trade or
business in the United States.
Sale, Exchange, Redemption or Other Disposition of the
Notes. Any gain or income realized on the sale, exchange,
redemption or other disposition of the notes offered hereby
generally will not be subject to U.S. Federal income tax unless:
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that gain or income is effectively connected with the conduct of
a trade or business in the United States by you (or, where a tax
treaty applies, is attributable to a United States permanent
establishment), in which case, if you are a foreign corporation,
the 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) branch profits tax may
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183 days or more in the taxable year of that disposition, and
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Backup Withholding and
Information Reporting
Payments to non-U.S. holders of interest on a note offered
hereby and amounts withheld from such payments, if any,
generally will be reported to the IRS and such non-U.S. holders.
Backup withholding will not apply to payments of principal and
interest on the notes offered hereby if you certify as to your
non-U.S. holder status on an IRS
Form W-8BEN (or
successor form) under penalties of perjury or you otherwise
qualify for an exemption (provided that neither we nor our agent
know or have reason to know that you are a United States person
or that the conditions of any other exemptions are not in fact
satisfied).
The payment of the proceeds of the disposition of the notes
offered hereby to or through the U.S. office of a U.S. or
foreign broker will be subject to information reporting and
backup withholding unless you provide the certification
described above or you otherwise qualify for an exemption. The
proceeds of a disposition effected outside the United States by
a non-U.S. holder to or through a foreign office of a broker
generally will not be subject to backup withholding or
information reporting. However, if such broker is a United
States person, a controlled foreign corporation, a foreign
person 50% or more of whose gross income from all sources for
certain periods is effectively connected with a trade or
business in the United States, or a foreign partnership that is
engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States or that has one or more partners that are United States
persons who in the aggregate hold more than 50% of the income or
capital interests in the partnership, information reporting
requirements will apply unless such broker has documentary
evidence in its files of the holders
non-U.S. status
and has no actual knowledge or reason to know to the contrary or
unless the holder otherwise qualifies for an exemption. Any
amount withheld under the backup withholding rules is allowable
as a credit against your U.S. Federal income tax liability,
if any, provided the required information is timely provided to
the IRS.
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UNDERWRITING
KB Home intends to offer the notes offered hereby through
Banc of America Securities LLC subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement. We refer to
Banc of America Securities LLC as the underwriter.
The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters
obligation to pay for and accept delivery of the notes offered
hereby is subject to, among other things, the approval of
certain legal matters by its counsel and certain other
conditions. Under the terms of the underwriting agreement, the
underwriter is committed to take and pay for all of the notes
offered hereby if any are taken.
The underwriter has advised us that it proposes to offer the
notes offered hereby from time to time for sale in one or more
negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The
underwriter may effect such transactions by selling the notes
offered hereby to or through dealers, and such dealers may
receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts,
concessions or commissions from the underwriter and/or the
purchasers of the notes for whom they may act as agent. Any
dealers that participate with the underwriter in the
distribution of the notes offered hereby may be deemed to be
underwriters, and any discounts or commissions received by the
underwriter or any such dealer and any profit on the resale of
the notes by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts or
commissions, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
In connection with the offering, the underwriter may purchase
and sell notes in the open market. These transactions may
include syndicate covering transactions. Syndicate covering
transactions involve purchases of the notes in the open market
after the distribution has been completed in order to cover
syndicate short positions.
The notes are a new issue of securities with no established
trading market. KB Home does not currently intend to apply
for listing of the notes on a national securities exchange or on
any automated or other quotation system, but has been advised by
the underwriter that it intends to make a market in the notes.
The underwriter is not obligated, however, to do so and may
discontinue its market making at any time without notice. No
assurance can be given that a trading market for the notes will
develop or as to the liquidity of any trading market for the
notes which may develop. See Risk Factors Risk
Factors Relating to the Notes Offered by this Prospectus
Supplement An active trading market may not develop
for the notes.
KB Home has agreed that for a period of 30 days from
the date hereof, it will not, without the prior written consent
of the underwriter, directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer
to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose
of, any debt securities or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any debt securities, except for
the notes sold to the underwriter pursuant to the underwriting
agreement; provided that this will not prevent KB Home from
making borrowings under its credit facility or bank credit lines
or, if we enter into the proposed term loan facility or any
other term loan facility, borrowings under that facility.
We expect that delivery of the notes offered hereby will be made
against payment for the notes on or about the closing date
specified on the cover page of this prospectus supplement, which
will be the fifth business day following the date of pricing of
the notes (the settlement cycle being referred to as
T+5). Under
Rule 15c6-1 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are
required to settle in three business days unless the parties to
any such trade expressly agree otherwise. In addition, debt
securities that trade in the same-day funds settlement system of
The Depository Trust Company often settle on the trade date.
Assuming that trades in the notes offered hereby settle on the
trade date, purchasers who wish to trade notes offered hereby on
the date of pricing or the next succeeding four business days
will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes offered
hereby initially will settle in T+5, to specify an alternate
settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a
failed settlement. Purchasers of notes offered hereby who wish
to trade these notes on the date of pricing or the next
succeeding four business days should consult their own advisors.
KB Home estimates that its share of total expenses of the
offering will be approximately $300,000.
From time to time in the ordinary course of their respective
businesses, the underwriter and/or its affiliates have engaged
in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking,
commercial banking and other
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transactions with us and our affiliates, and the underwriter
and/or its affiliates have received and in the future may
receive fees and other compensation in connection with those
transactions. As described above under Use of
Proceeds, we intend to use the net proceeds from this
offering to repay indebtedness under our domestic revolving
credit facility. An affiliate of the underwriter is a lender
under that credit facility and will therefore receive a portion
of the net proceeds from this offering through the repayment of
indebtedness under that credit facility, although the amount
received by that affiliate will be less than 10% of the net
proceeds of this offering.
KB Home has agreed to indemnify the underwriter against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with the offering will be
passed upon by Charles F. Carroll, Vice President, Deputy
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, of KB Home. The
validity of the notes offered hereby will be passed upon for
KB Home by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los
Angeles, California. Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco,
California, will act as counsel for the underwriter. Sidley
Austin LLP represents KB Home in connection with certain
other legal matters from time to time.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of KB Home appearing
in KB Homes Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the
year ended November 30, 2005 and KB Home managements
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of November 30, 2005 included
therein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP,
independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in
their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein
and in the accompanying prospectus by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements and managements
assessment are incorporated herein and therein by reference in
reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm
as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PROSPECTUS
$1,500,000,000
Debt Securities
Guarantees of Debt Securities
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Warrants
Stock Purchase Contracts
Stock Purchase Units
Depositary Shares
KB Home will provide specific terms of these securities in
supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus
and any supplement to this prospectus carefully before you
invest.
The common stock of KB Home is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol KBH. Any common stock
issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement will be listed,
subject to notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this
prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The date of this prospectus is November 29, 2004.
We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any
information other than the information incorporated by reference
or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We
are not making an offer of these securities in any state or
other jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should
not assume that the information in this prospectus, any
prospectus supplement or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as
of any date other than the date of that document.
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When this prospectus or any prospectus supplement uses the words
KB Home, we, us, and
our, they refer to KB Home and its subsidiaries
unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires. Our
fiscal year ends on November 30. When this prospectus or
any prospectus supplement refers to particular years or quarters
in connection with the discussion of our results of operations
or financial condition, those references mean the relevant
fiscal years and fiscal quarters.
References in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement to
homes or units delivered or constructed by KB Home include
single-family homes and other residential units, including
condominiums, and references to our homebuilding revenues and
similar references refer to revenues derived from sales of
single-family homes and other residential units, including
condominiums, in each case unless otherwise expressly stated or
the context otherwise requires.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
You are cautioned that certain statements contained or
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
prospectus are forward-looking statements as defined
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or
refer to future events or conditions, or which include words
such as expects, anticipates,
intends, plans, believes,
estimates, hopes, and similar
expressions constitute forward-looking statements. In addition,
any statements concerning future financial or operating
performance (including future revenues, unit deliveries,
expenses, margins, earnings or earnings per share, or growth or
growth rates), future market conditions, future interest rates
and other economic conditions, ongoing business strategies or
prospects, future dividends and changes in dividend levels, the
value of backlog, including amounts that we expect to realize
upon delivery of units included in backlog and the timing of
those deliveries, potential future acquisitions and the impact
of completed acquisitions, future share repurchases and possible
future actions by KB Home, which may be included in this
prospectus or the documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein are also forward-looking
statements as defined by the Act. Forward-looking statements are
based on expectations and projections
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about future events at the time such statements were made and
are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about
KB Home, economic and market factors and the homebuilding
industry, among other things. These statements are not
guaranties of the future performance, and KB Home has no
specific intention to update these statements.
Actual events and results may differ materially from those
expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements made
by KB Home due to a number of factors. The principal
important risk factors that could cause KB Homes
performance and future events and actions to differ materially
from such forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, the impact of terrorist activities and the
U.S. response, the U.S. military commitment in the
Middle East, recessionary trends and other adverse changes in
general economic conditions, material prices, labor costs,
interest rates, the secondary market for loans, consumer
confidence, competition, currency exchange rates insofar as they
affect KB Homes operations in France, environmental
factors, government regulations affecting KB Homes
operations, the availability and cost of land in desirable
areas, unanticipated violations of KB Home policy,
unanticipated legal proceedings, and conditions in the capital,
credit and homebuilding markets. See KB Homes Annual
Report on
Form 10-K for the
year ended November 30, 2003, KB Homes Quarterly
Reports on
Form 10-Q for the
quarters ended February 29, 2004, May 31, 2004 and
August 31, 2004, and KB Homes other filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for
a further discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties
applicable to KB Homes business.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we
filed with the SEC utilizing a shelf registration
process. Under this shelf process, we may sell any combination
of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more
offerings up to an aggregate initial offering price of
$1,500,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general
description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell
securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will
contain specific information about the terms of that offering
and the securities being sold in that offering. The prospectus
supplement may also add, update or change information contained
in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any
prospectus supplement, together with additional information
described immediately below under the heading Where You
Can Find More Information.
Any statements in this prospectus or in any accompanying
prospectus supplement concerning the provisions of any document
are not complete. In each instance, reference is made to the
copy of that document filed or incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part or otherwise filed
with the SEC. Each statement concerning the provisions of any
document is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
document so filed.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are
available to the public over the Internet at the SECs web
site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any
document we file at the SECs public reference room located
at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the operation of the public reference
room. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Our reports, proxy statements and other information can also be
inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange,
20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the
information contained in the documents we file with the SEC,
which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated
by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and
information that we file later with the SEC will automatically
update and supersede this information. We incorporate by
reference the documents listed below and any future filings we
make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), after the date of this prospectus and
until we sell all of the securities covered by this prospectus,
other than portions of these documents that are either
(a) described in paragraphs (i), (k) and (l) of
Item 402 of
Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC or
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(b) furnished under Item 9 or Item 12 of a
Current Report on
Form 8-K filed
prior to August 23, 2004 or furnished under Item 2.02
or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on
or after August 23, 2004 and, unless otherwise expressly
stated in the prospectus supplement accompanying this
prospectus, we also do not incorporate by reference into this
prospectus any information appearing under the caption
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations Outlook in
our Annual Reports on
Form 10-K or our
Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q.
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Form 10-Q for the
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Form 8-K filed
December 23, 2003, January 15, 2004, June 14,
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Any information contained in this prospectus or in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
prospectus will be deemed to have been modified or superseded to
the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, in any
other document we subsequently file with the SEC that also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
prospectus or in the applicable prospectus supplement modifies
or supersedes the original statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to be a part of this prospectus.
We encourage you to read our periodic and current reports. We
think these reports provide additional information about our
company which prudent investors will find important. You may
request a copy of these filings as well as any future filings
incorporated by reference, at no cost, by writing to us at our
principal executive offices at the following address:
KB Home, 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024,
Attention: Investor Relations. Our telephone number is
(310) 231-4000.
DESCRIPTION OF KB HOME
KB Home is one of Americas leading homebuilders with
domestic operating divisions in the following regions and
states: West Coast California; Southwest
Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico; Central Colorado,
Illinois, Indiana and Texas; and Southeast Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Kaufman &
Broad S.A., KB Homes majority-owned subsidiary, is
one of the largest homebuilders in France based on revenues. In
fiscal 2003, KB Home delivered 27,331 homes in the United
States and France. It also operates KB Home Mortgage
Company, a full-service mortgage company for the convenience of
its buyers. Founded in 1957, KB Home is a Fortune
500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol KBH.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus
supplement, the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the
securities offered by this prospectus and the accompanying
prospectus supplement will be used for general corporate
purposes. General corporate purposes may include the development
of new residential properties and commercial projects, the
repayment of debt and possible land or corporate acquisitions.
The net proceeds may be invested temporarily or applied to repay
short-term debt until they are used for their stated purpose.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth KB Homes ratio of
earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods indicated:
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We compute earnings by adding fixed charges (except capitalized
interest) and amortization of previously capitalized interest to
pretax earnings (excluding undistributed earnings of
unconsolidated joint ventures). We compute fixed charges by
adding interest expense and capitalized interest and the portion
of rental expense we consider to be interest. Beginning
July 7, 1998, our fixed charges also included distributions
on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities. On
August 16, 2001, all of the mandatorily redeemable
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In computing the ratios appearing above, we exclude from our
interest expense interest incurred by our wholly owned limited
purpose financing subsidiaries on their outstanding
collateralized mortgage obligations. If we included interest on
those collateralized mortgage obligations, the ratio of earnings
to fixed charges for the nine months ended August 31, 2004
and August 31, 2003 and the years ended November 30,
2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 would have been 4.55x, 4.09x,
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The amount of earnings we used in the calculation of the ratio
of earnings to fixed charges for the year ended
November 30, 1999 reflects an $18.2 million pretax
secondary market trading loss we recorded in the third quarter
of fiscal 1999. If we excluded the secondary market trading
loss, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges would have been
3.08x for the year ended November 30, 1999. If we excluded
the secondary market trading loss but included interest on the
collateralized mortgage obligations of our limited purpose
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The amount of earnings used in the calculation of the ratio of
earnings to fixed charges for the year ended November 30,
2000 includes a $39.6 million gain on the issuance in
France of common stock by Kaufman & Broad S.A., a
majority owned subsidiary, recorded in the first quarter of
fiscal 2000. We sometimes refer to this stock issuance as the
French IPO. If the French IPO gain were
excluded, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges would have been
2.71x for the year ended November 30, 2000. If we excluded
the French IPO gain but included interest on the
collateralized mortgage obligations of our limited purpose
financing subsidiaries, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The debt securities will be either our senior, senior
subordinated or subordinated debt securities. The senior debt
securities will be issued under a senior indenture dated as of
January 28, 2004, as amended and supplemented, by and among
us, the Guarantors (as defined below) party thereto from time to
time and SunTrust Bank, as trustee. The senior subordinated debt
securities will be issued under a senior subordinated indenture
by and among us, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time
and the trustee named in the prospectus supplement relating to
an issue of our senior subordinated debt securities. The
subordinated debt securities will be issued under a subordinated
indenture by and among us, the Guarantors party thereto from
time to time and the trustee named in the prospectus supplement
relating to an issue of our subordinated debt securities.
