UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) December 8, 2008

 

 

MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

(480) 515-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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ITEM 5.02                  DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

 

On December 8, 2008, Meritage Homes announced that Vicki L. Biggs, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, will be leaving the Company in mid to late January, 2009.  Ms. Biggs will continue to serve as the Chief Accounting Officer until the effective date of the termination of her employment.

 

Upon the departure of Ms. Biggs, Larry W. Seay, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the duties of Chief Accounting Officer.  Mr. Seay will receive no additional compensation or benefits in connection with this appointment.

 

Larry W. Seay, 52, has been Chief Financial Officer of Meritage Homes Corporation since December 1996 and was appointed Executive Vice President in October 2005.  Mr. Seay also served as Secretary from 1997 to 2005.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:  December 10, 2008

 

 

	MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION
	/s/	Larry W. Seay
	By:	Larry W. Seay
		Executive Vice President and Chief
		Financial Officer

 

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