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Exhibit 10.2




TENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED



1998 CENTEX CORPORATION



EMPLOYEE NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN



(Last Amended on April 1, 2006)




1. Purpose of the Plan.




     This 1998 Centex Corporation Employee Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is
intended as an employment incentive to retain in the employ of Centex Corporation (the
“Company”), and any Affiliate (including any entity that becomes an Affiliate), persons of
training, experience and ability, to attract new employees whose services are considered valuable,
to encourage the sense of proprietorship of such persons, and to stimulate the active interest of
such persons in the development and financial success of the Company. For purposes of the Plan,
“Affiliate” shall mean any direct or indirect subsidiary or parent of the Company and any
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business venture or entity in which
the Company owns at least 50% of the ownership interest in such entity, as determined by the
Committee in its sole and absolute discretion (such determination by the Committee to be
conclusively established by the grant of options by the Committee to an officer or employee of such
an entity). It is further intended each option granted pursuant to the Plan (herein, an
“Option”) shall constitute non-qualified stock options within the meaning of Section 83 of
the Code.



2. Administration of the Plan.




     The Board of Directors shall appoint and maintain a Compensation and Stock Option Committee
(hereinafter called the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors to administer the Plan.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority
to designate persons to whom Options will be granted, to determine the terms and provisions of
respective option agreements (which need not be identical), and to interpret the provisions and
supervise the administration of the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority, exercisable in
its sole discretion, to grant Options containing such terms and conditions, consistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.



3. Designation of Participants.




     The persons eligible for participation in the Plan as recipients of Options shall include all
employees of the Company or of any Affiliate, including employees of any entity that becomes an
Affiliate after the date that the Plan is adopted, other than any of the following persons (herein,
an “Ineligible Person”):



     (a) any person who is an executive officer, as defined by Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or director of the Company;



     (b) any “officer” of the Company as defined by Rule 16a-1(f) promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or



     (c) any “covered employee” of the Company as defined by Section 162(m)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code.



 









 





     Each Option granted hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement between the Company and the
Optionee, which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine in its
sole and absolute discretion. Any person who has been granted an Option hereunder (herein, an
“Optionee”) may be granted an additional Option or Options, if the Committee shall so
determine. Participation in the Plan shall not preclude an Optionee from participating in any
other stock option, benefit, bonus, or other compensation plan which the Company or any Affiliate
has adopted, or may, from time to time, adopt for the benefit of its employees.



4. Stock Reserved for the Plan.




     Subject to any adjustment provided in Paragraph 9 hereof, a total of 5,500,000 shares of
common stock, $0.25 par value, of the Company (the “Stock”) shall be subject to the Plan.
As of March 31, 2006, the number of shares available for Option issuance is 96,552. The shares of
Stock subject to the Plan shall consist of unissued shares or previously issued shares reacquired
and held by the Company, or any Affiliate, and such amount of shares shall be and hereby is
reserved for delivery under the Plan. Any of such shares which may remain unsold and which are not
subject to outstanding Options at the termination of the Plan shall cease to be reserved for the
purpose of the Plan, but until termination of the Plan the Company shall at all times reserve a
sufficient number of shares of Stock to meet the requirements of the Plan. Should any Option
expire or be canceled prior to its exercise or relinquishment in full, the shares theretofore
subject to such Option may again be subjected to an Option under the Plan. If the purchase price
or tax withholding is permitted to be satisfied by the tender or withholding of shares of Stock to
the Company (by either actual delivery or attestation), the number of shares of Stock tendered or
withheld shall be eligible for reissuance under the Plan.



5. Purchase Price.




     (a) The purchase price of each share placed under option pursuant to the Plan (a
“Share”) shall be determined by the Committee, but in no event shall be less than 100% of
the Fair Market Value of such Share on the date the Option is granted. If an Option is granted as
part of an Optionee’s compensation package at the commencement of an Optionee’s employment by the
Company or an Affiliate, the Option shall be deemed to have been granted on the date of
commencement of such Optionee’s employment by the Company or any Affiliate (the “Commencement
Date”) and the purchase price of a Share shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such Share
on the Commencement Date, so long as such Option is not granted more than ninety (90) days
following the Commencement Date.