Throughout this section, we will refer either to the indentures,
which includes the senior indenture, the senior subordinated
indenture and the subordinated indenture, each as it may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, or individually to
each separate indenture, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, where appropriate.
The following summary of some of the terms of our debt
securities and the indentures sets forth certain general terms
that might apply to the debt securities. The particular terms of
any debt securities will be described in the prospectus
supplement relating to those debt securities. To the extent that
any description in a prospectus supplement of particular terms
of debt securities or of an indenture differs from this
description, this description will be deemed to have been
superseded by the description in that prospectus supplement in
respect of those particular terms of the debt securities or that
indenture.
Copies of the forms of indentures and the forms of certificates
evidencing the debt securities have been or will be filed as
exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus
is a part or as exhibits to documents that are or will be
incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain
copies of these documents as described above under Where
You Can Find More Information, and we urge you to read
these documents before you invest in the debt securities. The
following is a summary of selected provisions of the indentures
and the debt securities. Certain terms used in this description
are defined below in the subsection Certain
Definitions. This summary is not complete and is subject
to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all the
provisions of the indentures and the certificates evidencing the
debt securities, which are incorporated by reference in this
prospectus. Some capitalized terms used in the following summary
and not defined have the meanings given to those terms in the
applicable indentures.
In this section, references to KB Home,
we, our and us mean
KB Home excluding, unless the context otherwise requires or
we otherwise expressly state, our subsidiaries.
General
Each indenture provides that we may issue debt securities under
that indenture from time to time in one or more series and
permits us to establish the terms of the debt securities of each
series at the time of issuance. None of the indentures limits
the amounts of debt securities we may issue under that indenture.
Under each indenture, we may, without the consent of the holders
of any debt securities under that indenture, from time to time
in the future reopen any series of debt securities
and issue additional debt securities of that series. The debt
securities of a series and any additional debt securities of
that series that we may issue in the future upon a reopening
will constitute together a single series of debt securities
under that indenture. This means that, in circumstances where an
indenture provides for the holders of debt securities of any
series to vote or take any action, the original debt securities
of a series, together with any additional debt securities of
that series that we may issue by reopening the series, will vote
or take that action as a single class.
The debt securities will be our unsecured senior, unsecured
senior subordinated or unsecured subordinated obligations. See
Holding Company Structure and
Ranking below. The debt securities will
initially have the benefit of guarantees (each a
Guarantee and, collectively, the
Guarantees) from certain of our subsidiaries. The
Guarantors as of the date of this prospectus are KB Home
Phoenix Inc., an Arizona corporation; KB Home Coastal Inc.,
a California corporation; KB Home North Bay Inc., a
California corporation; KB Home South Bay Inc., a
California corporation; KB Home Greater Los Angeles Inc., a
California corporation;
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KB Home Colorado Inc., a Colorado corporation; KB Home
Nevada Inc., a Nevada corporation; and KB Home Lone Star
LP, a Texas limited partnership. Under certain circumstances,
any or all of the Guarantors may be released from their
Guarantees of the debt securities, or other of our Subsidiaries
may be required to guarantee the debt securities. See
Guarantees. Each Guarantee will be the
unsecured senior, unsecured senior subordinated or unsecured
subordinated obligation of the related Guarantor. See
Ranking.
The debt securities may be denominated and payable in
U.S. dollars or foreign currencies or units based on or
relating to foreign currencies. Special United States federal
income tax considerations applicable to any debt securities so
denominated will be described in the relevant prospectus
supplement.
Although the indentures permit us to issue debt securities in
bearer form, unless otherwise provided in a prospectus
supplement with respect to the debt securities offered thereby,
the debt securities will be issued only in fully registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The prospectus supplement relating to the debt securities of the
series offered thereby, which we sometimes refer to as the
offered debt securities, will specify the following
terms of the offered debt securities, if applicable:
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the purchase price and denomination of the offered debt
securities; |
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the date or dates on which the principal of the offered debt
securities will be payable; |
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the interest rate or rates, if any, that the offered debt
securities will bear, or the method by which such rate will be
determined; |
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the date from which interest, if any, will accrue, the interest
payment dates and the regular record dates for the offered debt
securities; |
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any optional or mandatory redemption or repayment provisions; |
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any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to
repurchase or otherwise redeem the offered debt securities; |
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the terms, if any, on which the offered debt securities may be
converted into or exchanged for our stock or other securities or
stock or other securities of other entities; |
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any restrictive covenants not described below in
Certain Covenants and
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of
Assets, and any addition to, or modification or deletion
of, any covenant, with respect to the offered debt securities; |
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whether the offered debt securities will be issued as individual
certificates to each holder or in the form of global securities
held by a depositary on behalf of holders; |
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any special U.S. federal income tax considerations
applicable to the offered debt securities, including in respect
of any offered debt securities that are original issue discount
securities, which bear no interest or bear interest payable in
cash at below-market rates and are sold at a discount below
their stated principal amount; and |
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any other specific terms of the offered debt securities. |
Exchange, Registration and Transfer
Registered debt securities may be transferred and debt
securities in registered or bearer form may be exchanged at the
office or agency that we maintain for these purposes which,
unless otherwise provided in respect of a series of debt
securities in the prospectus supplement offering debt securities
of that series, will be located in
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the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable
in connection therewith. Debt securities in bearer form and
related coupons, if any, will be transferable upon delivery.
In the case of debt securities of any series that are redeemable
at our option, we will not be required to issue, exchange or
register a transfer of:
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any debt securities of that series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before any day of the
selection for redemption of debt securities of like tenor and
terms and of the same series and ending at the close of business
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any debt securities of that series in registered form, or
portion thereof, so selected for redemption except, in the case
of any such debt securities to be redeemed in part, the portions
thereof not to be redeemed; |
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any debt securities of that series in bearer form so selected
for redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to
such debt securities, that such debt securities may be exchanged
for debt securities in registered form of like tenor and terms
and of the same series, provided that the debt securities in
registered form shall be simultaneously surrendered for
redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with
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any debt securities of that series which, in accordance with
their terms, have been surrendered for repayment at the option
of the holder and not withdrawn, except the portion, if any, of
such debt securities not to be so repaid. |
Payment and Paying Agent
We will pay principal of and any premium or interest on
registered debt securities in the designated currency or
currency unit at the office or agency maintained by us for that
purpose which, unless otherwise provided in respect of a series
of debt securities in the prospectus supplement offering debt
securities of that series, will be located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York; provided that payments of
interest on registered debt securities may be made, at our
option, by check mailed to the address of the persons entitled
thereto or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee
with a bank located in the United States; and provided, further,
that payments on registered debt securities in global form that
are registered in the name of a depository or its nominee will
be made by wire transfer, unless otherwise provided in the
applicable prospectus supplement with respect to the debt
securities of any such series. The office or agency initially
maintained by us for the foregoing purposes will be the office
of the trustee in New York City designated for such purpose.
Interest payable on coupons pertaining to debt securities in
bearer form will be paid only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons.
If any amount payable on any debt security or coupon remains
unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount became due
and payable, the trustee or paying agent will, on our request,
release any unclaimed amounts to us, and the holder of that debt
security or coupon, as the case may be, shall look only to us
and the Guarantors for any payment they may be entitled to
collect.
If any interest payment date, redemption date, date for
repayment or repurchase at the option of the holder or maturity
date of any of the debt securities is not a Business Day at any
Place of Payment, then payment of principal and any premium or
interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such
Place of Payment, and no interest will accrue on the amount so
payable for the period from and after such interest payment
date, redemption date, date for repayment or repurchase at the
option of the holder or maturity date, as the case may be.
Book-Entry; Delivery and Form
If the debt securities of any series will be issued in the form
of one or more global debt securities in fully registered form,
without interest coupons (each, a global debt
security), each global debt security will be deposited
with, or on behalf of, a custodian for the applicable depository
(the Depository) and will be
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registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee. Unless
we specify otherwise in a prospectus supplement, the Depository
for the global debt securities will be The Depository Trust
Company, New York, New York. Investors may hold their beneficial
interests in a global debt security directly through the
Depository, if they are participants in the Depositorys
electronic book-entry registration and transfer system, or
indirectly through organizations that are participants in the
system.
Except as set forth below, the global debt securities may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of
the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the
Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the
Depository or its nominee to a successor depository or any
nominee of such successor. Beneficial interests in global debt
securities may not be exchanged for debt securities in
definitive certificated form (certificated debt
securities) except in the limited circumstances described
below.
All interests in the global debt securities will be subject to
the procedures and requirements of the Depository.
Certificated Debt Securities. The indentures provide that
the global debt securities of any series will be exchangeable
for certificated debt securities of that series if:
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(a) the Depository notifies us that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depository for the global debt securities
of that series or the Depository for the global debt securities
of that series ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, if so required by the
applicable law or regulation, and no successor Depository for
the global debt securities of that series shall have been
appointed within 90 days of such notification or of our
becoming aware of the Depositorys ceasing to be so
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(b) we, in our sole discretion, determine that the debt
securities of that series will no longer be represented by
global debt securities and execute and deliver to the applicable
trustee an order to the effect that the global debt securities
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Upon any such exchange, we will execute, and the applicable
trustee will authenticate and deliver, certificated debt
securities of the applicable series in exchange for interests in
the global debt securities of that series. We anticipate that
those certificated debt securities will be registered in such
names as the Depository instructs the trustee and that those
instructions will be based upon directions received by the
Depository from its participants with respect to ownership of
beneficial interests in the global debt securities of that
series.
Book-Entry System. The Depository has advised us that it
is:
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a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York
Banking Law; |
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a banking organization within the meaning of the New
York Banking Law; |
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a member of the Federal Reserve system; |
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a clearing corporation within the meaning of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code; and |
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a clearing agency registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act. |
The Depository holds securities of institutions that have
accounts with the Depository (participants) and
facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities
transactions among its participants in such securities through
electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its participants,
thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. The Depositorys participants include
securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing
corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (or
their representatives) own the Depository. Indirect access to
the Depositorys book-entry system is also available to
others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies
(indirect participants) that clear through or
maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either
directly or indirectly. Investors who are not participants may
beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of the
Depository only through participants or indirect participants.
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We expect that, upon the issuance of a global debt security, the
Depository will credit, on its book-entry registration and
transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the debt
securities represented by such global debt security to the
accounts of participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in
the global debt securities will be limited to participants or
persons that may hold interests, directly or indirectly, through
participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global
debt securities will be shown on, and the transfer of those
beneficial interests will be effected only through, records
maintained by the Depository (with respect to participants
interests) and records maintained by participants and indirect
participants (with respect to the owners of beneficial interests
in the global debt securities other than participants).
Likewise, beneficial interests in global debt securities may be
transferred only in accordance with the Depositorys
procedures, in addition to those provided for under the
indentures. The laws of some jurisdictions may require that
certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such
debt securities in definitive form. Such limits and laws may
impair the ability to transfer or pledge beneficial interests in
the global debt securities.
So long as the Depository or its nominee is the registered
holder of the global debt securities of any series, the
Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner and holder of the related debt
securities for all purposes under the applicable indenture.
Except as described herein, owners of beneficial interests in
the global debt securities will not be entitled to have the debt
securities represented by such global debt securities registered
in their names and will not receive or be entitled to receive
physical delivery of certificated debt securities. In addition,
owners of beneficial interests in the global debt securities
will not be considered to be the owners or registered holders of
the debt securities represented by those beneficial interests
under the applicable indenture for any purpose, including with
respect to the giving of any direction, instruction or approval
to the trustee. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial
interest in a global debt security of any series must rely on
the procedures of the Depository and, if such person is not a
participant, on the procedures of the person or persons through
which such person owns its beneficial interest in order to
exercise any right of a registered holder of debt securities of
that series. We understand that under existing industry
practice, in the event that the Depository is entitled to take
any action as the registered holder of a global debt security,
the Depository would authorize its participants to take such
action and that the participants and the indirect participants
would authorize owners of beneficial interests owning through
them to take such action or would otherwise act upon the
instructions of owners of beneficial interests.
Payment of principal of and any premium or interest on debt
securities represented by a global debt security registered in
the name of the Depository or its nominee will be made to the
Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered
holder of such global debt security. We expect that the
Depository or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment in
respect of a global debt security, will credit its
participants accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the
principal amount of such global debt security as shown on the
records of the Depository or its nominee. We also expect that
payments by participants and indirect participants to owners of
beneficial interests in a global debt security will be governed
by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the
responsibility of such participants and indirect participants
and not of the Depository. We will not have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or
payments made on account of, ownership of beneficial interests
in the global debt securities or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests or
for any other aspect of the relationship between the Depository
and its participants and indirect participants or the
relationship between such participants and indirect participants
and the owners of beneficial interests owning through such
participants and indirect participants.
The information in this subsection Book-Entry;
Delivery and Form concerning the Depository and its
book-entry system has been obtained from sources that we believe
to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy
thereof.
Holding Company Structure
The debt securities will initially be guaranteed by certain of
our subsidiaries. See Guarantees below.
However, a substantial portion of our revenue and income is
generated by, and a substantial portion of our assets is held
by, subsidiaries of ours that are not Guarantors of the debt
securities. We refer to these subsidiaries as the
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries.
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We are a holding company, and we conduct our operations through
subsidiaries. We derive substantially all our revenues from our
subsidiaries, and all our operating assets are owned by our
subsidiaries. As a result, our cash flow and our ability to
service our debt, including the debt securities, depends on the
results of operations of our subsidiaries and upon the ability
of our subsidiaries to provide us cash to pay amounts due on our
obligations, including the debt securities. Our subsidiaries are
separate and distinct legal entities, and the Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries have no obligation to make payments on the debt
securities or to make any funds available for that purpose. In
addition, dividends, loans, or other distributions from our
subsidiaries to us may be subject to contractual and other
restrictions, are dependent upon results of operations of our
subsidiaries, may be subject to tax or other laws limiting our
ability to repatriate funds from our foreign subsidiaries, and
are subject to other business considerations.
