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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-11-040487
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110218
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110218

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PULTEGROUP INC/MI/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000822416
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				382766606
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09804
		FILM NUMBER:		11625490

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BLOOMFIELD HILLS PKWY STE 300
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48304
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2486472750

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BLOOMFIELD HILLS PKWY STE 300
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48304

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PULTE HOMES INC/MI/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20011023

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PULTE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931118

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <U>February&nbsp;18, 2011</U> </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>PULTEGROUP, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) On February&nbsp;18, 2011, PulteGroup, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release announcing that Roger A.
Cregg, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, provided notice that he intends to retire from the Company. Mr.&nbsp;Cregg will remain in his current role full-time while a search is completed to fill the Chief Financial Officer
position. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated herein by
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release dated February&nbsp;18, 2011</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: February&nbsp;18, 2011</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice President, General Counsel</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Media Contact:</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Travis Parman</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Roger A. Cregg,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>of PulteGroup, Inc. Announces Intention to Retire </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Nationwide search for successor initiated </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich</B>. &#150; February&nbsp;18, 2011 &#150; PulteGroup, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Roger A. Cregg has announced his intention to retire from the
Company later this year once a successor has been named. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cregg joined PulteGroup in 1998 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. He was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2003. During his 13-year tenure, Cregg led the Company&#146;s accounting, treasury, tax, information systems, investor relations, mortgage, title and related
activities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Roger has been an important leader at PulteGroup over the years. It is evident to everybody who works with Roger that his
character and integrity are beyond reproach and his financial expertise is unrivaled,&#148; said Richard Dugas, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PulteGroup. &#147;During a crucial period in Pulte&#146;s history, Roger expertly
guided our financial operations, devised supportive capital strategies, including issuing the industry&#146;s only 30- and 40-year debt, and was instrumental in our successful acquisitions and integrations of Del Webb and Centex Corporation. We are
indebted to Roger for his many contributions, and wish him nothing but the very best for the future.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company has engaged
Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles, a national executive search firm, to initiate an external search to identify Cregg&#146;s replacement. As PulteGroup leverages its excellent competitive position to take advantage of improving market fundamentals, the
new CFO will be relied upon to contribute innovative solutions that help the Company achieve its goal of delivering industry-leading shareholder returns. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Over the past decade, I have been proud to work alongside the professional team at PulteGroup. Together, we have accomplished a great deal, most notably growing the company into one of the largest
homebuilders and navigating the challenges presented by the downturn in the housing market,&#148; said Cregg. &#147;With the worst of the recession behind us, the market stabilizing and the Company beginning to realize the benefits of its strategic
initiatives, now is an appropriate time for me to retire from PulteGroup. In the coming months, I am committed to ensuring a smooth transition to my successor, preserving the solid foundation we have built while paving the way to achieve outstanding
returns in the years ahead.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prior to joining Pulte, Mr.&nbsp;Cregg was Executive Vice President and CFO of Zenith Electronics
Corporation. He was also the CFO of Sweetheart Cup Company and held various financial positions with Continental Can Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cregg earned a
Master of Business Administration degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Northeastern University. He is past Chairman of the Board of the Detroit
Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and has served as a board member of Comerica Incorporated since 2006. </FONT></P>

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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is America&#146;s premier home building company with operations in 67 markets, 29 states and the District of Columbia. The Company has an
unmatched capacity to meet the needs of all buyer segments through its brand portfolio that includes Pulte Homes, Centex Homes and Del Webb. As the most awarded homebuilder in customer satisfaction, the brands of PulteGroup have consistently ranked
among the nation&#146;s top homebuilders as surveyed by third-party, independent national customer satisfaction studies. For more information about PulteGroup, Inc. and PulteGroup brands, see <U>www.pultegroupinc.com</U>; <U>www.pulte.com</U>;
<U>www.centex.com</U>; and <U>www.delwebb.com</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">### </FONT></P>
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