     (b) “Fair Market Value” of a share of Stock means, as of a particular date, the
closing price per share of Stock reported on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the
New York Stock Exchange, or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the
last preceding date on which such a sale was so reported.



6. Option Period.




     The Options granted under the Plan shall be for any term set by the Committee, but not more
than ten (10) years from the date of granting of each Option. All rights to exercise an Option
shall



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terminate within three (3) months after the date the Optionee ceases to be an employee of the
Company or any Affiliate, except that




     (a) the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in new option grants or amend outstanding
Options to provide an extended period of time during which an Optionee can exercise an Option up to
the maximum permissible period which such Optionee’s Option would have been exercisable in the
absence of the Optionee ceasing to be an employee of the Company or an Affiliate;



     (b) if an Optionee ceases to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate by reason of such
Optionee’s death, all rights to exercise such Option shall terminate fifteen (15) months after such
death; and



     (c) if the Optionee is terminated for cause, as determined by the Committee in its sole and
absolute discretion, any Option granted to such Optionee hereunder shall terminate on the date of
such termination.



     (d) Attached hereto are resolutions adopted by the Compensation and Management Development
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, now the “Committee”, relating to vesting and
exercise, which shall apply only to Options granted prior to April 1, 2006.



7. Exercise of Options.




     (a) Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable from time to time under the terms
specified in the Plan, by the Committee, or in the agreement relating to the grant of such Option.



     (b) Each exercise of an Option or a portion of an Option shall be evidenced by a notice in
writing by or on behalf of the Optionee to the Company, stating the number of shares with respect
to which the Option is being exercised.



     (c) Options may be exercised solely by the Optionee or a Permitted Transferee (hereafter
defined).



     (d) The purchase price of the Shares for which an Option is exercised must be paid prior to
issuance of the Shares. Such purchase price shall be payable (i) in cash, certified or cashiers’
check, or wire transfer, (ii) at the option of the holder of such Option, in Stock theretofore
owned by such holder by either actual delivery of shares or by attestation, or through the
withholding by the Company from the Shares otherwise issuable pursuant to the Option of an
appropriate number of Shares, (iii) by a combination of cash and such delivery or withholding of
Stock; or (iv) by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable
instructions to a broker satisfactory to the Company to promptly deliver to the Company the amount
of sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price and applicable withholding taxes. For
purposes of determining the amount, if any, of the purchase price satisfied by payment in Stock,
such Stock shall be valued at its Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. Any Stock delivered
in satisfaction of all or a portion of the purchase price shall be appropriately endorsed for
transfer and assignment to the Company. No holder of an Option shall be, or have any of the rights
or privileges of, a shareholder of the Company in respect of any Shares unless and until
certificates representing such Shares shall have been delivered by the



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Company to such holder or
such holder’s interest in such shares shall have been evidenced by an entry on the Company’s books
and records.




     (e) If any law or regulation requires the Company to take any action with respect to the
Shares specified in such notice, the time for delivery thereof, which would otherwise be as
promptly as possible, shall be postponed for the period of time necessary to take such action.



8. Assignability.



     Unless otherwise permitted by the Committee, no Option or interest therein shall be
transferable by the Optionee otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and
distribution. Any person to whom an Option is transferred in accordance with this Section 8 is
referred to herein as a “Permitted Transferee”.



9. Adjustments.




     (a) In the event of any subdivision or consolidation of outstanding Stock of the Company,
declaration of a dividend payable in shares of Stock of the Company or other stock split, then (i)
the number of Shares reserved under this Plan, (ii) the number of Shares covered by outstanding
Options, and (iii) the purchase price per share in respect of such Options shall each be
proportionately adjusted by the Board as appropriate to reflect such transaction. In the event of
any other recapitalization or capital reorganization of the Company, any consolidation or merger of
the Company with another corporation or entity, the adoption by the Company of any plan of exchange
affecting shares of Stock of the Company or any distribution to holders of shares of Stock of the
Company of securities or property (other than normal cash dividends or dividends payable in shares
of Stock of the Company), the Board shall make appropriate adjustments to (i) the number of Shares
reserved under this Plan, (ii) the number of Shares covered by outstanding Options, and (iii) the
purchase price per share in respect of such Options to reflect such transaction; provided that such
adjustments under (ii) and (iii) shall only be such as are necessary to maintain the proportionate
interest of the holders of the Options and preserve, without increasing, the value of such Options.
In the event of a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation,
reorganization or liquidation, the Board shall be authorized (x) to assume under the Plan
previously issued compensatory options, or to substitute new Options for previously issued
compensatory Options as part of such adjustment or (y) to cancel Options and give the Participants
who are the holders of such Options notice and opportunity to exercise for 30 days prior to such
cancellation.