Because of our holding company structure, the debt securities
will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future
liabilities of our Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. These liabilities
may include indebtedness, trade payables, guarantees, lease
obligations and letter of credit obligations. Therefore, our
rights and the rights of our creditors, including the holders of
the debt securities, to participate in the assets of any
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary upon that subsidiarys liquidation
or reorganization will be subject to the prior claims of that
subsidiarys creditors and of the holders of any
indebtedness or other obligations guaranteed by that subsidiary,
except to the extent that we may ourselves be a creditor with
recognized claims against that subsidiary. However, even if we
are a creditor of one of our Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, our
claims would still be effectively subordinated to any security
interests in, or mortgages or other liens on, the assets of that
subsidiary and would be subordinate to any indebtedness of that
subsidiary senior to that held by us.
See Ranking Subordination of
Senior Subordinated Debt Securities and Guarantees and
Ranking Subordination of
Subordinated Debt Securities and Guarantees below for
information as to the terms on which the senior subordinated
debt securities and the subordinated debt securities and the
related Guarantees will be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Indebtedness. The debt securities and the Guarantees will
also be effectively subordinated to our secured indebtedness and
to the secured indebtedness of the Guarantors, respectively.
Guarantees
The senior indenture provides that payment of principal of and
any premium and interest on the senior debt securities will be
unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an
unsecured senior basis by the Guarantors. The senior
subordinated indenture provides that payment of principal of and
any premium and interest on the senior subordinated debt
securities will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and
severally, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by the
Guarantors. The subordinated indenture provides that payment of
principal of and any premium and interest on the subordinated
debt securities will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and
severally, on an unsecured subordinated basis by the Guarantors.
Each indenture provides that the obligations of each Guarantor
under its Guarantee are limited to the maximum amount as will,
after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor, result in the obligations of such
Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. However,
there can be no assurance that, notwithstanding this limitation,
a court would not find that a Guarantee violated applicable
fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar
laws. If that were to occur, the court could void the applicable
Guarantors obligations under that Guarantee, subordinate
that Guarantee to other debt of the Guarantor or take other
action detrimental to holders of the debt securities, including
directing the return of any payments received by holders from
the applicable Guarantor.
Ranking of Guarantees. For information regarding the
ranking of the Guarantees of the senior debt securities, the
Guarantees of the senior subordinated debt securities and the
Guarantees of the subordinated debt securities, see
Ranking below.
Release of Guarantors. Each indenture provides that, for
so long as KB Home is a party to or otherwise bound by the
terms of the Credit Facility or any Substitute Credit Facility,
if a Guarantor is released from all of its guarantees under or
pursuant to the Credit Facility and all Substitute Credit
Facilities, such Guarantor shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged from all of its
obligations under such indenture and its
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Guarantee of the debt securities issued under such indenture
without any further action required on the part of KB Home,
the other Guarantors, the trustee under such indenture or any
holder of debt securities issued under such indenture; provided
that all guarantees by such Guarantor of any other Indebtedness
of KB Home and any Subsidiaries of KB Home are
terminated at or prior to the time of such release. Each
indenture also provides that, for so long as KB Home is not
a party to or bound by the terms of the Credit Facility or any
Substitute Credit Facility, if a Guarantor shall cease to be a
Domestic Significant Subsidiary, such Guarantor shall be
automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from
all of its obligations under such indenture and its Guarantee of
the debt securities issued under such indenture without any
further action required on the part of KB Home, the other
Guarantors, the trustee under such indenture or any holder of
debt securities issued under such indenture; provided that all
guarantees by such Guarantor of any other Indebtedness of
KB Home and any Subsidiaries of KB Home (other than,
in the case of the senior subordinated indenture, guarantees
that constitute Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor under the
senior subordinated indenture and, in the case of the
subordinated indenture, guarantees that constitute Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor under the subordinated indenture)
are terminated at or prior to the time of such release.
Additional Guarantors. Each indenture provides that, for
so long as KB Home is a party to or bound by the terms of
the Credit Facility or any Substitute Credit Facility, if any
Subsidiary of KB Home that is not then a Guarantor
guarantees any indebtedness or other obligations of KB Home
under the Credit Facility or any Substitute Credit Facility,
then, contemporaneously with or prior to the effectiveness of
such guarantee, KB Home shall cause such Subsidiary to
enter into a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such
Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor under such indenture. Each
indenture also provides that, for so long as KB Home is not
a party to or bound by the terms of the Credit Facility or any
Substitute Credit Facility, if any Subsidiary of KB Home
that is not a Guarantor either (a) is or becomes a Domestic
Significant Subsidiary or (b) guarantees any Subject Notes,
then KB Home shall cause such Subsidiary to enter into a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary becomes
a Guarantor under such indenture.
Each indenture also provides that, anything therein to the
contrary notwithstanding, KB Home will not cause or permit
any of its Subsidiaries to guarantee any of the Subject Notes
unless such Subsidiary is either a Guarantor of the debt
securities under such indenture or, contemporaneously with or
prior to the effectiveness of such Subsidiarys guarantee
of such Subject Notes, such Subsidiary enters into a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary becomes
a Guarantor under such indenture.
As used in the three preceding paragraphs, the term
guarantee (but not the term Guarantee)
means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing
any Indebtedness of any other Person including, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person to purchase or
pay principal of or interest on (or advance or supply funds or
pledge assets for the purchase or payment of or payment of
interest on) Indebtedness of such other Person (whether by
agreement to provide additional capital or to maintain financial
condition or other similar agreement), and such term, when used
as a verb in any of the three preceding paragraphs, shall have a
correlative meaning.
Ranking
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Ranking of Senior Debt Securities and Guarantees |
Our senior debt securities will be unsecured and will rank
equally in right of payment with all of our other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness. Each Guarantee of senior debt
securities by a Guarantor will be an unsecured senior obligation
of such Guarantor and will rank equally in right of payment with
all of such Guarantors other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness and guarantees. However, the senior debt securities
will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future
liabilities of our Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, and the senior
debt securities and each Guarantors Guarantee of the
senior debt securities will also be effectively subordinated to
all existing and future secured indebtedness of us and of such
Guarantor, respectively, all as described above under
Holding Company Structure.
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Subordination of Senior Subordinated Debt Securities and
Guarantees |
Our senior subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and
will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the
extent and in the manner provided in the senior subordinated
indenture, to all of our existing and future Senior
Indebtedness, including the senior debt securities. Each
Guarantee of senior subordinated debt securities by a Guarantor
will be an unsecured obligation of such Guarantor and will be
subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner provided in the senior subordinated indenture, to all
of such Guarantors existing and future Senior
Indebtedness, including any Guarantees of senior debt securities.
The senior subordinated indenture defines Senior
Indebtedness with respect to KB Home or any Guarantor
of the senior subordinated debt securities, as the case may be,
to mean the principal of (and premium, if any) and unpaid
interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a
petition initiating any proceeding pursuant to any Bankruptcy
Laws, whether or not the payment of such interest is permitted
by law) or accrued original issue discount on and other amounts
due on or in connection with any Debt incurred, assumed or
guaranteed by KB Home or such Guarantor, respectively,
whether outstanding on the date of the senior subordinated
indenture or thereafter incurred, assumed or guaranteed and all
renewals, extensions and refundings of any such Debt;
provided, however, that the following will not constitute
Senior Indebtedness of KB Home or such Guarantor, as the
case may be:
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any Debt of KB Home or such Guarantor, as the case may be,
as to which, in the instrument creating the same or evidencing
the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is
expressly provided that such Debt is subordinate in right of
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any Debt of KB Home or such Guarantor, as the case may be,
which by its terms refers explicitly, in the case of
KB Home, to the senior subordinated debt securities, or, in
the case of such Guarantor, to the Guarantees of the senior
subordinated debt securities and states that such Debt shall not
be senior in right of payment to the senior subordinated debt
securities or the Guarantees of the senior subordinated debt
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home in respect
of the senior subordinated debt securities; |
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in the case of such Guarantor, all Guarantees of such Guarantor
in respect the senior subordinated debt securities; |
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home to any
Subsidiary of KB Home; |
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in the case of such Guarantor, any Debt of such Guarantor to any
Subsidiary of such Guarantor or of KB Home; |
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home to any
joint venture or partnership, which joint venture or partnership
is required, under generally accepted accounting principles, to
be consolidated in KB Homes consolidated financial
statements; |
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in the case of such Guarantor, any Debt of such Guarantor to any
joint venture or partnership, which joint venture or partnership
is required, under generally accepted accounting principles, to
be consolidated in KB Homes or such Guarantors
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home that by
its terms ranks pari passu with or subordinate to the senior
subordinated debt securities; and |
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in the case of such Guarantor, any Debt of such Guarantor that
by its terms ranks pari passu with or subordinate to such
Guarantors Guarantees of the senior subordinated debt
securities. |
The senior subordinated indenture provides that, for purposes of
the foregoing definition, all references to Debt of any
Guarantor shall include all obligations of such Guarantor as a
guarantor of any Debt of others and, without limitation to the
foregoing, any guarantee by such Guarantor of any senior debt
securities issued by KB Home under the senior indenture
shall constitute Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
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Anti-Layering Covenant. The senior subordinated indenture
provides that neither KB Home nor any Guarantor of the
senior subordinated debt securities will incur any Debt that is
subordinated by the terms of the instrument creating such Debt
in right of payment to any other Debt of KB Home or of such
Guarantor, respectively, and that is not expressly by the terms
of the instrument creating such Debt made pari passu with, or
subordinate and junior in right of payment to, the senior
subordinated debt securities or such Guarantors Guarantee
of the senior subordinated debt securities, respectively. The
senior subordinated indenture provides that, for purposes of the
preceding sentence, references to Debt of any Guarantor shall
include all obligations of such Guarantor as guarantor of any
Debt of others.
Subordination Following Insolvency or Bankruptcy. The
senior subordinated indenture provides that, upon any
distribution of our assets in the event of:
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any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case
or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to us or our
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any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of us, whether
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any assignment for the benefit of our creditors or any other
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then and in that event:
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holders of our Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive
payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in
respect of all of our Senior Indebtedness, or provision will be
made for that payment in cash, before holders of senior
subordinated debt securities are entitled to receive any payment
on account of the principal of or any premium or interest on or
any other amount owing in respect of the senior subordinated
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any payment or distribution of our assets, of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, by set-off
or otherwise, to which holders of senior subordinated debt
securities would be entitled but for the subordination
provisions in the senior subordinated indenture will, subject to
limited exceptions, be paid directly to the holders of our
Senior Indebtedness or their representatives to the extent
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In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions described in
the preceding paragraph, the trustee under the senior
subordinated indenture or the holder of any senior subordinated
debt securities receives any payment or distribution of our
assets, subject to limited exceptions, before all of our Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full or payment of all of our Senior
Indebtedness is provided for, that payment or distribution will
be held in trust for the benefit of and paid over or delivered
to the holders of that Senior Indebtedness or their
representatives to the extent necessary to pay all of our Senior
Indebtedness in full.
Our consolidation with or our merger into another corporation or
our liquidation or dissolution following the conveyance or
transfer of all or substantially all our assets to another
Person upon the terms and conditions described below under
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
will not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or
marshalling of our assets and liabilities for the purposes of
the subordination provisions described above if the successor or
transferee Person shall, as a part of that transaction, comply
with the conditions described under
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.
Prohibition on Payments Following Acceleration of the Senior
Subordinated Debt Securities. If payment of any of our
senior subordinated debt securities is accelerated because of an
Event of Default, we must promptly notify holders of our Senior
Indebtedness of the acceleration. We may not pay or acquire the
senior subordinated debt securities until 135 days have
passed after that acceleration occurs and may thereafter pay or
acquire the senior subordinated debt securities only if we are
permitted to do so under the subordination provisions of our
senior subordinated indenture.
Prohibition on Payments Following Certain Defaults on Senior
Indebtedness. We may not make any payment of the principal
of or any premium or interest on or any other amount owing in
respect of the senior
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subordinated debt securities, and we may not acquire any senior
subordinated debt securities for cash or property, if:
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unless that default relates to a failure by us to make any
payment in respect of that Senior Indebtedness when due or
within any applicable grace period (a Payment
Default), that default is either the subject of judicial
proceedings or we receive notice of the default. If we receive
notice of the default, then a similar notice received within
nine months after the original notice relating to the same
default on the same issue of our Senior Indebtedness will not be
effective for purposes of the provisions described in this
paragraph. |
We may resume making payments on the senior subordinated debt
securities and may acquire senior subordinated debt securities
if and when:
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(1) 135 days pass after, in the case of a Payment
Default, the later of the date that payment was due and the
expiration of any applicable grace period for that payment or,
in the case of any other such default, the date the related
judicial proceedings commence or that notice of the default is
given to us, as the case may be, and (2) the Senior
Indebtedness in respect of which the default exists has not been
declared due and payable in its entirety within that
135 day period or, if declared due and payable, that
declaration has been rescinded, waived or annulled; or |
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the default with respect to the applicable Senior Indebtedness
is cured or waived, |
and, in any case described above, the subordination provisions
of the senior subordinated indenture otherwise permit the
payment or acquisition of senior subordinated debt securities at
that time.
In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions described in
the two immediately preceding paragraphs, we make any payment to
the trustee for, or the holders of, the senior subordinated debt
securities that is prohibited by those provisions, then that
payment will be held in trust for the benefit of and be paid
over or delivered to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or
their representatives.
