================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): NOVEMBER 30, 2001 KB HOME (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) DELAWARE 1-9195 95-3666267 (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer of Incorporation) Identification No.) 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 231-4000 N/A (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report) ================================================================================ ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. Exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the issuance by KB HOME of $200 million aggregate principal amount of its 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-41549. EXHIBITS EXHIBIT 1.4 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 30, 2001, regarding $200,000,000 of KB Home's 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008. 4.11 Form of Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of KB Home's 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008. 4.12 Form of 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2008. 12 Statement re: Computation of Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of KB Home and of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 of KB Home's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-71630)). Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. KB HOME Date: December 13, 2001 By: /s/ KIMBERLY N. KING -------------------- Kimberly N. King Corporate Secretary and Director, Corporate Legal Affairs 2 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. 1.4 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 30, 2001, regarding $200,000,000 of KB Home's 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008. 4.11 Form of Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of KB HOME's 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008. 4.12 Form of 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2008. 12 Statement re: Computation of Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of KB Home and of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 of KB Home's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-71630)). 3