KB Home
Annual Report 2001

Plain-text annual report

KB HOME 2001 ANNUAL REPORT EVERYWHERE KB HOME 2001 ANNUAL REPORT ALL THE TIME Getting attention. Making an impact. Cultivating trust, loyalty and enduring relationships. As the premier U.S. homebuilder serving first-time and first-move-up buyers, KB Home forges meaningful connections with consumers. We’re in their sights and on their minds wherever they go, whenever they think of home. By offering more choices and more home for the dollar, we earn the privilege of serving tens of thousands of families each year. Persistent, consistent and absolutely, indisputably there — that’s KB Home. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND UNIT AMOUNTS 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 NET ORDERS, DELIVERIES AND BACKLOG (NUMBER OF HOMES) NET ORDERS DELIVERIES UNIT BACKLOG REVENUES AND INCOME REVENUES OPERATING INCOME PRETAX INCOME NET INCOME BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE ASSETS, DEBT AND EQUITY 24,935 24,868 11,225 24,275 22,847 10,767 23,094 22,460 8,777 16,781 15,213 6,943 12,489 11,443 4,214 $ 4,574,184 $ 3,930,858 $ 3,836,295 $ 2,449,362 $ 1,878,723 386,087 312,441 276,571 170,085 116,259 324,517 297,660 226,869 146,567 214,217 209,960 147,469 95,267 5.72 5.50 5.39 5.24 3.16 3.08 2.41 2.32 91,030 58,230 1.50 1.45 TOTAL ASSETS $ 3,692,866 $ 2,828,921 $ 2,664,235 $ 1,860,204 $ 1,418,991 MORTGAGES AND NOTES PAYABLE 1,683,650 1,373,274 1,191,090 769,259 697,697 MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SECURITIES 189,750 189,750 189,750 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 1,092,481 654,759 676,583 474,511 383,056 RETURN ON AVERAGE STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 24.5% 25.6% 25.6% 22.2% 16.1% 40 % CAGR* $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 0 5 . 5 4 $ 2 . 5 $ 8 0 . 3 $ 2 3 . 2 $ $2.00 5 4 . 1 $ $1.00 97 98 99 00 01 DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE * Compound annual growth rate 97-01 KBH 02 03 STREET SIGNS, CNBC / 11:30 am DEAR SHAREHOLDERS Companies coming off a great year often like to say, “The numbers tell the story,” while companies coming off a tough year typically tell investors, “There’s more to the story than just numbers.” We at KB Home are the exception. Our record-breaking numbers are just the beginning. There’s no way to describe our success in 2001 without offering the broader context of the people, events and strategies that combined to produce our outstanding results. First, the numbers: • For the year, unit deliveries increased 9% over those of fiscal 2000, to a record 24,868 units. • Revenues rose 16% to $4.57 billion, a company record. • Each of our geographic regions reported gains in unit delivery volume as net income advanced to a record $214.2 million. • Earnings per share rose to $5.50, another record. • At year’s end, KB Home recorded a backlog of 11,225 units representing future revenues of $1.91 billion. BLOOMBERG / 11:47 am Also in 2001, KB Home expanded its operations into the fast-growing Jacksonville, Florida and Laredo, Texas markets. These are telling examples of how KB Home intends to enhance shareholder value and build a nationally respected brand through intelligent growth that works on paper and in practice. THE NEW MODEL HOMEBUILDER Given the unsettled U.S. economy and wavering consumer confidence, our 2001 performance — and our industry’s resilience — caught many industry observers off guard. Conventional wisdom, after all, has long held that homebuilding is a speculative, risk-heavy, cyclical pursuit whose fortunes are tied too closely to the rise and fall of interest rates. But the problem with conventional wisdom is that it tends to trail reality by several long paces. Until five or six years ago, many homebuilders would build entire communities and assume the costs of holding and maintaining model homes and production inventory until they sold. But following the recession of the early 1990s, we developed a system for pre-selling homes — originally known as “KB2000” and now called “KBnxt” — with a view to minimizing our risk exposure, enhancing the predictability and sustainability of our results, and offering consumers more and better choices. Today, after selecting a floorplan and homesite that meet their needs, buyers visit our KB Home Studios to customize everything from flooring to appliances to lighting fixtures, rolling the cost of those options into their mortgages. KBnxt ensures that construction of each home unfolds with “one-home-at-a-time” care. It’s also proof that what’s good for homebuyers is also good for homebuilders. KBH 04 05 SQUAWK BOX, CNBC / 8:05 am LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION A solid business model is just one essential for a homebuilder. If you’re not in the right places, process hardly matters. Building as we do in 12 of the 15 cities ranked by Forbesmagazine as the best places in America to live and work, we know we’re ideally situated. And by specializing in affordably priced homes for first-time and first-move- up buyers, we know we’re a perfect fit for the young populations of growing western, southwestern and southeastern markets. Surveys repeatedly reveal that the goal of homeownership is common to nearly all American consumers. That fact, along with a continued shortage of housing nationwide, indicates that the opportunities before us are enormous, and growing all the time. EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME The myriad of ways in which we capitalize on those opportunities is what distinguishes KB Home from competitors and defines our corporate culture. Our strong bottom-line has everything to do with the fact that in 2001, KB Home seemed to be everywhere, all the time. January saw us on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, ringing the opening bell to mark the occasion of our company name change. In one sense, the switch to “KB Home” was a practical decision – we simply formalized the shorthand by which we’ve been known for years. But in another sense, the change represented an important step in our evolution into a fully consumer-focused organization with strong brand recognition. In that way, the change drove the rest of our year, which was one of near-breathless intensity, marked by smart, aggressive marketing that significantly heightened our company’s profile among consumers and the financial community. KB Home’s presence on billboards, up in lights, on the airwaves, and in the press kept KBH 06 07 us on the minds of prospective homebuyers in all our markets throughout the year. At KB Home, consumer outreach is a preoccupation that borders on obsession, and it begins with ongoing, in-depth research on first-time buyers to learn what motivates them. From there, we devise an exhaustive range of creative strategies and tactics that hit people where they live. This past year, as interest rates dropped to record low levels, we continued to find unusual, eye-catching ways to educate consumers about the ease and affordability of homeownership. ON THE GROUND, IN THE AIR, “IN-YOUR-FACE” In every medium, we create a message that hits home with consumers. Our overarching goal is to be everywhere people are. On any given weekend, that may mean hosting morning donuts and coffee or an afternoon cookout at our communities with high- profile partners such as Krispy Kreme and In-N-Out Burger. At the same time, just a few miles away, we may co-sponsor a county fair or be on hand at major family attractions: San Antonio’s SeaWorld, a San Diego Padres game or a block party in Phoenix. High-visibility promotions are just the beginning. KB Home billboards dot the highways and streets near our neighborhoods, just as our flyers and doorhangers are fixtures at apartment complexes and mall parking lots. This past year, we beefed up our traditional media and promotional menu with an e-mail marketing campaign and a full half-hour infomercial in both English and Spanish that drove waves of consumer traffic to our communities. Our 888-KB-HOMES information line continued to provide a ready point-of-contact for consumers eager to prequalify for a mortgage or get answers to questions about monthly payments. And for the uninitiated, our KB Homebuyers Club serves as an indispensable resource for prospective homebuyers who’ve never had a reason to concern themselves with the difference between fixed- and variable-rate STREET SWEEP, CNNfn / 3:20 pm mortgages. As those curious consumers on the sidelines make the transition to active shoppers, we’ve found that they tend to visit our communities first. The business- school term for this kind of assault-the-senses approach is “guerilla marketing,” and while it’s the norm for companies that sell cola, cars or candy bars, it’s largely unheard of in homebuilding. We at KB Home are changing all that. Our in-house advertising agency develops an arsenal of highly targeted campaigns each year which, in addition to touting the benefits of homeownership, also boosts people’s awareness of our brand. While cultivating brand loyalty is harder for a homebuilder than a packaged goods manufacturer, we are proving it can be done. A CULTURE OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION This “can-do” spirit is at the heart of KB Home’s culture — it’s the essence of who we are. Our 3,700 employees represent a wide variety of different backgrounds and areas of expertise; what they have in common are high expectations and grand ambitions, coupled with an unyielding commitment to customer satisfaction. More than any other single factor, that commitment will ensure KB Home’s competitive edge as we move forward. Simply put, everyone in our organization understands that success depends on our ability to satisfy every single homebuyer. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Mezger has personally overseen companywide efforts aimed at addressing any and all issues with the power to affect a buyer’s experience with KB Home, and this work has more than paid off: In 2001, comprehensive data gleaned through sophisticated tracking processes revealed the highest customer-satisfaction ratings in our company’s history. It would be an understatement to say this achievement is an enormous source of pride to all of us at KB Home. FOX NEWS LIVE / 11:40 am PEAK PERFORMANCE, BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF TRUST World events of the past year resulted in the core values of home, family and community returning to the forefront of American public life. The lasting impact is a pointed reminder to all homebuilders of the responsibility we bear: We at KB Home are keenly aware that whenever buyers invest hard-earned dollars in their new homes, they are effectively entrusting us with nothing less than their hopes for the future. Based on our performance throughout fiscal 2001, shareholders should know I have absolute confidence that our company is up to the challenge. For us, four decades of experience in building and selling new homes represents just the beginning. We look to the possibilities of the coming year with anticipation and a sense of genuine excitement. SINCERELY, BRUCE KARATZ, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FEBRUARY 12, 2002 WEST PACIFIC / PT MOUNTAIN / MT CENTRAL / CT EASTERN / ET EAST EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME “SPACIOUS HOMES, THOUSANDS OF CHOICES, GREAT LOCATIONS. ALL AT A PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD.” THAT’S THE HARDCORE MESSAGE KB HOME GOES TO EXTREMES TO COMMUNICATE. WHETHER THEY’RE TUNED IN, LOGGED ON, OR OUT AND ABOUT, WE FIND MEMORABLE, CREATIVE WAYS TO GET HOMEBUYERS’ ATTENTION. EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME / 11:43 am CALIFORNIA KBH 12 13 EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME / 2:57 pm NEVADA KBH 14 15 WHERE THE CUSTOMER REALLY IS KING JUST BECAUSE A HOME IS THE BIGGEST PURCHASE PEOPLE MAKE DOESN’T MEAN IT HAS TO BE THE TOUGHEST. ONE-STOP MORTGAGE SHOPPING THROUGH KB HOME MORTGAGE SIMPLIFIES THE LOAN PROCESS. BUYERS CUSTOMIZE EVERYTHING FROM COUNTERTOPS TO WINDOW COVERINGS AT KB HOME STUDIOS. AND OUR KB HOMEBUYERS CLUB GIVES HOUSEHUNTERS THE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO REALIZE THE DREAM OF OWNERSHIP. TEAMING UP WITH CHAMPIONS KB HOME MADE HEADLINES IN 2001 WITH MARQUEE MARKETING PARTNERSHIPS THAT HIT CONSUMERS RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE. JOINING FORCES WITH THE WORLD CHAMPION ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS AND OTHER WORLD-CLASS BRANDS AND ORGANIZATIONS BOOSTED TRAFFIC AND SALES AT OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME / 9:28 am ARIZONA KBH 16 17 EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME / 4:12 pm NEW MEXICO KBH 18 19 INTELLIGENCE BY THE TANKFUL EACH YEAR, TO BE SURE WE’RE BUILDING THE HOMES PEOPLE WANT, KB HOME SURVEYS BUYERS’ NEEDS, PREFERENCES, AND MOTIVATIONS. WE NEED TO KNOW: WHERE EXACTLY, DO THEY WANT TO LIVE? IS A FIREPLACE ESSENTIAL? WOULD THEY TRADE A SMALLER YARD FOR MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE? THE EFFORT HELPS DETERMINE WHERE WE BUILD, WHICH FEATURES WE INCLUDE IN LOCAL MODELS, AND MORE. RUGGED, ALL-TERRAIN PRODUCTS, SMOOTH-SAILING SERVICE FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES, THE ROAD TO A HOMEBUYER’S UNEQUIVOCAL SATISFACTION IS PAVED WITH QUALITY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, A 10-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY AND KB HOME’S HANDS-ON, DETAIL-ORIENTED SUPERIN- TENDENTS AND SALES AGENTS. EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME / 1:36 pm COLORADO KBH 20 21 EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME / 12:47 pm TEXAS KBH 22 23 ON A ROLL, WITH A NEW NAME WHAT’S IN A NAME? FOR STARTERS, EVERY IMPRESSION, EVERY ASSOCIATION AND EVERY EXPERIENCE PEOPLE HAVE WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, A NAME HAS TO BE CONCISE, MEMORABLE AND TRUE TO THE COMPANY’S SPIRIT AND MISSION. RESEARCH REVEALED THAT THE WORLD ALREADY CALLED OUR COMPANY “KB HOME,” SO WE MADE IT OFFICIAL IN 2001. WHERE IT’S AT, WHEN IT COUNTS IN 2001, KB HOME EXTENDED ITS OPERATIONS TO THE EAST COAST WITH A STRATEGIC ACQUISITION IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AND BROADENED ITS REACH WITH EXPANSION INTO THE LAREDO, TEXAS, MARKET. THE MOVES WERE CONSISTENT WITH OUR STRATEGY OF BUILDING A COMMANDING PRESENCE IN FAST-GROWING MARKETS—ONE HOME, AND ONE FAMILY, AT A TIME. EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME / 10:03 am FLORIDA KBH 24 25 21% CAGR* 8 6 8 , 4 2 0 6 4 , 2 2 7 4 8 , 2 2 3 1 2 , 5 1 3 4 4 , 1 1 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 34% CAGR* 4 9 4 $ 4 3 4 $ 9 5 3 $ 7 1 2 $ $500 $400 $300 $200 4 5 1 $ $100 $0 97 98 99 00 01 97 98 99 00 01 UNIT DELIVERIES EBITDA (IN MILLIONS) * Compound annual growth rate 97-01 30 % CAGR* 2 9 0 , 1 $ 7 7 6 $ 5 5 6 $ 5 7 4 $ 3 8 3 $ $1,200 $1,000 $800 $600 $400 $200 28% CAGR* 5 2 2 , 1 1 7 6 7 , 0 1 7 7 7 , 8 3 4 9 , 6 4 1 2 , 4 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 97 98 99 00 01 97 98 99 00 01 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (IN MILLIONS) UNIT BACKLOG * Compound annual growth rate 97-01 KBH 28 29 % 1 . 0 % 2 7 . 9 1 % 3 . 9 1 % 2 . 9 1 % 2 . 8 1 21% 20% 19% 18% 17% 16% % 8 . 7 % 5 . 7 % 9 . 6 % 2 . 6 % 5 . 5 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 97 98 99 00 01 97 98 99 00 01 HOUSING GROSS MARGIN CONSTRUCTION OPERATING MARGIN KBH 30 31 2001 CONSTRUCTION REVENUES 36% WEST COAST 22% SOUTHWEST 29% CENTRAL 13% FOREIGN $4,501,715,000 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:49 AM Page 32 SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S , E X C E P T P E R S H A R E A M O U N T S 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 CONSTRUCTION: Revenues Operating income Total assets Mortgages and notes payable MORTGAGE BANKING: Revenues Operating income Total assets Notes payable Collateralized mortgage obligations CONSOLIDATED: Revenues Operating income Net income Total assets Mortgages and notes payable Collateralized mortgage obligations Mandatorily redeemable preferred securities (Feline Prides) Stockholders’ equity BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE CASH DIVIDENDS PER COMMON SHARE $4,501,715 $3,870,488 $3,772,121 $2,402,966 $1,843,614 352,316 2,983,522 1,088,615 288,609 2,361,768 987,980 259,107 2,214,076 813,424 148,672 1,542,544 529,846 101,751 1,133,861 496,869 $ 72,469 $ 60,370 $ 64,174 $ 46,396 $ 35,109 33,771 709,344 595,035 22,359 23,832 467,153 385,294 29,928 17,464 450,159 377,666 36,219 21,413 317,660 239,413 49,264 14,508 285,130 200,828 60,058 $4,574,184 $3,930,858 $3,836,295 $2,449,362 $1,878,723 386,087 214,217 3,692,866 1,683,650 22,359 1,092,481 $ 5.72 5.50 .30 312,441 209,960 2,828,921 1,373,274 29,928 189,750 654,759 $ 5.39 5.24 .30 276,571 147,469 2,664,235 1,191,090 36,219 189,750 676,583 $ 3.16 3.08 .30 170,085 95,267 1,860,204 769,259 49,264 189,750 474,511 $ 2.41 2.32 .30 116,259 58,230 1,418,991 697,697 60,058 $ 383,056 1.50 1.45 .30 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:49 AM Page 33 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS RESULTS OF OPERATIONS O V E R V I E W Revenues are primarily generated from the Company’s (i) homebuilding operations in the United States and France and (ii) its domestic mortgage banking operations. Domestically, the Company’s construction revenues are generated from operating divisions in the following regional groups: “West Coast” – California; “Southwest” – Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico; and “Central” – Colorado, Florida and Texas. Internationally, the Company operates in France through a majority-owned subsidiary. In January 2001, the Company changed its name from “Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation” to “KB Home.” This new name, which resulted from homebuyer input, was intended to convey the Company’s strong customer focus and its commitment to helping homebuyers realize their dream of home ownership. The Company achieved record earnings for the fourth consecutive year in 2001 and delivered 24,538 homes, the largest number of units delivered during any single year in its history. Total Company revenues reached a record $4.57 billion in 2001, up 16.4% from $3.93 billion in 2000, which had increased 2.5% from $3.84 billion in 1999. The increase in revenues in 2001 was mainly due to an increase in housing revenues. The modest increase in revenues in 2000 compared to 1999 was primarily attributable to higher housing and land sale revenues. Included in total Company revenues were mortgage banking revenues of $72.5 million in 2001, $60.4 million in 2000 and $64.2 million in 1999. Net income for the year ended November 30, 2001 increased to $214.2 million, or $5.50 per diluted share, from $210.0 million, or $5.24 per diluted share, for the year ended November 30, 2000. The results for 2000 included a one-time gain of $39.6 million, or $.99 per diluted share, on the issuance of stock by the Company’s French subsidiary in an initial public offering (the “French IPO” gain). Excluding the French IPO gain, 2000 net income and diluted earnings per share were $170.4 million and $4.25, respectively. In 2001, net income rose on higher unit delivery volume, expanded gross margins and increased net income from mortgage banking operations. Net income in 2000 was 42.4% higher than the $147.5 million, or $3.08 per diluted share, recorded in 1999. Excluding the French IPO gain in 2000 and excluding an after-tax secondary marketing trading loss of $11.8 million, or $.25 per diluted share, recorded in 1999 as a result of unauthorized trading by an employee of the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary, earnings per share in 2000 were 27.6% higher than 1999 results. Excluding the impact of the trading loss, net income for 1999 was $159.2 million and diluted earnings per share were $3.33. In 2000, the increase in diluted earnings per share was principally driven by the combined effect of a higher housing gross margin, lower selling, general and administrative expenses, a lower effective income tax rate and a 16.2% reduction in