KBH - 08.31.2013 - Exhibit

1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN. The purpose of KB Home Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan (“Plan”) is to grant Awards of equity-based compensation and other forms of compensation to non-employee Directors of KB Home, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The Plan was adopted effective as of September 26, 1996 (the “Effective Date”), was subsequently amended as of December 4, 1998, December 6, 1999, July 10, 2003, January 1, 2009 and July 9, 2009. The Plan is hereby amended and restated as set forth herein effective as of July 18, 2013 (the “Amendment Date”).

“ADDITIONAL MEETING FEE” shall mean a fee payable to a Director (i) who attends a meeting of the Board or a standing committee of the Board that is in excess of the Board’s or the standing committee’s respective regularly scheduled meetings for a given Director Year plus two (i.e., the third additional meeting of the Board or standing committee and any subsequent meetings thereof, as applicable, without cross-aggregation of Board and standing committee meetings) and (ii) who attended each of that Director Year’s prior meetings of the Board or standing committee, as applicable.

“CHANGE IN CONTROL” of the Company shall mean the occurrence of a “change in the ownership,” a “change in the effective control,” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company (or of such other corporation described in Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii)(A)), as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-1(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations and the following provisions:

(a) a “change in the ownership” of the Company (or other applicable corporation) shall occur on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation. However, if any person or group is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation, and such person or group acquires additional stock of such corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by such person or group shall not be considered to cause a “change in the ownership” (or a “change in the effective control”) of such corporation.

(b) a “change in the effective control” of the Company (or other applicable corporation) shall occur on either of the following dates: (i) the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the corporation possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation; provided, however, that if any person or group is considered to own more than 30% of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation, and such person or group acquires additional stock of such corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by such person or group shall not be considered to cause a “change in the effective control” of such corporation; or (ii) the date on which a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors before the date of the appointment or election.

(c) a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company (or other applicable corporation) shall occur on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the corporation immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions. However, a transfer of assets shall not be treated as a “change in the ownership of a substantial

“COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS” shall mean any instrument granted to a Director as compensation for the Director’s service on the Board reflecting the right to receive Stock or a cash payment based upon the value of Stock, including without limitation any vested and unvested Stock Units awarded under this Plan for which pay out is deferred until the Director’s Termination Date or later pursuant to Section 6(a) below, but not including any Options awarded under this Plan.

“FAIR MARKET VALUE” of the Stock on a particular date shall equal (a) if shares are traded on a securities exchange, the closing price of a share as reported by The Wall Street Journal for such date or, if no sale occurred on such date, for the first trading date immediately prior to such date during which a sale occurred; or (b) if shares are not traded on a securities exchange, (i) the last sales price on such date (if shares are then listed as a Global Market Issue under the NASDAQ Global Market System) or (ii) the mean between the closing representative bid and asked prices (in all other cases) for shares on such date; or, if no sales prices or bid and asked prices, as applicable, are reported by a national quotation system, the first date immediately prior to such date on which sales prices or bid and asked prices, as applicable, are reported by a national quotation system; or (c) if shares are not publicly traded, or with respect to any non-share based Award or settlement of an Award, the fair market value established by the Committee acting in good faith.

“OPTION” shall mean a right to receive, upon exercise, a cash payment (subject to Section 9 below), in accordance with the conditions set forth herein, equal to the difference between (i) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise and (ii) the exercise price established with respect to such right.

“OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT” shall mean the requirement of each Director to hold, while serving as a Director, at least $250,000 in value of Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents; provided that once a Director meets such requirement, subsequent changes alone in the Fair Market Value of the Stock shall not cause the requirement to become unsatisfied with respect to that Director.

3. PROCESS. The Committee shall from time to time establish (a) the value of the Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainers and Committee Member Retainers for a given Director Year, (b) the number of Options in (or the value of) the Annual Option Award for a given Director Year, (c) the number of Stock Units in (or the value of) the Annual Stock Unit Award for a given Director Year, and (d) the value of any Additional Meeting Fees for a given Director Year; provided that any adjustment in any of the foregoing amounts or values shall be subject to the approval of the Board.

(a) On the date of each Annual Meeting, each incumbent Director and each individual who becomes a Director as of the date of such Annual Meeting shall be granted on such date an Annual Stock Unit Award and an Annual Option Award, as determined pursuant to Section 3 above. If an individual becomes a Director during a given Director Year, he or she shall be granted, on his or her first day of such service, a prorated Annual Stock Unit Award and prorated Annual Option Award for the remaining balance of the Director Year.

