---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833079-23-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTH"
cik: "0000833079"
company_name: "Meritage Homes CORP"
filed_at: "2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T01:41:24.138373+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meritage appoints Dennis V. Arriola to board; board size increased to 12

## Summary
- Dennis V. Arriola appointed independent Class II director effective June 14, 2023.
- Arriola is an Operating Partner at Sandbrook Capital and former CEO of Avangrid (AGR).
- Board size raised from 11 to 12 via amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws.
- Annual cash compensation of $50,000 plus service-based RSU grants and indemnification.
- Arriola brings 30 years of leadership in utilities and clean energy sectors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833079-23-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTH
- cik: 0000833079
- company_name: Meritage Homes CORP
- filed_at: 2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307923000115/0000833079-23-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307923000115/mth-20230614.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833079-23-000115
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833079-23-000115.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833079-23-000115.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dennis V. Arriola was appointed as Independent Class II Director at Meritage Homes CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Class II Director
  source text: Meritage Homes Corporation (the "Company") announced in a press release that on June 14, 2023 the Board of Directors ("the Board") appointed Dennis V. Arriola as an independent Class II Director to be effective as of June 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307923000115/0000833079-23-000115-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Meritage Homes CORP: Increased maximum Board size from eleven to twelve members (effective 2023-06-14).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-14
  source text: On June 14, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors adopted an amendment to Article II, Section 2 of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws to increase the maximum size of the Board of Directors from eleven to twelve members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307923000115/0000833079-23-000115-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.