the average number of diluted shares outstanding due to the Company’s share repurchase program. KBH 32 33 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:50 AM Page 34 CONSTRUCTION R E V E N U E S Construction revenues reached an all-time high of $4.50 billion in 2001, increasing 16.3% from $3.87 billion in 2000, which had increased from $3.77 billion in 1999. The increase in 2001 was mainly due to higher housing revenues driven by increased unit delivery volume and a higher average selling price. In 2000, the improvement was primarily the result of increased housing and land sale revenues. WEST COAST SOUTHWEST CENTRAL FOREIGN TOTAL JOINT VENTURES UNCONSOLIDATED UNIT DELIVERIES 2001 First Second Third Fourth Total 2000 First Second Third Fourth Total NET ORDERS 2001 First Second Third Fourth Total 2000 First Second Third Fourth Total 981 1,388 1,553 1,628 5,550 1,128 1,207 1,444 1,697 5,476 1,176 1,541 1,082 973 4,772 1,341 2,178 1,301 1,198 6,018 1,248 1,503 1,690 1,797 6,238 1,264 1,349 1,596 1,623 5,832 1,973 1,855 1,494 1,156 6,478 1,523 1,875 1,301 1,337 6,036 1,746 2,121 2,432 3,069 9,368 1,653 1,884 1,944 2,631 8,112 2,531 3,078 2,369 2,051 10,029 1,903 2,888 2,191 1,941 8,923 553 711 798 1,320 3,382 520 602 726 1,124 2,972 664 896 720 1,156 3,436 558 896 564 836 4,528 5,723 6,473 7,814 24,538 4,565 5,042 5,710 7,075 22,392 6,344 7,370 5,665 5,336 24,715 5,325 7,837 5,357 5,312 2,854 23,831 84 98 79 69 330 123 137 102 93 455 65 74 64 17 220 115 121 102 106 444 KBH 34 35 55837_Financials_7 2/22/02 2:26 AM Page 35 WEST COAST SOUTHWEST CENTRAL FOREIGN TOTAL JOINT VENTURES UNCONSOLIDATED ENDING BACKLOG-UNITS 2001 First Second Third Fourth 2000 First Second Third Fourth 2,616 2,769 2,298 1,643 2,092 3,063 2,920 2,421 ENDING BACKLOG-VALUE, IN THOUSANDS 2001 First Second Third Fourth 2000 First Second Third Fourth $754,618 790,862 653,487 474,645 $495,782 755,243 737,912 643,620 3,036 3,388 3,192 2,551 2,366 2,892 2,597 2,311 $460,411 523,751 497,700 420,282 $349,122 413,692 377,324 345,609 4,795 5,752 5,939 4,921 3,449 4,453 4,700 4,010 $667,155 805,022 847,614 700,251 $438,739 570,012 607,767 541,258 1,928 2,113 2,035 2,012 1,566 1,860 1,898 1,817 12,375 14,022 13,464 11,127 9,473 12,268 12,115 10,559 $297,706 $2,179,890 285,255 306,470 294,870 2,404,890 2,305,271 1,890,048 $249,581 $1,533,224 315,151 310,240 272,901 2,054,098 2,033,243 1,803,388 189 165 150 98 211 195 195 208 $37,611 33,330 30,000 20,384 $38,824 36,660 35,880 42,224 Housing revenues totaled $4.37 billion in 2001, $3.77 billion in 2000 and $3.73 billion in 1999, each amount establishing a new Company record for the year in which it was reported. In 2001, housing revenues increased 15.9% over the previous year due to a 9.6% increase in unit volume, reflecting growth in all of the Company’s geographic regions, and a 5.8% increase in the average selling price. In 2000, housing revenues rose 1.0% above 1999 results due to a 1.1% increase in the average selling price; unit volume was comparable to that of 1999. Housing revenues from West Coast operations totaled $1.57 billion in 2001, up 11.6% from $1.41 billion in 2000, reflecting a 1.4% increase in unit delivery volume and a 10.2% increase in the average selling price. West Coast housing operations generated 40.6% of domestic housing revenues in 2001, down from 42.7% in 2000 and 46.8% in 1999, a trend that is consistent with the Company’s steady diversification of its domestic operations outside of California since 1993. Housing revenues generated from the Company’s Southwest region rose 16.1% to $983.1 million in 2001 from $846.9 million in 2000 due to a 7.0% increase in unit deliveries and an 8.5% increase in the average selling price. The Central region posted housing revenues of $1.32 billion, up 26.3% from $1.04 billion in 2000, the result of a 15.5% increase in unit deliveries and a 9.4% increase in the average selling price when compared to 2000. Southwest region housing revenues accounted for 25.4% of domestic housing revenues in 2001, compared to 25.7% in 2000 and 24.8% in 1999. Central region housing revenues accounted for 34.0% of domestic housing revenues in 2001, up from 31.6% in 2000 and 28.4% in 1999. In France, housing revenues of $494.8 million in 2001 rose 5.2% from $470.3 million in 2000, the result of a 14.0% increase in unit volume, partially offset by a 7.7% decrease in the average selling price. In 2000, West Coast region housing revenues decreased 9.5% from $1.56 billion in 1999 due to a 13.4% decrease in unit deliveries, partially offset by a 4.5% increase in the average selling price. Housing revenues in the Southwest region rose 2.9% in 2000 from $823.2 million in 1999, reflecting a small increase in unit deliveries and a higher average selling price. In the Central region, housing revenues in 2000 rose 10.4% from $945.4 million in 1999, the result of increases in both unit volume and average selling price. In France, housing revenues rose 16.6% in 2000 from $403.4 million in 1999, reflecting higher unit volume, partially offset by a lower average selling price. Company-wide housing deliveries increased 9.6% to 24,538 units in 2001 from 22,392 units in 2000, reflecting growth in U.S. and French deliveries of 8.9% and 14.0%, respectively. The increase in domestic deliveries was driven by improvement in each of the Company’s three geographic regions, with increases of 1.4%, 7.0% and 15.5% achieved in the West Coast, Southwest and Central regions, respectively. West Coast region deliveries increased to 5,550 units in 2001 from 5,476 units in 2000 even though the Company operated 8.1% fewer active communities in the region during 2001. Southwest region operations delivered 6,238 units in 2001, up from 5,832 units in 2000, despite a 5.1% decrease in the average number of active communities operated in this region. In the Central region, deliveries totaled 9,368 units in 2001, up from 8,112 units in 2000. The average number of active communities in the Central region rose 9.0% in 2001. French deliveries increased to 3,382 units in 2001 from 2,967 units in 2000, partly due to the inclusion of a full year of results from acquisitions made during 2000. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:52 AM Page 36 In 2000, housing deliveries of 22,392 units were essentially flat compared with the 22,422 units delivered in 1999, as a 2.6% decrease in U.S. deliveries was largely offset by a 20.4% increase in French deliveries. The decline in domestic deliveries reflected a 13.4% decrease in the West Coast region, partly offset by increases of .5% and 3.9% in the Southwest and Central regions, respectively. West Coast deliveries decreased to 5,476 units in 2000 from 6,323 units in 1999, primarily due to two factors. First, the re-focusing of the Company’s West Coast operations following the Lewis Homes acquisition, in keeping with the KBnxt business model, resulted in fewer active communities in Northern California in 2000 compared to 1999. Second, the strength of the Company’s Southwest and Central region operations, which generally offered lower risk for less investment in land, caused the Company to apply more stringent criteria with regard to its land investment decisions in the West Coast region. Southwest operations delivered 5,832 units in 2000, up slightly from 5,801 units in 1999, despite a 4.9% decrease in the average number of active communities compared to the prior year. Deliveries from Central region operations increased to 8,112 units in 2000 from 7,809 units in 1999, as the average number of active communities in the region rose 4.2% from the prior year. French deliveries increased 20.4% to 2,967 units in 2000 from 2,465 units in 1999, as a result of expansion of these operations during 2000, partly through acquisitions. The Company-wide average new home price increased 5.8% in 2001, to $178,000 from $168,300 in 2000. The 2000 average had advanced 1.1% from $166,500 in 1999. The increase in the average selling price in 2001 resulted from a higher domestic average selling price, partially offset by a lower average selling price in France. In the West Coast region, the average selling price rose 10.2% in 2001 to $283,100 from $257,000 in 2000, which had increased 4.5% from $246,000 in 1999. The average selling price in the Southwest region increased 8.5% to $157,600 in 2001, compared with $145,200 in 2000 and $141,900 in 1999. The Central region average selling price rose 9.4% to $140,700 in 2001 compared with $128,600 in 2000, which had increased 6.2% from $121,100 in 1999. The higher average selling prices in each of the Company’s domestic regions in 2001 resulted from strategic increases in sales prices made by the Company in most of its markets. The increase in 2000 also resulted from modest increases in sales prices in certain domestic markets. The Company’s average selling price in France decreased 7.7% to $146,300 in 2001 from $158,500 in 2000, which had decreased 3.1% from $163,600 in 1999. The decreases in 2001 and 2000 were largely the result of a Company strategy to increase the proportion of its French deliveries from condominiums, which are typically priced below single-family detached homes, and the adverse foreign currency translation impact resulting from a weakening in the French franc compared to the U.S. dollar. Revenues from the development of commercial buildings, all located in metropolitan Paris, totaled $69.9 million in 2001, just below the Company’s projections of $75 million to $90 million, but up substantially, as anticipated, from $.8 million in 2000 and $.7 million in 1999. The Company’s French commercial revenues increased substantially in 2001 due to the Company’s decision to expand its commercial activity as market conditions for commercial development improved. For several years prior to 2001, the Company had de-emphasized its commercial development operations, which had generated revenues as high as $362.3 million in 1990, in light of less favorable commercial market conditions. Land sale revenues totaled $64.8 million in 2001, $100.5 million in 2000 and $37.8 million in 1999. Generally, land sale revenues fluctuate with management’s decisions to maintain or decrease the Company’s land ownership position in certain markets based upon the volume of its holdings, the strength and number of competing developers entering particular markets at given points in time, the availability of land in markets served by the Company and prevailing market conditions. The results for 2001 and 1999 are more representative of typical historical Company land sales activity levels. In contrast, land sale revenues were higher in 2000 as a result of the Company’s adoption of an asset repositioning strategy, in late 1999, which included the identification and sale of non-core assets. O P E R AT I N G I N CO M E Operating income increased to a new Company record of $352.3 million in 2001, which was 22.1% higher than the previous record of $288.6 million achieved in 2000. As a percentage of revenues, operating income rose to 7.8% in 2001 from 7.5% in 2000. Housing gross profits in 2001 increased 17.8% or $132.7 million to $876.4 million from $743.7 million in 2000. As a percentage of related revenues, the housing gross profit margin was 20.1% in 2001, up from 19.7% in the prior year, primarily due to a higher average selling price. The Company’s housing gross profit margin also showed sequential improvement during each quarter of 2001 progressing from 19.5% in the first quarter to 20.8% in the fourth quarter. Commercial activities in France generated profits of $10.6 million in 2001, compared to $.2 million in 2000. Company-wide land sales generated profits of $1.7 million in 2001 and $2.8 million in 2000. Selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $536.5 million in 2001 compared with $458.0 million in 2000. As a percentage of housing revenues, to which these expenses are most closely correlated, selling, general and administrative expenses increased slightly to 12.3% in 2001 from 12.2% in 2000. For the first nine months of 2001, the Company achieved a lower selling, general and administrative expense ratio compared to the same period of 2000. However, selling expenses rose significantly in the fourth quarter as marketing efforts had to be stepped-up to stimulate traffic in the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy and to attract sales in the increasingly competitive marketplace. Provided there are no further negative consequences from the terrorist activities and U.S. response, and subject to other risk factors described below, the Company expects selling expenses to remain at higher levels during the first quarter of 2002 and return to more normal levels in the remainder of the year. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:53 AM Page 37 Operating income increased 11.4% to $288.6 million in 2000 from $259.1 million in 1999. This increase was primarily due to higher housing gross profits and lower selling, general and administrative expenses. Housing gross profits in 2000 increased 3.0%, or $22.1 million, to $743.7 million from $721.6 million in 1999. As a percentage of related revenues, the housing gross profit margin was 19.7% in 2000, up from 19.3% in the prior year. This increase was primarily due to an improved pricing environment, generally favorable market conditions throughout 2000, deeper execution of the KBnxt operational business model and a reduction in the negative impact of purchase accounting associated with the 1999 acquisition of Lewis Homes. Company-wide land sales generated a profit of $2.8 million in 2000, compared to a loss of $1.2 million in 1999. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $458.0 million in 2000 from $461.3 million in 1999. As a percentage of housing revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to 12.2% in 2000 from 12.4% in 1999. The improved ratio resulted from savings generated by the Company’s cost-containment initiatives. I N T E R E S T I N CO M E A N D E X P E N S E Interest income, which is generated from short-term investments and mortgages receivable, amounted to $3.6 million in 2001, $5.8 million in 2000 and $7.8 million in 1999. The decrease in interest income in 2001 resulted primarily from a lower interest bearing average balance of mortgages receivable compared to 2000. Interest income declined in 2000 due to a decrease in the interest bearing average balances of both short-term investments and mortgages receivable compared to 1999. Interest expense results principally from borrowings to finance land purchases, housing inventory and other operating and capital needs. In 2001, interest expense, net of amounts capitalized, increased by $9.6 million to $41.1 million, up from $31.5 million in 2000. Gross interest incurred in 2001 was $8.8 million higher than that incurred in 2000, reflecting an increase in average indebtedness. The percentages of interest capitalized in 2001 and 2000 were 60.1% and 66.6%, respectively. In 2000, interest expense, net of amounts capitalized, increased to $31.5 million from $28.3 million in 1999. Gross interest incurred in 2000 was $16.2 million higher than that incurred in 1999, reflecting an increase in average indebtedness. The percentage of interest capitalized in 2000 increased from 63.7% capitalized in 1999. M I N O R I T Y I N T E R E S T S Minority interests are comprised of two major components: pretax income of consolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures related to residential and commercial activities; and distributions associated with the Company’s Feline Prides securities. Operating income was reduced by minority interests of $27.9 million in 2001, $31.6 million in 2000 and $29.4 million in 1999. Minority interests in 2001, 2000 and 1999 included distributions of $11.4 million, $15.2 million and $15.2 million, respectively, associated with the Feline Prides. Since the Feline Prides mandatorily converted into common stock of the Company on August 16, 2001, minority interests in future periods will no longer include distributions associated with these securities. In 2001 and 2000, minority interests reflected the impact of the Company’s French IPO. E Q U I T Y I N P R E TA X I N CO M E O F U N CO N S O L I D AT E D J O I N T V E N T U R E S The Company’s unconsolidated joint venture activities were located in Nevada, New Mexico and France in 2001; California, Nevada, New Mexico and France in 2000; and California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and France in 1999. These unconsolidated joint ventures posted combined revenues of $82.1 million in 2001, $116.8 million in 2000 and $13.9 million in 1999. Revenues from unconsolidated joint ventures in 2001 and 2000 were substantially higher than in 1999 primarily due to the inclusion of a joint venture related to a Nevada community. All unconsolidated joint venture revenues in 2001, 2000 and 1999 were generated from residential properties. Unconsolidated joint ventures generated combined pretax income of $6.5 million in 2001, $4.9 million in 2000 and $3.6 million in 1999. The Company’s share of pretax income from unconsolidated joint ventures totaled $3.9 million in 2001, $2.9 million in 2000 and $.2 million in 1999. G A I N O N I S S U A N C E O F F R E N C H S U B S I D I A R Y S TO C K The Company recognized a one-time gain of $39.6 million from the issuance of 5,314,327 common shares (including the over allotment option) by Kaufman & Broad S.A. (“KBSA”), the Company’s French subsidiary, in an initial public offering in the first quarter of 2000. The offering was made in France and elsewhere in Europe and was priced at 23 euros per share. Since the initial public offering, KBSA has been listed on the Premier Marché of the ParisBourse. The offering generated total net proceeds of $113.1 million, of which $82.9 million was used by the Company to reduce its domestic debt and repurchase shares of its common stock. The remainder of the proceeds was used to fund internal and external growth of KBSA. Since the initial public offering, the Company has maintained a 57% majority ownership interest in KBSA and continues to consolidate these operations in its financial statements. MORTGAGE BANKING I N T E R E S T I N CO M E A N D E X P E N S E The Company’s mortgage banking operations provide financing principally to purchasers of homes sold by the Company’s domestic housing operations through the origination of residential mortgages. Interest income is earned primarily from first mortgages and mortgage-backed securities held for long-term investment as collateral, while interest expense results from notes payable and the collateralized mortgage obligations. Interest income increased to $21.9 million in 2001 from $21.1 million in 2000 and $19.2 million in 1999. Interest expense decreased to $18.4 million in 2001 from $19.4 million in 2000, which had increased from $16.9 million in 1999. Interest income increased in both 2001 and 2000 primarily due to a higher balance of first mortgages held under commitments of sale and other receivables outstanding compared to the previous year. KBH 36 37 55837_Financials_7 2/22/02 2:31 AM Page 38 Interest expense decreased in 2001 from the previous year due to lower interest rates. Interest expense rose in 2000 from 1999 due to a higher amount of notes payable outstanding compared to 1999. Combined interest income and expense resulted in net interest income of $3.5 million in 2001, $1.7 million in 2000 and $2.3 million in 1999. These differences reflect variations in mortgage production mix; movements in short-term versus long-term interest rates; and the amount, timing and rates of return on interim reinvestments of monthly principal amortization and prepayments. OT H E R M O R TG A G E B A N K I N G R E V E N U E S Other mortgage banking revenues, which principally consist of gains on sales of mortgages and servicing rights and, to a lesser extent, mortgage servicing fees and insurance commissions, totaled $50.5 million in 2001, $39.2 million in 2000 and $45.0 million in 1999. The increase in 2001 reflected higher gains on the sales of mortgages and servicing rights primarily due to a higher volume of mortgage originations associated both with increases in underlying housing unit delivery volume and higher retention. By “retention,” the Company is referring to the percentage of the Company’s domestic homebuyers using the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary as a loan originator. Also contributing to the increase in 2001 was a shift in product mix toward a higher proportion of fixed rate loans. In 2000, the decrease in other mortgage banking revenues was primarily the result of lower gains on the sales of mortgages and servicing rights due to lower unit delivery volume. Interest rate increases during 2000, including a shift in product mix toward more variable rate loans, lower retention and the intensely competitive mortgage banking environment also contributed to the decrease. G E N E R A L A N D A D M I N I S T R AT I V E E X P E N S E S General and administrative expenses associated with the mortgage banking operations increased to $20.3 million in 2001 from $17.2 million in 2000 and $11.6 million in 1999. In 2001, general and administrative expenses increased as a result of the expansion of certain ancillary businesses, higher staff levels in place to accommodate the Company’s higher backlog and the overall growth of the mortgage banking operations in anticipation of higher origination volumes. The increase in general and administrative expenses in 2000 was primarily due to expansion of the operations. S E CO N D A R Y M A R K E T I N G T R A D I N G LO S S On August 31, 1999, the Company disclosed that it had discovered unauthorized mortgage loan trading activity by an employee of its mortgage banking subsidiary resulting in a pretax trading loss of $18.2 million ($11.8 million, or $.25 per diluted share, on an after-tax basis). It is normal practice for the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary to sell loans into the market that approximately match loan commitments to the Company’s homebuyers. This practice is intended to hedge exposure to changes in interest rates that may occur until loans are sold to secondary market investors in the ordinary course of its business. The loss was the result of a single employee engaging in unauthorized mortgage loan trading largely unrelated to mortgage originations. The employee who conducted the unauthorized trading was terminated. INCOME TAXES The Company recorded income tax expense of $110.3 million in 2001, $87.7 million in 2000 and $79.4 million in 1999. These amounts represented effective income tax rates of approximately 34.0% in both 2001 and 2000 (excluding the one-time gain on the issuance of French subsidiary stock in 2000) and 35.0% in 1999. The effective tax rate declined by 1.0 percentage point in 2000 as a result of greater utilization of tax credits. Pretax income for financial reporting purposes and taxable income for income tax purposes historically have differed primarily due to the impact of state income taxes, foreign tax rate differences, intercompany dividends and the use of tax credits. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES The Company assesses its liquidity in terms of its ability to generate cash to fund its operating and investing activities. Historically, the Company has funded its construction and mortgage banking activities with internally generated cash flows and external sources of debt and equity financing. Operating, investing and financing activities provided net cash of $248.3 million in 2001 and $4.7 million in 2000. Operating activities provided $45.9 million in 2001 and $52.9 million in 2000. The Company’s sources of operating cash in 2001 included earnings of $214.2 million, an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities of $295.9 million, other operating sources of $21.3 million and various noncash items deducted from net income. The increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities primarily reflected increased production activity at the end of the year as the Company’s payment terms were essentially unchanged from the previous year. The cash pro- vided was partially offset by an increase in receivables of $372.9 million and investments in inventories of $137.1 million (excluding the effect of acqui- sitions and $54.6 million of inventories acquired through seller financing). In 2000, the sources of operating cash included earnings of $210.0 million and various noncash items deducted from net income. The cash provided was partially offset by an investment of $96.1 million in inventories (excluding the effect of acquisitions and $25.1 million of inventories acquired through seller financing), a decrease of $55.0 million in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities, an increase of $53.9 million in receivables and a gain of $39.6 million on the issuance of French subsidiary stock. Cash used by investing activities totaled $48.3 million in 2001 and $24.9 million in 2000. In 2001, $53.7 million, net of cash acquired, was used for two acquisitions and $12.2 million was used for net purchases of property and equipment. Partially offsetting these uses were proceeds of $7.9 million received from mortgage-backed securities, which were principally used to pay down collateralized mortgage obligations for which the mortgage- backed securities had served as collateral, distributions of $5.4 million relating to investments in unconsolidated joint ventures and net sales of $4.3 million of mortgages held for long-term investment. KBH 38 39 55837_Financials_7 2/22/02 2:33 AM Page 39 In 2000, cash used by investing activities included $24.3 million, net of cash acquired, used for acquisitions, $18.5 million used for net purchases of property and equipment and $2.6 million used for originations of mortgages held for long-term investment. Partially offsetting these uses were distri- butions of $13.9 million related to investments in unconsolidated joint ventures and proceeds of $6.6 million received from mortgage-backed securities. Financing activities in 2001 provided $250.6 million of cash compared to $23.3 million used in 2000. In 2001, sources of financing cash included $247.5 million from the issuance of 91⁄2% senior subordinated notes, $37.9 million from the issuance of common stock under employee stock plans and $5.1 million from net proceeds on borrowings. Partially offsetting the cash provided were payments to minority interests of $21.1 million, cash dividend payments of $11.2 million and payments on collateralized mortgage obligations of $7.6 million. Pursuant to its universal shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 1997 (the “1997 Shelf Registration”), the Company issued the $250.0 million 91⁄2% senior subordinated notes at 100% of the principal amount of the notes. The notes, which are due February 15, 2011 with interest payable semi- annually, represent unsecured obligations of the Company and are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company. The notes are redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole, or in part, at 104.750% of their principal amount beginning February 15, 2006, and thereafter at prices declining annually to 100% on and after February 15, 2009. The Company’s financial leverage, as measured by the ratio of debt to total capital was 49.9% at the end of 2001 compared to 53.9% at the end of 2000. The Company seeks to maintain its ratio of debt to total capital within a targeted range of 45% to 55%. Financing activities in 2000 used $169.2 million for the repurchase of common stock (excluding $78.0 million of common stock repurchased through the issuance of promissory notes), $20.1 million for payments to minority interests, $11.5 million for cash dividend payments and $6.3 million for payments on collateralized mortgage obligations. Partially offsetting these uses were $113.1 million of proceeds from the issuance of French subsidiary stock, $59.1 million of net proceeds from borrowings and $11.6 million from the issuance of common stock under employee stock plans. On July 19, 2001, the Company acquired Trademark Home Builders, Inc. (“Trademark”), a builder of single-family homes in Jacksonville, Florida. The acquisition marked the Company’s entry into Florida. Trademark was acquired for approximately $30.1 million, including the assumption of approximately $16.3 million in debt, and was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired was $9.2 million and was allocated to goodwill and assigned to the Company’s construction segment. On September 26, 2001, KBSA completed the acquisition of Résidences Bernard Teillaud (“RBT”), a France-based builder of condominiums. As a result of the acquisition, KBSA anticipates having a leading market position in the Rhône-Alps region of France. RBT was acquired for approximately $28.7 million and was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired was $10.2 million and was allocated to goodwill and assigned to the Company’s construction segment. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,”(“SFAS No. 142”), the goodwill amounts recorded in connection with the acquisitions of Trademark and RBT will not be amortized but will be reviewed for impairment on an annual basis. The results of Trademark and RBT were included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of their respective acquisition dates. During the year ended November 30, 2000, the Company’s French subsidiary, KBSA, completed the acquisitions of four homebuilders in France. These companies were acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $33.5 million and were accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired was $24.7 million and was allocated to goodwill. Through November 30, 2001, the Company amortized the goodwill on a straight-line basis over a period of ten years. However, in accordance with SFAS No. 142, which the Company adopted as of December 1, 2001, in future periods the goodwill will no longer be amortized but will be reviewed for impairment on an annual basis. In 2000, common stock repurchases made under the Company’s share repurchase program totaled $247.0 million. The Company’s share repurchase program was established in August 1999. The Company repurchased approximately 10.7 million shares in 2000, thereby completing the purchase of all the 14.5 million shares of common stock previously authorized for repurchase by the Company’s Board of Directors. Included in the shares repurchased during 2000 were 4.0 million shares which had been issued as partial consideration for the January 1999 acquisition of Lewis Homes and were repurchased in a private transaction from the Lewis Homes sellers in September 2000. On September 21, 2000, in connection with the repurchase of 4.0 million shares from the Lewis holders, the Company issued promissory notes (the “Shareholder Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $78.0 million to the Lewis holders. Interest on the Shareholder Notes accrued monthly at a rate of 63⁄5%. The Company paid off the Shareholder Notes during the year ended November 30, 2001, prior to their scheduled maturity date of December 6, 2001. On October 4, 2001, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase authorization of up to 4.0 million additional shares of the Company’s common stock. The authorization positions management to opportunistically purchase common shares from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. No shares had been repurchased under this authorization as of November 30, 2001. 55837_Financials_7 2/22/02 2:43 AM Page 40 In connection with its share repurchase program, on August 27, 1999, the Company established a grantor stock ownership trust (the “Trust”) into which certain shares repurchased in 2000 and 1999 were transferred. The Trust, administered by an independent trustee, acquires, holds and distributes the shares of common stock for the purpose of funding certain employee compensation and employee benefit obligations of the Company under its existing stock option, 401(k) and other employee benefit plans. The existence of the Trust has no impact on the amount of benefits or compensation that is paid under these plans. For financial reporting purposes, the Trust is consolidated with the Company. Any dividend transactions between the Company and the Trust are eliminated. Acquired shares held by the Trust remain valued at the market price at the date of purchase and are shown as a reduction to stockholders’ equity in the consolidated balance sheet. The difference between the Trust share value and the fair market value on the date shares are released from the Trust, for the benefit of employees, is included in additional paid-in capital. Common stock held in the Trust is not considered outstanding in the computation of earnings per share. The Trust held 8.1 million and 8.8 million shares of common stock at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The trustee votes shares held by the Trust in accordance with voting directions from eligible employees, as specified in a trust agreement with the trustee. External sources of financing for the Company’s construction activities include its domestic unsecured credit facility, other domestic and foreign bank lines, third-party secured financings, and the public debt and equity markets. Substantial unused lines of credit remain available for the Company’s future use, if required, principally through its domestic unsecured revolving credit facility. On October 6, 2000, the Company entered into an unsecured credit agreement (the “Unsecured Credit Facility”) consisting of a four-year committed revolving credit facility and a five-year term loan, which together replaced its previously existing revolving credit facility and term loan agreement. The Unsecured Credit Facility totaled $732.0 million at November 30, 2001 and was comprised of a $564.1 million four-year committed revolving credit facility and a $167.9 million five-year term loan. The Unsecured Credit Facility has the capacity to be expanded up to an aggregate total of $900.0 million if additional bank lending commitments are obtained. Interest on the Unsecured Credit Facility is payable monthly at the London Interbank Offered Rate plus an applicable spread on amounts borrowed. The Company had $536.3 million available for its future use under the Unsecured Credit Facility at November 30, 2001. In addition, the Company’s French subsidiaries have lines of credit with various banks which totaled $321.7 million at November 30, 2001 and have various committed expiration dates through November 2006. Under these unsecured financing agreements, $184.0 million was available to the Company’s French subsidiaries at November 30, 2001. Depending upon available terms and its negotiating leverage related to specific market conditions, the Company also finances certain land acquisitions with purchase-money financing from land sellers and other third parties. At November 30, 2001, the Company had outstanding seller-financed notes payable of $58.6 million secured primarily by the underlying property which had a carrying value of $172.2 million. The Company’s primary contractual financing obligations at November 30, 2001 were comprised of senior and senior subordinated notes, term loan borrowings, shareholder notes, mortgages, land contracts and other loans with principal payments due as follows: 2002: $40.9 million; 2003: $186.8 million; 2004: $180.6 million; 2005: $168.0 million; 2006: $124.6 million and thereafter: $250.0 million. The Company also had contractual cash ations under various operating lease commitments, which primarily had terms of less than thre On October 15, 2001 the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement (as subsequently amended, the “2001 Shelf Registration”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for up to $750.0 million of the Company’s debt and equity securities, which amount ultimately included $50.0 million in unused capacity under the Company’s previously existing 1997 Shelf Registration after giving effect to the issuance of $200.0 million of 85⁄8% senior subordinated notes in December 2001. The 2001 Shelf Registration was declared effective on January 28, 2002 and provides that securities may be offered from time to time in one or more series and in the form of senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt, preferred stock, common stock, stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units and/or warrants to purchase such securities. As of February 15, 2002 no securities had been issued under the 2001 Shelf Registration and $750.0 million of capacity remained available. On July 7, 1998, the Company, together with a KBHC Trust that was wholly owned by the Company, issued an aggregate of (i)19.0 million Feline Prides securities, and (ii)1.0 million KBHC Trust capital securities, with a $10 stated liquidation amount. The Feline Prides consisted of (i)18.0 million Income Prides with the stated amount per Income Prides of $10, which were units comprised of a capital security and a stock purchase contract under which the holders were to purchase common stock from the Company not later than August 16, 2001 and the Company was to pay to the holders certain unsecured contract adjustment payments, and (ii)1.0 million Growth Prides with a face amount per Growth Prides equal to the $10 stated amount, which were units consisting of a 1/100th beneficial interest in a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury security and a stock purchase contract under which the holders were to purchase common stock from the Company not later than August 16, 2001 and the Company was to pay to the holders certain unsecured contract adjustment payments. The KBHC Trust utilized the proceeds from the issuance of the Feline Prides and capital securities to purchase an equivalent principal amount of the Company’s 8% debentures due August 16, 2003 (the “8% Debentures”). The 8% Debentures were the sole asset of the KBHC Trust. On August 16, 2001, all of the Company’s Feline Prides mandatorily converted into approximately 6.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock. In connection with the conversion, all of the 8% Debentures held by the KBHC Trust were retired and the KBHC Trust was subsequently dissolved. 