Subordination Provisions Applicable to the Guarantors and
Prohibitions on Payments by the Guarantors. A
Guarantors obligations under its Guarantee of our senior
subordinated debt securities are senior subordinated obligations
of such Guarantor. As a result, a Guarantors obligations
to make payments under its Guarantee of our senior subordinated
debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to all
existing and future Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor on
substantially the same terms (as described above) that our
obligations to make payments on our senior subordinated debt
securities are subordinated in right of payment to all of our
existing and future Senior Indebtedness. Accordingly, payments
under each Guarantors Guarantee of the senior subordinated
debt securities will be subordinated to the prior payment of all
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor under subordination and
payment blockage provisions substantially the same as those
pursuant to which our obligations under the senior subordinated
debt securities will be subordinated to the prior payment of our
Senior Indebtedness as described above. For example, in the
event of any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding
relative to a Guarantor, holders of Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor will be entitled to receive payment in full of all
amounts due or to become due in respect of the Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor before any payment is made under
its Guarantee of the senior subordinated debt securities, all on
terms substantially similar to those described above under
Subordination Following Insolvency or
Bankruptcy. Likewise, each Guarantor will be prohibited
from making any payment under its Guarantee of the senior
subordinated debt securities if the senior subordinated debt
securities are accelerated because of an Event of Default or if
a default on Senior Indebtedness of KB Home permitting
holders of that Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity
occurs and is continuing, all on terms substantially similar to
those described above under Prohibition on
Payments Following Acceleration of the Senior Subordinated Debt
Securities and Prohibition on Payments
Following Certain Defaults on Senior Indebtedness. In
addition, the payment blockage provisions described under
Prohibition on Payments Following Certain
Defaults on Senior Indebtedness, insofar as they apply to
any Guarantor of the senior subordinated debt securities, will
also prohibit such Guarantor from making any payment under its
Guarantee of the senior subordinated debt securities if a
default on
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Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor permitting holders of that
Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity occurs and is
continuing.
The consolidation of any Guarantor with, or the merger of any
Guarantor into, another corporation or the liquidation or
dissolution of any Guarantor following the conveyance or
transfer of all or substantially all its assets to another
Person upon the terms and conditions described below under
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
will not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or
marshalling of assets and liabilities of such Guarantor for the
purposes of the subordination provisions described above under
Subordination Following Insolvency or
Bankruptcy if the successor or transferee Person shall, as
part of that transaction and if required by the provisions
described above under Guarantees
Additional Guarantors, become a Guarantor in accordance
with the applicable provisions described above under
Guarantees Additional
Guarantors.
As a result of these subordination provisions, our creditors and
creditors of Guarantors of our senior subordinated debt
securities who hold neither our senior subordinated debt
securities nor our Senior Indebtedness may recover less,
ratably, than holders of our Senior Indebtedness and may recover
more, ratably, than the holders of our senior subordinated debt
securities.
The senior subordinated indenture will further provide that,
anything therein to the contrary notwithstanding, the senior
subordinated debt securities shall in all respects rank pari
passu in right of payment with KB Homes outstanding
85/8% senior
subordinated notes due 2008,
73/4% senior
subordinated notes due 2010 and
91/2% senior
subordinated notes due 2011, and each Guarantors Guarantee
of the senior subordinated debt securities shall in all respects
rank pari passu in right of payment with such Guarantors
guarantee of the
85/8% senior
subordinated notes due 2008,
73/4% senior
subordinated notes due 2010 and
91/2
% senior subordinated notes due 2011.
If this prospectus is being delivered in connection with a
series of senior subordinated debt securities, the accompanying
prospectus supplement or the information incorporated by
reference in this prospectus will indicate the approximate
amount of our Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of a recent
date.
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Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities and
Guarantees |
Our subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be
subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner provided in the subordinated indenture, to all of our
existing and future Senior Indebtedness, including the senior
debt securities and the senior subordinated debt securities.
Each Guarantee of subordinated debt securities by a Guarantor
will be an unsecured obligation of such Guarantor and will be
subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner provided in the subordinated indenture, to all of
such Guarantors existing and future Senior Indebtedness,
including any Guarantees of senior debt securities and senior
subordinated debt securities.
The subordinated indenture defines Senior
Indebtedness with respect to KB Home or any Guarantor
of the subordinated debt securities, as the case may be, to mean
the principal of (and premium, if any) and unpaid interest
(including interest accruing after the filing of a petition
initiating any proceeding pursuant to any Bankruptcy Laws,
whether or not the payment of such interest is permitted by law)
or accrued original issue discount on and other amounts due on
or in connection with any Debt incurred, assumed or guaranteed
by KB Home or such Guarantor, respectively, whether
outstanding on the date of the subordinated indenture or
thereafter incurred, assumed or guaranteed and all renewals,
extensions and refundings of any such Debt; provided,
however, that the following will not constitute Senior
Indebtedness of KB Home or such Guarantor, as the case may
be:
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any Debt of KB Home or such Guarantor, as the case may be,
as to which, in the instrument creating the same or evidencing
the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is
expressly provided that such Debt is subordinate in right of
payment to all other Debt of KB Home or such Guarantor, as
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any Debt of KB Home or such Guarantor, as the case may be,
which by its terms refers explicitly, in the case of
KB Home, to the subordinated debt securities, or, in the
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of the subordinated debt securities and states that such Debt
shall not be senior in right of payment to the subordinated debt
securities or the Guarantees of the subordinated debt
securities, as the case may be; |
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home in respect
of the subordinated debt securities; |
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in the case of such Guarantor, all Guarantees of such Guarantor
in respect the subordinated debt securities; |
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home to any
Subsidiary of KB Home; |
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in the case of such Guarantor, any Debt of such Guarantor to any
Subsidiary of such Guarantor or of KB Home; |
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home to any
joint venture or partnership, which joint venture or partnership
is required, under generally accepted accounting principles, to
be consolidated in KB Homes consolidated financial
statements; |
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in the case of such Guarantor, any Debt of such Guarantor to any
joint venture or partnership, which joint venture or partnership
is required, under generally accepted accounting principles, to
be consolidated in KB Homes or such Guarantors
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in the case of KB Home, any Debt of KB Home that by
its terms ranks pari passu with or subordinate to the
subordinated debt securities; and |
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in the case of such Guarantor, any Debt of such Guarantor that
by its terms ranks pari passu with or subordinate to such
Guarantors Guarantees of the subordinated debt securities. |
The subordinated indenture provides that, for purposes of the
foregoing definition, all references to Debt of any Guarantor
shall include all obligations of such Guarantor as a guarantor
of any Debt of others and, without limitation to the foregoing,
any guarantee by such Guarantor of (a) senior debt securities
issued by KB Home under the senior indenture or (b) KB
Homes
85/8% senior
subordinated notes due 2008,
73/4% senior
subordinated notes due 2010 and
91/2
% senior subordinated notes due 2011 shall
constitute Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
Subordination Following Insolvency or Bankruptcy. The
subordinated indenture provides that, upon any distribution of
our assets in the event of:
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any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case
or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to us or our
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any assignment for the benefit of our creditors or any other
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then and in that event:
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holders of our Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive
payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in
respect of all of our Senior Indebtedness, or provision will be
made for that payment in cash, before holders of subordinated
debt securities are entitled to receive any payment on account
of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any other
amount owing in respect of the subordinated debt
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any payment or distribution of our assets, of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, by set-off
or otherwise, to which holders of subordinated debt securities
would be entitled but for the subordination provisions in the
subordinated indenture will, subject to limited exceptions, be
paid directly to the holders of our Senior Indebtedness or their
representatives to the extent necessary to pay in full all of
our Senior Indebtedness. |
In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions described in
the preceding paragraph, the trustee under the subordinated
indenture or the holder of any subordinated debt securities
receives any payment or distribution of
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our assets, subject to limited exceptions, before all of our
Senior Indebtedness is paid in full or payment of all of our
Senior Indebtedness is provided for, that payment or
distribution will be held in trust for the benefit of and paid
over or delivered to the holders of that Senior Indebtedness or
their representatives to the extent necessary to pay all of our
Senior Indebtedness in full.
Our consolidation with or our merger into another corporation or
our liquidation or dissolution following the conveyance or
transfer of all or substantially all our assets to another
Person upon the terms and conditions described below under
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
will not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or
marshalling of our assets and liabilities for the purposes of
the subordination provisions described above if the successor or
transferee Person shall, as a part of that transaction, comply
with the conditions described under
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.
Prohibition on Payments Following Acceleration of the
Subordinated Debt Securities. If payment of any of our
subordinated debt securities is accelerated because of an Event
of Default, we must promptly notify holders of our Senior
Indebtedness of the acceleration. We may not pay or acquire the
subordinated debt securities until 135 days have passed
after that acceleration occurs and may thereafter pay or acquire
the subordinated debt securities only if we are permitted to do
so under the subordination provisions of our subordinated
indenture.
Prohibition on Payments Following Certain Defaults on Senior
Indebtedness. We may not make any payment of the principal
of or any premium or interest on or any other amount owing in
respect of the subordinated debt securities, and we may not
acquire any subordinated debt securities for cash or property,
if:
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a default on our Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing
that permits holders of that Senior Indebtedness to accelerate
its maturity, and |
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unless that default relates to a failure by us to make any
payment in respect of that Senior Indebtedness when due or
within any applicable grace period (a Payment
Default), that default is either the subject of judicial
proceedings or we receive notice of the default. If we receive
notice of the default, then a similar notice received within
nine months after the original notice relating to the same
default on the same issue of our Senior Indebtedness will not be
effective for purposes of the provisions described in this
paragraph. |
We may resume making payments on the subordinated debt
securities and may acquire subordinated debt securities if and
when:
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(1) 135 days pass after, in the case of a Payment
Default, the later of the date that payment was due and the
expiration of any applicable grace period for that payment or,
in the case of any other such default, the date the related
judicial proceedings commence or that notice of the default is
given to us, as the case may be, and (2) the Senior
Indebtedness in respect of which the default exists has not been
declared due and payable in its entirety within that
135 day period or, if declared due and payable, that
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and, in any case described above, the subordination provisions
of the subordinated indenture otherwise permit the payment or
acquisition of subordinated debt securities at that time.
In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions described in
the two immediately preceding paragraphs, we make any payment to
the trustee for, or the holders of, the subordinated debt
securities that is prohibited by those provisions, then that
payment will be held in trust for the benefit of and be paid
over or delivered to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or
their representatives.
Subordination Provisions Applicable to the Guarantors and
Prohibitions on Payments by the Guarantors. A
Guarantors obligations under its Guarantee of our
subordinated debt securities are subordinated obligations of
such Guarantor. As a result, a Guarantors obligations to
make payments under its Guarantee of our subordinated debt
securities will be subordinated in right of payment to all
existing and future Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor on
substantially the same terms (as described above) that our
obligations to make payments on our
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subordinated debt securities are subordinated in right of
payment to all of our existing and future Senior Indebtedness.
Accordingly, payments under each Guarantors Guarantee of
the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to the
prior payment of all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor under
subordination and payment blockage provisions substantially the
same as those pursuant to which our obligations under the
subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to the prior
payment of our Senior Indebtedness as described above. For
example, in the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy case or
proceeding relative to a Guarantor, holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor will be entitled to receive
payment in full of all amounts due or to become due in respect
of the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor before any payment
is made under its Guarantee of the subordinated debt securities,
all on terms substantially similar to those described above
under Subordination Following Insolvency or
Bankruptcy. Likewise, each Guarantor will be prohibited
from making any payment under its Guarantee of the subordinated
debt securities if the subordinated debt securities are
accelerated because of an Event of Default or if a default on
Senior Indebtedness of KB Home permitting holders of that Senior
Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity occurs and is
continuing, all on terms substantially similar to those
described above under Prohibition on Payments
Following Acceleration of the Subordinated Debt Securities
and Prohibition on Payments Following Certain
Defaults on Senior Indebtedness. In addition, the payment
blockage provisions described under
Prohibition on Payments Following Certain
Defaults on Senior Indebtedness, insofar as they apply to
any Guarantor of the subordinated debt securities, will also
prohibit such Guarantor from making any payment under its
Guarantee of the subordinated debt securities if a default on
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor permitting holders of that
Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity occurs and is
continuing.
The consolidation of any Guarantor with, or the merger of any
Guarantor into, another corporation or the liquidation or
dissolution of any Guarantor following the conveyance or
transfer of all or substantially all its assets to another
Person upon the terms and conditions described below under
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
will not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or
marshalling of assets and liabilities of such Guarantor for the
purposes of the subordination provisions described above under
Subordination Following Insolvency or
Bankruptcy if the successor or transferee Person shall, as
part of that transaction and if required by the provisions
described above under Guarantees
Additional Guarantors, become a Guarantor in accordance
with the applicable provisions described above under
Guarantees Additional
Guarantors.
As a result of these subordination provisions, our creditors and
creditors of Guarantors of our subordinated debt securities who
hold neither our subordinated debt securities nor our Senior
Indebtedness may recover less, ratably, than holders of our
Senior Indebtedness and may recover more, ratably, than the
holders of our subordinated debt securities.
If this prospectus is being delivered in connection with a
series of subordinated debt securities, the accompanying
prospectus supplement or the information incorporated by
reference in this prospectus will indicate the approximate
amount of our Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of a recent
date.
Certain Covenants
Unless otherwise expressly provided in the prospectus supplement
applicable to any series of debt securities, the following
covenants will be applicable with respect to each series of
senior debt securities but will not be applicable with respect
to any series of senior subordinated debt securities or
subordinated debt securities.
Except as described below with respect to the senior indenture,
none of the indentures limits the amount of secured or unsecured
indebtedness or the amount of lease obligations or other
liabilities that may be incurred by us, our subsidiaries or
entities in which we have an ownership interest but which do not
constitute subsidiaries. Neither we nor any of our subsidiaries
is restricted under any of the indentures from paying dividends
or issuing or repurchasing securities. In addition, none of the
indentures contains any provision that would permit holders of
debt securities issued under that indenture to require us to
repurchase those debt securities in the event of a change in
control of us or otherwise, nor do any of the indentures contain
provisions intended to protect investors in the event of a
recapitalization, highly leveraged transaction or other similar
transaction affecting us or our subsidiaries.
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As described below, the senior indenture contains a covenant
that limits the ability of KB Home and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to incur Secured Debt and a covenant that limits
the ability of KB Home and its Restricted Subsidiaries to
enter into certain Sale and Leaseback Transactions. However,
these covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions
and limitations and prospective purchasers of senior debt
securities should carefully review the information with respect
to these covenants and the related definitions appearing below.
In that regard, the senior indenture does not limit the amount
of unsecured indebtedness or the amount of lease obligations
(other than lease obligations under certain Sale and Leaseback
Transactions) or other liabilities that may be incurred by us
and our Restricted Subsidiaries, nor does the senior indenture
limit the amount of indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured,
or the amount of lease obligations or other liabilities that may
be incurred by our subsidiaries which are not Restricted
Subsidiaries or by entities in which we have an ownership
interest but do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries.
