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Exhibit 4.3




CENTEX CORPORATION



Issuer


and


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.


(formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank)


Trustee


INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT NO. 19


Dated as of August 18, 2005


to


INDENTURE


Dated as of October 1, 1998


5.450% Senior Notes due August 15, 2012



 









 








TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO TERMS AND ISSUANCE OF THE NOTES
	 	 	3	 
	Section 2.01. Issuance and Designation
	 	 	3	 
	Section 2.02. Form and Other Terms of Notes; Incorporation of Terms
	 	 	3	 
	Section 2.03. Place and Method of Payment
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THREE ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
	 	 	4	 
	Section 3.01. Limitation on Liens
	 	 	4	 
	Section 3.02. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOUR DEFEASANCE
	 	 	6	 
	Section 4.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	6	 
	Section 4.02. Legal Defeasance
	 	 	6	 
	Section 4.03. Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	7	 
	Section 4.04. Conditions to Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.01. Ratification of Indenture
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.02. Redemption
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.03. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.04. Effect of Headings
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.05. Counterparts
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.06. Severability
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.07. Benefits of Indenture Supplement
	 	 	8	 
	Section 5.08. Acceptance of Trusts
	 	 	9	 
	Section 5.09. Governing Law
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A —  Form of Note
	 	 	 	 






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          INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT NO. 19 (“Indenture Supplement”), dated as of August 18, 2005,
between CENTEX CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation (together with its successors and assigns as
provided in the Indenture referred to below, the “Company”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
a national banking association (formerly, The Chase Manhattan Bank, successor to Chase Bank of
Texas, National Association) (together with its successors in trust thereunder as provided in the
Indenture referred to below, the “Trustee”), as trustee under an Indenture dated as of
October 1, 1998 (the “Indenture”).




PRELIMINARY STATEMENT




          Section 2.02 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company may, when
authorized by its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time, enter
into a series supplement to the Indenture for the purpose of authorizing one or more Series of
Senior Debt Securities and to specify certain terms of each such Series of Senior Debt Securities.
The Board of Directors of the Company has duly authorized the creation of a Series of Senior Debt
Securities to be known as the Company’s 5.450% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”), and the Company
and the Trustee are executing and delivering this Indenture Supplement in order to provide for the
issuance of the Notes.




ARTICLE ONE




Definitions




          Except to the extent such terms are otherwise defined in this Indenture Supplement or the
context clearly requires otherwise, all terms used in this Indenture Supplement which are defined
in the Indenture or the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, either directly or by
reference therein, shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.




          As used in this Indenture Supplement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:




CONSOLIDATED NET TANGIBLE ASSETS:




          The term “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” shall mean the aggregate amount of assets included
on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries, less applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items and after deducting therefrom (a) all current
liabilities and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and
expense, and other like intangibles, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied.




DEPOSITARY:




          The term “Depositary” shall mean, unless otherwise specified by the Company, The Depository
Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as a Clearing Agency under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or regulation.




 









 








FUNDED INDEBTEDNESS:




          The term “Funded Indebtedness” shall mean notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences
of indebtedness for money borrowed which by their terms mature at or are extendible or renewable at
the option of the obligor to a date more than 12 months after the date of the creation of such
debt.




GLOBAL SECURITY:




          The term “Global Security” shall mean a single Note that is issued to evidence Notes having
identical terms and provisions, which is delivered to the Depositary or pursuant to instructions of
the Depositary and which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.




INTEREST PAYMENT DATE:




          The term “Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on
the Notes.




MATURITY DATE:




          The term “Maturity Date,” when used with respect to any Note, shall mean the date on which the
principal of such Note becomes due and payable in accordance with its terms and the terms of this
Indenture as therein or herein provided, whether at Stated Maturity, upon declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.




NOTEHOLDER; HOLDER:




          The terms “Noteholder” or “Holder” shall mean any Person in whose name at the time a
particular Note is registered in the Senior Debt Security Register kept for that purpose in
accordance with the terms hereof.




REGULAR RECORD DATE:




          The term “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall
mean the day which is fifteen calendar days immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date,
whether or not such day is a business day.




REDEMPTION DATE:




          The term “Redemption Date” for a Note shall mean the date fixed for the redemption of such
Note in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture Supplement.




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SPECIAL RECORD DATE:




          The term “Special Record Date” for the payment of any defaulted interest means a date which is
not less than ten and not more than fifteen calendar days immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date of defaulted interest on such Note established by notice given by first class mail by
or on behalf of the Company to the Holder of such Note not less than fifteen calendar days prior to
such Special Record Date.