(b) If the Committee establishes a dollar value for the Annual Stock Unit Award, then the number of Stock Units in the Annual Stock Unit Award shall be equal to such value divided by the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of grant. If the Committee establishes a dollar value for the Annual Option Award, then the number of Options in the Annual Option Award shall be based on a Black-Scholes valuation as of the date of grant utilizing appropriate assumptions in the same manner as applied to compensatory Stock options granted to Company employees.

(c) In all cases, the exercise price of an Option shall be the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of grant. The exercise price of any Option awarded under the Plan may not be adjusted downward, whether through amendment, cancellation or replacement grants, or by any other means, except as provided in Section 12 below. The Committee shall not extend the exercise period of an Option beyond the earlier of the latest date upon which the Option could have expired by its original terms or the tenth anniversary of the date of grant of such Option, or otherwise modify any Option or add any feature for the deferral of compensation in any manner that would cause a violation of the requirements of Section 409A.

(d) New Awards vest on the last day of the Director Year, and shall be forfeited in their entirety if the Director’s Termination Date occurs before the last day of the Director Year. Old Awards vested immediately upon grant, subject to the terms of Section 6(b) below.

(e) Vested Options that are New Awards (i) become exercisable if and while the Ownership Requirement is satisfied or, if earlier, on the Director’s Termination Date, (ii) have a ten (10) year term from the date of grant and (iii) shall remain outstanding and fully exercisable until the earlier of the end of their term or the third anniversary of the Director’s Termination Date. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the vesting of any unvested Options that are New Awards shall accelerate and the Ownership Requirement as a condition to exercise shall be waived.

(f) Vested Options that are Old Awards (i) become exercisable if and while the Ownership Requirement is satisfied or, if earlier, on the Director’s Termination Date, (ii) shall have a maximum term of fifteen (15) years from the date of grant, and (iii) shall remain outstanding and fully exercisable until the earlier of the end of the term or one (1) year from the Director’s Termination Date, except in the event of removal for cause, in which case the Options that are Old Awards shall remain outstanding and fully exercisable for 30 days.

(g) Subject to Section 18 below, vested Stock Units that are New Awards shall be paid out as soon as practicable after (but no later than 60 days following) the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control and (ii) the date specified in the Director’s applicable Annual Election. Subject to Section 18 below, vested Stock Units that are Old Awards shall be paid out as soon as practicable after (but no later than 60 days following) the earlier of (x) the occurrence of a Change in Control and (y) the Director’s Termination Date.

(a) Each Director shall be entitled to receive an Annual Board Retainer with respect to each Director Year. As part of each Director’s Annual Election, a Director shall be given an opportunity to elect to receive his or her Annual Board Retainer in cash or by a grant of Stock Units pursuant to Section 4 above. A Director who does not make an Annual Election shall receive his or her Annual Board Retainer in cash.

(b) The Chair of each standing committee of the Board shall be entitled to receive the applicable annual Committee Chair Retainer with respect to each Director Year. Each other member (other than the Chairman of the Board, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or the Board) of each standing committee of the Board shall be entitled to receive the applicable annual Committee Member Retainer with respect to each Director Year. As part of the Annual Election, each committee Chair and eligible standing committee member shall be given an opportunity to elect to receive his or her Committee Chair Retainer(s) and/or Committee Member Retainer(s) in cash or by a grant of Stock Units pursuant to Section 4 above. A committee Chair or eligible standing committee member who does not make an Annual Election shall receive his or her Committee Chair Retainer(s) and/or Committee Member Retainer(s) in cash.

(c) If a Director elects pursuant to his or her Annual Election to receive his or her Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainer(s) and/or Committee Member Retainer(s) (as eligible) in cash (or defaults to such election), payment shall be made on a quarterly basis during the applicable Director Year for so long as the Director is serving in the relevant capacity. If a Director elects pursuant to his or her Annual Election to receive any Additional Meeting Fees in cash (or defaults to such election), payment of Additional Meeting Fees to which the Director becomes eligible shall be made promptly following each applicable additional meeting. A Director who does not make an Annual Election shall receive any Additional Meeting Fees in cash. If a Director elects to receive any or all of his or her Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainer(s) and/or Committee Member Retainer(s) (as eligible) by a grant of Stock Units,

the Director shall be granted on the date of the Annual Meeting Stock Units with respect to Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of grant equal to 100% of the Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainer and/or Committee Member Retainer, as applicable. If a Director elects to receive any Additional Meeting Fees by a grant of Stock Units, the Director shall be granted, on the date of each applicable additional meeting, Stock Units with respect to Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of grant equal to 100% of the applicable Additional Meeting Fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu being granted any fractional Stock Units, the Director shall receive a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of any such fractional Stock Units.