The senior indenture contains, among others, the following
covenants:
Restrictions on Secured Debt. The senior indenture
provides that KB Home will not, and will not cause or
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or
guarantee any Secured Debt unless the senior debt securities are
secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured
Debt; provided that this restriction does not prohibit the
creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of Secured Debt
which is secured by:
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(1) Security Interests on (a) model homes,
(b) homes held for sale, (c) homes that are under
contract for sale, (d) contracts for the sale of homes,
(e) land (improved or unimproved), (f) manufacturing
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(2) Security Interests on property at the time of its
acquisition by KB Home or a Restricted Subsidiary which
Security Interests secure obligations assumed by KB Home or
a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of
such property or on the property of a corporation or other
entity at the time it is merged into or consolidated with
KB Home or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Secured Debt
created in contemplation of the acquisition of such property or
the consummation of such a merger or consolidation or where the
Security Interest attaches to or affects any property owned by
KB Home or a Restricted Subsidiary prior to such
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agreements or title retention agreements with respect to
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Restricted Subsidiary in connection with pollution control,
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(5) Security Interests securing Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary owing to KB Home or a Restricted
Subsidiary that is wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by
KB Home and Security Interests securing KB Homes
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(6) Security Interests for the sole purpose of extending,
renewing or replacing in whole or in part Secured Debt referred
to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (5), inclusive, or in
this clause (6); provided, however, that the Secured Debt
excluded pursuant to this clause (6) shall be excluded only
in an amount not to exceed the principal amount of the Secured
Debt being extended, renewed, or replaced at the time of such
extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension,
renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or part of the
assets subject to the Security Interest so extended, renewed or
replaced (plus refurbishment of or improvements thereon or
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In addition, KB Home and its Restricted Subsidiaries may
create, incur, assume or guarantee Secured Debt, without equally
and ratably securing the senior debt securities, if immediately
thereafter the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of
all Secured Debt outstanding (excluding Secured Debt permitted
under clauses (1) through (6) above and any Secured
Debt in relation to which the senior debt securities have been
secured equally and ratably (or prior to)) and (b) all
Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions
(excluding Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback
Transactions satisfying the conditions set forth in
clauses (1), (2) and (3) of the first sentence,
or meeting the requirements set forth in the second sentence,
under
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Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions) as of the date of determination would not
exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of such date.
A substantial portion of the book value of the assets of
KB Home and its Restricted Subsidiaries could be pledged to
secure Indebtedness without complying with the foregoing
covenant. Among other things, this covenant allows KB Home
and its Restricted Subsidiaries to incur Indebtedness secured by
homes held for sale, homes that are under contract for sale,
contracts for the sale of homes and both improved and unimproved
land, which in the past have typically represented a substantial
portion of the book value of KB Homes consolidated
assets. Accordingly, investors should be aware that this
covenant allows KB Home and its Restricted Subsidiaries to
incur substantial amounts of Secured Debt without being required
to secure the senior debt securities.
The provisions described above with respect to limitations on
Secured Debt are also not applicable to certain types of
Non-Recourse Indebtedness by virtue of the definition of Secured
Debt, and will not restrict or limit KB Homes or its
Restricted Subsidiaries ability to create, incur, assume
or guarantee any unsecured Indebtedness, or the ability of any
of our subsidiaries that is not a Restricted Subsidiary to
create, incur, assume or guarantee any secured or unsecured
Indebtedness.
Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The
senior indenture provides that KB Home will not, and will
not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction after the date of the senior
indenture, unless:
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(2) fair value is received by KB Home or the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary for the property sold (as determined in
good faith pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors
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(3) KB Home or such Restricted Subsidiary, within
365 days after the completion of the Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, applies, or enters into a definitive agreement to
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to the redemption, repayment or retirement of (a) any
senior debt securities outstanding under the senior indenture,
(b) any indebtedness of KB Home that is for borrowed
money or is evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar
instrument (other than a trade payable or a current liability
arising in the ordinary course of business) and which
indebtedness ranks equally in right of payment with the senior
debt securities issued under the senior indenture, or
(c) any indebtedness of any Guarantor that is for borrowed
money or is evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar
instrument (other than a trade payable or a current liability
arising in the ordinary course of business) and which
indebtedness ranks equally in right of payment with the
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property used in its respective trade or business. |
This provision will not apply to a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction if, at the time such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
is entered into, the term of the related lease to KB Home
or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary of the property being
sold pursuant to such transaction is three years or less. In
addition, KB Home and its Restricted Subsidiaries may,
without complying with the above restrictions, enter into a Sale
and Leaseback Transaction if immediately thereafter the sum of
(a) the aggregate principal amount of all Secured Debt
outstanding (excluding Secured Debt permitted under
clauses (1) through (6) of the first paragraph under
Restrictions on Secured Debt above and
any Secured Debt in relation to which the senior debt securities
have been secured equally and ratably (or prior to)) and
(b) all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback
Transactions (excluding Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and
Leaseback Transactions satisfying the conditions set forth in
clauses (1), (2) and (3) of the first sentence,
or meeting the requirements set forth in the second sentence,
under this caption Restrictions on Sale and
Leaseback Transactions) as of the date of determination
would not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of
such date.
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Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
Each indenture provides that neither we nor any of the
Guarantors will, in any transaction or series of related
transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any other Person
or sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise convey all or
substantially all its properties and assets to any other Person
unless:
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either (1) we or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall
be the continuing Person (in the case of a merger) or
(2) the successor Person (if other than us or such
Guarantor, as the case may be) formed by or resulting from the
consolidation or merger or to which such properties and assets
shall have been sold, leased, assigned, transferred or otherwise
conveyed (A) is, in the case of a merger, consolidation or
other such transaction involving us, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume, by a supplemental indenture, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all
the debt securities outstanding under such indenture and the due
and punctual performance and observance of all our other
obligations under such indenture and the debt securities
outstanding thereunder, and which supplemental indenture shall
provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the
provisions of any debt securities outstanding under such
indenture that are convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock
or other securities and for the affirmation by all the
Guarantors of their Guarantees and other obligations under such
indenture, and (B) is, in the case of a merger,
consolidation or other such transaction involving a Guarantor, a
corporation or other entity organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia and (except in the case of a merger of such
Guarantor into, or a sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other
conveyance of all or substantially all such Guarantors
properties and assets to, us) shall expressly assume, by a
supplemental indenture, the due and punctual performance and
observance of all the Guarantors obligations under such
indenture (including its Guarantee), and which supplemental
indenture shall provide for the affirmation by all the
Guarantors of their Guarantees and other obligations under such
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immediately after giving effect to such transaction or
transactions, no Event of Default under such indenture, and no
event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become
an Event of Default under such indenture, shall have occurred
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the trustee shall have received the officers certificate
and opinion of counsel called for by such indenture. |
Upon any consolidation by us or any Guarantor with, or any
merger of us or any Guarantor into, any other Person or any
sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of us or any
Guarantor to any Person in accordance with the provisions of any
indenture described above, the successor Person formed by the
consolidation or into which we are or such Guarantor, as the
case may be, is merged or to which the sale, lease, assignment,
transfer or other conveyance is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, us or (except in the case of a merger of such
Guarantor into, or a sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other
conveyance of all or substantially all such Guarantors
properties and assets to, us) such Guarantor, as the case may
be, and may exercise every right and power of ours or (except in
the case of a merger of such Guarantor into, or a sale, lease,
assignment, transfer or other conveyance of all or substantially
all such Guarantors properties and assets to, us) such
Guarantor, as the case may be, under such indenture with the
same effect as if such successor Person had been named as KB
Home or such Guarantor, as applicable, therein; and thereafter,
except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be
released from all obligations and covenants under such indenture
and, in the case of a transaction involving us, the debt
securities issued under such indenture or, in the case of a
transaction involving a Guarantor, its Guarantee of such debt
securities.
Events of Default
An Event of Default with respect to the debt
securities of any series issued under any indenture is defined
as being:
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(1) default in payment of any interest on any of the debt
securities of that series when due and continuance of such
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(2) default in payment of any principal of, or premium, if
any, on any of the debt securities of that series when due
(whether at maturity, upon redemption, upon repayment or
repurchase at the option of the holder or otherwise and whether
payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock or other securities
or property); |
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(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment or
payment under any analogous provision when due with respect to
any of the debt securities of that series; |
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(4) default by us or any Guarantor in the performance of,
or breach of, any other covenant or warranty in such indenture
or in any debt security of that series (other than a covenant or
warranty included in such indenture solely for the benefit of a
series of debt securities other than that series) and
continuance of that default or breach for a period of
60 days after notice to us by the trustee under such
indenture or to us and the trustee by the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of
that series then outstanding; |
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(5) a default under any mortgage, indenture or other
instrument or agreement under which there may be issued or by
which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness (other
than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of us or any of our Significant
Subsidiaries, whether such Indebtedness existed on the date of
such indenture or shall be created thereafter, if (a) such
default results from the failure to pay any such Indebtedness
when due (provided that no such failure to pay Indebtedness when
due shall be deemed to have occurred so long as we or such
Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall be contesting
whether such Indebtedness is due in good faith by appropriate
proceedings) or as a result of such default the maturity of such
Indebtedness has been accelerated prior to its expressed
maturity and (b) the sum of (x) the principal amount
of such Indebtedness plus (y) the aggregate principal
amount of all other such Indebtedness in default for failure to
pay any such Indebtedness when due or the maturity of which has
been so accelerated, equals $20,000,000 or more, individually,
or $40,000,000 or more, in the aggregate, without such
Indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having
been rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after
notice to us by the trustee under such indenture or to us and
the trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the debt securities of that series then
outstanding; |
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(6) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization with respect to us or any of our Significant
Subsidiaries; |
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(7) the Guarantee of any Guarantor ceases to be in full
force and effect (other than by reason of the release of such
Guarantor in accordance with such indenture) or is declared by a
court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction to be
null and void or unenforceable or the Guarantee of any Guarantor
is found by a court or governmental authority of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or a Guarantor denies its liability
under its Guarantee (other than by reason of the release of such
Guarantor in accordance with the terms of such
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(8) any other Event of Default established for the debt
securities of that series. |
No Event of Default with respect to a series of debt securities
necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any
other series of debt securities. Each indenture requires the
trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default
with respect to the debt securities of any series outstanding
under that indenture, to mail notice of such default, if known
to the trustee, to all holders of debt securities of that series
unless the default has been cured or waived. However, each
indenture provides that the trustee may withhold notice to the
holders of the debt securities of any series of the occurrence
of a default with respect to the debt securities of such series
(except a default in payment of principal or any premium or
interest) if the trustee in good faith determines it is in the
interest of the holders to do so. As used in this paragraph, the
term default means any event or condition that is,
or with notice or lapse of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
If an Event of Default with respect to the debt securities of
any series occurs and is continuing, either the applicable
trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that
series may declare the principal of all the debt securities of
that series, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon,
to be due and payable immediately. At any time after the debt
securities of any series have been accelerated, but before a
judgment or decree based on acceleration has been obtained, the
holders of a
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majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt
securities of that series may, under certain circumstances,
rescind and annul such acceleration.
Each indenture provides that, subject to the duty of the trustee
thereunder during a default to act with the required standard of
care, such trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any
of its rights or powers under such indenture at the request or
direction of any of the holders of debt securities of any series
issued under that indenture unless such holders shall have
offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. Subject
to the foregoing, the holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any
series will have the right, subject to certain limitations, to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the trustee under the applicable
indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series.
No holder of any debt securities of any series will have any
right to institute any proceeding with respect to the indenture
under which such debt securities were issued or for any remedy
thereunder unless:
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(1) such holder previously has given written notice to the
trustee under such indenture of a continuing Event of Default
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(2) the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have
made written request to the trustee to institute such proceeding
as trustee, and offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity
against costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in compliance
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(3) in the 60-day
period following receipt of the notice, request and offer of
indemnity referred to above, the trustee has failed to institute
any such proceeding; and |
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(4) during such
60-day period, the
trustee has not received from the holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
that series a direction inconsistent with such request. |
Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately
preceding paragraph or any other provision of the indentures,
the holder of any debt security shall have the right, which is
absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of and any premium or interest on such debt security on the
respective dates such payments are due, and to receive any
payments required to be made by any Guarantor pursuant to its
Guarantee when due, and, in the case of any debt security that
is convertible into or exchangeable for other securities or
property, to convert or exchange such debt security in
accordance with its terms, and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment or any such right to convert or
exchange, and such right shall not be impaired without the
consent of such holder.
We are required to furnish to the trustee annually a statement
as to any default in the performance of our obligations under
the applicable indenture. Each of the Guarantors also is
required to furnish to the trustee annually a statement as to
any default in the performance of its obligations under the
applicable indenture.
Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Each indenture provides that, upon our direction, such indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series
of debt securities issued thereunder specified by us (subject to
the survival of certain provisions thereof) when:
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(1) either (A) all outstanding debt securities of such
series have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation
(subject to certain exceptions) or (B) all outstanding debt
securities of such series have become due and payable, will
become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year
or are to be called for redemption by us within one year and, in
each case, we have deposited with the applicable trustee, in
trust, funds in an amount sufficient to pay the entire
indebtedness on such debt securities in respect of principal and
any premium or interest to the date of such deposit (if such
debt securities have become due and payable) or to the stated
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(2) we have paid all other sums payable under such
indenture with respect to the debt securities of such
series; and |
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Subject to meeting the conditions described below, we may elect
with respect to any series of debt securities either:
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(1) to defease and be discharged from any and all
obligations with respect to the debt securities of such series
(except for, among other things, the obligations to register the
transfer or exchange of such debt securities, to replace
temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt
securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of such
debt securities and to hold money for payment in trust)
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(2) to be released from our obligations with respect to the
debt securities of such series under certain restrictive
covenants in the indenture (including, in the case of any series
of senior debt securities, the covenants described above under
Certain Covenants Restrictions on
Secured Debt and Certain
Covenants Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions), and any omission to comply with such
obligations shall not constitute a default or an Event of
Default with respect to the debt securities of such series
(covenant defeasance); |
in either case upon the irrevocable deposit with the applicable
trustee (or other qualifying trustee), in trust for such
purpose, of money, or Government Obligations that through the
scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with
their terms will provide money, in an amount sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of public accountants,
to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on such
debt securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous
payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor or the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be. Upon any
defeasance (but not covenant defeasance) of the debt securities
of any series, the Guarantors will be released from their
Guarantees of the debt securities of that series.
