Contact:
Marshall
Ames
Investor
Relations
Lennar
Corporation
(305)
485-2092
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LENNAR
PREANNOUNCES Q3 2005 RESULTS WILL EXCEED ESTIMATES
Miami,
September 21, 2005 -- Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and
LEN.B),
one of
the nation’s largest homebuilders, announced today that earnings per share for
the quarter ended August 31, 2005 will exceed $2.00 per diluted share when
the
Company announces earnings in its regularly scheduled earnings release next
week. Additionally, deliveries will exceed 10,900 homes vs. the previously
announced goal of 10,800 homes, homebuilding gross margin will exceed 26.0%
(more than 300 basis points higher than last year) and net new orders will
grow
more than 20% compared to the prior year. Greater detail will be provided
in
next week’s regularly scheduled earnings conference call.
Stuart
Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lennar Corporation, said,
“While we generally don’t preannounce our quarterly results, given yesterday’s
market volatility and given the fact that our Miami corporate office was
closed
and management was inaccessible because of Hurricane Rita, we felt it prudent
to
preannounce our third quarter results. We are pleased to report that our
third
quarter earnings will exceed both our goal of $1.85 and the high end of analyst
expectations for the third quarter. Additionally, we will be increasing our
fiscal year 2005 EPS goal in our earnings conference call next week.”
Lennar
Corporation, founded in 1954, is headquartered in Miami, Florida and is one
of
the nation's leading builders of quality homes for all generations, building
affordable, move-up and retirement homes. The Company operates primarily
under
the Lennar and U.S. Home brand names and utilizes a Dual Marketing strategy
consisting of the Everything's Included®
and
Design StudioSM
programs. Lennar's Financial Services Division provides mortgage financing,
title insurance, closing services and insurance agency services for both
buyers
of the Company's homes and others. Its Strategic Technologies Division provides
high-speed Internet and cable television services to residents of the Company's
communities and others. Previous press releases may be obtained at
www.lennar.com.
Some
of
the statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements," as
that
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These
forward-looking statements include statements regarding our business, financial
condition, growth strategies and prospects. You can identify forward-looking
statements by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to
historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate
to
anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results. Because
forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred,
these
statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors
could
cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities
and results anticipated in forward-looking statements. These factors include
those described under the caption "Risk
Factors Relating to Our Business"
included
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended November 30,
2004,
and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
do not
undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
###