UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • November 2nd, 2004 • Centex Corp • Operative builders • New York
We (the “Representatives”) are acting on behalf of the underwriter or underwriters (including ourselves) named below (such underwriter or underwriters being herein called the “Underwriters”), and we understand that Centex Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.55% Senior Notes due 2010 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture dated as of October 1, 1998 (such Indenture insofar as it relates to the Securities and as the same has been or shall be supplemented to the Closing Date (as defined herein), including by Indenture Supplement No. 15 to be dated the Closing Date) (the “Indenture”) between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the “Trustee”).