Such defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the debt
securities of any series shall be effective if, among other
things,
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(1) it shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, the applicable indenture or any
other material agreement or instrument to which we or any of our
Subsidiaries is a party or is bound; |
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(2) in the case of defeasance, we shall have delivered to
the applicable trustee an opinion of independent counsel stating
that (A) we have received from, or there has been published
by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the
date of the applicable indenture there has been a change in
applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to
the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of independent
counsel shall confirm that, the holders of the debt securities
of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred; |
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(3) if the action is taken under the senior subordinated
indenture or subordinated indenture, no event or condition
exists that, pursuant to the subordination provisions in that
indenture, prevents us, or with notice or lapse of time or both
would prevent us, from making payments on the debt securities of
that series on the date we make the deposit of cash or
Government Obligations into trust or at any time during the
period ending on and including the 91st day after the date
of such deposit into trust; |
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(4) in the case of covenant defeasance, we shall have
delivered to the applicable trustee an opinion of independent
counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities of
such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such
covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such covenant
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(5) if the cash and Government Obligations deposited are
sufficient to pay the outstanding debt securities of such
series, provided such debt securities are redeemed on a
particular redemption date, we shall have given the applicable
trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem such debt securities
on such date. |
It shall also be a condition to the effectiveness of such
defeasance or covenant defeasance that no Event of Default or
event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become
an Event of Default with respect to the debt securities of such
series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
deposit of cash or Government Obligations into trust and, solely
in the case of defeasance, no Event of Default described in
clause (6) of the first paragraph under
Events of Default above shall have
occurred and be continuing at any time during the period ending
on and including the 91st day after the date of such
deposit into trust.
In the event we effect covenant defeasance with respect to the
debt securities of any series, then any failure by us to comply
with any covenant as to which there has been covenant defeasance
will not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the debt
securities of such series. However, if the debt securities of
such series are declared due and payable because of the
occurrence of any other Event of Default, the amount of monies
and/or Government Obligations deposited with the trustee to
effect such covenant defeasance may not be sufficient to pay
amounts due on such debt securities at the time of any
acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. However, we
and the Guarantors would remain liable to make payment of such
amounts due at the time of acceleration.
Modification, Waivers and Meetings
Each indenture contains provisions permitting us, the Guarantors
and the applicable trustee, with the consent of the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities
of each series issued under such indenture that is affected by
the modification or amendment, to modify, amend or eliminate any
of the provisions of such indenture (including the Guarantees of
the debt securities of such series) or of the debt securities of
such series or the rights of the holders of the debt securities
of such series under such indenture; provided that no such
modification or amendment shall, among other things:
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change the stated maturity of the principal of, or premium, if
any, on, or any installment of interest, if any, on any debt
securities; |
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reduce the principal amount of any debt securities or any
premium on any debt securities; |
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reduce the rate of interest on any debt securities; |
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reduce the amount payable on any debt securities upon redemption
thereof by us; |
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change any place where, or the currency in which, any debt
securities are payable; |
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impair the holders right to institute suit to enforce the
payment of any debt securities when due; |
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modify in any manner adverse to holders of debt securities the
obligations of the Guarantors in respect to the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on
any debt securities or release any Guarantor from its
obligations under its Guarantee otherwise than in accordance
with the terms of such indenture; or |
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reduce the aforesaid percentage of debt securities of any series
issued under such indenture the consent of whose holders is
required for any such modification or amendment or the consent
of whose holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with
certain provisions of such indenture or certain defaults
thereunder and their consequences) or reduce the requirements
for a quorum or voting at a meeting of holders of such debt
securities; |
without in each such case obtaining the consent of the holder of
each outstanding debt security issued under such indenture so
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Each indenture also contains provisions permitting us, the
Guarantors and the applicable trustee, without notice to or the
consent of the holders of any debt securities issued thereunder,
to modify or amend such indenture in order to, among other
things:
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add to the Events of Default or the covenants made by us or the
Guarantors for the benefit of the holders of all or any series
of debt securities issued under such indenture; |
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to establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series
and any related coupons; |
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to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision
therein that may be defective or inconsistent with other
provisions therein or to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under such indenture that shall
not adversely affect the interests of the holders of any series
of debt securities issued thereunder; |
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to provide for the assumption of our or a Guarantors
obligations in the case of a merger, consolidation or sale,
lease, assignment, transfer or other conveyance of all or
substantially all of our or its properties and assets in
accordance with the provisions of the indenture; |
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to secure the debt securities; |
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to add Guarantors or to evidence the release of any Guarantor in
accordance with the provisions of the indenture; |
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to qualify or maintain the qualification of the indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; or |
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to amend or supplement any provision contained in the indenture,
provided that such amendment or supplement does not apply to any
outstanding debt securities issued prior to the date of such
amendment or supplement and entitled to the benefits of such
provision. |
In addition, we may not amend our senior subordinated indenture
or our subordinated indenture to alter the subordination of any
outstanding debt securities issued under that indenture or any
Guarantees of any such debt securities without first obtaining
the written consent of each holder of Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding that would be adversely affected by the amendment.
Each indenture provides that the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
any series may, on behalf of all holders of debt securities of
that series, waive compliance by us and the Guarantors with
certain covenants and other provisions of the indenture. The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of any series may, on behalf of all
holders of debt securities of that series, waive any past
default under the indenture with respect to debt securities of
that series and its consequences, except a default in the
payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any
debt securities of such series; in the case of any debt
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock or other securities or property, a default in any such
conversion or exchange; or in respect of a covenant or provision
that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
holder of each outstanding debt security of such series affected.
Each indenture contains provisions for convening meetings of the
holders of debt securities of a series issued thereunder. A
meeting may be called at any time by the trustee and also, upon
request, by us or the holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series, in any
such case upon notice given in accordance with the provisions of
the indenture. Except for any consent that must be given by the
holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby, any
resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly
reconvened at which a quorum (as described below) is present may
be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that
series; provided, however, that any resolution with respect to
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that may be made, given or taken by the
holders of a specified percentage, other than a majority, in
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series
may be adopted at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened
at which a quorum is present by the affirmative vote of the
holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of that series. Any resolution
passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of debt
securities of any series duly held in accordance with the
indenture will be binding
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on all holders of debt securities of that series. The quorum at
any meeting called to adopt a resolution, and at any reconvened
meeting, will be Persons holding or representing a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series,
subject to certain exceptions.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver under an indenture or are present at a meeting
of holders of debt securities for quorum purposes, any debt
security of that series owned by us or any Guarantor or any
other obligor on such debt securities or the Guarantees of such
debt securities or any Affiliate of ours, any Guarantor or such
other obligor shall be deemed not to be outstanding.
Applicable Law
The indentures, the Guarantees and the debt securities will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.
Concerning the Trustee
SunTrust Bank is the trustee under the senior indenture.
SunTrust Bank is one of a number of banks with which we and our
subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking relationships and with
which we and our subsidiaries maintain credit facilities,
including our $1.0 billion domestic revolving credit
facility. In addition, SunTrust Bank is trustee under the
indenture relating to our outstanding senior subordinated notes.
Certain Definitions
Attributable Debt means, in respect of a Sale
and Leaseback Transaction, the present value (discounted at the
weighted average effective interest rate per annum of the
outstanding debt securities of all series outstanding under the
applicable indenture at the date of determination, compounded
semiannually) of the obligation of the lessee for rental
payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such
transaction, including any period for which such lease has been
extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended or, if
earlier, until the earliest date on which the lessee may
terminate such lease upon payment of a penalty (in which case
the obligation of the lessee for rental payments shall include
such penalty), after excluding all amounts required to be paid
on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes,
assessments, water and utility rates and similar charges.
Bankruptcy Laws means Title 11, United
States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.
Board of Directors means the board of
directors of KB Home or any committee of that board duly
authorized to act generally or in any particular respect for KB
Home under the applicable indenture.
Capital Lease means with respect to any
Person at any date, any lease of property the liability under
which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, is required to be capitalized on such Persons
balance sheet or for which the amount of the liability
thereunder is required to be disclosed in a note to such balance
sheet.
Capital Stock of any Person means any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) in or of such Person, including, without limitation,
common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company
interests and partnership and joint venture interests; provided
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Capital
Stock, as used in the proviso to the definition of
Common Stock, of any Person means any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) in or of the equity (which includes, but is not
limited to, common stock, preferred stock and partnership and
joint venture interests) of such Person.
Capitalized Lease Obligations of any Person
means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other
amounts under a lease that is required to be capitalized for
financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the
amount of such obligations will be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Common Stock of any Person means all Capital
Stock of the Person that is generally entitled to (1) vote in
the election of directors of the Person or (2) if the Person is
not a corporation, vote or otherwise participate in the
selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others
that will control the management and policies of the Person;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
Common Stock, as used in the proviso to the
definition of Subsidiary, of any Person means all
Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled to:
(1) vote in the election of directors of such Person or
(2) if such Person is not a corporation, vote or otherwise
participate in the selection of the governing body, partners,
managers or others that will control the management and policies
of such Person.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the
total amount of assets which would be included on a combined
balance sheet of KB Home and its Restricted Subsidiaries under
GAAP (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible
items) after deducting therefrom:
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(1) all short-term liabilities, except for liabilities
payable by their terms more than one year from the date of
determination (or renewable or extendible at the option of the
obligor for a period ending more than one year after such date)
and liabilities in respect of retiree benefits other than
pensions for which the Restricted Subsidiaries are required to
accrue pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
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(2) investments in Subsidiaries that are not Restricted
Subsidiaries; and |
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(3) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discount, unamortized expense incurred in the
issuance of debt and other intangible assets. |
Credit Facility means that certain Revolving
Loan Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2003, between KB
Home, the banks party thereto and Banc of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Bank One, N.A., as Syndication Agent,
Fleet National Bank, Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, Wachovia
Bank, National Association, KeyBank National Association and
SunTrust Bank, as Documentation Agents, and Banc of America
Securities LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager, as
the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time and including any increase in the amount of credit
available thereunder.
Debt means, with respect to any Person at any
date, without duplication, (1) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (2) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, (3) all obligations of such Person in respect
of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (4) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services, except Trade Payables, (5) all
obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases,
(6) all Debt of others for the payment of which such Person
is responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor and
(7) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of
such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person.
Domestic Significant Subsidiary means, as of
any date of determination, a Significant Subsidiary
(1) that is organized under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and
(2) the majority of the assets of which (as reflected on a
balance sheet of such Subsidiary prepared in accordance with
GAAP) is located in the United States of America.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time.
Financial Services Subsidiary means KB Home
Mortgage Company, an Illinois corporation, and any other
Subsidiary of KB Home engaged in mortgage banking (including
mortgage origination, loan servicing, mortgage brokerage and
title and escrow businesses), master servicing and related
activities, including, without limitation, a Subsidiary which
facilitates the financing of mortgage loans and mortgage-backed
securities and the securitization of mortgage-backed bonds and
other related activities.
GAAP and generally accepted
accounting principles mean, unless otherwise specified
with respect to any series of debt securities issued under the
applicable indenture, such accounting principles as are
generally accepted in the United States of America as of the
date or time of any computation required thereunder; provided
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the term generally
accepted accounting principles, as used in the
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subordination provisions of the senior subordinated indenture
and subordinated indenture and in the definition of
Capital Lease, means generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect and implemented by KB Home from
time to time.
Guarantor or Guarantors
means, with respect to the debt securities issued under any
indenture, (1) KB HOME Phoenix Inc., an Arizona
corporation; KB HOME Coastal Inc., a California corporation; KB
HOME North Bay Inc., a California corporation; KB HOME South Bay
Inc., a California corporation; KB HOME Greater Los Angeles
Inc., a California corporation; KB HOME Colorado Inc., a
Colorado corporation; KB HOME Nevada Inc., a Nevada corporation;
and KB HOME Lone Star LP, a Texas limited partnership, and
(2) any Person that becomes a guarantor of debt securities
under such indenture pursuant to the provisions described above
under Guarantees Additional
Guarantors, or otherwise enters into a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which such Person becomes a guarantor of
debt securities under such indenture, but excluding in each case
any Person whose Guarantee has been released pursuant to such
indenture. If a successor Person replaces any of the Guarantors
named in clause (1) of the preceding sentence in accordance with
the provisions of the applicable indenture, the term
Guarantor shall, for purposes of such indenture,
thereafter include such successor instead of the Guarantor
originally named in such clause (1).
Indebtedness means, without duplication, with
respect to any Person,
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(1) any liability of such Person (A) for borrowed
money, or (B) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or
similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation) given
in connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties
or assets of any kind (other than a trade payable or a current
liability arising in the ordinary course of business), or
(C) for the payment of money relating to a Capitalized
Lease Obligation, or (D) for all Redeemable Capital Stock
valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary
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clause (1) that such Person has guaranteed or that is
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(3) all Indebtedness referred to in (but not excluded from)
clauses (1) and (2) above of other Persons and all
dividends of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by
(or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Security
Interest upon or in property (including, without limitation,
accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though
such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of
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renewal, extension, refinancing or refunding of any liability of
the types referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above. |
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other
similar encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under
applicable law (including, without limitation, any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement and any lease in the
nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell, and any
filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any
jurisdiction).
Non-Recourse Indebtedness means Indebtedness
secured by a Security Interest in or on property to the extent
that the liability for such Indebtedness (and any premium, if
any, and interest thereon) is limited to the security of such
property without liability on the part of KB Home or any of its
Subsidiaries for any deficiency, including liability by reason
of any agreement by KB Home or any of its Subsidiaries to
provide additional capital or maintain the financial condition
of or otherwise support the credit of the Person incurring such
Indebtedness, but provided that obligations or liabilities of KB
Home or its Subsidiaries solely for indemnities, covenants or
breaches of warranties, representations or covenants in respect
of any Indebtedness will not prevent such Indebtedness from
being classified as Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
Person means any individual, Corporation,
joint venture, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof. As used in the immediately preceding
sentence, the term Corporation means corporations,
partnerships, associations, limited liability companies and
other companies, and business trusts. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the term
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Person, as used in the subordination provisions of
the senior subordinated indenture and subordinated indenture, in
the definitions of Capital Lease, Debt
and Trade Payables and in the provisos to the
definitions of Capital Stock, Common
Stock and Subsidiary, means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Redeemable Capital Stock means any Capital
Stock of any Person that, either by its terms, by the terms of
any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or
otherwise, (1) is required or upon the happening of an
event or passage of time would be required to be redeemed on or
prior to the final stated maturity of the debt securities of any
series outstanding under the applicable indenture, or
(2) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at
any time prior to such final stated maturity or (3) is
convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time
prior to such final stated maturity.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of
KB Home which is not a Financial Services Subsidiary.