STATED MATURITY:




          The term “Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Note or any installment of
interest thereon (including defaulted interest), the date specified in such Note as the fixed date
upon which the principal of such Note or such installment of interest is due and payable.




ARTICLE TWO




Terms and Issuance of the Notes




          Section 2.01. Issuance and Designation. A Series of Senior Debt Securities which
shall be designated as the Company’s “5.450% Senior Notes due 2012” shall be executed,
authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in all respects be
subject to, the terms, conditions and covenants of, the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement
(including the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A). The aggregate principal amount of the
Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture Supplement shall not, except as
permitted by the provisions of the Indenture, exceed $350,000,000, provided that the Company may,
without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, reopen this Series and issue additional Notes
under the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement in addition to the $350,000,000 of Notes
authorized as of the date hereof.




          Section 2.02. Form and Other Terms of Notes; Incorporation of Terms. The Notes shall
be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The terms of such Notes are
herein incorporated by reference and are part of this Indenture Supplement.




          Section 2.03. Place and Method of Payment. The place of payment in respect of the
Notes will be at the principal office or agency of the Company in Dallas, Texas or at the office or
place of business of the Trustee or its successor in trust under the Indenture, which, at the date
hereof, is located at Chase Global Trust, 2001 Bryan Street, Floor 11, Dallas, Texas 75201.
Payments in respect of principal or premium, if any, on Notes will be made only against surrender
of such Notes at such office. Payments of interest on each Interest Payment Date with respect to
each Note will be made to the Person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date by U.S. dollar check
drawn on a bank in the City of New York or, for Holders of at least $1,000,000 of Notes, by wire
transfer to a dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States; provided
that a written request from such Holder to such effect designating




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such account is received by the Trustee or the Paying Agent no later than 30 calendar days
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Unless such designation is revoked, any such designation
made by such Holder with respect to such Note payable to such Holder will remain in effect with
respect to any further interest payments with respect to such Note payable to such Holder. The
Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making interest
payments by wire transfer.




          So long as the Depositary continues to make its “Same-Day Funds Settlement System” available
to the Company, payments due on Notes represented by a Global Security registered in the name of
the Depositary or its nominee will be made in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Security representing such
Notes. The Company expects that the Depositary or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment, will
credit immediately participants’ accounts with payments in same-day funds in amounts proportionate
to their respective beneficial interests in such payments, as shown on the records of the
Depositary or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by participants and indirect
participants to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security held through such Persons
will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
securities registered in the name of nominees for such customers, and will be the responsibility of
such participants and indirect participants.




ARTICLE THREE




Additional Covenants




          Section 3.01. Limitation on Liens. The following provisions shall apply to the Notes:





     (a) The Company will not itself, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries (other
than Centex Financial Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries) to, issue, assume or guarantee
any indebtedness for borrowed money (“Indebtedness”) if such borrowed money is
secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or other encumbrance (any such
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or other encumbrance being hereinafter in this
Section 3.01 referred to as a “Lien”) on or with respect to any of the properties or
assets of the Company or any such subsidiary or on any shares of capital stock or other
equity interests of any subsidiary that owns properties or assets (other than Centex
Financial Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries), whether, in each case, owned at the date of
this Indenture Supplement or thereafter acquired, unless the Company makes effective
provision whereby the Notes are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all
other borrowed money thereby secured; provided, however, that the foregoing
restrictions shall not be applicable to:




     (i) any Lien existing on any of the Company’s properties or assets or shares of
capital stock or other equity interests at the date of this Indenture Supplement;



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     (ii) any Lien created by a subsidiary of the Company in favor of the Company or
any wholly-owned subsidiary;




     (iii) any Lien on any property or asset of any corporation or other entity (or
on any accession or improvement to such property or asset or any proceeds thereof)
existing at the time such corporation or other entity becomes a subsidiary of the
Company or is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of its
subsidiaries;




     (iv) any Lien on any property or asset existing at the time of acquisition
thereof (or on any accession or improvement to such property or asset or any
proceeds thereof) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries;




     (v) any Lien on any property or asset (or on any accession or improvement to
such property or asset or any proceeds thereof) securing Indebtedness incurred or
assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such
property or asset or the making of any improvement thereof; provided that
such Lien attaches to such property or asset concurrently with or within 180 days
after the acquisition thereof or the making of such improvement;




     (vi) any Lien incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial
revenue, municipal utility district or any similar financing;




     (vii) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or
replacement of any of the Liens permitted by any of clauses (i) through (vi) above;
provided that the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by the Lien
being refinanced, extended, reviewed or replaced is not increased and is not secured
by any additional properties or assets; and




     (viii) any Lien imposed by law.




