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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Marlett Wendy L

(Last)(First)(Middle)
C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD

(Street)
LOS ANGELESCA90024

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/02/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KB HOME [KBH]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
SVP, Sales, Mark. & Comm.
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 11,043
D
 
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)  (1)10/30/2016 Common Stock 10,000 $ 13.95 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)  (1)10/07/2017 Common Stock 13,334 $ 21.51 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)  (1)10/07/2017 Common Stock 6,666 $ 23.13 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)  (1)10/24/2018 Common Stock 3,734 $ 33.24 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)  (1)10/24/2018 Common Stock 7,466 $ 33.92 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)  (1)10/22/2019 Common Stock 10,000 $ 45.68 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy)  (1)10/18/2015 Common Stock 2,000 $ 69.63 D  
Phantom Shares 07/11/201007/11/2010 Common Stock 9,326 $ (2) D  
Phantom Shares 10/04/201010/04/2010 Common Stock 10,677 $ (2) D  
Phantom Shares 10/03/201110/03/2011 Common Stock 6,282 $ (2) D  
Stock Appreciation Rights  (3)07/12/2017 Common Stock 9,624 $ 36.19 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights  (4)10/04/2017 Common Stock 12,295 $ 28.1 D  
Stock Appreciation Rights  (5)10/02/2018 Common Stock 56,832 $ 19.9 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. The Non-Qualified Stock Options are fully vested and exercisable. They vested in three equal annual installments beginning on the anniversary of the date of grant.
2. Each Phantom Share is the economic equivalent of one share of KB Home common stock and vests in full three years after date of grant. At vesting, each Phantom Share will be paid out in cash.
3. The Stock Appreciation Rights vest(ed) in three equal annual installments beginning on July 12, 2008, and will be paid out in cash upon exercise.
4. The Stock Appreciation Rights vest(ed) in three equal annual installments beginning on October 4, 2008, and will be paid out in cash upon exercise.
5. The Stock Appreciation Rights vest in three equal annual installments beginning on October 2, 2009, and will be paid out in cash upon exercise.
 
Remarks:
Exhibit�List:
Exhibit�24�-�Power�of�Attorney
/s/ Tony Richelieu, Attorney-in-Fact for Wendy L. Marlett04/09/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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EX-24

Exhibit 24
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Wendy L. Marlett, do hereby constitute and appoint each of Wendy C. Shiba, Tony Richelieu and David B. Simons, signing singly, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution for each of them in any and all capacities, with all power and authority:
  (1)   to prepare, execute and submit (a) to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in my name and on my behalf all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder, and (b) in my name and on my behalf any other forms, documents or reports (collectively, “Reports”) that I may be required to submit to the Commission or other government authority as a result of my holdings of or transactions in securities of KB HOME; and
 
  (2)   to do and perform any acts of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in the exercise of any of the rights and powers granted hereunder; it being understood that any Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any Reports prepared, executed or submitted by such attorney-in-fact pursuant to and in accordance with this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
I hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant to and in accordance with this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers granted hereunder. I acknowledge that each such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, is not assuming, nor is KB HOME assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any laws or regulations applicable to Reports.
This Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect for so long as I am required to submit Forms 3, 4 or 5 or Reports with respect to my holdings of or transactions in securities of KB HOME, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to any attorney-in-fact designated hereunder (or a successor).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed and become effective as of the date set forth below.
         
     
/s/ Wendy L. Marlett      
Wendy L. Marlett     
     
Dated: April 3, 2009

 


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