55837_Financials_7 2/22/02 2:44 AM Page 41 The Company uses its capital resources primarily for land purchases, land development and housing construction. The Company typically manages its investments in land by purchasing property under options and other types of conditional contracts whenever possible, and similarly controls its investment in housing inventories by strongly emphasizing the pre-sale of homes over speculative construction and carefully managing the timing of the production process. The Company’s backlog ratio (beginning backlog as a percentage of unit deliveries in the succeeding quarter) was approximately 174.0% for the fourth quarter of 2001 and was essentially flat when compared to the ratio for the fourth quarter of 2000. The Company’s inventories have become significantly more geographically diverse in the last decade, primarily as a result of the Company’s extensive domestic expansion outside of the West Coast region. As of November 30, 2001, 24.3% of the lots owned or controlled by the Company were located in the West Coast region, with 23.5% in the Southwest region, 43.7% in the Central region and 8.5% in France. The Company continues to concentrate its housing operations in desirable areas within targeted growth markets, principally oriented toward entry-level and first-time move up purchasers. The principal sources of liquidity for the Company’s mortgage banking operations are internally generated funds from the sales of mortgages and related servicing rights. Mortgages originated by the mortgage banking operations are generally sold in the secondary market within 60 days of origination. External sources of financing for these operations include a $300.0 million revolving mortgage warehouse agreement (the “Mortgage Warehouse Facility”) and a $200.0 million Master Loan and Security Agreement. The Master Loan and Security Agreement was renewed on May 24, 2001 with an investment bank. The agreement, which expires on May 25, 2002, provides for a facility fee based on the maximum credit amount available and provides for interest to be paid monthly at the Eurodollar Rate plus an applicable spread on amounts borrowed. During the fourth quarter of 2001, the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary negotiated a temporary increase in the maximum credit amount available under the Master Loan and Security Agreement to $325.0 million through December 31, 2001. The temporary increase was necessary to meet the Company’s increased volume of mortgage loan originations. The Mortgage Warehouse Facility, which expires on February 18, 2003, provides for an annual fee based on the committed balance of the facility and provides for interest at either the London Interbank Offered Rate or the Federal Funds Rate plus an applicable spread on amounts borrowed. The amounts outstanding under the Mortgage Warehouse Facility and the Master Loan and Security Agreement are secured by a borrowing base, which includes certain mortgage loans held under commitments of sale, and are repayable from sales proceeds. There are no compensating balance requirements under either facility. Both facilities include financial covenants and restrictions which, among other things, require the maintenance of certain financial statement ratios, a minimum tangible net worth and a minimum net income. Due to the increased volume of mortgage loan originations in the fourth quarter of 2001, a substantial portion of the borrowing capacity available to the mortgage banking operations was utilized at November 30, 2001. At November 30, 2001, the Company’s mortgage banking operations had $19.1 million available under its $300.0 million Mortgage Warehouse Facility and $10.8 million available under its Master Loan and Security Agreement, which had been temporarily increased to $325.0 million. The maximum credit amount available under the Master Loan and Security Agreement was reduced to the original amount of $200.0 million subsequent to December 31, 2001 and all terms of the original agreement remain as they were prior to the temporary increase. The Company believes its sources of financing are adequate to fund its mortgage banking operations. Debt service on the Company’s collateralized mortgage obligations is funded by receipts from mortgage-backed securities. Such funds are expected to be adequate to meet future debt-payment schedules for the collateralized mortgage obligations and therefore these securities have virtually no impact on the capital resources and liquidity of the mortgage banking operations. The Company continues to benefit in all of its operations from the strength of its capital position, which has allowed it to maintain overall profitability during troubled economic times, finance domestic and international expansion, re-engineer product lines and diversify into new markets. Secure access to capital at competitive rates, among other reasons, should enable the Company to continue to grow and expand. As a result of its geographic diversification, the disciplines of its KBnxt operational business model and its strong capital position, the Company believes it has adequate resources and sufficient credit facilities to satisfy its current and reasonably anticipated future requirements for funds needed to acquire capital assets and land, construct homes, fund its mortgage banking operations, and meet other needs of its business, both on a short and long-term basis. CONVERSION TO THE EURO CURRENCY On January 1, 1999, certain member countries of the European Union (the “EU”) established fixed conversion rates between their existing currencies and the EU’s common currency (the “euro”). The Company conducts substantial business in France, an EU member country. During the established transition period for the introduction of the euro, which extends to June 30, 2002, the Company will address the issues involved with the adoption of the new currency. The most important issues associated with the conversion, including: the conversion of information technology systems; the reassess- ment of currency risk; the negotiation and amendment of contracts; and the processing of tax and accounting records, have been addressed by the Company and resulted in no material impact on the Company’s financial results. Based upon its progress to date, the Company believes that use of the euro will not have a significant impact on the manner in which it conducts its business affairs and processes its business and accounting records. Accordingly, conversion to the euro is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. KBH 40 41 55837_Financials_6 2/21/02 5:27 PM Page 42 SUBSEQUENT EVENT On December 14, 2001, pursuant to the 1997 Shelf Registration, the Company issued $200.0 million of 85⁄8% senior subordinated notes at 100% of the principal amount of the notes. The notes, which are due December 15, 2008, with interest payable semi-annually, represent unsecured obligations of the Company and are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company. Before December 15, 2004, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the net proceeds of one or more public or private equity offerings at a redemption price of 108.625% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest. The notes are not otherwise redeemable at the option of the Company. The Company used $175.0 million of the net proceeds from the issuance of the notes to redeem all of its outstanding 93⁄8% senior subordinated notes due 2003. The remaining net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES As discussed in Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, housing and other real estate sales are recognized when title passes to the buyer and certain other conditions are met. As a result, the Company’s revenue recognition process does not involve significant judgments or estimations. Nonetheless, the Company does rely on certain estimates to determine the related construction and land costs and resulting gross margins associated with revenues recognized. The Company’s construction and land costs are comprised of direct and allocated costs, including estimated costs for future warranties and amenities. Land, land improvements and other common costs are allocated on a relative fair value basis to units within a parcel or subdivision. Land and land development costs generally include related interest and property taxes incurred until development is substantially completed or deliveries have begun within a subdivision. In determining a portion of the construction and land costs for each period, the Company relies on project budgets that are based on a variety of assumptions, including assumptions about construction schedules and future costs to be incurred. It is possible that actual results could differ from budgeted amounts for various reasons, including construction delays, increases in costs which have not yet been committed, or unforeseen issues encountered during construction that fall outside the scope of contracts obtained. While the actual results for a particular construction project are accurately reported over time, a variance between the budget and actual costs could result in the understatement or overstatement of construction and land costs and construction gross margins in a specific reporting period. To reduce the potential for such distortion, the Company has set forth procedures that collectively comprise a critical accounting policy. These procedures, which have been applied by the Company on a consistent basis, include assessing and revising project budgets on a monthly basis, obtaining commitments from subcontractors and vendors for future costs to be incurred, reviewing the adequacy of warranty accruals and historical warranty claims experience, and utilizing the most recent information available to estimate construction and land costs to be charged to expense. The variances between budget and actual amounts identified by the Company have historically not had a material impact on its consolidated results of operations. Management believes that the Company’s policies provide for reasonably dependable estimates to be used in the calculation and reporting of construction and land costs. As disclosed in the consolidated financial statements, the Company had goodwill in the amount of $190.8 million at November 30, 2001. In connection with the adoption of SFAS No. 142, the Company performed an impairment test of goodwill as of December 1, 2001 which resulted in no impairment being identified. However, the process of evaluating goodwill for impairment involves the determination of the fair value of the Company’s reporting units. Inherent in such fair value determinations are certain judgments and estimates, including the interpretation of current economic indicators and market valuations, and assumptions about the Company’s strategic plans with regard to its operations. To the extent additional information arises or the Company’s strategies change, it is possible that the Company’s conclusion regarding goodwill impairment could change and result in a material effect on its financial position or results of operations. As discussed in Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company is involved in litigation incidental to its business, the disposition of which is expected to have no material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. It is possible, however, that future results of opera- tions for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by changes in the Company’s assumptions related to these proceedings. The Company accrues its best estimate of the probable cost for the resolution of legal claims. Such estimates are developed in consultation with outside counsel handling these matters and are based upon a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. To the extent additional information arises or the Company’s strategies change, it is possible that the Company’s best estimate of its probable liability in these matters may change. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations,” (“SFAS No.141”). SFAS No. 141 requires all business combinations to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and is effective for all business combinations with a closing date after June 30, 2001. The Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 141 did not have a material effect on its operating results or financial condition in 2001. Also in June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 142 requires goodwill to be tested for impairment under certain circumstances, and written off when impaired, rather than amortized as previous standards required. SFAS No. 142 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, although early application is permitted for entities, like the Company, with fiscal years beginning after March 15, 2001. KBH 42 43 55837_Financials_5 2/21/02 5:22 AM Page 43 The Company adopted SFAS No. 142 on December 1, 2001, earlier than required. Application of the nonamortization provisions of SFAS No. 142 by the Company will result in the elimination of amortization expense of approximately $28.0 million in 2002. The Company will test goodwill for impairment using the two-step process prescribed in SFAS No. 142. The first step is a screen for potential impairment, while the second step measures the amount of impairment, if any. The impairment test of goodwill performed by the Company as of December 1, 2001 indicated no impairment. OUTLOOK The Company’s residential backlog at November 30, 2001 reached 11,127 units, the highest year-end backlog level in its history, and represented aggregate future revenues of $1.89 billion, also a year-end record. The Company’s backlog in terms of units and value at November 30, 2001 increased 5.4% and 4.8%, respectively, compared to 10,559 units in residential backlog, representing aggregate future revenues of $1.80 billion, at year-end 2000. Company-wide net orders of 5,336 units for the quarter ending November 30, 2001 were essentially even with the 5,312 net orders reported in the corresponding quarter of 2000. The Company experienced significant volatility in its net orders during the fourth quarter of 2001 following the September 11th terrorist attacks, with year-over-year September domestic net orders down 20.5%. However, net orders regained strength later in the fourth quarter, with year-over-year comparisons for the second and third months of the quarter showing sequential improvement and the month of November 2001 showing improvement over November 2000. Despite the impact of the September 11th tragedy on fourth quarter net orders, the Company’s domestic residential backlog at November 30, 2001 increased 4.2% to $1.60 billion, from $1.53 billion at year-end 2000. The growth in domestic backlog at year-end 2001 reflects increases in backlog in the Southwest and Central regions, partially offset by a decrease in the West Coast region. On a unit basis, domestic backlog stood at 9,115 units at year-end 2001, up 4.3% from 8,742 units at year-end 2000. The West Coast region backlog value totaled $474.6 million on 1,643 units at November 30, 2001, down from $643.6 million on 2,421 units at November 30, 2000. West Coast region net orders decreased 18.8% in the fourth quarter of 2001, to 973 units, from 1,198 units in the fourth quarter of 2000. This decrease was mainly due to year-over-year decreases in net orders for the months of September and October in the wake of the terrorist attacks. In the Southwest region, backlog value increased to $420.3 million on 2,551 units at November 30, 2001 from $345.6 million on 2,311 units at November 30, 2000. This improvement occurred without any increase in the region’s average number of active communities. In the Southwest region, fourth quarter net orders decreased 13.5% to 1,156 units in 2001 from 1,337 units in 2000, partly due to a decline in net-order activity following the events of September 11th. In the Central region, backlog value rose to $700.3 million on 4,921 units at November 30, 2001 from $541.3 million on 4,010 units at November 30, 2000. Fourth quarter net orders in the Central Region increased 5.7% to 2,051 units in 2001 from 1,941 units in the year-earlier period, despite a temporary decline in net order activity and an increase in cancellations following the terrorist attacks. In France, residential backlog at November 30, 2001 totaled $294.9 million on 2,012 units, up 8.1% and 10.7%, respectively, from $272.9 million on 1,817 units at year-end 2000. French net orders increased 38.3% to 1,156 units in the fourth quarter of 2001 from 836 units in the year-earlier period. The value of the backlog associated with French commercial development activities totaled approximately $41.6 million at November 30, 2001 compared to $88.6 million at year-end 2000. Substantially all homes included in the year-end 2001 backlog are expected to be delivered during 2002. However, cancellation rates could increase, particularly if market conditions deteriorate, international hostilities flare up, further terrorist attacks occur or mortgage interest rates increase, thereby decreasing backlog and related future revenues. Although the negative impact of the September 11th tragedy on net orders appeared generally to dissipate with the passage of time, the Company continued to experience volatility in its net orders during the first two months of fiscal 2002 with net orders down 4.6% from the comparable period of 2001. Domestic net orders during the two-month period decreased 6.3%, reflecting decreases of 26.6% and 9.3% in the Southwest and Central regions, respectively, partially offset by an increase of 35.5% in the West Coast region. In France, net orders for the first two months of fiscal 2002 increased 11.2% compared to the same period in 2001. Full-year Company-wide net order results could be further affected by global or regional market uncertainties, including acts of terrorism or other disruptions, mortgage interest rate volatility in France or the U.S., declines in consumer confidence in either country and/or other factors. With the heightened uncertainty surrounding the overall economy due to the general recessionary trends and the September 11th tragedy, the Company has, for the time being, taken a more conservative posture with regard to cash expenditures, including renegotiating or extending option periods on land purchases and terminating certain discretionary expenditures, among other things. The Company believes that having increased cash available will enhance its ability to navigate in a challenging operating environment and better position it to pursue opportunities to reduce debt, repurchase stock and acquire land and/or businesses in the future. 55837_Financials_5 2/21/02 5:25 AM Page 44 Although the Company has conservatized its cash expenditures in the wake of the acts of terrorism and the U.S. military response to terrorism, the Company intends to increase overall unit deliveries in future years through the well-developed, long-term growth strategies it has in place. These strategies include the expansion of existing operations to achieve optimal market volume levels and the possible entry into new geographic markets through de novo entry, acquisitions or a combination of the two approaches. Growth in the Company’s existing markets will also be driven by the Company’s ability to increase the average number of active communities in those markets, with this expansion balanced against changes in the U.S. political and economic environment. While adhering to the disciplines of its longstanding KBnxt operational business model, the Company has leveraged the model with additional comple- mentary initiatives, including strategies to establish and deepen its leading market positions and to identify new acquisition opportunities. The Company believes its capital structure and operational disciplines will allow it to deliver consistent results even during more challenging economic conditions. The Company has successfully diversified its operations in recent years while at the same time maintaining a selective approach to land investments. The Company’s strategies are intended to reduce financial risk and limit the Company’s exposure and sensitivity to swings in economic conditions. The Company currently expects to deliver between 24,500 and 25,000 homes in 2002 and, based upon such projected deliveries, expects to achieve its fifth consecutive year of record earnings in fiscal 2002. However, these goals could be materially affected by various risk factors, such as the continued impact of terrorist activities and U.S. response, accelerating recessionary trends and other adverse changes in economic conditions either nationally, in the U.S. or France, or in the localized regions in which the Company operates; continued diminution in domestic job growth or employment levels; a con- tinued downturn in the economy’s pace; continued uncertainties associated with California’s electricity supply problems; changes in home mortgage interest rates or consumer confidence, among other things. Although the Company expects its 2002 unit deliveries to remain essentially even with 2001 levels, it anticipates solid earnings growth in 2002. The Company believes this projected earnings growth will come from a higher housing gross mar- gin, a decrease in its selling, general and administrative expense ratio, the elimination of distributions on the Feline Prides and an overall reduction in its effective tax rate. The Company currently believes that it is well-positioned to meet its financial goals for 2002 due to the performance it achieved in 2001, its excellent cash and borrowing capacity positions, the backlog of homes in place at the beginning of fiscal year 2002 and its plans to continue to adhere to the disciplines of its KBnxt operational business model. IMPACT OF INFLATION The Company’s business is significantly affected by general economic conditions, particularly by inflation and its generally associated adverse effect on interest rates. Although inflation rates have been low in recent years, rising inflation would likely affect the Company’s revenues and earning power by reducing demand for homes as a result of correspondingly higher interest rates. In periods of high inflation, the rising costs of land, construction, labor, interest and administrative expenses have often been recoverable through increased selling prices, although this has not always been possible because of high mortgage interest rates and competitive factors in the marketplace. In recent years, inflation has had no significant adverse impact on the Company, as average annual cost increases have not exceeded the average rate of inflation. * * * * * * * Investors are cautioned that certain statements contained in this document, as well as some statements by the Company in periodic press releases and some oral statements by Company officials to securities analysts and stockholders during presentations about the Company are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of 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 performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects, and possible future Company actions, which may be provided by management are also forward-looking statements as defined by the Act. