0001209191-11-052137.txt : 20111019 0001209191-11-052137.hdr.sgml : 20111019 20111019113958 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-11-052137 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111018 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111019 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111019 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Meritage Homes CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000833079 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 860611231 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 17851 NORTH 85TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85255 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-515-8100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 17851 NORTH 85TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85255 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERITAGE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981009 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MONTEREY HOMES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970113 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HOMEPLEX MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DAVIS STEVEN M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001203308 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09977 FILM NUMBER: 111147425 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD STREET 2: #700 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90024 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0304 4 2011-10-18 0 0000833079 Meritage Homes CORP MTH 0001203308 DAVIS STEVEN M 17851 N. 85TH STREET SUITE 300 SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255 0 1 0 0 Exec VP - COO MTH COMMON STOCK 2011-10-18 4 S 0 2149 15.52 D 21559 D MTH COMMON STOCK 32500 D Represents sale of shares required to cover tax withholding under 10b5-1 plan election. Balance represents restricted stock shares not vested but does not include 42,500 shares of restricted stock with vesting contingent upon the achievement of pre-specified performance targets. /s/ Steven M. Davis 2011-10-19 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

       	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Larry Seay, C. Timothy White, and Hilla Sferruzza or any one of
them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer of Meritage Homes Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

       	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 3rd day of June, 2011.

	/s/ Steven M. Davis
	Steven M. Davis