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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833079-26-000130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTH"
cik: "0000833079"
company_name: "Meritage Homes CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-25T20:30:49+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-25T20:32:10.024635+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Meritage Homes amends bylaws: special-meeting threshold to 25%, director retirement age set at 75

## Summary
- Board adopted bylaw amendments on Aug 20, 2026, cutting special-meeting ownership threshold from 50% to 25%.
- Change implements stockholder-approved Proposal 4 from the 2026 Annual Meeting.
- New mandatory retirement age of 75 for directors; no election/reelection after reaching 75.
- Amended Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833079-26-000130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTH
- cik: 0000833079
- company_name: Meritage Homes CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-25T20:30:49+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000130/0000833079-26-000130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833079/000083307926000130/mth-20260820.htm

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