     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 3.01, the Company
or any of its subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien
which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate amount which,
together with all other such secured borrowings of the Company and its subsidiaries and the
Attributable Debt (as defined below) in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (as
defined in Section 3.02) existing at such time (other than Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
not subject to the limitation contained in Section 3.02), does not at the time exceed twenty
percent (20%) of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company and its subsidiaries,
as shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to
stockholders of the Company. The term “Attributable Debt” as used in this paragraph shall
mean, as of any particular time, the present value of the obligation of a lessee for rental
payments during the remaining term of any lease (including any period for which such lease
has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).



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          Section 3.02. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. The Company will not,
nor will it permit any of its subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement with any Person (other
than the Company) providing for the leasing by the Company or a subsidiary of any of its properties
or assets (except for temporary leases for a term of not more than three (3) years and except for
sales and leases of model homes), which property or asset has been or is to be sold or transferred
by the Company or such subsidiary to such Person (herein referred to as a “Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction”), unless (a) the net proceeds to the Company or such subsidiary from such sale or
transfer equal or exceed the fair value (as determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman, the President or the principal financial officer of the Company) of
the property or asset so leased, (b) the Company or such subsidiary would be entitled to incur
Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property or asset to be leased pursuant to Section 3.01, (c)
the Company shall, and in any such case the Company covenants that it will, apply an amount equal
to the fair value (as determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman, the President or the principal financial officer of the Company) of the property or asset
so leased to the retirement (other than any mandatory retirement), within 180 days of the effective
date of any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, of Funded Indebtedness of the Company, (d) such
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction relates to a sale which occurred within 180 days from the date of
acquisition of such property or asset by the Company or a subsidiary or the date of the completion
of construction or commencement of full operations on such property, whichever is later, or (e)
such transaction was consummated prior to the date of this Indenture Supplement.




ARTICLE FOUR




Defeasance




          Section 4.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Company
may, at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have either Section 13.01 of the Indenture or
Section 4.03 of this Indenture Supplement be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with
the conditions set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and below in this Article Four.




          Section 4.02. Legal Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 4.01 of the
option applicable to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, the Company may terminate its obligations
under the Notes, the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement by complying with the terms and
conditions of Section 13.01 of the Indenture; provided, however, that the Opinion
of Counsel delivered to the Trustee will also state that either (A) the Company has received from,
or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service, a ruling or (B) since the date
hereof, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the
effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.




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          Section 4.03. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 4.01 of
the option applicable to this Section 4.03, the Company shall be released from its obligations
under the covenants contained in Article Three of this Indenture Supplement with respect to the
outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Covenant
Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of
any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all
other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for
accounting purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the
outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of
any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly,
by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in
any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of the Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, the Company’s
exercise under Section 4.01 of the option applicable to this Section 4.03 shall not constitute an
Event of Default.




          Section 4.04. Conditions to Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the
conditions to the application of Section 4.03 to the outstanding Notes:





     (1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes
for that purpose, money or direct non-callable obligations of, or non-callable obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligation
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged (“U.S. Government
Obligations”) maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as
are sufficient, as verified in a Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants,
without consideration of any reinvestment of such interest, to pay principal of and interest
on the outstanding Notes to maturity or redemption as the case may be, provided that the
Trustee or any paying agent shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or
the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said principal and
interest with respect to the Notes. The Company may make an irrevocable deposit pursuant to
this Section 4.04 only if at such time the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and
any such paying agent an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions herein precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have
been complied with and the Opinion of Counsel further states that the making of such deposit
(i) does not contravene or violate any provision of any indenture, mortgage, loan agreement
or other similar agreement known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which
it or any of its property is bound, (ii) does not require registration by the Company with
respect to the trust funds representing such deposits or by the Trustee for such trust funds
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (iii) to the effect that the
Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes



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as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax in the same
amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred.




     (2) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company’s obligations in Sections
2.06, 2.08, 5.01, 5.02, 5.05, 6.01, 8.06, 8.10, 13.04 and 13.05 of the Indenture shall
survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in
Sections 8.06, 13.04 and 13.05 of the Indenture shall survive.



ARTICLE FIVE




Miscellaneous




          Section 5.01. Ratification of Indenture. As supplemented by this Indenture
Supplement, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture as so
supplemented by this Indenture Supplement shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument.