     (b) Except as is otherwise expressly provided herein, the issue by the Company of shares of
its capital stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of capital stock of any
class, either in connection with a direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to
subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into
such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be
made with respect to, the number of or purchase price of Shares. Furthermore, the presence of
outstanding Options granted under the Plan shall not affect in any manner the right or power of the
Company to make, authorize or consummate (i) any or all adjustments, recapitalizations,
reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business; (ii) any
merger or consolidation of the Company; (iii) any issue by the Company of debt securities or
preferred or preference stock (whether or not such issue is prior to, on a party with or junior to
the Stock); (iv) the dissolution or liquidation of the



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Company; (v) any sale, transfer or
assignment of all or any part of the assets or business of the Company; or (vi) any other corporate
act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.




     (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, a dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, a merger (other than a merger effecting a reincorporation of the Company in another state)
or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (or survives only as a
subsidiary of another corporation in a transaction in which the stockholders of the parent of the
Company and their proportionate interests therein immediately after the transaction are not
substantially identical to the stockholders of the Company and their proportionate interests
therein immediately prior to the transaction), a transaction in which another corporation becomes
the owner of 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company,
or a change in control (as specified below), shall cause every Option then outstanding to become
exercisable in full immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation, merger, consolidation,
transaction, or change in control, to the extent not theretofore exercised, without regard to the
determination as to the periods and installments of exercisability contained in the Agreements if
(and only if) such Options have not at that time expired or been terminated. For purposes of this
paragraph, a change in control shall be deemed to have taken place if: a third person, including a
“group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Act, becomes the beneficial owner of shares of the
Company having fifty percent (50%) or more of the total number of votes that may be cast for the
election of directors of the Company; or as a result of, or in connection with, a contested
election for directors, the persons who were directors of the Company immediately before such
election shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph:




     (i) an event, transaction, or corporate action shall not have the effect of
accelerating the exercisability of Options if: (A) persons who were the directors of the
Company and persons who were the executive officers of the Company as of six months prior to
such event immediately after such event constitute a majority of the directors and
constitute a majority of executive officers, respectively, for, and own in the aggregate at
least ten percent of the voting securities or equity interests of, the Company or the
surviving or resulting corporation or the parent of such surviving or resulting corporation;
and (B) if the Company is not the surviving or resulting corporation, such surviving or
resulting corporation or parent of such surviving or resulting corporation substitutes
substantially identical options for any outstanding Options; and




     (ii) in the event of any dissolution, merger, consolidation, transaction, or change in
control, the Board may completely satisfy and extinguish all obligations of the Company and
its Affiliates with respect to any Option outstanding on the date of such event by
delivering to the Optionee cash in an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate
purchase price for Shares under the Option and the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the
date of such event, such payment to be made within a reasonable time after such event.



10. Tax Withholding.




     The Company shall have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any Option and withhold, at
the time of delivery of Shares under the Plan, an appropriate number of Shares for payment of taxes
required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to
satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes. The Committee may also permit withholding



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to be satisfied by the transfer to the Company of Stock theretofore owned by the holder of the
Option with respect to which withholding is required. If Shares or Stock are used to satisfy
tax withholding, such Shares or Stock shall be valued based on the Fair Market Value when the
tax withholding is required to be made.




11. Effective Date of Plan.




     The effective date of the Plan shall be February 19, 1998. No Option shall be granted
pursuant to the Plan after May 13, 2005.



12. Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination.




     The Board may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time for the purpose of
meeting or addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any other purpose permitted by law,
except that no amendment, modification, suspension or termination shall be made (i) that would
impair the rights of any Optionee under any Option previously granted to such Optionee without such
Optionee’s written consent, (ii) prior to approval by the Company’s shareholders if such approval
is then required thereby, or (iii) that would reduce the purchase price of any outstanding Option,
other than as provided by Section 9(a)(ii).