(d) Any person who becomes a Director, a committee Chair or a standing committee member during a Director Year shall be granted, on his or her first day of such service, an Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainer and/or Committee Member Retainer (if eligible), as applicable, prorated for the remaining balance of that Director Year.

(e) Eligibility for receipt of any Additional Meeting Fees shall be subject to the approval, in each applicable case, of the Chairman of the Board (for Board meetings) or the applicable committee Chair (for standing committee meetings). Eligibility for receipt of any Per Diem Fees shall be subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Board. In all circumstances, Per Diem Fees shall be paid in cash only promptly after approval and shall not be subject to the Annual Election.

(a) Each Director may make a written election, which must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company no later than the last day of the Director’s taxable year ending prior to the Director Year to which the written election relates (subject to Section 6(c) below), indicating that the Director would like (i) to receive all of one or more of his or her Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainer(s), Committee Member Retainer(s) and/or Additional Meeting Fees by a grant of Stock Units rather than in cash and (ii) for pay out of any Stock Units (including those granted pursuant to Section 4(a) above or pursuant to the Annual Election) to be made (x) when the Stock Units vest, (y) upon the Director’s Termination Date, or (z) at the earlier of a specified future date after the Stock Units vest or the Director’s Termination Date; provided that if a Director’s Ownership Requirement is not satisfied on the last day of the Director’s taxable year ending prior to the applicable Director Year (or the due date for an Annual Election under Section 6(c) below, if applicable), or if an Annual Election under clause (ii) is not made, pay out of the Stock Units will default to pay out upon the Director’s Termination Date. The Annual Election shall be irrevocable after the last day of such taxable year, subject to Section 6(c) below.

(b) In the event a Director resigns from the Board during a Director Year, (i) the Director shall return to the Company any cash payment covering the prorated portion of the Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainer(s) and/or Committee Member Retainer(s) for the balance of that Director Year, (ii) the Director shall forfeit a percentage of any Stock Units or Options that are Old Awards prorated for the balance of the portion of that Director Year (if any) as to which such Stock Units or Options were awarded, and (iii) the Director shall forfeit any unvested Stock

Units or Options that are New Awards in their entirety. No return of any portion of the Annual Board Retainer, Committee Chair Retainer(s), Committee Member Retainer(s) or Old Awards shall be required in the event a Director leaves the Board as the result of retirement or incapacity (in either case, as determined in the Committee’s sole discretion) or death.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6(a), a Director’s Annual Election for (i) the Director Year during which the individual becomes a Director and (ii) for the next Director Year if the individual becomes a Director after the last day of his or her taxable year ending prior to the next Director Year, may be delivered to the Secretary of the Company no later than the date on which such person first becomes a Director, and such Annual Election(s) shall be irrevocable after the date on which such person first becomes a Director.

7. DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT PAYMENTS. Effective as of each cash dividend payment date for outstanding shares of Stock, a current cash payment shall be made on each outstanding Stock Unit to the holder thereof in an amount equal to the dividend paid on an outstanding share of Stock.

9. FORM OF PAYMENT. All payments in respect of Options shall be made in cash. All payments in respect of Stock Units shall also be made in cash; provided, however, each Director shall be given a one-time opportunity to irrevocably elect to receive all such payments otherwise due in respect of his or her outstanding and future Stock Units in shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such payment, and if a Director makes such an election, then all payments in respect of such Stock Units shall be made in shares of Stock in accordance with the Plan and all previous elections made by the Director. Such shares of Stock may be obtained by the Company for this purpose from the Company’s treasury, through open market transactions or negotiated purchases, pursuant to an equity plan, or otherwise.