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about the Company, economic and market factors and the homebuilding industry, among other things. These statements are not guaranties of future performance, and the Company 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 the Company or Company officials due to a number of factors. The principal important risk factors that could cause the Company’s actual performance and future events and actions to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the continued impact of the terrorist activities and U.S. response, accelerating 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 the Company’s operations in France, environmental factors, government regulations affecting the Company’s operations, the availability and cost of land in desirable areas, unanticipated violations of Company policy, unanticipated legal proceedings, and conditions in the capital, credit and homebuilding markets. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:55 AM Page 45 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S , E X C E P T P E R S H A R E A M O U N T S TOTAL REVENUES CONSTRUCTION: Revenues Construction and land costs Selling, general and administrative expenses Operating income Interest income Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized Minority interests Equity in pretax income of unconsolidated joint ventures Gain on issuance of French subsidiary stock 2001 2000 1999 $ 4,574,184 $ 3,930,858 $ 3,836,295 $ 4,501,715 $ 3,870,488 $ 3,772,121 (3,612,936) (536,463) (3,123,869) (458,010) (3,051,698) (461,316) 352,316 3,559 (41,072) (27,932) 3,875 288,609 5,782 (31,479) (31,640) 2,926 39,630 259,107 7,806 (28,340) (29,392) 224 Construction pretax income 290,746 273,828 209,405 MORTGAGE BANKING: Revenues: Interest income Other Expenses: Interest General and administrative Secondary marketing trading loss Mortgage banking pretax income Total pretax income Income taxes NET INCOME BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE See accompanying notes. 21,935 50,534 72,469 (18,436) (20,262) 21,130 39,240 60,370 (19,374) (17,164) 33,771 23,832 324,517 (110,300) 297,660 (87,700) 19,186 44,988 64,174 (16,941) (11,614) (18,155) 17,464 226,869 (79,400) $ 214,217 $ 209,960 $ 147,469 $ $ 5.72 5.50 $ $ 5.39 5.24 $ $ 3.16 3.08 KBH 44 45 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:55 AM Page 46 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S , E X C E P T S H A R E S ASSETS CONSTRUCTION: Cash and cash equivalents Trade and other receivables Mortgages and notes receivable Inventories Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures Deferred income taxes Goodwill Other assets MORTGAGE BANKING: Cash and cash equivalents Receivables: First mortgages and mortgage-backed securities First mortgages held under commitments of sale and other receivables Other assets TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY CONSTRUCTION: Accounts payable Accrued expenses and other liabilities Mortgages and notes payable MORTGAGE BANKING: Accounts payable and accrued expenses Notes payable Collateralized mortgage obligations secured by mortgage-backed securities MINORITY INTERESTS: Consolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding solely debentures of the Company STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: Preferred stock — $1.00 par value; authorized, 10,000,000 shares: none outstanding Common stock — $1.00 par value; authorized, 100,000,000 shares; 51,825,270 and 44,397,243 shares outstanding at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively Paid-in capital Retained earnings Accumulated other comprehensive income Deferred compensation Grantor stock ownership trust, at cost: 8,142,831 shares and 8,782,252 shares at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively Treasury stock, at cost: 1,448,100 shares at November 30, 2001 and 2000 TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY See accompanying notes. KBH 46 47 2001 2000 $ 266,195 423,057 13,986 1,884,761 8,844 118,584 190,785 77,310 $ 21,385 294,760 11,821 1,657,401 10,407 73,842 202,177 89,975 2,983,522 2,361,768 15,138 11,696 30,912 655,491 7,803 709,344 43,137 403,165 9,155 467,153 $3,692,866 $2,828,921 $ 446,279 351,144 1,088,615 $ 311,537 201,672 987,980 1,886,038 1,501,189 33,289 595,035 22,359 650,683 11,135 385,294 29,928 426,357 63,664 56,866 63,664 51,825 458,089 801,408 (3,084) (10,444) (176,976) (28,337) 189,750 246,616 44,397 240,761 598,374 (9,564) (190,872) (28,337) 1,092,481 654,759 $3,692,866 $2,828,921 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:55 AM Page 47 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2001, 2000 AND 1999 NUMBER OF SHARES GRANTOR STOCK ACCUMULATED OTHER GRANTOR STOCK TOTAL IN THOUSANDS STOCK TRUST STOCK STOCK CAPITAL EARNINGS INCOME COMPENSATION TRUST STOCK EQUITY COMMON OWNERSHIP TREASURY COMMON PAID-IN RETAINED COMPREHENSIVE DEFERRED OWNERSHIP TREASURY STOCKHOLDERS’ Balance at November 30, 1998 39,992 $39,992 $193,520 $243,356 $(2,357) $ 474,511 147,469 773 148,242 (14,199) 3,898 146,005 (81,874) 676,583 209,960 (7,980) 201,980 (11,465) 5,751 (104,000) (109,006) Comprehensive income: Net income Foreign currency translation adjustments Total comprehensive income Dividends on common stock Exercise of employee stock options Issuance of common stock 147,469 (14,199) 773 212 212 3,686 related to an acquisition 7,887 7,887 138,118 Grantor stock ownership trust (3,750) $ (81,874) Balance at November 30, 1999 48,091 (3,750) 48,091 335,324 376,626 (1,584) (81,874) Comprehensive income: Net income Foreign currency translation adjustments Total comprehensive income Dividends on common stock Exercise of employee stock options Common stock purchased and retired 306 (4,000) Grantor stock ownership trust (5,032) Treasury stock Issuance of French subsidiary stock 209,960 (11,465) (7,980) 306 5,445 (4,000) (100,000) (8) (108,998) (1,448) $(28,337) (28,337) 23,253 23,253 Balance at November 30, 2000 44,397 (8,782) (1,448) 44,397 240,761 598,374 (9,564) (190,872) (28,337) 654,759 Comprehensive income: Net income Foreign currency translation adjustments Net unrealized gain on hedges Total comprehensive income Dividends on common stock Exercise of employee stock options Feline Prides conversion Employee deferred stock compensation 1,451 5,977 1,451 5,977 27,365 183,773 Grantor stock ownership trust 639 6,190 214,217 (11,183) 2,594 3,886 $(10,444) 13,896 214,217 2,594 3,886 220,697 (11,183) 28,816 189,750 (10,444) 20,086 Balance at November 30, 2001 51,825 (8,143) (1,448) $51,825 $458,089 $801,408 $(3,084) $(10,444) $(176,976) $(28,337) $1,092,481 See accompanying notes. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:55 AM Page 48 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Equity in pretax income of unconsolidated joint ventures Minority interests Gain on issuance of French subsidiary stock Amortization of discounts and issuance costs Depreciation and amortization Provision for deferred income taxes Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions: Receivables Inventories Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities Other, net Net cash provided by operating activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Acquisitions, net of cash acquired Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures Net sales (originations) of mortgages held for long-term investment Payments received on first mortgages and mortgage-backed securities Purchases of property and equipment, net Net cash used by investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Net proceeds from credit agreements and other short-term borrowings Proceeds from issuance of senior subordinated notes Issuance of French subsidiary stock Payments on collateralized mortgage obligations Payments on mortgages, land contracts and other loans Issuance of common stock under employee stock plans Payments to minority interests Payments of cash dividends Repurchases of common stock Net cash provided (used) by financing activities Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 2001 2000 1999 $ 214,217 $ 209,960 $ 147,469 (3,875) 27,932 1,284 43,858 (44,742) (372,852) (137,103) 295,856 21,345 45,920 (53,724) 5,438 4,270 7,955 (12,189) (48,250) 31,336 247,500 (7,569) (26,277) 37,909 (21,134) (11,183) 250,582 248,252 33,081 (2,926) 31,640 (39,630) 1,012 41,298 25,677 (53,935) (96,078) (54,970) (9,140) 52,908 (24,292) 13,885 (2,645) 6,615 (18,500) (24,937) (224) 29,392 1,501 38,251 (25,913) (184,116) (38,761) 130,257 5,014 102,870 (11,646) (15,022) (2,756) 14,629 (19,160) (33,955) 84,984 119,425 113,118 (6,312) (25,857) 11,636 (20,133) (11,465) (169,228) (14,098) (73,329) 3,897 (43,723) (14,199) (81,874) (23,257) (103,901) 4,714 28,367 (34,986) 63,353 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 281,333 $ 33,081 $ 28,367 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized Income taxes paid SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH ACTIVITIES: Cost of inventories acquired through seller financing Conversion of Feline Prides Issuance of promissory notes to repurchase common stock Issuance of common stock related to an acquisition Debt assumed related to an acquisition See accompanying notes. $ 54,128 61,033 $ 50,042 40,818 $ 43,014 64,554 $ 54,550 189,750 $ 25,054 $ 43,529 78,000 146,005 303,239 55837_Financials_7 2/22/02 2:53 AM Page 49 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES O P E R AT I O N S KB Home (the “Company”) is a regional builder of single-family homes with operations in the United States and France. Domestically, the Company operates in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. In France, the Company operates through a majority- owned subsidiary which also develops commercial and high-density residential projects, such as condominium complexes. Through its mortgage banking subsidiary, KB Home Mortgage, the Company provides mortgage banking services to its domestic homebuyers. B A S I S O F P R E S E N TAT I O N The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all significant subsidiaries and joint ventures in which a controlling interest is held. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures in which the Company has less than a controlling interest are accounted for using the equity method. U S E O F E S T I M AT E S The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and, as such, include amounts based on informed estimates and judgments of management. Actual results could differ from these estimates. C A S H A N D C A S H E Q U I VA L E N T S The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments and other short-term investments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of November 30, 2001 and 2000, the Company’s cash equivalents totaled $291,713,000 and $1,830,000, respectively. FO R E I G N C U R R E N C Y T R A N S L AT I O N Results of operations for French entities are translated to U.S. dollars using the average exchange rates during the period. Assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Resulting translation adjustments are recorded in stockholders’ equity as foreign currency translation adjustments. CO N S T R U CT I O N O P E R AT I O N S Housing and other real estate sales are recognized when title passes to the buyer and all of the following conditions are met: a sale is consummated, a significant down payment is received, the earnings process is complete and the collection of any remaining receivables is reasonably assured. In France, revenues from development and construction of single-family detached homes, condominiums and commercial buildings, under long-term contracts with individual investors who own the land, are recognized using the percentage of completion method, which is generally based on costs incurred as a percentage of estimated total costs of individual projects. Revenues recognized in excess of amounts collected are classified as receivables. Amounts received from buyers in excess of revenues recognized, if any, are classified as other liabilities. Construction and land costs are comprised of direct and allocated costs, including estimated future costs for warranties and amenities. Land, land improvements and other common costs are allocated on a relative fair value basis to units within a parcel or subdivision. Land and land develop- ment costs generally include related interest and property taxes incurred until development is substantially completed or deliveries have begun within a subdivision. Land to be developed and projects under development are stated at cost unless the carrying amount of the parcel or subdivision is determined not to be recoverable, in which case the impaired inventories are written down to fair value. Write-downs of impaired inventories are recorded as adjustments to the cost basis of the inventory. The Company’s inventories typically do not consist of completed projects. M O R TG A G E B A N K I N G O P E R AT I O N S First mortgages and mortgage-backed securities consist of securities held for long-term investment and are valued at amortized cost. First mortgages held under commitments of sale are valued at the lower of aggregate cost or market. Market is principally based on public market quotations or outstanding commitments obtained from investors to purchase first mortgages receivable. Principal and interest payments received on mortgage-backed securities are invested in short-term securities maturing on the next debt service date of the collateralized mortgage obligations for which the securities are held as collateral. Such payments are restricted to the payment of the debt service on the collateralized mortgage obligations. A CCO U N T I N G FO R D E R I VAT I V E I N S T R U M E N T S A N D H E D G I N G A CT I V I T I E S Effective December 1, 2000, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” (“SFAS No. 133”), as amended, which addresses the accounting for and disclosure of derivative instruments, including derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and hedging activities. SFAS No. 133 requires the Company to recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to fair value through income. If the derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives are either offset against the change in fair value of assets, liabilities or firm commitments through earnings or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. In the normal course of business, the Company uses financial instruments to meet the financing needs of its customers and reduce its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. The Company’s risk management program involves the use of mortgage forward delivery contracts and non-mandatory commitments to mitigate its exposure to movements in interest rates on interest rate lock agreements and mortgage loans held for sale. The Company forecasts the amount and timing of its future loan sales and uses mortgage forward delivery contracts and non-mandatory commitments to hedge the variability of the cash flows associated with the Company’s future loan sales. The mortgage forward delivery contracts and non-mandatory commit- ments are designated as cash flow hedges and changes in the value of these instruments are recognized in other comprehensive income until such time KBH 48 49 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:56 AM Page 50 that earnings are affected by the underlying hedged item. At the inception of a hedge, the Company formally documents the relationship between the mortgage forward delivery contracts or non-mandatory commitments and the forecasted loan sales as well as the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge transactions. Mortgage forward delivery contracts are obtained through the U.S. public markets and non-mandatory commitments are entered into with major financial institutions in order to minimize counterparty credit risk. In its mortgage loan origination process, the Company also uses interest rate lock agreements which represent commitments to originate loans to customers at market rates on the date such agreements are established, typically three months or less before settlement. These interest rate lock agreements generally have no value on the date of origination, however, may gain or lose value due to subsequent changes in mortgage interest rates. All of the Company’s interest rate lock agreements are classified as held for sale upon funding of the underlying loans. In accordance with SFAS No. 133, the Company classifies and accounts for its interest rate lock agreements as non-designated derivative instruments and records these agreements at fair value with changes in value recorded to current earnings. In connection with the adoption of SFAS No. 133, at December 1, 2000, the Company recognized a pretax cumulative effect transition adjustment which reduced other comprehensive income by $2,400,000. This amount represented the cumulative net adjustments at December 1, 2000 of mortgage forward delivery contracts and non-mandatory commitments. Pursuant to the requirements of SFAS No. 133, cumulative losses in other comprehensive income of $2,400,000 were recognized in earnings during the year ended November 30, 2001, concurrent with the settlement of the related forecasted loan sales. Cumulative gains related to the derivative instruments in the amount of $3,886,000 were recorded in other comprehensive income at November 30, 2001 and will be recognized in earnings generally within three months or less, concurrent with the recognition in earnings of the hedged forecasted loan sales. S E CO N D A R Y M A R K E T I N G T R A D I N G LO S S On August 31, 1999, the Company disclosed that it had discovered unauthorized mortgage loan trading activity by an employee of its mortgage banking subsidiary resulting in a pretax trading loss of $18,155,000 ($11,755,000, or $.25 per diluted share, on an after-tax basis). It is normal practice for the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary to sell loans into the market that approximately match loan commitments to the Company’s homebuyers. This practice is intended to hedge exposure to changes in interest rates that may occur until loans are sold to secondary market investors in the ordinary course of business. The loss was the result of a single employee engaging in unauthorized mortgage loan trading largely unrelated to mortgage originations. The employee who conducted the unauthorized trading was terminated. S TO C K O P T I O N S The Company’s employee stock option plans are accounted for under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB Opinion No. 25”). I N CO M E TA X E S Income taxes are provided for at rates applicable in the countries in which the income is earned. Provision is made currently for United States federal income taxes on earnings of foreign subsidiaries that are not expected to be reinvested indefinitely. E A R N I N G S P E R S H A R E Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the average number of shares outstanding including all dilutive potentially issuable shares under various stock option plans and stock purchase contracts. The following table presents a reconciliation of average shares outstanding: YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Basic average shares outstanding Net effect of stock options assumed to be exercised Diluted average shares outstanding 2001 37,465 1,454 38,919 2000 38,931 1,138 40,069 1999 46,730 1,101 47,831 S E G M E N T I N FO R M AT I O N In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” the Company has identified two reportable segments: construction and mortgage banking. The Company’s construction segment consists primarily of domestic and foreign homebuilding operations. The Company’s construction operations are engaged in the acquisition and development of land primarily for residential purposes and offer a wide variety of homes that are designed to appeal to the first-time homebuyer. Domestically, the Company currently sells homes in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. Internationally, the Company operates in France through a majority-owned subsidiary. In addition to constructing homes, the Company’s French subsidiary builds commercial projects and high-density residential properties, such as condominium complexes, in France. The Company’s mortgage banking operations provide mortgage banking services primarily to the Company’s domestic homebuyers. The mortgage banking segment originates, processes and sells mortgages to third-party investors. The Company does not retain or service the mortgages that it originates but, rather, sells the mortgages and related servicing rights to investors. Information for the Company’s reportable segments are presented in its consolidated statements of income and consolidated balance sheets included herein. The Company’s reporting segments follow the same accounting policies used for the Company’s consolidated financial statements as described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Management evaluates a segment’s performance based upon a number of factors including pretax results. KBH 50 51 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:56 AM Page 51 R E C E N T A CCO U N T I N G P R O N O U N C E M E N T S In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations,” (“SFAS No. 141”). SFAS No. 141 requires all business combinations to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and is effective for all business combinations with a closing date after June 30, 2001. The Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 141 did not have a material effect on its operating results or financial condition in 2001. The Company has recorded goodwill in connection with various acquisitions completed in recent years. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. The Company amortized goodwill through November 30, 2001 over periods ranging from five to ten years using the straight-line method. At November 30, 2001 and 2000, accumulated amortization totaled $107,744,000 and $79,756,000, respectively. In June 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” (“SFAS No. 142”). SFAS No. 142 requires goodwill to be tested for impairment under certain circumstances, and written off when impaired, rather than amortized as previous standards required. SFAS No. 142 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, although early application is permitted for entities, like the Company, with fiscal years beginning after March 15, 2001. The Company adopted SFAS No. 142 on December 1, 2001, earlier than required. Application of the nonamortization provisions of SFAS No. 142 by the Company will result in the elimination of amortization expense of approximately $28,000,000 in 2002. The Company will test goodwill for impairment using the two-step process prescribed in SFAS No. 142. The first step is a screen for potential impairment, while the second step measures the amount of impairment, if any. The impairment test of goodwill performed by the Company as of December 1, 2001 indicated no impairment. R E C L A S S I F I CAT I O N S Certain amounts in the consolidated financial statements of prior years have been reclassified to conform to the 2001 presentation. NOTE 2. ISSUANCE OF FRENCH SUBSIDIARY STOCK On February 7, 2000, Kaufman & Broad S.A. (“KBSA”), the Company’s wholly owned French subsidiary, issued 5,314,327 common shares (including the over-allotment option) in an initial public offering. The offering was made in France and elsewhere in Europe and was priced at 23 euros per share. Since the initial public offering, KBSA has been listed on the Premier Marché of the ParisBourse. The offering generated total net proceeds of $113,100,000, of which $82,900,000 was used by the Company to reduce its domestic debt and repurchase shares of its common stock. The remainder of the proceeds was used to fund internal and external growth of KBSA. The Company recognized a gain of $39,630,000, or $.99 per diluted share as a result of the offering. For tax purposes, the proceeds received by the Company in connection with the initial public offering were treated as a dividend paid out of the accumulated earnings and profits of KBSA. While such dividends are generally taxed on a current basis, the Company had sufficient foreign tax credits to offset any federal taxes due on the dividend received; therefore, no deferred taxes were provided on the gain recognized in the financial statements for the year ended November 30, 2000. Since the initial public offering, the Company has maintained a 57% majority ownership interest in KBSA and continues to consolidate these operations in its financial statements. NOTE 3. ACQUISITIONS Effective January 7, 1999, the Company acquired substantially all of the homebuilding assets of the Lewis Homes group of companies (“Lewis Homes”). Lewis Homes was engaged in the acquisition, development and sale of residential real estate in California and Nevada. The purchase price for Lewis Homes was approximately $449,244,000, comprised of the assumption of approximately $303,239,000 in debt and the issuance of 7,886,686 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at approximately $146,005,000. The purchase price was based on the December 31, 1998 net book values of the entities purchased. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired was $177,600,000 and was allocated to goodwill. Through November 30, 2001, the Company amortized the goodwill on a straight-line basis over a period of ten years. However, in accordance with SFAS No. 142, which the Company adopted as of December 1, 2001, in future periods the goodwill will no longer be amortized but will be reviewed for impairment on an annual basis. The 7,886,686 shares of Company common stock issued in the acquisition were “restricted” shares and could not be resold without a registration statement or compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144”), which, among other things, limits the number of shares that may be resold in a given period. The Company originally agreed to file a registration statement for 6,000,000 of those shares in three increments at the Lewis family’s request from July 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002. On September 21, 2000, the Company instead repurchased 4,000,000 of the shares issued in the acquisition from the Lewis holders at a price of $26.00 per share. In connection with the repurchase, the Lewis holders’ registration rights for the first two increments were extinguished. In the period subsequent to the Company’s repurchase, the Lewis holders sold most of the balance of their shares within the requirements of Rule 144. In connection with the acquisition of Lewis Homes, the Company obtained a $200,000,000 unsecured term loan agreement with various banks to refinance certain debt assumed. The Company used borrowings under its existing domestic unsecured revolving credit facility to refinance certain other debt assumed in the Lewis Homes acquisition. The acquisition consideration for Lewis Homes was determined by arm’s-length negotiations between the parties. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase, with the results of Lewis Homes included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of January 7, 1999. During the year ended November 30, 2000, the Company’s French subsidiary, KBSA, completed the acquisitions of four homebuilders in France. These companies were acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $33,516,000 and were accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired was $24,745,000 and was allocated to goodwill. Through November 30, 2001, the Company amortized the goodwill on a straight-line basis over a period of ten years. However, in accordance with SFAS No. 142, which the Company adopted as of December 1, 2001, in future periods the goodwill will no longer be amortized but will be reviewed for impairment on an annual basis. The pro forma results for 2000, assuming these acquisitions had been made at the beginning of the year, would not be materially different from reported results. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:56 AM Page 52 On July 19, 2001, the Company acquired Trademark Home Builders, Inc. (“Trademark”), a builder of single-family homes in Jacksonville, Florida. The acquisition marked the Company’s entry into Florida. Trademark was acquired for approximately $30,146,000, including the assumption of approxi- mately $16,284,000 in debt, and was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired was $9,240,000 and was allocated to goodwill and assigned to the Company’s construction segment. On September 26, 2001, KBSA completed the acquisition of Résidences Bernard Teillaud (“RBT”), a France-based builder of condominiums. As a result of the acquisition, KBSA anticipates having a leading market position in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. RBT was acquired for approximately $28,675,000 and was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired was $10,152,000 and was allocated to goodwill and assigned to the Company’s construction segment. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the goodwill amounts recorded in connection with the acquisitions of Trademark and RBT will not be amortized but will be reviewed for impairment on an annual basis. The results of Trademark and RBT were included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of their respective acquisition dates. The pro forma results of the Company for 2001 and 2000, assuming these acquisitions had been made at the beginning of each year, would not be materially different from reported results. NOTE 4. RECEIVABLES CO N S T R U CT I O N Trade receivables amounted to $329,812,000 and $213,197,000 at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Included in these amounts are unbilled receivables due from buyers on sales of French single-family detached homes, condominiums and commercial buildings accounted for using the percentage of completion method totaling $311,871,000 at November 30, 2001 and $161,658,000 at November 30, 2000. The buyers are contractually obligated to remit payments against their unbilled balances. Other receivables of $93,245,000 at November 30, 2001 and $81,563,000 at November 30, 2000 included escrow deposits and amounts due from municipalities and utility companies. At November 30, 2001 and 2000, receivables were net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $19,487,000 and $10,152,000, respectively. M O R TG A G E B A N K I N G First mortgages and mortgage-backed securities consisted of loans of $7,464,000 at November 30, 2001 and $11,734,000 at November 30, 2000 and mortgage-backed securities of $23,448,000 and $31,403,000 at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The mortgage- backed securities serve as collateral for related collateralized mortgage obligations. The properties covered by the mortgages underlying the mortgage-backed securities are single-family residences. Issuers of the mortgage-backed securities are the Government National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae. The first mortgages and mortgage-backed securities bore interest at an average rate of 81⁄4% and 83⁄8% at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively (with rates ranging from 7% to 115⁄8% in 2001 and 7% to 12% in 2000). The Company’s mortgage-backed securities held for long-term investment have been classified as held-to-maturity and are stated at amortized cost, adjusted for amortization of discounts and premiums to maturity. Such amortization is included in interest income. The total gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses on the mortgage-backed securities were $1,060,000 and $0, respectively at November 30, 2001 and $600,000 and $0, respectively at November 30, 2000. First mortgages held under commitments of sale and other receivables consisted of first mortgages held under commitments of sale of $628,627,000 at November 30, 2001 and $389,494,000 at November 30, 2000 and other receivables of $26,864,000 and $13,671,000 at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The first mortgages held under commitments of sale bore interest at average rates of 71⁄4% and 71⁄2% at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The balance in first mortgages held under commitments of sale and other receivables fluctuates significantly during the year and typically reaches its highest level at quarter-ends, corresponding to the Company’s home and mortgage delivery activity. The Company uses mortgage forward delivery contracts and non-mandatory commitments to mitigate its exposure to movements in interest rates on interest rate lock agreements and mortgage loans held for sale. At November 30, 2001 and 2000, the Company had aggregate notional amounts of $825,760,000 and $512,000,000, respectively, outstanding under mortgage forward delivery contracts and non-mandatory commitments and notional amounts of $108,077,000 and $61,485,000, respectively, outstanding under interest rate lock agreements. Interest rate lock agreements had interest rates ranging from 5% to 8% as of November 30, 2001 and 61⁄2% to 93⁄4% as of November 30, 2000. The estimated fair value of mortgage forward delivery contracts and non-mandatory commitments exceeded the contract value by $3,886,000 at November 30, 2001 and was less than the contract value by $2,400,000 at November 30, 2000. At November 30, 2001 and 2000, the estimated fair value of interest rate lock agreements was less than the contract value by $209,000 and $200,000, respectively. All of the fair values were based on available market information. NOTE 5. INVENTORIES Inventories consisted of the following: NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Homes, lots and improvements in production Land under development Total inventories 2001 2000 $1,433,880 $1,115,824 450,881 541,577 $1,884,761 $1,657,401 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:56 AM Page 53 Land under development primarily consists of parcels on which 50% or less of estimated development costs have been incurred. The impact of capitalizing interest costs on consolidated pretax income is as follows: YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Interest incurred Interest expensed Interest capitalized Interest amortized 2001 2000 1999 $103,046 (41,072) 61,974 (64,025) $ 94,201 (31,479) 62,722 (40,679) $ 78,041 (28,340) 49,701 (44,257) Net impact on consolidated pretax income $ (2,051) $ 22,043 $ 5,444 NOTE 6. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES The Company participates in a number of joint ventures in which it has less than a controlling interest. These joint ventures, which operate in certain markets in the United States and France where the Company’s consolidated construction operations are located, are engaged in the development, construction and sale of residential properties and commercial projects. Combined condensed financial information concerning the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture activities follows: NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Cash Receivables Inventories Other assets Total assets Mortgages and notes payable Other liabilities Equity of: The Company Others Total liabilities and equity 2001 2000 $10,136 16,905 35,565 1,066 $63,672 $18,373 21,517 8,844 14,938 $ 9,151 11,440 36,100 166 $56,857 $17,522 14,936 10,407 13,992 $63,672 $56,857 The joint ventures finance land and inventory investments of the Company’s operating subsidiaries primarily through a variety of borrowing arrange- ments. The Company typically does not guarantee these financing arrangements. YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Revenues Cost of sales Other expenses, net Total pretax income The Company’s share of pretax income 2001 2000 1999 $ 82,122 (56,969) (18,668) $116,837 (85,383) (26,533) $ 6,485 $ 4,921 $ 3,875 $ 2,926 $13,889 (9,842) (426) $ 3,621 $ 224 The Company’s share of pretax income includes management fees earned from the unconsolidated joint ventures. KBH 52 53 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:57 AM Page 54 NOTE 7. MORTGAGES AND NOTES PAYABLE CO N S T R U CT I O N Mortgages and notes payable consisted of the following (interest rates are as of November 30): NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Unsecured domestic borrowings with banks under a revolving credit agreement (77⁄8% in 2000) Unsecured French borrowings (41⁄5% to 51⁄2% in 2001 and 54⁄5% to 61⁄2% in 2000) Term loan borrowings (41⁄8% in 2001 and 83⁄8% in 2000) Shareholder notes (63⁄5% in 2000) Mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans (41⁄4% to 10% in 2001 and 41⁄4% to 101⁄2% in 2000) Senior notes due 2004 at 73⁄4% Senior subordinated notes due 2003 at 93⁄8% Senior subordinated notes due 2006 at 95⁄8% Senior subordinated notes due 2011 at 91⁄2% Total mortgages and notes payable 2001 2000 $ 137,730 167,950 58,586 175,000 174,714 124,635 250,000 $120,000 125,135 160,950 78,000 29,780 175,000 174,534 124,581 $1,088,615 $987,980 On October 6, 2000, the Company entered into an unsecured credit agreement (the “Unsecured Credit Facility”) consisting of a four-year committed revolving credit facility and a five-year term loan, which together replaced its previously existing revolving credit facility and term loan agreement. The Unsecured Credit Facility totaled $732,000,000 at November 30, 2001 and was comprised of a $564,050,000 four-year committed revolving credit facility and a $167,950,000 five-year term loan. The Unsecured Credit Facility has the capacity to be expanded up to an aggregate total of $900,000,000 if additional bank lending commitments are obtained. Interest on the Unsecured Credit Facility is payable monthly at the London Interbank Offered Rate plus an applicable spread on amounts borrowed. The Company’s French subsidiaries have lines of credit with various banks which totaled $321,675,000 at November 30, 2001 and have various committed expiration dates through November 2006. These lines of credit provide for interest on borrowings at either the French Federal Funds Rate or the Paris Interbank Offered Rate plus an applicable spread. On September 21, 2000, in connection with the repurchase of 4,000,000 shares from the Lewis holders, the Company issued promissory notes (the “Shareholder Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $78,000,000, to the Lewis holders. Interest on the Shareholder Notes was accrued monthly at an annual rate of 63⁄5%. The Company paid off the Shareholder Notes during the year ended November 30, 2001. The weighted average annual interest rate on aggregate unsecured borrowings, excluding the senior and senior subordinated notes, was 43⁄8% and 73⁄8% at November 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. On April 26, 1993, the Company issued $175,000,000 principal amount of 93⁄8% senior subordinated notes at 99.202%. The notes were due May 1, 2003 with interest payable semi-annually. The notes represented unsecured obligations of the Company and were subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company. The Company had the ability to redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at any