13. Requirements of Law.




     (a) The Plan, and the granting and exercise of Options hereunder, and the obligation of the
Company to sell and deliver shares under such Options, shall be subject to all applicable laws,
rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities
exchanges as may be required.



     (b) Nothing herein or in any Agreement executed or Option granted hereunder shall require the
Company to deliver any Shares upon exercise of an Option if such delivery would, in the opinion of
counsel for the Company, constitute a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
similar or superseding statute or statutes, or any other applicable statute or regulation, as then
in effect. Upon the exercise of an Option or portion or part thereof, the Optionee may be required
to give to the Company satisfactory evidence that he is acquiring such Shares for the purpose of
investment only and not with a view to their distribution; provided, however, if or to the extent
that the Shares subject to the Option shall be included in a registration statement filed by the
Company, or one of its Affiliates, such investment representation shall be abrogated.



14. Miscellaneous.




     (a) Nothing contained in the Plan shall confer upon any Optionee the right to continue in the
employ of the Company or any Affiliate, or interfere in any way with the rights of the Company or
any Affiliate to terminate his employment at any time.



     (b) Any payment of cash or any delivery of Shares to the Optionee, or to an Optionee’s
Permitted Transferee, in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in
full satisfaction of all claims of such person with respect to the Option being exercised (or
portion thereof). The Committee may require any Optionee, or Permitted Transferee, as a condition



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precedent to such payment or delivery, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as it
shall determine.




     (c) Neither the Committee nor the Company guarantees the Shares from loss or depreciation.



     (d) Records of the Company and its Affiliates regarding an individual’s period of employment,
termination of employment and the reason therefor, leaves of absence, re-employment and other
matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Committee to be
incorrect in its sole and absolute discretion.



     (e) The Company assumes no obligation or responsibility to an Optionee or any Permitted
Transferee for any act of, or failure to act on the part of, the Committee.



     (f) If any provision of the Plan is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the
illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, but such provision
shall be fully severable and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid
provision had never been included herein.



     (g) The titles and headings of Sections are included for convenience of reference only and are
not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof.



     (h) All questions arising with respect to the provisions of the Plan shall be determined by
application of the laws of the State of Nevada except to the extent Nevada law is preempted by
federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Shares hereunder is subject to
applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the
authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Shares.



     Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the
context of the Plan dictates, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the
plural.



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Resolution related to stock options adopted by the Compensation and Management Development
Committee of the Board of Directors of Centex Corporation on May 13, 2004.




     RESOLVED, that all non-qualified options held by Full Time Employees to acquire common
stock of Centex Corporation awarded under any of the stock plans listed below, whether awarded
before or after May 13, 2004, shall be subject to the following from and after May 13, 2004:




	 	1.	 	If an optionee shall voluntarily terminate employment and at such time he or
she is age 55 or older, has at least 10 Years of Service and the sum of age and Years
of Service equals at least 70, then all non-qualified options held by him or her shall
immediately vest upon the termination of employment (“Vested Retirement”).
	 
	 	2.	 	All rights to exercise such vested options will terminate 12 months following
the date of such Vested Retirement. However, to the extent that an option agreement
provides a longer time to exercise following voluntary termination of employment, then
such agreement will control.
	 
	 	3.	 	As used herein: “Full Time Employee” means a person actively and regularly
engaged in work at least 40 hours a week; and “Years of Service” means an optionee’s
years of employment with Centex Corporation or any of its Affiliates. An optionee
shall be credited with a Year of Service on each anniversary of the date on which he or
she was first employed by Centex Corporation or its Affiliate, provided that the
optionee continues to be employed by such employer on such anniversary date.
	 
	 	4.	 	The stock plans covered are:






	 	•	 	Centex Corporation Amended and Restated 1987 Stock Option Plan
	 
	 	•	 	Seventh Amended and Restated 1998 Centex Corporation Employee Non-Qualified
Stock Option Plan
	 
	 	•	 	Amended and Restated Centex Corporation 2001 Stock Plan
	 
	 	•	 	Amended and Restated Centex Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan





     FURTHER RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Corporation are hereby directed to take
all steps that they deem necessary or appropriate to communicate the substance of the foregoing
resolution to option holders who are affected and, where they deem necessary, to document the
substance of this resolution by way of amendments to the stock plans and to existing option
agreements.




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