<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000795266-17-000018.txt : 20170217
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170217164337
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000795266-17-000018
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170215
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170217
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170217

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KB HOME
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000795266
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				953666267
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10990 WILSHIRE BLVD
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102314000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10990 WILSHIRE BLVD
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KAUFMAN & BROAD HOME CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kaminski Jeff
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326546

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09195
		FILM NUMBER:		17621964

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26555 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY
		CITY:			SOUTHFIELD
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48034
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        <issuerName>KB HOME</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Kaminski Jeff</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O KB HOME, 10990 WILSHIRE BLVD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>7TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90024</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>147479</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of common stock granted pursuant to the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units (&quot;PSUs&quot;) that were awarded to the reporting person on October 10, 2013. The management development and compensation committee of the issuer's board of directors determined the number of vested shares based on the issuer's achieving certain levels of average return on equity and revenue growth (relative to a peer group) over the three-year period of December 1, 2013 to November 30, 2016, per the terms of the PSUs.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Disposition of common stock to the issuer solely to cover tax withholding obligations arising from the grant of common stock pursuant to the above-described vesting of PSUs.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tony Richelieu, Attorney-in-Fact for Jeff J. Kaminski</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-02-17</signatureDate>
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