AUGUST 18, 2009 – PULTE HOMES AND CENTEX SHAREHOLDERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE MERGER
Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM) and Centex Corporation (NYSE: CTX) announced that, at a special meeting of shareholders held today by each company, shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger of Pulte Homes and Centex. Pulte Homes and Centex received votes representing more than 80% and 72%, respectively, of shares outstanding, with more than 99% of these voted in support of the transaction.
Pulte Homes will retain its corporate headquarters in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.