Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH) Form 144 filing reports requests to sell common shares by an affiliated holder. The excerpt lists 206 and 57 restricted vested common shares dated 02/15/2023. It also records 647 shares sold in the past three months with a date of 02/18/2026.
Meritage Homes Corporation submitted a Form 144 notice reporting the proposed sale of 680 shares of common stock on 02/18/2026 with an accompanying figure of $54012.4.
The filing lists Merrill Lynch as the broker and shows an exchange code of NYSE with a filer/cover date of 02/20/2026.
Meritage Homes EVP Austin M. Woffinden reported an automatic, pre-planned sale of MTH common stock tied to taxes. On February 18, 2026, he sold 647 shares at an average price of $79.46 per share to cover required tax withholdings under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. After this transaction, he directly owned 19,523 shares of Meritage Homes common stock.
Meritage Homes Chief Executive Officer Phillippe Lord reported charitable and related-party transactions involving company stock. A charitable foundation controlled by Mr. Lord sold 5,000 MTH shares at a weighted average price of $80.07 per share, with individual trades between $80.05 and $80.15. On the same date, 10,000 shares were transferred as bona fide gifts from Mr. Lord’s direct holdings and from family limited partnerships he controls to the charitable foundation. After these moves, family limited partnerships controlled by Mr. Lord held 216,320 shares, the charitable foundation held 5,000 shares, and his direct holdings totaled 107,254 shares, alongside additional unvested restricted stock units.
Meritage Homes SVP and Chief Accounting Officer Alison Sasser reported a small net-share transaction combining a tax-related sale and an equity award. She sold 680 shares of MTH common stock on 2026-02-18 at a price of $79.46 per share to cover required tax withholdings under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. On the same day, she received a grant of 2,658 restricted share units at no cost, which are scheduled to vest in equal installments over five years on each anniversary of the grant date.
Meritage Homes Corporation reported a planned change in its Board of Directors. On February 17, 2026, director Dennis V. Arriola notified the company that he will step down from the Board effective March 31, 2026. The company states that his resignation is not due to any disagreement with the company.
In line with its amended and restated bylaws, the Board has decided to reduce its size from 12 to 11 directors, effective upon Mr. Arriola’s resignation. This filing does not announce any new financial results or major transactions, but simply updates investors on the company’s governance structure.