(a) To the extent that the Committee determines that any Award granted under the Plan is subject to Section 409A, the Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A. To the extent possible, the Plan and Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A, including without limitation any Treasury Regulations or other Department of Treasury guidance that may be issued or amended after the Effective Date or the Amendment Date. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that following the Effective Date the Committee determines that any Award may be subject to Section 409A, including such Department of Treasury guidance as may be issued after the Effective Date or the Amendment Date, the Committee may adopt such amendments to the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Committee determines are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the

(b) If, on a Director’s Termination Date, (i) such Director is a “specified employee” of the Company (within the meaning of Section 409A as determined annually by the Committee in accordance with the methodology specified by resolution of the Board or the Committee and in accordance with Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations) and (ii) the Company shall make a good-faith determination that an amount payable pursuant to an Award constitutes “deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to preserve the tax treatment intended for such payment or to avoid additional tax, interest, or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead pay it on the first business day after such six-month period. Such amount shall be paid without interest, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, or as otherwise provided in any applicable agreement between the Company and the relevant Director.

(c) For purposes of this Plan, a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A shall mean termination of services provided by a Director to the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations. In determining whether a Director has experienced a separation from service, the following provisions shall apply:

(i) If a Director provides services for the Company as both an employee and as a director of the Board of the Company, to the extent permitted by Section 1.409A-1(h)(5) of the Treasury Regulations, the services provided by such Director as an employee shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Director has experienced a separation from service as a director of the Board of the Company, and the services provided by such Director as a director of the Board of the Company shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Director has experienced a separation from service as an employee.

(ii) For purposes of this Subsection, services performed for the Company shall include service performed both for the Company and for any other corporation that is a member of the same “controlled group” of corporations as the Company under Section 414(b) of the Code or any other trade or business (such as a partnership) that is under common control with the Company as determined under Section 414(c) of the Code, in each case as modified by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(3) and substituting “at least 50 percent” for “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in Section 1563(a) of the Code or Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2.

(d) A Director shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes, interest, and penalties that may be imposed on such Director or for such Director’s account in connection with an Award (including any taxes, interest, and penalties under Section 409A), and neither the Company nor its affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Director harmless from any or all of such taxes, interest, or penalties.

12. CHANGE IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE. In the event of any change in the Stock by reason of any stock dividend, split, combination of shares, exchange of shares warrants or rights offering to purchase Stock at a price below its fair market value, reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other change in capitalization, appropriate adjustment shall be made by the Committee to any relevant provisions of the Plan and any outstanding Awards, whose determination shall be binding and conclusive on all persons; provided, however, that such adjustment shall be made only to the extent that it does not cause a violation of the requirements of Section 409A.

15. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have full power, discretion and authority to interpret and administer the Plan, except that the Committee shall have no power to (i) determine the eligibility for Awards or the number of Stock Units or Options or the timing or value of Awards to be granted to any Director, or (ii) take any action specifically delegated to the Board under the plan. With respect to any determination contemplated in subsection (i) of the preceding sentence, the Committee shall make recommendations to the Board, but any final determination with respect to such recommendation shall be subject to the approval of the full Board.

16. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Board may, at any time, amend or terminate the Plan; but no amendment or termination shall, without the written consent of a Director, reduce the Director’s rights under previously granted Awards or with respect to any fees previously earned. No amendment which requires stockholder approval in order for the Plan to continue to comply with Rule 16b-3 shall be effective unless the same shall be approved by the requisite vote of the stockholders of the Company.

18. PAYMENTS UPON DEATH. In the event of a Director’s death, payments with respect to any vested Stock Units shall be made promptly in a single lump sum payment to the beneficiary designated by the Director, and the right to exercise any vested Options shall be accorded to such beneficiary (or in the absence of an executed beneficiary form, to the person legally entitled thereto, as designated under his or her will, or to such heirs as determined under the laws of intestacy for the state of his or her domicile) for the shortest of (a) the remaining term of the Options, (b) the balance of the post-Termination Date exercise period if the Director dies

after his or her separation from service, or (c) the entire post-Termination Date exercise period if the Director dies while serving on the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, the Ownership Requirement shall not be a condition to the exercise of any Options following the Director’s death.



Annual Board Retainer	$80,000
Committee Chair Retainers	$25,000 (Audit and Compliance) $18,000 (MDCC) $10,000 (NCG)
Committee Member Retainers	$10,000 (Audit and Compliance) $7,000 (MDCC) $5,000 (NCG)
Annual Stock Unit Award	An Award with a value of $67,500
Annual Option Award	An Award with a value of $67,500
Additional Meeting Fees	$1,500 per Board or committee meeting
Per Diem Fees	TBD on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the Plan