          Section 5.02. Redemption. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indenture, the
Company may redeem any of the Notes upon the terms and conditions contained in the Notes directly
or indirectly from or in anticipation of money borrowed having an interest cost to the Company of
less than the interest rate applicable to the Notes.




          Section 5.03. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this
Indenture Supplement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provisions
shall control.




          Section 5.04. Effect of Headings. The article and section headings herein are
included for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.




          Section 5.05. Counterparts. This Indenture Supplement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.




          Section 5.06. Severability. In case any provision of this Indenture Supplement or in
the Notes shall be found invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.




          Section 5.07. Benefits of Indenture Supplement. Nothing in this Indenture Supplement
or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties




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hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture Supplement.




          Section 5.08. Acceptance of Trusts. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this
Indenture Supplement declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein and in the
Indenture set forth.




          Section 5.09. Governing Law. This Indenture Supplement and each Note issued hereunder
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Texas, and for all purposes
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.





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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this Indenture Supplement to
be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and their respective seals
duly attested to be hereunto affixed all as of the day and year first above written.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CENTEX CORPORATION	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Lawrence Angelilli	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Lawrence Angelilli	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President — Finance	 	 






Attest:




	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Paul M. Johnston	 	 
	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Paul M. Johnston	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President, Corporate Counsel	 	 
	 

	 	and Assistant Secretary	 	 






	 	 	 	 	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

(f/k/a The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee

 	 
	[SEAL]	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mary Jane Henson
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mary Jane Henson 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 



Attest:




	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Josie L. Hixon	 	 
	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Josie L. Hixon	 	 
	Title:

	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 






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	STATE OF TEXAS

	 	 	)	 
	 

	 	 	)	 
	COUNTY OF DALLAS

	 	 	)	 






          BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said state, on this day
personally appeared Paul M. Johnston and Lawrence Angelilli, known to me to be the persons and
officers whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the
same was the act of the said CENTEX CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, and that they executed the
same as the act of said corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in
the capacity therein stated.




          GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 18th day of August, 2005.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Candie C. Nelson
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public in and for the State of Texas	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Candie C. Nelson	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Printed Name of Notary Public	 	 






My commission expires:



1-18-2009




	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF TEXAS

	 	 	)	 
	 

	 	 	)	 
	COUNTY OF HARRIS

	 	 	)	 






          BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said state, on this day
personally appeared Mary Jane Henson and Josie L. Hixon, known to me to be the persons and officers
whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the
act of the said JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, and that they executed
the same as the act of said national banking association for the purposes and consideration therein
expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.




          GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 18th day of August, 2005.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Vivian S. Travis
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public in and for the State of Texas	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Vivian S. Travis	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Printed Name of Notary Public	 	 






My commission expires:

4-1-2009



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EXHIBIT A




[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]




[The following legend shall appear on the face of each global Note:




     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS
NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.



          UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY,
A NEW YORK CORPORATION, 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.




          UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL NOTES
REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.]













 








CUSIP No.:                    




			
	 	 	 
	 
	 	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
	REGISTERED NO.                     
	 	$                                        






CENTEX CORPORATION




___% SENIOR NOTES DUE 20__




          Centex Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Nevada (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to) for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ___United States Dollars on ___, 20___and to
pay interest thereon, in such coin or currency commencing ___, 2006 and continuing
semi-annually thereafter on ___and ___of each year, from ___, 2005 or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate per
annum provided in the title hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or
more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date which
shall be ___or ___(whether or not a business day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable on the
Maturity Date or, if applicable, upon redemption, shall be payable to the Person to whom principal
shall be payable. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and shall be paid on the date fixed therefor by the Company to the Person in
whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to
Noteholders not less than fifteen calendar days prior to such Special Record Date.




          The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of Texas.




          REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH IN FULL ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET
FORTH IN FULL AT THIS PLACE.




          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof, directly or through a duly appointed and authorized authenticating agent, by
manual or facsimile signature of an authorized signatory, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.













 








     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CENTEX CORPORATION	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 






ATTEST:




	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Name:

	 	 
	Title:
	 	 






TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE

     OF AUTHENTICATION



This is one of the Senior Debt Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.




JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

(f/k/a The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee



	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 






 









 






[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]




          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Debt Securities of the Company
designated as its ___% Senior Notes due 20___(herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be
issued in one or more Series under an Indenture dated as of October 1, 1998 (herein called the
“Indenture”) between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (f/k/a The Chase Manhattan
Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto (including the
Indenture Supplement dated as of ___, 2005 which authorizes the Notes) reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which
the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.