Sale and Leaseback Transaction means a sale
or transfer made by KB Home or a Restricted Subsidiary (except a
sale or transfer made to KB Home or another Restricted
Subsidiary) of any property which is either (a) a
manufacturing facility, office building or warehouse whose book
value equals or exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
as of the date of determination or (b) another property or
group of properties (not including model homes) whose book value
exceeds 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of
determination, in each case if such sale or transfer is made
with the agreement, commitment or intention of leasing such
property to KB Home or a Restricted Subsidiary.
Secured Debt means any Indebtedness which is
secured by (i) a Security Interest in or on any property of
KB Home or any property of any Restricted Subsidiary or
(ii) a Security Interest in or on shares of stock owned
directly or indirectly by KB Home or a Restricted Subsidiary in
a corporation or in or on equity interests owned by KB Home or a
Restricted Subsidiary in a partnership or other entity not
organized as a corporation or in or on the rights of KB Home or
the rights of a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness
of a corporation, partnership or other entity in which KB Home
or a Restricted Subsidiary has an equity interest; provided that
Secured Debt shall not include Non-Recourse
Indebtedness that is secured exclusively by land under
development, land held for future development
or improved lots and parcels, as such categories of
assets are determined in accordance with GAAP. The securing in
the foregoing manner of any Indebtedness which immediately prior
thereto was not Secured Debt shall be deemed to be the creation
of Secured Debt at the time security is given.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or any successor thereto, in each case as
amended from time to time.
Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance or other security interest.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary
that is a significant subsidiary as defined in
Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (as such
Regulation S-X was
in effect on June 1, 1996).
Subject Notes means, with respect to any
series of debt securities issued under an indenture,
(1) debt securities of any other series issued under that
indenture and (2) KB Homes
85/8%
senior subordinated notes due 2008,
73/4%
senior subordinated notes due 2010 and
91/2
% senior subordinated notes due 2011, or any of the
foregoing.
Subsidiary means any (1) corporation the
majority of the Common Stock of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by KB Home or one or more of its Subsidiaries and
(2) entity other than a corporation the majority of the
Common Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by KB
Home or one or more of its Subsidiaries; provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Subsidiary,
as used in the subordination provisions of the senior
subordinated indenture and subordinated indenture and in the
definition of Senior Indebtedness, of any Person
means (a) any corporation at least a majority of the
aggregate voting power of the Common Stock of which is owned by
such Person, directly or through one or more other Subsidiaries
of such Person, and (b) any
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entity other than a corporation at least a majority of the
Common Stock of which is owned by such Person, directly or
through one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
Substitute Credit Facility means any credit
facility (as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time) of KB Home which is created subsequent to
December 18, 2003 and which replaces all or part of the
Credit Facility or a Substitute Credit Facility (and which may
provide for an increase in the amount of credit available
thereunder), so long as KB Home is a borrower under such
Substitute Credit Facility.
Trade Payables means, with respect to any
Person, accounts payable or any other indebtedness or monetary
obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by such Person
in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
obtaining of materials or services.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
We are authorized to issue (i) 100,000,000 shares of
common stock, of which 46,319,110 shares were outstanding
as of August 31, 2004 (including 7,391,920 shares held
by our Grantor Stock Ownership Trust and excluding
8,448,100 shares held in treasury),
(ii) 25,000,000 shares of special common stock, none
of which is outstanding, and (iii) 10,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, none of which is outstanding. However, we
have reserved 1,600,000 shares of our Series A
Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, which we sometimes
refer to as the rights preferred stock, for issuance
under our shareholder rights plan as described below. At
August 31, 2004, our common stock was held by 956 holders
of record.
The following summarizes certain provisions of our certificate
of incorporation and shareholder rights plan. These summaries
are not complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to, our certificate of incorporation and
shareholder rights plan. We have filed copies of these documents
with the SEC and have incorporated them by reference as exhibits
to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part. You should read these documents, which may be obtained as
described above under Where You Can Find More
Information.
Common Stock and Special Common Stock
Voting. Our common stock and special common stock
generally have identical rights, except holders of common stock
are entitled to one vote per share while holders of our special
common stock are entitled to one-tenth of a vote per share on
all matters to be voted on by stockholders and except that
holders of our special common stock have the conversion rights
described below. Holders of common stock and special common
stock are not entitled to cumulate their votes in the election
of directors. Generally all matters to be voted on by
stockholders must be approved by a majority of the combined
voting power of the outstanding shares of common stock and
special common stock, voting together as a single class, subject
to any voting rights of holders of any outstanding preferred
stock. Any amendments to our certificate of incorporation
generally must be approved by a majority of the combined voting
power of all shares of common stock and special common stock,
voting together as a single class. However, the following
amendments to our certificate of incorporation require
additional or different voting:
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an amendment that adversely affects the rights of the common
stock or special common stock must be approved by a majority of
the votes entitled to be cast by holders of the affected class,
voting as a separate class, in addition to the approval of a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the
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an amendment that modifies the classified board of directors
provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation must be
approved by 80% of the combined voting power of all shares of
our outstanding capital stock, including common stock, special
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an amendment that modifies the fair price provisions
contained in our certificate of incorporation must be approved
by 80% of the combined voting power of all shares of our
outstanding voting stock excluding voting stock held by a
related person (discussed below under
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of Incorporation) and its affiliates and
associates (as those terms are defined in our
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Preemptive Rights; Conversion. Our common stock and
special common stock have no preemptive rights, and neither
provides for redemption. Our common stock is not convertible
into any other securities. If we make a tender or exchange offer
for shares of our common stock or if another person makes a
tender offer for our common stock, each share of special common
stock will be convertible at the option of the holder into one
share of common stock solely to enable those shares of common
stock to be tendered pursuant to that offer. Each share of
special common stock converted into common stock and not
purchased pursuant to that offer will be automatically
reconverted into one share of special common stock. All our
outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and
nonassessable and shares of our special common stock, if issued,
will be fully paid and nonassessable.
Dividends. Subject to any prior dividend rights of our
outstanding preferred stock, if any, holders of our common stock
and special common stock may receive dividends and distributions
from funds legally available for dividends in the discretion of
our board of directors. Holders of common stock and special
common stock will share equally in all dividends and
distributions on a per share basis. If we pay dividends or other
distributions in capital stock other than preferred stock
(including stock splits), only shares of common stock will be
distributed with respect to common stock and only shares of
special common stock will be distributed with respect to special
common stock, in each case in an amount per share equal to the
amount per share distributed with respect to the common stock or
the special common stock, as the case may be. If we combine or
reclassify our common stock or special common stock, the shares
of each such class will be combined or reclassified so as to
retain the proportionate interest of each class after giving
effect to the combination or reclassification.
Distributions on Liquidation. The common stock and
special common stock are entitled to share pro rata in any
distribution upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
after payment or provision for our liabilities and after giving
effect to any liquidation preference of any preferred stock.
Reorganization, Consolidation or Merger. If we
reorganize, consolidate or merge, each holder of a share of
common stock will receive the same kind and amount of property
that a holder of a share of special common stock receives, and
each holder of a share of special common stock will receive the
same kind and amount of property receivable by a holder of
common stock.
Preferred Stock
We are authorized to issue preferred stock in one or more series
with the designations, rights, preferences and limitations
determined by our board of directors, including the
consideration to be received for the preferred stock, the number
of shares comprising each series, dividend rates, redemption
provisions, liquidation preferences, mandatory retirement
provisions, conversion rights and voting rights, all without any
stockholder approval.
If we issue preferred stock with voting rights, it could make it
more difficult for a third party to acquire control of KB Home
and could adversely affect the rights of holders of common stock
and special common stock. Preferred stockholders typically are
entitled to satisfaction in full of specified dividend and
liquidation rights before any payment of dividends or
distribution of assets on liquidation can be made to holders of
common stock or special common stock. Also, any voting rights
granted to our preferred stock may dilute the voting rights of
our common stock and special common stock. Under some
circumstances, control of KB Home could shift from the holders
of common stock to the holders of preferred stock with voting
rights. Certain fundamental matters requiring stockholder
approval (such as mergers, sale of assets, and certain
amendments to our certificate of incorporation) may require
approval by the separate vote of the holders of preferred stock
in addition to any required vote of the common stock and special
common stock.
Shareholder Rights Plan
On February 4, 1999 our board of directors declared a
dividend of one preferred stock purchase right for each share of
our common stock. Throughout this discussion of our shareholder
rights plan, subsequent references to our common
stock mean our common stock and our special common stock,
collectively, unless
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otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.
The holder of a right may purchase one one-hundredth (1/100th)
of a share of our rights preferred stock at an exercise price of
$135.00. The terms of the rights are set forth in a rights
agreement between KB Home and Mellon Investor Services, L.L.C.,
as rights agent. These rights replace the preferred stock
purchase rights we issued in 1989 under our previous rights
agreement.
The rights will be evidenced by certificates of our common stock
until the distribution date, which will be the
earlier to occur of:
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10 days following a public announcement that a person or
group (referred to in this section as an acquiring
person) has acquired beneficial ownership of common stock
entitled to 15% or more of the aggregate votes entitled to be
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10 business days following the commencement of a tender offer or
exchange offer the consummation of which would result in a
person or group becoming an acquiring person. |
Until the distribution date or, if earlier, the redemption or
expiration of the rights:
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the rights will be transferred only with the common stock; |
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common stock certificates will refer to the rights and the
rights agreement (the notation on outstanding common stock
certificates referring to our prior rights agreement will be
deemed to refer to the new rights); and |
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a transfer of shares of common stock will also constitute the
transfer of the rights associated with the transferred shares of
common stock. |
As soon as practicable after we have notified the rights agent
of the occurrence of the distribution date, separate
certificates evidencing the rights will be mailed to holders of
record of our common stock as of the close of business on the
distribution date. Afterwards, the separate right certificates
alone will evidence the rights.
The rights are not exercisable until the distribution date. The
rights will expire on March 5, 2009 unless we redeem or
exchange the rights before the expiration date.
The exercise price payable, and the number of shares of rights
preferred stock or other securities or property issuable, upon
exercise of the rights may be adjusted to prevent dilution in
certain circumstances specified in the rights agreement, such as
payment of a stock dividend on our common stock or a
subdivision, combination or reclassification of our voting stock.
If any person or group becomes an acquiring person, each holder
of a right (other than rights beneficially owned by the
acquiring person, which become void) will have the right to
receive, upon exercise and payment of the then current exercise
price, in lieu of our rights preferred stock, that number of
shares of common stock or special common stock, as the case may
be, having a market value of two times the exercise price.
If, after a person or group has become an acquiring person, we
are acquired in a merger or other business combination
transaction, or 50% or more of our consolidated assets or
earning power are sold, we are required to make proper provision
so that each holder of a right (other than the acquiring person,
whose rights will become void) will afterwards have the right to
receive, upon exercise at the then current exercise price, that
number of shares of common stock of the person with whom we have
engaged in the acquisition transaction (or its parent) which at
the time of the transaction has a market value of two times the
exercise price.
At any time after any person or group becomes an acquiring
person, our board of directors may exchange the rights (other
than rights owned by the acquiring person, which become void) in
whole or in part for shares of common stock or special common
stock at an exchange ratio of one share of common stock or
special common stock per right, as appropriately adjusted for
changes in the common stock or special common stock after the
date of the rights agreement.
We will not issue any fractional shares of rights preferred
stock, except for fractions which are integral multiples of
one-hundredth of a share, which may, at our election, be
evidenced by depositary receipts. Instead of any other
fractional interest, we will make an adjustment in cash based on
the market price of the rights preferred stock.
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At any time prior to the earlier of the expiration date of the
rights or ten days after a person or group becomes an acquiring
person (or any later date determined by our board of directors),
our board of directors may redeem the rights in whole, but not
in part, at a redemption price of $.005 per right, subject
to adjustment. Immediately upon any redemption of the rights,
the right to exercise the rights will terminate and holders of
rights will only have a right to receive the redemption price.
We may amend the rights to the extent and on the conditions set
out in the rights agreement. Until a right is exercised, the
holder of the right, as such, will have no rights as a
stockholder of KB Home, including, without limitation, the right
to vote or to receive dividends.
The rights will make it more difficult to acquire KB Home
without the approval of our board of directors. The rights will
cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to
acquire KB Home without conditioning their offer on
substantially all the rights being acquired. The rights will not
interfere with any merger or other business combination approved
by our board of directors, which may, at its option, at any time
before a person or group becoming an acquiring person, redeem
the then outstanding rights.
Additional Provisions of Our Certificate of Incorporation
Our certificate of incorporation contains fair price
provisions. These fair price provisions are intended to protect
our stockholders from certain possible pricing abuses in
connection with, among other things, unsolicited attempts to
gain control of KB Home. Under these provisions, if a related
person (defined below) wishes to engage in a merger or certain
other corporate transactions with us, the transaction must
either:
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be approved by at least 80% of the outstanding shares of our
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be approved by at least two-thirds of our continuing directors
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A related person is any person that, together with
its affiliates and associates (as
defined in our certificate of incorporation), beneficially owns
in the aggregate 20% or more of our outstanding voting stock,
and any affiliate or associate of that person. However, a
related person does not include:
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any person whose acquisition of that aggregate percentage of our
voting stock was approved in advance by at least two-thirds of
our continuing directors, |
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a specifically designated corporation formerly affiliated with
us or any of our affiliates or associates. |
The fair price provisions are satisfied if, in
general, holders of our outstanding voting stock receive
consideration per share in the merger or other transaction at
least equal to the highest price the related person paid in
acquiring our stock, as determined by two-thirds of our
continuing directors.
The term continuing director means a director of KB
Home who was a member of our board of directors immediately
before a related person involved in the applicable merger or
other corporate transaction became a related person.
We have also adopted certain defensive measures, including
classifying our board of directors into three classes of
directors, requiring a supermajority vote of our stockholders to
effect certain amendments to our certificate of incorporation
and bylaws, restricting stockholders ability to call
special meetings of stockholders, implementing our shareholder
rights plan and amending our certificate of incorporation to
provide that Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law shall apply to KB Home. In addition, our
certificate of incorporation prohibits stockholder action by
written consent.
These defensive measures could require a potential acquiror of
KB Home to pay a higher price than might otherwise be the case
or to obtain the approval of a larger percentage of our
stockholders than might otherwise be the case. These measures
may also discourage a proxy contest or make it more difficult to
complete a merger involving KB Home, or a tender offer,
open-market purchase program or other purchase of our shares, in
circumstances that would give our stockholders the opportunity
to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market prices for
their shares.
