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  0001198581
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000833079
  Meritage Homes CORP
  001-09977
  18655 NORTH CLARET DRIVE
  SUITE 400
  SCOTTSDALE
  AZ
  85255
  480-515-8100
  HADDOCK GERALD W
  Director
  Common Stock
  Piper Sandler & Co.
  800 Nicollet Mall
  Ste 900
  Minneapolis
  MN
  55402
  3000
  500490.00
  36449906
  01/04/2024
  NYSE
  Common Stock
  02/11/2023
  Stock Option Exercise
  Meritage Homes Corp
  N
  3000
  02/11/2023
  Cash
  Y
  01/04/2024
  Alex Johnson, a duly authorized representative of Piper Sandler & Co Corporate & Venture Services FA, as attorney-in-fact for Gerald Haddock