          All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or in any indenture
supplemental thereto but are not defined in this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture or in any indenture supplemental thereto.




          The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the
Indenture and the Indenture Supplement, senior in right of payment to certain indebtedness of the
Company.




          Interest on this Note will be payable on the Interest Payment Date or Interest Payment Dates
as specified on the face hereof and, in either case, on the Maturity Date. Unless otherwise
specified on the face hereof, payments on this Note with respect to any particular Interest Payment
Date or the Maturity Date will include interest accrued from and including ___, 2005, or
from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, to but excluding the particular Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date. Interest
on this Note will be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.




          If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date for this Note falls on a day that is not a
business day, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest to be made on such day with
respect to this Note will be made on the next succeeding day that is a business day with the same
force and effect as if made on the due date, and no additional interest will be payable on the date
of payment for the period from and after the due date as a result of such delayed payment.




          The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, from time to time at the option of the
Company, on any date (a “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price equal to the greater of
(a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (b) the sum of the present values
of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as hereinafter defined) of principal and interest thereon
(exclusive of interest accrued to such Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate
(as hereinafter defined) plus ___basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal
amount being redeemed to such Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on
the Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the relevant
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes,













 







registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date or Special
Record Date, as the case may be, according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.




          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Independent Investment Banker (as hereinafter defined) as having a maturity comparable to the
remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.




          “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the
bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of
its principal amount) on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth in the
daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities” or (2) if such
release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such
business day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as hereinafter defined)
for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.




          “Independent Investment Banker” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc.




          “Reference Treasury Dealer” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. and their respective successors and, at the option of the Company, other primary U.S.
government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Company.




          “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.




          “Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to any Note, the remaining scheduled
payments of the principal thereof to be redeemed and interest thereon that would be due after the
related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such
Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next
succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued
thereon to such Redemption Date.




          “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Notes, the rate per annum
equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated
using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.




          Notice of any redemption by the Company will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60
days before any Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. If less













 







than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option of the Company, the Trustee shall select
the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part by random lot.




          This Note is not subject to a sinking fund. Holders of Notes will not be permitted to require
the Company to redeem or repurchase the Notes at their option.




          In case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes,
the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in
the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. The Indenture
provides that in certain events such declaration and its consequences may be waived by the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. An Event of Default with
respect to the Senior Debt Security of any other Series issued under the Indenture, including the
failure to make any payment of principal or interest with respect thereto when and as due, will not
necessarily be an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.




          The Indenture, as supplemented by the Indenture Supplement relating to the Notes, contains
provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as in the
Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or
reduce any premium payable on the redemption thereof, without the consent of the Holder of each
Note so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the consent of the Holders of
which is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of all
Notes then outstanding. The Indenture also provides that the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes
waive any past default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default in the payment of
the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and of any Note issued
in exchange or substitution herefor, whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Note.




          As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Note will
have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy
thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of default
in respect of the Notes and of the continuance thereof, and unless the Holders of not less than 25
percent in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as Trustee hereunder and
shall have furnished to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require, and the Trustee
shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 calendar days; provided,
however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for













 







the enforcement of payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on this Note on or
after the respective due dates expressed herein.




          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Note is registrable in the Senior Debt Security Register upon surrender of this
Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency maintained by the Company for such
purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company and the Senior Debt Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.




          The Notes are issued only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture.




          No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.




          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the times, places and rates, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.




          The Indenture, as supplemented by the Indenture Supplement relating to the Notes, contains
provisions for legal defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Note or defeasance
of certain restrictive covenants with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance by the
Company with certain conditions set forth therein.




          The Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Senior Debt Security Registrar for the
Notes may deem and treat the Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this
Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by
anyone other than the Company or any such Senior Debt Security Registrar), for the purpose of
receiving payment hereof or on account hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company
nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any such Senior Debt Security Registrar shall be affected
by any notice to the contrary.




          No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest
on, this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in
respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance
hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.













 








ABBREVIATIONS




          The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this instrument,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TEN COM	 	=	 	as tenants in common
	 	 	TEN ENT	 	=	 	as tenants by the entireties
	 	 	JT TEN	 	=	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and
not as tenants in common
	 	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT	 	=	 	under Uniform Gifts to
Minors 

Act
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	(Cust)
	 	(Minor)
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	State	 	 






Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.



 




          FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sell(s) assign(s) and transfer(s) unto




PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE



	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 






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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
______attorney to transfer said note on the books of the
Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.




	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	NOTICE: The signature(s) to this assignment must
correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face
of the within instrument in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution” that is a member
or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion
Program or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Medallion Program.