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Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
As a Delaware corporation, we are subject to the provisions of
Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware. Under Section 203, if a person or group acquires
15% or more of a corporations voting stock (thereby
becoming an interested stockholder) without prior
board approval, the interested stockholder may not, for a period
of three years, engage in a wide range of business combination
transactions with the corporation. However, this restriction
does not apply to a person who becomes an interested stockholder
in a transaction resulting in the interested stockholder owning
at least 85% of the corporations voting stock (excluding
from the outstanding voting stock, shares held by persons who
are directors and also officers and shares held pursuant to
employee stock plans without confidential tender offer
decisions), or to a business combination approved by the board
of directors and authorized by the affirmative vote of a least
662/3
% of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the
interested stockholder. In addition, Section 203 does not
apply to certain business combinations proposed subsequent to
the public announcement of specified business combination
transactions which are not opposed by the board of directors.
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Mellon
Investor Services, L.L.C.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants for the purchase of debt securities,
preferred stock, depositary shares or common stock. Warrants may
be issued independently or together with our debt securities,
preferred stock, depositary shares or common stock and may be
attached to or separate from any offered securities. Each series
of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to
be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as
warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in
connection with the warrants and will not have any obligation or
relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or
beneficial owners of warrants. A copy of the warrant agreement
will be filed with the SEC in connection with any offering of
warrants.
The prospectus supplement relating to a particular issue of
warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock,
depositary shares or common stock will describe the terms of
those warrants, including the following:
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the title of the warrants; |
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the offering price for the warrants, if any; |
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the aggregate number of the warrants; |
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the designation and terms of the debt securities, preferred
stock, depositary shares or common stock that may be purchased
upon exercise of the warrants; |
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if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities that
the warrants are issued with and the number of warrants issued
with each security; |
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if applicable, the date from and after which the warrants and
any securities issued with them will be separately transferable; |
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if applicable, the principal amount of debt securities that may
be purchased upon exercise of a warrant and the price at which
the debt securities may be purchased upon exercise; |
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if applicable, the number of shares of preferred stock, common
stock or depositary shares that may be purchased upon exercise
of a warrant and the price at which the shares may be purchased
upon exercise; |
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the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will
commence and expire; |
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if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants
that may be exercised at any one time; |
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whether the warrants represented by the warrant certificates or
debt securities that may be issued upon exercise of the warrants
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the currency or currency units in which the offering price, if
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if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal
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redemption or call provisions, if any, applicable to the
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any additional terms of the warrants, including terms,
procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise
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DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
We may, at our option, elect to offer depositary shares, each of
which will represent a fractional interest in a share of a
particular series of preferred stock as specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement. We may offer depositary shares
rather than offering fractional shares of preferred stock of any
series. Subject to the terms of the applicable deposit
agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in
proportion to the applicable fractional interest in shares of
preferred stock underlying that depositary share, to all rights
and preferences of the preferred stock underlying that
depositary share. Those rights may include dividend, voting,
redemption and liquidation rights.
The shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares
will be deposited with a depositary under a deposit agreement
between us, the depositary and the holders of the depositary
receipts evidencing the depositary shares. The depositary will
be a bank or trust company selected by us. The depositary will
also act as the transfer agent, registrar and, if applicable,
dividend disbursing agent for the depositary shares. We
anticipate that we will enter into a separate deposit agreement
for the depositary shares representing fractional interests in
preferred stock of each series.
Holders of depositary receipts will be deemed to agree to be
bound by the deposit agreement, which requires holders to take
certain actions such as filing proof of residence and paying
certain charges.
The following is a summary of selected terms of the depositary
shares and the related depositary receipts and deposit
agreement. The deposit agreement, the depositary receipts, our
certificate of incorporation and the certificate of designation
for the applicable series of preferred stock that have been, or
will be, filed with the SEC will set forth all of the terms
relating to each issue of depositary shares. To the extent that
any particular terms of any depositary shares or the related
depositary receipts or deposit agreement described in a
prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described
below, then the terms described below will be deemed to have
been superseded by the applicable terms described in that
prospectus supplement. The following summary of selected
provisions of the depositary shares and the related depositary
receipts and deposit agreement is not complete and is subject
to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the
provisions of the applicable depositary receipts and deposit
agreement, including terms defined in those documents.
Immediately following our issuance of shares of a series of
preferred stock that will be offered as depositary shares, we
will deposit the shares of preferred stock with the applicable
depositary, which will then issue and deliver the depositary
receipts. Depositary receipts will only be issued evidencing
whole depositary shares. A depositary receipt may evidence any
number of whole depositary shares.
Dividends
The depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash
distributions received relating to the series of preferred stock
underlying the depositary shares to the record holders of
depositary receipts in proportion to the number of depositary
shares owned by those holders on the relevant record date. The
record date for the depositary shares will be the same date as
the record date for the preferred stock.
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In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the
depositary will distribute property received by it to the record
holders of depositary receipts that are entitled to receive the
distribution. However, if the depositary determines that the
distribution cannot be made proportionately among the holders or
that it is not feasible to make the distribution, the depositary
may, with our approval, adopt another method for the
distribution. The method may include selling the securities or
property and distributing the net proceeds to the holders.
The amount distributed in any of the foregoing cases will be
reduced by any amounts required to be withheld by us or the
depositary on account of taxes or other governmental charges.
Liquidation Preference
In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, the holders of each depositary share
will be entitled to receive the fraction of the liquidation
preference accorded each share of the applicable series of
preferred stock, as set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
Redemption
If the series of preferred stock underlying the depositary
shares is subject to redemption, the depositary shares will be
redeemed from the proceeds received by the depositary from the
redemption, in whole or in part, of preferred stock held by the
depositary. Whenever we redeem any preferred stock held by the
depositary, the depositary will redeem, as of the same
redemption date, the number of depositary shares representing
the preferred stock so redeemed. The depositary will mail the
notice of redemption to the record holders of the depositary
receipts promptly upon receiving the notice from us and not less
than 35 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption of the preferred stock and the depositary shares. The
redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the
applicable fraction of the redemption price payable per share
for the applicable series of preferred stock. If fewer than all
the depositary shares are redeemed, the depositary shares to be
redeemed will be selected by lot or ratably as the depositary
will decide.
After the date fixed for redemption, the depositary shares so
called for redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding
and all rights of the holders of the depositary shares will
cease, except the right to receive the moneys payable upon
redemption and any moneys or other property to which the holders
of the depositary shares were entitled upon the redemption, upon
surrender to the depositary of the depositary receipts
evidencing the depositary shares.
Voting
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of
preferred stock are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail
the information contained in the notice of meeting to the record
holders of the depositary receipts representing the preferred
stock. Each record holder of those depositary receipts on the
record date will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to
the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of
preferred stock underlying that holders depositary shares.
The record date for the depositary shares will be the same date
as the record date for the preferred stock. The depositary will
try, as far as practicable, to vote the preferred stock
underlying the depositary shares in a manner consistent with the
instructions of the holders of the depositary receipts. We will
agree to take all action which may be deemed necessary by the
depositary in order to enable the depositary to do so. The
depositary will not vote the preferred stock to the extent that
it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of
depositary receipts.
Withdrawal of Preferred Stock
Owners of depositary shares are entitled, upon surrender of
depositary receipts at the applicable office of the depositary
and payment of any unpaid amount due the depositary, to receive
the number of whole shares of preferred stock underlying the
depositary shares. Partial shares of preferred stock will not be
issued. After the withdrawal of shares of preferred stock as
described in the preceding sentence, the holders of those shares
of preferred stock will not be entitled to deposit the shares
under the deposit agreement or to receive depositary receipts
evidencing depositary shares for those shares of preferred stock.
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Amendment and Termination of Deposit Agreement
The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares
and any provision of the applicable deposit agreement may be
amended at any time and from time to time by agreement between
us and the depositary. However, any amendment which materially
and adversely alters the rights of the holders of depositary
shares, other than any change in fees, will not be effective
unless the amendment has been approved by at least a majority of
the depositary shares then outstanding. The deposit agreement
automatically terminates if:
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stock in connection with our liquidation, dissolution or winding
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Charges of Depositary
We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental
charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary
arrangements. We will also pay charges of the depositary in
connection with the initial deposit of the preferred stock and
the initial issuance of the depositary shares and receipts, any
redemption of the preferred stock and all withdrawals of
preferred stock by owners of depositary shares. Holders of
depositary receipts will pay transfer, income and other taxes
and governmental charges and certain other charges as provided
in the deposit agreement. In certain circumstances, the
depositary may refuse to transfer depositary shares, withhold
dividends and distributions, and sell the depositary shares
evidenced by the depositary receipt, if the charges are not paid.
Reports to Holders
The depositary will forward to the holders of depositary
receipts all reports and communications we deliver to the
depositary that we are required to furnish to the holders of the
preferred stock. In addition, the depositary will make available
for inspection by holders of depositary receipts at the
applicable office of the depositary and at other
places as it thinks is advisable any reports and
communications we deliver to the depositary as the holder of
preferred stock.
Liability and Legal Proceedings
Neither we nor the depositary will be liable if either of us is
prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond our
control in performing our obligations under the deposit
agreement. Our obligations and those of the depositary will be
limited to performance in good faith of our duties under the
deposit agreement. Neither we nor the depositary will be
obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect
of any depositary shares or preferred stock unless satisfactory
indemnity is furnished. We and the depositary may rely on
written advice of counsel or accountants, on information
provided by holders of depositary receipts or other persons
believed in good faith to be competent to give such information
and on documents believed to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper persons.
Resignation and Removal of Depositary
The depositary may resign at any time by delivering a notice to
us of its election to do so. We may also remove the depositary
at any time. Any such resignation or removal will take effect
upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its
acceptance of such appointment. The successor depositary must be
appointed within 60 days after delivery of the notice for
resignation or removal. In addition, the successor depositary
must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in
the United States of America and must have a combined capital
and surplus of at least $150,000,000.
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND STOCK PURCHASE
UNITS
We may issue stock purchase contracts, including contracts
obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the
holders, a specified number of shares of common stock at a
future date or dates, which we refer to
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herein as stock purchase contracts. The price per
share of common stock and the number of shares of common stock
may be fixed at the time the stock purchase contracts are issued
or may be determined by reference to a specific formula set
forth in the stock purchase contracts, and may be subject to
adjustment under anti-dilution formulas. The stock purchase
contracts may be issued separately or as part of units
consisting of a stock purchase contract and debt securities,
preferred stock, depositary shares, debt obligations of third
parties, including U.S. Treasury securities, any other
securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement or
any combination of the foregoing, which may secure the
holders obligations to purchase the common stock under the
stock purchase contracts, which we refer to herein as
stock purchase units. The stock purchase contracts
may require holders to secure their obligations thereunder in a
specified manner, and in some circumstances we may deliver newly
issued prepaid common stock purchase contracts, which are
referred to as prepaid securities, upon release to a
holder of any collateral securing that holders obligations
under the original purchase contract. The stock purchase
contracts also may require us to make periodic payments to the
holders of the stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units,
as the case may be, or vice versa, and those payments may be
unsecured or prefunded on some basis.
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of
the stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units and, if
applicable, prepaid securities. This description is not complete
and the description in the prospectus supplement will not
necessarily be complete, and reference is made to the stock
purchase contracts, and, if applicable, collateral or depositary
agreements, relating to the stock purchase contracts or stock
purchase units. If any particular terms of the stock purchase
contracts or stock purchase units described in a prospectus
supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then
the terms described herein will be deemed to have been
superseded by that prospectus supplement. Selected United States
federal income tax considerations applicable to the stock
purchase units and the stock purchase contracts may also be
discussed in the applicable prospectus supplement.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the securities:
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The securities may be sold in one or more transactions at a
fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices relating to prevailing
market prices or at negotiated prices.
We will describe in a prospectus supplement the particular terms
of the offering of the securities, including the following:
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the proceeds we will receive from the sale; |
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any initial public offering price and any discounts or
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If we use underwriters in the sale, such underwriters will
acquire the securities for their own account. The underwriters
may resell the securities in one or more transactions, at a
fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices relating to prevailing
market prices or at negotiated prices.
The securities may be offered to the public through underwriting
syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by
underwriters without a syndicate. The obligations of the
underwriters to purchase the
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securities will be subject to certain conditions. The
underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities of
the series offered if any of the securities are purchased.
We may sell securities through agents or dealers designated by
us. Any agent or dealer involved in the offer or sale of the
securities for which this prospectus is delivered will be named,
and any commissions payable by us to that agent or dealer will
be set forth, in the prospectus supplement. Unless indicated in
the prospectus supplement, the agents will agree to use their
reasonable efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their
appointment and any dealer will purchase securities from us as
principal and may resell those securities at varying prices to
be determined by the dealer.
We also may sell securities directly. In this case, no
underwriters or agents would be involved.
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the
distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in
the Securities Act, and any discounts or commissions received by
them from us and any profit on the resale of the securities by
them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions
under the Securities Act.
We will identify any underwriters or agents, and describe their
compensation, in a prospectus supplement.
We may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents
to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with
respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers or agents
may be required to make.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions
with, or perform services for, us or our subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of their businesses.
In order to facilitate the offering of the securities, any
underwriters or agents, as the case may be, involved in the
offering of such securities may engage in transactions that
stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of such
securities. Specifically, the underwriters or agents, as the
case may be, may overallot in connection with the offering,
creating a short position in such securities for their own
account. In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize
the price of such securities, the underwriters or agents, as the
case may be, may bid for, and purchase, such securities in the
open market. Finally, in any offering of such securities through
a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may
reclaim selling concessions allotted to an underwriter or a
dealer for distributing such securities in the offering if the
syndicate repurchases previously distributed securities in
transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in
stabilization transaction or otherwise. Any of these activities
may stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities
above independent market levels. The underwriters or agents, as
the case may be, are not required to engage in these activities,
and may end any of these activities at any time.
Some or all of the securities may be new issues of securities
with no established trading market. We cannot and will not give
any assurances as to the liquidity of the trading market for any
of our securities.
LEGAL MATTERS
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, our outside counsel, will
issue to us an opinion about the validity of the offered
securities. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP,
San Francisco, California, will act as counsel for any
underwriters or agents. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
represents us in connection with certain other legal matters
from time to time.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of KB Home appearing in KB
Homes Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the
year ended November 30, 2003 have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon included
therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
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$300,000,000
KB Home
% Senior
Notes due 2018
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Banc of America Securities LLC
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2006