time at 100% of their principal amount. The Company redeemed all of the outstanding 93⁄8% senior subordinated notes on December 31, 2001. On October 29, 1996, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement (the “1996 Shelf Registration”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for up to $300,000,000 of the Company’s debt and equity securities. The Company’s previously outstanding shelf registration for debt securities in the amount of $100,000,000 was subsumed within the 1996 Shelf Registration. On November 14, 1996, the Company utilized the 1996 Shelf Registration to issue $125,000,000 of 95⁄8% senior subordinated notes at 99.525%. The notes, which are due November 15, 2006 with interest payable semi-annually, represent unsecured obligations of the Company and are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company. The notes are redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at 104.8125% of their principal amount beginning November 15, 2001, and thereafter, at prices declining annually to 100% on and after November 15, 2004. On October 14, 1997, pursuant to the 1996 Shelf Registration, the Company issued $175,000,000 of 73⁄4% senior notes at 100% of the principal amount of the notes. The notes, which are due October 15, 2004 with interest payable semi-annually, represent unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu in right of payment with all other senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company. The notes are not redeemable by the Company prior to stated maturity. This offering resulted in the issuance of all available securities under the 1996 Shelf Registration. KBH 54 55 55837_Financials_5 2/21/02 5:33 AM Page 55 On December 5, 1997, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement (the “1997 Shelf Registration”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for up to $500,000,000 of the Company’s debt and equity securities. This universal shelf registration provides that securities may be offered from time to time in one or more series and in the form of senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt, preferred stock, common stock, and/or warrants to purchase such securities. On February 8, 2001, pursuant to the 1997 Shelf Registration, the Company issued $250,000,000 of 91⁄2% senior subordinated notes at 100% of the principal amount of the notes. The notes, which are due February 15, 2011 with interest payable semi-annually, represent unsecured obligations of the Company and are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company. The notes are redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole, or in part, at 104.750% of their principal amount beginning February 15, 2006, and thereafter at prices declining annually to 100% on and after February 15, 2009. Proceeds from the issuance of the notes were used to pay down bank borrowings. On October 15, 2001, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement (as subsequently amended, the “2001 Shelf Registration”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for up to $500,000,000 of the Company’s debt and equity securities. The remaining capacity under the 1997 Shelf Registration was rolled into the 2001 Shelf Registration, thereby providing the Company with a total issuance capacity of $750,000,000 under the 2001 Shelf Registration. The 2001 Shelf Registration provides that securities may be offered from time to time in one or more series and in the form of senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt, preferred stock, common stock, stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units and/or warrants to purchase such securities. The 2001 Shelf Registration had not been declared effective as of November 30, 2001. The 73⁄4% senior notes and 93⁄8%, 95⁄8% and 91⁄2% senior subordinated notes contain certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit the abil- ity of the Company to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, make certain investments, create certain liens, engage in mergers, consolidations, or sales of assets, or engage in certain transactions with officers, directors and employees. Under the terms of the Unsecured Credit Facility, the Company is required, among other things, to maintain certain financial statement ratios and a minimum net worth and is subject to limitations on acquisitions, inventories and indebtedness. Based on the terms of the Company’s Unsecured Credit Facility, senior notes and senior subordinated notes, retained earnings of $211,322,000 were available for payment of cash dividends or stock repurchases at November 30, 2001. Principal payments on senior and senior subordinated notes, term loan borrowings, mortgages, land contracts and other loans are due as follows: 2002, $40,916,000; 2003, $186,769,000; 2004, $180,565,000; 2005, $168,000,000; 2006, $124,635,000; and thereafter, $250,000,000. Assets (primarily inventories) having a carrying value of approximately $172,179,000 are pledged to collateralize mortgages, land contracts and other secured loans. M O R TG A G E B A N K I N G Notes payable included the following (interest rates are as of November 30): NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Mortgage Warehouse Facility (24⁄5% in 2001 and 65⁄8% in 2000) Master Loan and Security Agreement (25⁄8% in 2001 and 64⁄5% in 2000) Total notes payable 2001 2000 $280,863 314,172 $228,922 156,372 $595,035 $385,294 First mortgages receivable are financed through a $300,000,000 revolving mortgage warehouse agreement (the “Mortgage Warehouse Facility”). The Mortgage Warehouse Facility, which expires on February 18, 2003, provides for an annual fee based on the committed balance of the facility and provides for interest at either the London Interbank Offered Rate or the Federal Funds Rate plus an applicable spread on amounts borrowed. On May 24, 2001, the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary renewed its Master Loan and Security Agreement with an investment bank. The agreement, which expires on May 25, 2002, provides for a facility fee based on the $200,000,000 maximum amount available and provides for interest to be paid monthly at the Eurodollar Rate plus an applicable spread on amounts borrowed. During the fourth quarter of 2001, the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary negotiated a temporary increase in the maximum credit amount available under the Master Loan and Security Agreement to $325,000,000 through December 31, 2001. The temporary increase was necessary to meet the Company’s increased volume of loan originations. 55837_Financials_5 2/21/02 5:36 AM Page 56 The amounts outstanding under the Mortgage Warehouse Facility and the Master Loan and Security Agreement are secured by a borrowing base, which includes certain mortgage loans held under commitments of sale and are repayable from sales proceeds. There are no compensating balance require- ments under either facility. Both facilities include financial covenants and restrictions which, among other things, require the maintenance of certain financial statement ratios, a minimum tangible net worth and a minimum net income. Collateralized mortgage obligations represent bonds issued to third parties which are collateralized by mortgage-backed securities with substantially the same terms. At both November 30, 2001 and 2000, the collateralized mortgage obligations bore interest at rates ranging from 8% to 121⁄4% with stated original principal maturities ranging from 3 to 30 years. Actual maturities are dependent on the rate at which the underlying mortgage-backed securities are repaid. No collateralized mortgage obligations have been issued since 1988. NOTE 8. COMPANY OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SECURITIES OF SUBSIDIARY TRUST HOLDING SOLELY DEBENTURES OF THE COMPANY (FELINE PRIDES) On July 7, 1998, the Company, together with KBHC Financing I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the “KBHC Trust”) that was wholly owned by the Company, issued an aggregate of (i) 18,975,000 Feline Prides securities, and (ii) 1,000,000 KBHC Trust capital securities, with a $10 stated liquidation amount. The Feline Prides consisted of (i) 17,975,000 Income Prides with a stated amount per Income Prides of $10 (the “Stated Amount”), which were units comprised of a capital security and a stock purchase contract under which the holders were to purchase common stock from the Company not later than August 16, 2001 and the Company was to pay to the holders certain unsecured contract adjustment payments, and (ii) 1,000,000 Growth Prides with a face amount per Growth Prides equal to the Stated Amount, which were units consisting of a 1/100th beneficial interest in a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury security and a stock purchase contract under which the holders were to purchase common stock from the Company not later than August 16, 2001 and the Company was to pay to the holders certain unsecured contract adjustment payments. The distribution rate on the Income Prides was 8.25% per annum and the distribution rate on the Growth Prides was .75% per annum. The KBHC Trust utilized the proceeds from the issuance of the Feline Prides and capital securities to purchase an equivalent principal amount of the Company’s 8% debentures due August 16, 2003 (the “8% Debentures”). The 8% Debentures were the sole asset of the KBHC Trust. The Company’s obligations under the 8% Debentures and related agreements, taken together, constituted a firm and unconditional guarantee by the Company of the KBHC Trust’s obligations under the capital securities. Distributions of $11,385,000, $15,180,000 and $15,180,000 were included as minority interests in the Company’s results of operations for each of the years ended November 30, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. On August 16, 2001, all of the Company’s Feline Prides mandatorily converted into 5,977,109 shares of the Company’s common stock. In connection with the conversion, all of the 8% Debentures held by the KBHC Trust were retired and the KBHC Trust was subsequently dissolved. NOTE 9. FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The estimated fair values of financial instruments have been determined based on available market information and appropriate valuation methodolo- gies. However, judgment is necessarily required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. In that regard, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:57 AM Page 57 The carrying values and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments, except for those for which the carrying values approximate fair values, are summarized as follows: NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S CONSTRUCTION: Financial liabilities 73⁄4% Senior notes 93⁄8% Senior subordinated notes 95⁄8% Senior subordinated notes 91⁄2% Senior subordinated notes MORTGAGE BANKING: Financial assets Mortgage-backed securities Financial liabilities 2001 2000 CARRYING VALUE ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE CARRYING VALUE ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE $175,000 174,714 124,635 250,000 $177,013 176,750 131,288 263,600 $175,000 174,534 124,581 $164,745 173,110 122,388 23,448 24,508 31,403 32,003 Collateralized mortgage obligations secured by mortgage-backed securities 22,359 23,578 29,928 30,982 Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding solely debentures of the Company 189,750 175,000 The Company used the following methods and assumptions in estimating fair values: Cash and cash equivalents; first mortgages held under commitments of sale and other receivables; borrowings under the unsecured credit facilities, Shareholder Notes, French lines of credit, Mortgage Warehouse Facility and Master Loan and Security Agreement: The carrying amounts reported approximate fair values. Senior notes and senior subordinated notes: The fair values of the Company’s senior notes and senior subordinated notes are estimated based on quoted market prices. Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations secured by mortgage-backed securities: The fair values of these financial instru- ments are estimated based on quoted market prices for the same or similar issues. Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding solely debentures of the Company: The fair values of these financial instruments are based on quoted market prices on the New York Stock Exchange. NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Commitments and contingencies include the usual obligations of homebuilders for the completion of contracts and those incurred in the ordinary course of business. The Company is also involved in litigation incidental to its business, the disposition of which should have no material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. KBH 56 57 55837_Financials_5 2/21/02 5:37 AM Page 58 NOTE 11. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY P R E F E R R E D S TO C K On February 4, 1999, the Company adopted a new Stockholder Rights Plan to replace its preexisting shareholder rights plan adopted in 1989 (the “1989 Rights Plan”) and declared a dividend distribution of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock; such rights were issued on March 7, 1999, simultaneously with the expiration of the rights issued under the 1989 Rights Plan. Under certain circumstances, each right entitles the holder to purchase 1/100th of a share of the Company’s Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock at a price of $135.00, subject to certain antidilution provisions. The rights are not exercisable until the earlier to occur of (i) 10 days following a public announcement that a person or group has acquired Company stock representing 15% or more of the aggregate votes entitled to be cast by all shares of common stock or (ii) 10 days following the commencement of a tender offer for Company stock representing 15% or more of the aggregate votes entitled to be cast by all shares of common stock. If, without approval of the Board of Directors, the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction, or 50% or more of the Company’s assets or earning power is sold, each right will entitle its holder to receive, upon exercise, common stock of the acquiring company having a market value of twice the exercise price of the right; and if, without approval of the Board of Directors, any person or group acquires Company stock representing 15% or more of the aggregate votes entitled to be cast by all shares of common stock, each right will entitle its holder to receive, upon exercise, common stock of the Company having a market value of twice the exercise price of the right. At the option of the Company, the rights are redeemable prior to becoming exercisable at $.005 per right. Unless previously redeemed, the rights will expire on March 7, 2009. Until a right is exercised, the holder will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote or receive dividends. NOTE 12. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND STOCK PLANS Benefits are provided to most employees under the Company’s 401(k) Savings Plan under which contributions by employees are partially matched by the Company. The aggregate cost of this plan to the Company was $4,296,000 in 2001, $4,513,000 in 2000 and $3,937,000 in 1999. The Company’s 1999 Incentive Plan (the “1999 Plan”) provides that stock options, associated limited stock appreciation rights, restricted shares of common stock, stock units and other securities may be awarded to eligible individuals for periods of up to 15 years. The Company also has a Performance-Based Incentive Plan for Senior Management (the “Incentive Plan”), a 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the “1998 Plan”) and a 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2001 Plan”), each of which provide for the same awards as may be made under the 1999 Plan, but require that such awards be subject to certain conditions which are designed to enable the Company to pay annual compensation in excess of $1,000,000 to participating executives and maintain tax deductibility for such compensation for the Company. The 1999 Plan and the 2001 Plan are the Company’s primary existing employee stock plans. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” (“SFAS No. 123”), issued in October 1995, estab- lished financial accounting and reporting standards for stock-based employee compensation plans. As permitted by SFAS No. 123, the Company elected to continue to use APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations in accounting for its stock options. Had compensation expense for the Company’s stock option plans been determined based on the fair value at the grant date for awards in 2001, 2000 and 1999 consistent with the provisions of SFAS No. 123, the Company’s net income and diluted earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below: YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S , E X C E P T P E R S H A R E A M O U N T S Net income — as reported Net income — pro forma Diluted earnings per share — as reported Diluted earnings per share — pro forma 2001 2000 1999 $214,217 207,254 5.50 5.23 $209,960 205,652 5.24 5.10 $147,469 142,816 3.08 2.99 The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions used for grants in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively: a risk free interest rate of 3.68%, 5.44% and 6.14%; an expected volatility factor for the market price of the Company’s common stock of 48.88%, 44.82% and 43.14%; a dividend yield of .90%, 1.00% and 1.36%; and an expected life of 4 years, 4 years and 4 years. The weighted average fair value of options granted in 2001, 2000 and 1999 was $9.09, $7.70 and $6.92, respectively. KBH 58 59 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:58 AM Page 59 Stock option transactions are summarized as follows: 2001 2000 1999 WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXERCISE PRICE $19.13 28.24 11.90 24.74 OPTIONS 5,738,732 2,138,700 (1,456,188) (176,152) WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXERCISE PRICE $17.26 24.74 16.46 21.08 OPTIONS 4,849,822 1,615,176 (306,628) (419,638) WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXERCISE PRICE $15.22 20.12 16.43 21.00 OPTIONS 2,965,067 2,241,736 (211,925) (145,056) 6,245,092 $23.78 5,738,732 $19.13 4,849,822 $17.26 2,843,650 $21.51 2,773,254 $15.60 2,041,106 $13.83 Options outstanding at beginning of year Granted Exercised Cancelled Options outstanding at end of year Options exercisable at end of year Options available for grant at end of year 3,909,248 1,671,996 2,867,334 Stock options outstanding at November 30, 2001 are as follows: OPTIONS OUTSTANDING OPTIONS EXERCISABLE WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING CONTRACTUAL LIFE 11.68 11.62 13.84 14.80 13.21 OPTIONS 1,362,768 1,332,488 1,501,577 2,048,259 6,245,092 WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXERCISE PRICE $16.78 22.42 25.06 28.37 $23.78 WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXERCISE PRICE $16.35 22.42 25.07 32.02 $21.51 OPTIONS 991,320 1,106,589 534,982 210,759 2,843,650 RANGE OF EXERCISE PRICE $ 4.75 to $21.50 $21.59 to $23.74 $24.25 to $27.11 $27.90 to $33.94 $ 4.75 to $33.94 The Company records proceeds from the exercise of stock options as additions to common stock and paid-in capital. The tax benefit, if any, is recorded as additional paid-in capital. In 1991, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of restricted stock awards under the 1988 Plan of up to an aggregate 600,000 shares of common stock to certain officers and key employees. Restrictions lapse each year through May 10, 2005 on specified portions of the shares awarded to each participant so long as the participant has remained in the continuous employ of the Company. Restricted shares under this grant outstanding at the end of the year totaled 86,664 in 2001, 108,331 in 2000 and 129,998 in 1999. Effective July 11, 2001, the Company awarded 350,000 shares of restricted common stock to its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in accordance with the terms and conditions of his amended and restated employment agreement. The restrictions imposed with respect to the shares covered by the award lapse on December 31, 2008 if certain conditions are met. During the restriction period, the executive is entitled to vote and receive dividends on such shares. Upon issuance of the 350,000 shares, a deferred compensation expense equivalent to the market value of the shares on the date of grant was charged to stockholders’ equity and is being amortized over the restriction period. The compensation expense with respect to the restricted shares during the year ended November 30, 2001 was $550,000. On August 4, 1999, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program which allowed the Company to purchase shares of its common stock at prices that did not exceed $28 per share. At November 30, 2000, through a series of authorizations, the Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of a total of 14,500,000 shares. The Company had repurchased 14,500,000 shares and 3,750,100 shares, respectively, under the repurchase program as of November 30, 2000 and 1999. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:58 AM Page 60 On October 4, 2001, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase authorization for up to 4,000,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock. The authorization positions management to opportunistically purchase common shares from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. No shares had been repurchased under this authorization as of November 30, 2001. In connection with its share repurchase program, on August 27, 1999, the Company established a grantor stock ownership trust (the “Trust”) into which certain shares repurchased in 2000 and 1999 were transferred. The Trust, administered by an independent trustee, acquires, holds and distributes the shares of common stock for the purpose of funding certain employee compensation and employee benefit obligations of the Company under its existing stock option, 401(k) and other employee benefit plans. The existence of the Trust has no impact on the amount of benefits or compensation that is paid under these plans. For financial reporting purposes, the Trust is consolidated with the Company. Any dividend transactions between the Company and the Trust are eliminated. Acquired shares held by the Trust remain valued at the market price at the date of purchase and are shown as a reduction to stockholders’ equity in the consolidated balance sheet. The difference between the Trust share value and the fair market value on the date shares are released from the Trust, for the benefit of employees, is included in additional paid-in capital. Common stock held in the Trust is not considered outstanding in the computation of earnings per share. The Trust held 8,142,831, 8,782,252 and 3,750,100 shares of common stock at November 30, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The trustee votes shares held by the Trust in accordance with voting directions from eligible employees, as specified in a trust agreement with the trustee. NOTE 13. INCOME TAXES The components of pretax income are as follows: YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Domestic Foreign 2001 2000 1999 $286,629 37,888 $263,266 34,394 $200,272 26,597 Total pretax income $324,517 $297,660 $226,869 The components of income taxes are as follows: I N T H O U S A N D S 2001 Currently payable Deferred Total 2000 Currently payable Deferred Total 1999 Currently payable Deferred Total TOTAL FEDERAL STATE FOREIGN $156,051 (45,751) $134,755 (57,321) $17,500 $110,300 $ 77,434 $17,500 $ 70,818 16,882 $ 43,776 11,586 $17,000 $ 87,700 $ 55,362 $17,000 $ 87,428 (8,028) $ 65,557 (12,411) $11,755 $ 79,400 $ 53,146 $11,755 $ 3,796 11,570 $15,366 $10,042 5,296 $15,338 $10,116 4,383 $14,499 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:58 AM Page 61 Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences in the financial and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities and assets are as follows: NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES: Installment sales Bad debt and other reserves Capitalized expenses Partnerships and joint ventures Repatriation of foreign subsidiaries Other Total deferred tax liabilities DEFERRED TAX ASSETS: Warranty, legal and other accruals Depreciation and amortization Capitalized expenses Partnerships and joint ventures Employee benefits Noncash charge for impairment of long-lived assets Foreign minority interest Net operating losses Tax credits Foreign tax credits Other Total deferred tax assets Net deferred tax assets 2001 2000 $ 30,934 $ 15,763 343 15,147 5,220 1,912 53,556 29,850 18,779 20,518 31,623 17,799 7,168 7,108 31,890 4,625 2,782 468 21,970 1,237 3,917 43,355 25,092 19,328 14,928 11,812 12,947 6,400 2,327 20,347 4,016 172,142 117,197 $118,586 $ 73,842 Income taxes computed at the statutory United States federal income tax rate and income tax expense provided in the financial statements differ as follows: YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, I N T H O U S A N D S Amount computed at statutory rate Increase (decrease) resulting from: State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit Differences in foreign tax rates Intercompany dividends Tax credits Other, net Total 2001 2000 1999 $113,581 $104,181 $ 79,404 11,375 640 5,019 (26,314) 5,999 11,050 853 (2,537) (24,211) (1,636) 7,641 4,379 1,153 (11,329) (1,848) $110,300 $ 87,700 $ 79,400 The Company has commitments to invest $2,396,000 over four years in affordable housing partnerships which are scheduled to provide tax credits. KBH 60 61 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:59 AM Page 62 NOTE 14. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION The following table presents information about the Company by geographic area. I N T H O U S A N D S 2001 Construction: West Coast Southwest Central Foreign Total construction Mortgage banking Total 2000 Construction: West Coast Southwest Central Foreign Total construction Mortgage banking Total 1999 Construction: West Coast Southwest Central Foreign Total construction Mortgage banking Total KBH 62 63 REVENUES INCOME ASSETS OPERATING IDENTIFIABLE $1,605,917 $101,367 $ 995,826 992,949 1,326,133 576,716 4,501,715 72,469 88,787 117,248 44,914 352,316 33,771 494,519 697,692 795,485 2,983,522 709,344 $4,574,184 $386,087 $3,692,866 $1,466,418 $ 95,243 $ 907,956 862,822 1,065,803 475,445 3,870,488 60,370 67,899 90,018 35,449 288,609 23,832 427,347 531,074 495,391 2,361,768 467,153 $3,930,858 $312,441 $2,828,921 $1,579,226 $115,515 $ 905,890 830,418 950,177 412,300 3,772,121 64,174 58,434 59,488 25,670 259,107 17,464 481,997 505,144 321,045 2,214,076 450,159 $3,836,295 $276,571 $2,664,235 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:59 AM Page 63 NOTE 15. QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED) Quarterly results for the years ended November 30, 2001 and 2000 follow: I N T H O U S A N D S , E X C E P T P E R S H A R E A M O U N T S FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH 2001 Revenues Operating income Pretax income Net income Basic earnings per share Diluted earnings per share 2000 Revenues Operating income Pretax income Net income Basic earnings per share Diluted earnings per share $821,065 $1,066,945 $1,235,313 $1,450,861 53,501 39,118 25,818 .74 .70 73,743 59,904 39,504 1.11 1.07 109,235 91,487 60,387 1.63 1.58 149,608 134,008 88,508 2.10 2.03 $799,585 $ 906,182 $ 981,024 $1,244,067 47,275 77,414 64,214 1.51 1.47 53,678 42,700 27,700 .70 .68 81,964 66,439 44,639 1.17 1.14 129,524 111,107 73,407 2.10 2.00 Quarterly and year-to-date computations of per share amounts are made independently. Therefore, the sum of per share amounts for the quarters may not agree with per share amounts for the year. NOTE 16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED) On December 14, 2001, pursuant to the 1997 Shelf Registration, the Company issued $200,000,000 of 85⁄8% senior subordinated notes at 100% of the principal amount of the notes. The notes, which are due December 15, 2008, with interest payable semi-annually, represent unsecured obligations of the Company and are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company. Before December 15, 2004, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the net proceeds of one or more public or private equity offerings at a redemption price of 108.625% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest. The notes are not otherwise redeemable at the option of the Company. The Company used $175,000,000 of the net proceeds from the issuance of the notes to redeem all of its outstanding 93⁄8% senior subordinated notes due 2003. The remaining net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The 2001 Shelf Registration for $500,000,000 filed on October 15, 2001 was at that time intended to combine with $250,000,000 of capacity then remaining under the 1997 Shelf Registration to provide the Company with a total issuance capacity of $750,000,000. However, the issuance of the $200,000,000 85⁄8% senior subordinated notes in December 2001 reduced the remaining capacity under the 1997 Shelf Registration to $50,000,000. Following the issuance of the $200,000,000 85⁄8% senior subordinated notes, the Company increased the 2001 Shelf Registration to $700,000,000. The 2001 Shelf Registration was subsequently declared effective on January 28, 2002, at which time the remaining capacity under the 1997 Shelf Registration was rolled in, thereby providing the Company with a total issuance capacity of $750,000,000 as originally contemplated. 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:59 AM Page 64 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of KB Home: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of KB Home as of November 30, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of KB Home at November 30, 2001 and 2000, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Los Angeles, California December 20, 2001 REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The accompanying consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of management. The statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Estimates and judgments of management based on its current knowledge of anticipated transactions and events are made to prepare the financial statements as required by generally accepted accounting principles. Management relies on internal accounting controls, among other things, to produce records suitable for the preparation of financial statements. The responsibility of our external auditors for the financial statements is limited to their expressed opinion on the fairness of the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. Their examination is performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which include tests of our accounting records and internal accounting controls and evaluation of estimates and judgments used to prepare the financial statements. The Company’s internal audit function includes evaluating and testing internal accounting controls. An audit committee of outside members of the Board of Directors periodically meets with management, the external auditors and the internal auditors to evaluate the scope of auditing activities and review results. Both the external and internal auditors have the unrestricted opportunity to communicate privately with the audit committee. William R. Hollinger Senior Vice President and Controller December 20, 2001 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 6:59 AM Page 65 BOARD OF DIRECTORS RON BURKLE 1,3 Managing Partner, The Yucaipa Companies Los Angeles DR. BARRY MUNITZ 1,4 President, The J. Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles HENRY G. CISNEROS 3 GUY NAFILYAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaufman & Broad S.A. Paris LUIS G. NOGALES 3,4 Managing Partner, Nogales Investors, LLC Los Angeles SANFORD C. SIGOLOFF 1,2 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sigoloff & Associates, Inc. Los Angeles American CityVista San Antonio JANE EVANS 1,4 Chief Executive Officer, Opnix, Inc. Phoenix DR. RAY R. IRANI 4 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum Corporation Los Angeles KENNETH M. JASTROW, II Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Temple-Inland Inc. Austin JAMES A. JOHNSON 3 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Perseus, LLC Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fannie Mae Washington, D.C. BRUCE KARATZ 2 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KB Home Los Angeles COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1Audit and Compliance Committee 2Executive Committee 3Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee 4Management Development and Compensation Committee KBH 64 65 55837_Financials_7 2/22/02 2:57 AM Page 66 MANAGEMENT CORPORATE OFFICERS DIVISION MANAGEMENT CORY F. COHEN Senior Vice President, Tax WILLIAM R. HOLLINGER Senior Vice President and Controller LISA G. KALMBACH Senior Vice President, Studios BRUCE KARATZ W E S T CO A S T WILLIAM R. CARDON Regional General Manager and MARSHALL GRAY President, Tampa Division President, Orange County Division DAVE MATLOCK President, San Antonio Division ROBERT FREED Regional General Manager and LARRY E. OGLESBY President, Northbay and South Bay Divisions Regional General Manager and President, Austin Division Chairman and Chief Executive Officer MARTIN LIGHTERINK ANTHONY M. RASO President, San Diego Division President, Jacksonville Division JAY L. MOSS DENNIS WELSCH Regional General Manager and Regional General Manager and President, Greater Los Angeles Division President, Colorado Division F R A N C E PIERRE BEAUCHEF President, Condominium Division Kaufman & Broad S.A., France JOEL MONRIBOT President, Single Family Homes Division Kaufman & Broad S.A., France GUY NAFILYAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaufman & Broad S.A., France K B H O M E M O R TG A G E MARK CRIVELLI President, KB Home Mortgage KIMBERLY N. KING Corporate Secretary WENDY L. MARLETT Senior Vice President, Marketing JEFFREY T. MEZGER Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer BARTON P. PACHINO Senior Vice President and General Counsel ALBERT Z. PRAW Senior Vice President, S O U T H W E S T JOHN H. BREMOND President, Tucson Division LEAH S. W. BRYANT President, Las Vegas Division STEVEN M. DAVIS Regional General Manager and President, Phoenix Division Asset Management and Acquisitions MARK KINSLEY President, New Mexico Division C E N T R A L DAVID CHRISTIAN President, Dallas Division JOHN “BUDDY” E. GOODWIN Regional General Manager and President, Houston Division GARY A. RAY Senior Vice President, Human Resources V I C E P R E S I D E N T S KELLY M. ALLRED DON BLODGETT GEORGE A. BRENNER JAMES R. CALDWELL KEN GANCARCZYK LAWRENCE B. GOTLIEB JOHN A. HUGHES ROSS KAY KATHLEEN L. KNOBLAUCH JOSEPH M. MANISCO JOE SANTORO NANCY S. SCHWAPPACH DAVID B. SIMONS VICTOR TOLEDO KBH 66 67 55837_Financials_6 2/21/02 5:46 PM Page 67 OFFICE LOCATIONS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 10990 Wilshire Boulevard Seventh Floor Los Angeles, California 90024 (310) 231-4000 (310) 231-4222 Fax BUILDER SERVICES 801 Corporate Center Drive Suite 100 Pomona, California 91768 (909) 802-2400 (909) 623-5167 Fax houseCALL CENTER 4226 Rosewood Drive Pleasanton, California 94588 (888) KB-HOMES (925) 467-5506 Fax KB HOME MORTGAGE 21650 Oxnard Street, Suite 300 Woodland Hills, California 91367 (818) 887-2275 (818) 712-2422 Fax Orange County Division 3 Jenner, Suite 100 Irvine, California 92618 (949) 790-9100 (949) 790-9119 Fax North Bay Division 611 Orange Drive Vacaville, California 95687 (707) 469-2400 (707) 469-2401 Fax San Diego Division 12235 El Camino Real, Suite 100 San Diego, California 92130 (858) 259-6000 (858) 259-5108 Fax South Bay Division 2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 150 Fremont, California 94538 (510) 792-2900 (510) 792-5262 Fax COLORADO Colorado Division DOMESTIC DIVISIONS 8401 East Belleview Avenue ARIZONA Phoenix Division Two Gateway 432 North 44th Street, Suite 200 Phoenix, Arizona 85008 (602) 306-1000 (602) 306-1010 Fax Tucson Division 5780 North Swan Road, Suite 100 Tucson, Arizona 85718 (520) 577-7007 (520) 299-2725 Fax CALIFORNIA Greater Los Angeles Division 801 Corporate Center Drive Suite 201 Pomona, California 91768 (909) 802-1100 (909) 802-1111 Fax Suite 200 Denver, Colorado 80237 (303) 220-6000 (303) 773-1930 Fax FLORIDA Jacksonville Division 3840 Crown Point Road, Suite C Jacksonville, Florida 32257 (904) 260-8616 (904) 260-8608 Fax Tampa Division 11711 Gothic Lane Tampa, Florida 33626 (813) 818-9125 (813) 818-4764 Fax NEVADA Las Vegas Division 750 Pilot Road #F Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 (702) 614-2500 (702) 614-2614 Fax NEW MEXICO New Mexico Division 4921 Alexander, NE, Suite B Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107 (505) 344-9400 (505) 344-5700 Fax TEXAS Austin Division 11911 Burnet Road Austin, Texas 78758 (512) 833-8880 (512) 491-9432 Fax Dallas Division 2611 Westgrove Road, Suite 101 Carrollton, Texas 75006 (972) 267-0700 (972) 267-0701 Fax Houston Division 9990 Richmond Avenue, Suite 400 Houston, Texas 77042 (713) 977-6633 (713) 977-6678 Fax San Antonio Division 4800 Fredericksburg Road San Antonio, Texas 78229 (210) 349-1111 (210) 524-2641 Fax INTERNATIONAL DIVISION KAUFMAN & BROAD S.A. Tour Maine Montparnasse 33 avenue du Maine 75755 Paris, Cedex 15 011-331-4-538-2000 011-331-4-538-2250 Fax 55837_Financials_3 2/20/02 7:00 AM Page 68 STOCKHOLDER INFORMATION COMMON STOCK PRICES FORM 10-K 2001 2000 The Company’s 2001 Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may be obtained without charge by writing HIGH LOW HIGH LOW to the Company’s Investor Relations department, or by visiting the $385⁄16 331⁄4 361⁄4 341⁄2 $251⁄2 2413⁄16 251⁄16 2411⁄16 $2413⁄16 223⁄8 253⁄8 3213⁄16 $183⁄4 1613⁄16 1615⁄16 2315⁄16 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter DIVIDEND DATA KB Home paid a quarterly cash dividend of $.075 per common share in 2001 and 2000. ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING The 2002 Annual Stockholders’ meeting will be held at The W Hotel, 930 Hilgard Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2002. STOCK EXCHANGE LISTINGS KB Home’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is also traded on the Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Midwest, Pacific and Philadelphia Exchanges. The ticker symbol is KBH. Kaufman & Broad S.A. is listed on the ParisBourse. The ticker symbol is KOF. Kaufman & Broad S.A.’s Web site address is ketb.com. TRANSFER AGENT Mellon Investor Services LLC P.O. Box 3315 South Hackensack, New Jersey 07606-1915 (800) 356-2017 www.mellon-investor.com INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Ernst & Young LLP Los Angeles, California STOCKHOLDER INFORMATION The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KBH. There were 52,237,167 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 1, 2002. Company’s Web site at kbhome.com. HEADQUARTERS KB Home 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Seventh Floor Los Angeles, California 90024 (310) 231-4000 (310) 231-4222 Fax Location and Community Information: kbhome.com (888) KB-HOMES INVESTOR CONTACT Clem Teng Director, Investor Relations KB Home 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Seventh Floor Los Angeles, California 90024 (310) 231-4000 cteng@kbhome.com BONDHOLDER SERVICES ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBER 73⁄4% $175,000,000 Notes – Due 10/15/04 95⁄8% $125,000,000 Notes – Due 11/15/06 85⁄8% $200,000,000 Notes – Due 12/15/08 91⁄2% $250,000,000 Notes – Due 2/15/11 Trustee: Sun Trust Bank Corporate Trust Division Mail Code 008 25 Park Place, 24th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2900 muriel.shaw@suntrust.com (404) 588-7067 KBH 68 Design: Louey/Rubino Design Group, Inc. Santa Monica, CA • New York City • Hong Kong Images courtesy of: Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, New York Times Printing: George Rice & Sons ALWAYS HOME 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 

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